
LTC William North
Assistant Professor
Director
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Photonics Research Center
Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. - Stanford University
B.S. - U.S. Military Academy
Research Interests
Laser Arrays, High Brightness Lasers
Current Research
Analysis and Characterization of Photon-Photon Resonance in Coupled Dual-Element Photonic Crystal Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Arrays, Acoustic LiDAR Characterization of Drones, Low Cost LiDAR Detection, Laser Power Beaming to a Drone
Selected Publications
North, William, Nusrat Jahan, Pawel Strzebonski, Arjun Khurana, Stephen E. Ralph, and Kent D. Choquette. 2024. “Analysis and Characterization of Photon-Photon Resonance in Coupled Dual-Element Photonic Crystal Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Arrays.” Journal of Lightwave Technology 42 (1): 236–42. https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2023.3300969. North, William, Nusrat Jahan, Pawel Strzebonski, and Kent D. Choquette. 2022. “Modal Characteristics of Coupled Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Diode Arrays.” Journal of Applied Physics 132 (17): 173102. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0119912.