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HAROLD
E.
PUTHOFF,- SENIOR RESEARCH- ENGINEER
.
ELECTRONICS
AND BIOENGINEERING
• LABORATORY
'
INFORMATION SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING .DIVISION
Specialized professional competence
•
Tunable laser research and development; quantum electronics; biofeed-
back
and biomeasurement research;
"paranormal" perception
Representative
research assignments
at SRI
,
•
Development
of tunable,
ultraviolet laser sourpe
for pollution studies
and medical research
•
Development of high-power tunable
infrared laser source
(50-250
mi-
crons)
for materials
research
•
Assessment of potential of fiber optics
and lasers
for use
In optical
computers
•
*! Development, of biofeedback monitors
(GSR)
for use
in educational
com-
puters
and other man-machine
links
•
Research
and development of biofield measurements
•
Investigation of "paranormal" perceptual
abilities
Other professional experience
'
Research
associate, Hansen
Laboratories
of Physics
and lecturer,
De-
partment of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University:
teaching,
textbook
author,
and research supervisor of Ph.D.
candidates
in
the
area of lasers
and nonlinear optics
•
Consultant
on
applications of lasers
to industrial and medical prob-
lems- and research
assistant, Stanford University
•
Lieutenant,
USNR:
in-house research
and contract monitoring on
DoD
(NSA)
contracts
concerned with
the
development of ultra high-speed
(GHz)
computers.
-
•
Research engineer,
Sperry Electronic Tube
Division
arid Sperry
fellow,'
University of Florida:
design
and testing of electron beam focusing'
systems
for use
in microwave
tubes
Academic background
•
B
. E
. E
..
.
( 195 8 )
and M.S.E.
(196.0),
University of Florida;
Ph.D.
in
elec-
trical engineering
(1967),
Stanford University
Publications
and patents
•
Coauthor of textbook,
Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics
(Wiley);
three reference book
contributions;
twenty-five papers
in professional
journals; seventeen national symposium papers; numerous
technical
reports
•
Two patents
Professional associations and honors
•
American 'Association
for
the.
Advancement of Science;
Institute of
Electrical
and Electronics
Engineers
;
Phi
Eta
Sigina;
Phi
Kappa Phi;
Sigma
Tau;
Sigma
Xi
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PU.3SELL TARG,
SENIOR RESEARCH PHYSICIST
ELECTRONICS
AND BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY
INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION
Specialized professional competence
Development of new
gas
lasers;
FM laser and supermode laser techniques;
laser noise reduction;
optical modulation and demodulation;, experi-
ments
in new gaseous laser media; microwave diagnostic techniques;
microwave generation from plasmas
Professional experience
•
Sylvania Corporation
(1962-72);
investigation
of. techniques
for
.development of new gas
lasers, making use of his research with
corn-
•pact
,
self-contained multi-kilowatt
C0?_
lasers
•
Technical Research Group
(1959-62);
experiments
in new gaseous
laser
media
•
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn;
assisted
in the establishment of
the Electron Beam Laboratory
•
Sperry Gyroscope
Company,
Electron Tube Division
(1956-59 );
experi-
mental work
in microwave generation
from plasmas;
early work
in
the
technology of ultrah.igh-vacuum and
ion-pump design
Academic background
•
B.S.
in physics
(1954)
, Queens
College,
New York;
graduate work
in
physics
( 19 54-- 56 ), Columbia University
,
New York
Publications and inventions
•
Author of "Optical 'Heterodyne Detection of Microwave-Modulated
Light ,"
Proa,
IEEE
(1964);
coauthor of numerous articles
on lasers
and plasma
oscillations
•
Invention of the tunable plasma oscillator
at microwave frequencies
Professional associations and honors
’
IEEE;
American Physical Society;
The Optical Society of America
•
Awarded
the position of research associate with the
Polytechnic
Insti-
tute
of Brooklyn
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REFERENCES
.
,
•
1.
Dean,
B.D..
Int.
J.
of Neuropsychiatry
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439
(1966).
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3.
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T.D.,
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4.
Cavanna,
R.
(Editor),
Psl Favorable States
of. Consciousness, Para-
psychology Foundation,
New York
(1970)
.
5.
Ref.
4,
pp.
143-169.
6.
Ref.
4,
pp.
158-159.
7.
Hill,
D.,
and Parr,
G.
,
Electroencephalography:
A Symposium on Its
Various Aspects
,
Macmillan,
New York
(1963)
.
8.
Siegel,
S.,
Nonparametric Statistics
for the Behavio ral Sciences,
McGraw-Hill, New York,
1956;
pp
152-156.
9.
Ornstein,
R.
(Editor),
The Nature
of Human Consciousness
,
W.H.
Freeman^
and
Co.,
San Francisco
(1973).
See especially articles by M.S. Gazzamga
^
(pp.
87-100)
and
J.E.
Bogen
(pp
.
101-125).
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Artley,
J.L.,
Physiological Correlates
of Psi Processes
,
HEW-PHS
Proposal
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D.H.
Lloyd, New Horizons Transactions
of
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Soc iety
for
Psychical Research
1,
No.
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