Hyung R. Lee received the the B.S. degree in physics from Kyungbook National University in Taegu, South Korea in 1990, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in 1993 and 1998 respectively. He is currently a contractor for the National Institute of Aerospace, working as a Senior Research Scientist at the Laser Remote Sensing Branch.
Dr. Lee has been actively involved in the development of solid-state laser devices and new optical materials for 15 years. His research also extends to optical fiber lasers and sensors for LIDAR applications. Dr. Lee’s career has been very diverse, including both laser design and engineering, and nonlinear optics, as well as experimental spectroscopy and optical fiber Bragg grating. Dr. Lee has worked with a wide range of laser wavelengths from UV to far infrared (e.g., 300 nm, 600 nm, 940 nm, 1.2 μm and 2.5 to 10 μm). Dr. Lee participated in the ASCENDS program at NASA Langley, for CO2 sensing, designing, and implementing experiments and analytical models. He participated in the development of 940 nm water vapor LIDAR transmitter using an optical parametric oscillator at ITT Systems & Sciences Corp., Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Lee is currently working on development of mid and far infrared lasers, and materials with thin film waveguides. Dr. Lee, as a researcher working under various projects and teams, has acquired the ability to work independently and in groups, initiating new ideas and directions, making critical decisions, and undertaking initiative and responsibility in the projects he has worked on.
He has appeared as author or co-author on around 50 scientific papers including, Modeling and Observing Phase-Mask Trapezoidal Profiles with Grating-Fiber Image Reproduction, and High Efficiency Nanosecond Raman Lasers based on Tetragonal PbWO4 Crystals.
Contact Information:
NASA Langley Research Center
5 North Dryden Street
Building 1202, Room 229, MS 468
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
phone: (757) 864-6504
fax: (757) 864-8828
email: hyung.r.lee@nasa.gov