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Paxton, Alan Hugh was born on February 27, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hugh Campbell and Jean (Thompson) Paxton.
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Alan Hugh Paxton
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Alan Hugh Paxton, American Physicist. Achievements include development of high-energy gas lasers, free-electron lasers and semiconductor lasers, new concepts and designs for coherence control in these lasers, elucidate mechanisms of degradation of photonic components by ionizing radiation; patentee in field Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Optical Society American.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. New Mexico, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, U. New Mexico, 1981.
Career
Research physicist, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Albuquerque, 1974-1982; senior scientist, Mission Research Corporation, Albuquerque, 1982-1993; senior research scientist, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1993-1996; research physicist, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, since 1996.
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Membership
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Optical Society American.
Connections
Married Merideth Eileen Daniel, August, 1967.
