Dr. Sami T. Hendow Profile

Dr. Sami T. Hendow

Associate Director at IMRA America

SPIE Involvement:

Author | Editor

Area of Expertise:

Laser Applications , Optical Design , Program Management , Laser Material Processing , Optical System Design , Fiber Lasers

Sami Hendow is an executive consultant supporting clients in the development and marketing of lasers and EO systems for industrial, medical and scientific markets. His expertise include optical system design, micromachining process development, and marketing of laser systems.

Recently, he was Sr. Director with Multiwave Photonics responsible for Engineering and Application Development. During this tenure he was instrumental in incorporating burst mode functions in lasers. Prior to that he was Engineering Program Manager with Spectra-Physics developing solid state and fiber-amplified ps laser. Before that, he was Sr. Scientist at Northrop Grumman working on power scaling of fiber lasers by passive coherent beam combining.

Over the last 25 years, he has developed and introduced several lasers, fiber and EO products to market. He has more than 50 articles and 10 patents related to lasers and photonics technologies. Sami has a PhD in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. He was Chair of 2013 Fiber Lasers Conference, Photonics West, and is a member of conference program committees of Fiber Lasers and LAMOM Conferences at Photonics West, and Laser Microprocessing at ICALEO.

Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Paper

Enhanced ablation using GHz-pulsed fs laser

Sami Hendow, Hidetomo Takahashi, Mariko Yamaguchi, Jingzhou Xu

Proceedings Volume 11268, 1126809 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542582

KEYWORDS: Laser ablation, Pulsed laser operation, Diamond, Borosilicate glass, Sapphire, Clouds, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

Bursting for enhanced ablation of materials

Sami Hendow, Edward Rea, Nadhir Kosa, Magnus Bengtsson, Sami Shakir

Proceedings Volume 8961, 896110 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036525

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Fiber lasers, Thin films, Ultraviolet radiation, Laser ablation, Laser drilling, Silicon, Metals, Diffusion, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 16 February 2012 Paper

Formation of tribological structures by laser ablation

Niels Schilling, Mike Paschke, Sami Hendow, Udo Klotzbach

Proceedings Volume 8243, 82430X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908940

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Laser ablation, Solids, Abrasives, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Particles, Laser processing, Diffusion, Reflection

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Proceedings Article | 16 February 2012 Paper

Pulsed fiber laser texturing of metals, silicon, and ceramics: comparison of surface structural changes induced by ns and fs pulses

Sami Hendow, Arzu Ozkan, Marta Oliveira, Eric Mottay

Proceedings Volume 8243, 82430P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908869

KEYWORDS: Surface roughness, Aluminum, Pulsed laser operation, Scanning electron microscopy, Ceramics, Femtosecond phenomena, Metals, Silicon, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2011 Paper

Dynamic pulsing of a MOPA fiber laser

Rosa Romero, Paulo Guerreiro, Sami Hendow, José Salcedo

Proceedings Volume 8001, 80010T (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892161

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser drilling, Photonics, Modulation, Laser processing, Sensors, Laser marking, Fiber amplifiers, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2011 Paper

Dynamic pulsing of a MOPA fiber laser for enhanced material processing

Sami Hendow, José Salcedo, Rosa Romero, Paulo Guerreiro

Proceedings Volume 7914, 791405 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875242

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Materials processing, Fiber amplifiers, Laser drilling, Energy efficiency, Pulsed fiber lasers, Laser ablation, Silicon, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

MOPA fiber laser with controlled pulse width and peak power for optimizing micromachining applications

Sami Hendow, Sami Shakir, Joao Sousa

Proceedings Volume 7584, 758417 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846928

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Fiber lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Absorption, Laser ablation, Ceramics, Micromachining, Thermal effects, Semiconductor lasers, Scanners

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2006 Paper

Overview of qualification protocol of fiber lasers for space applications

Sami Hendow, Suzzanne Falvey, Burke Nelson, Lee Thienel, Thomas Drape

Proceedings Volume 6100, 61001Y (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674331

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Satellites, Humidity, Commercial off the shelf technology, Fiber Bragg gratings, Space operations, Radiation effects, Particles, Fiber optic components, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

Overview of qualification protocol of fiber lasers for space applications

Sami Hendow, Suzzanne Falvey, Burke Nelson, Lee Thienel, Thomas Drape

Proceedings Volume 6102, 61021O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644184

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Humidity, Satellites, Fiber Bragg gratings, Radiation effects, Fiber optic components, Particles, Fiber optic communications, Gamma radiation, Commercial off the shelf technology

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