Prof. John M. Ballato
Professor, Material Science and Engineering at Clemson Univ
SPIE Involvement:
Symposium Chair | Conference Program Committee | Track Chair | Author | Editor
Area of Expertise:
optical materials , optical fiber
Websites:
Profile Summary

John Ballato is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director of the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), which is a South Carolina Research Center of Economic Excellence. Previously, Dr. Ballato served as the interim Vice President for Research and Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Clemson University where he championed the University’s research and economic development in all areas of advanced materials.

Dr. Ballato earned a BS in Ceramic Science and Engineering (1993) and the PhD in Ceramic and Materials Engineering (1997) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He has published over 200 archival scientific papers, holds 25 US and foreign patents, has given in excess of 125 invited lectures/colloquia, and has co-organized 25 national and international conferences and symposia.

He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), and the American Ceramic Society (ACerS).
Publications (65)

Proceedings Article | 20 June 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13003, 130030P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3025728
KEYWORDS: Silica, Silicates, Fluoride, Optical fibers, Materials properties, Glasses, Fiber lasers, Chalcogenides, Transparency, Semiconductors

Proceedings Article | 20 June 2024 Presentation + Paper
Amar Ghosh, Meng Huang, Thomas Hawkins, John Ballato, Ursula Gibson, Anna Peacock
Proceedings Volume 13004, 130040G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017163
KEYWORDS: Silicon, Germanium, Mid infrared, Raman spectroscopy, Crystals, Optical properties, Optical transmission, Nonlinear transmission, Nonlinear crystals

Proceedings Article | 20 June 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13004, 130040F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022590
KEYWORDS: Nonlinear optics, Photonics, Physics, Materials science, Engineering, Terahertz radiation

Proceedings Article | 7 June 2024 Presentation + Paper
B. Meehan, A. Pietros, B. Topper, T. Hawkins, P. Dragic, J. Ballato
Proceedings Volume 13029, 1302904 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018034
KEYWORDS: Nonlinear optical materials, High power fiber lasers, Glasses, Refractive index, Fiber lasers, Boron, Silica, Dopants, Transverse mode instability

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation + Paper
Enkeleda Balliu, Bailey Meehan, Mary Ann Cahoon, Thomas Hawkins, John Ballato, Peter Dragic, Tommy Boilard, Lauris Talbot, Martin Bernier, Michel J. Digonnet
Proceedings Volume 12902, 1290203 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010148
KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Temperature metrology, Optical fibers, Ytterbium, Quenching, Reflectivity, Fluorescence, Single mode fibers, Ions

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Proceedings Volume Editor (2)

SPIE Conference Volume | 30 June 2016

SPIE Conference Volume | 21 April 2015

Conference Committee Involvement (38)
Specialty Optical Fibres 2025
7 April 2025 | Prague, Czech Republic
Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications IV
8 April 2024 | Strasbourg, France
SPIE LASE
27 January 2024 | San Francisco, United States
Specialty Optical Fibres
24 April 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic
SPIE LASE
28 January 2023 | San Francisco, United States
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