Skylab (Skylab’s LASER Port
)  Project Overview
 
    LASER Port on Sky Lab

LASER Port
on Sky Lab

Bill developed computer simulations to test thermal and optical properties of NASA's  Skylab’s LASER Port.

• Keywords: LASER, differential pressure, space, vacuum, solar radiation, diffraction, optics.
 
    


Significance
of this Accomplishment

   Significance • These successful simulations, resulted in flawless operation of LASER communications from NASA's  Skylab
despite the extreme stresses encountered in space.  

• This project prepared Bill for a more complex optics simulation.


Skills Transferable to Your Projects:
 
  Juggler
Theory / R&D
• Bill's thorough understanding of photonics, optics, physics and computer science, made this task easy.
  His exceptional breadth of knowledge can be applied to nearly any new product development. 


Software
• Bill quickly mastered the customer's preferred computer language and software tools.



Future Opportunities

 
  Futue Clock
By pushing beyond the current state-of-the-art,
there are these opportunities:


•  Today, optics, photonics and electronics are rapidly merging and interdependent.
Diversified skills, such as Bill's, will be necessary to compete in future integrated markets. 


Links to related material

  Links of Chain
• NASA SkyLab
 

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