Dr. Mark F. Spencer
Director, Joint Directed Energy Transition
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Author | Editor | Career Lab Leader | Leadership Workshop Facilitator | Science Fair Judge
Area of Expertise:
Directed-energy technology , Beam control for laser systems , Atmospheric propagation and deep turbulence , Wavefront sensing and adaptive optics , Rough surface scattering and speckle phenomena , Digital holography and coherent detection
Profile Summary

Dr. Mark F. Spencer is the Director of the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (JDETO) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). Mark is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Optical Sciences and Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) within the Department of Engineering Physics. He is an active member of the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS), a senior member of Optica (the society advancing optics and photonics worldwide), and a fellow of SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics).
Publications (66)

SPIE Journal Paper | 31 January 2024 Open Access
Derek Burrell, Joshua Follansbee, Orges Furxhi, Mark Spencer, John Lund, C. Kyle Renshaw, Ronald Driggers
OE, Vol. 63, Issue 01, 013104, (January 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.63.1.013104
KEYWORDS: Sensors, Shortwaves, Cameras, Visibility, Short wave infrared radiation, Dark current, Continuous wave operation, Optical engineering, Light sources and illumination, Indium gallium arsenide

SPIE Journal Paper | 20 December 2023 Open Access
OE, Vol. 62, Issue 12, 123103, (December 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.62.12.123103
KEYWORDS: Reconstruction algorithms, Discontinuities, Phase reconstruction, Wavefront sensors, Algorithm development, Optical engineering, Computer simulations, Spatial light modulators, Air force, Sensors

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2023 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12693, 126930R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003722
KEYWORDS: Discontinuities, Phase reconstruction, Reconstruction algorithms, Wavefront sensors, Algorithm development, Wavefront reconstruction, Spatial light modulators

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2023 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12693, 1269314 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676878
KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Optical path differences, Spatial resolution, Discontinuities, Digital holography, Adaptive optics

SPIE Journal Paper | 5 December 2022 Open Access
Steven Owens, Mark Spencer, Glen Perram
OE, Vol. 61, Issue 12, 123101, (December 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.61.12.123101
KEYWORDS: Pulse signals, Phase modulation, Cameras, Laser sources, Signal to noise ratio, Digital holography, Imaging systems, Optical engineering, Holograms, Systems modeling

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Proceedings Volume Editor (5)

SPIE Conference Volume | 24 October 2023

SPIE Conference Volume | 11 October 2022

SPIE Conference Volume | 4 October 2021

SPIE Conference Volume | 4 September 2020

Conference Committee Involvement (9)
Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2024
19 August 2024 | San Diego, California, United States
Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2023
21 August 2023 | San Diego, California, United States
Unconventional Imaging and Adaptive Optics 2022
23 August 2022 | San Diego, California, United States
Unconventional Imaging and Adaptive Optics 2021
3 August 2021 | San Diego, California, United States
Unconventional Imaging and Adaptive Optics 2020
24 August 2020 | Online Only, California, United States
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