SUMMARY
A productive laser physicist with over 35 years experience in laser physics and nonlinear optics. A self-starting problem solver who works creatively with others in challenging environments (including seven years red-blue team participation). An Expert Witness.

PATENTS
"Method and Apparatus for Compression of Optical Laser Pulses," P. L. Kelley, R. A. Fisher, and T. K. Gustafson, U.S. Patent #3,720,884 (1973).

EXPERIENCE
1983 -> present Owner, R. A. Fisher Associates, Santa Fe, NM

Consult on optical phase conjugation, nonlinear optics and laser technology, provide venture capital advisement, and present On-Site technical courses.

Clients include:

GT&E	TRW
Sandia Laboratories	RDA
System Planning Corp	JPL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Kirtland Air Force Base
Eastman Kodak	Rocketdyne
Aerospace Corporation	NASA Langley
NASA Goddard	US Army Night Vision Laboratory
Beckman Instruments	US Army Missile Command
White Sands Missile Range	Brooks Air Force Base

COURSES TAUGHT include:

1974 -> 1986 Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Inventor of numerous phase conjugators, phase conjugation techniques, and discoverer of other nonlinear optical effects.

1971 -> 1974 Physicist, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Co-discoverer of split-step numerical technique, first predictions of pulse squaring, extralinear chirping, dispersive shock instabilities.

Prior to 1974: Instructor at Department of Applied Sciences, UC Davis; Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant UC Berkeley; Researcher at: Granger Associates, at Stanford Genetics Department, and at Lockheed.

EDUCATION

• 1971 Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley
• 1967 M.A. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley
• 1965 A.B. (w/ honors) in Physics, University of California, Berkeley

BIOGRAPHY
 Who's Who in America                                    Marquis Who's Who Directory of Optical Scientists and Engineers
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American Men and Women of Science                Dictionary of International Biography
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PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Approximately 65 refereed publications in the field of nonlinear optics with a recent emphasis on optical phase conjugation.

Presented 146 talks, 55 of which were invited talks.

Editor of Academic Press book: OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION (1983).

Editor of SPIE books:

• Phase Conjugation, Beam Combining, and Diagnostics, SPIE (1987).
• Nonlinear Optical Beam Manipulation, Beam Combining, and Atmospheric Propagation, SPIE (1988).
• Nonlinear Optical Beam Manipulation and High Energy Beam Propagation through the Atmosphere, SPIE (1989)
• Nonlinear Optics, SPIE (1990)