Frank Ravizza is an optical engineer supporting the Space Science & Security Program with 20 years of experience at LLNL. He currently designs optical sensors for a wide range of space missions. Previously, he worked for a decade at the National Ignition Facility where he built novel optical metrology instruments to ensure the sustainability of the laser systems final optics. Later he supported a high-power laser program to develop multiphysics models to study cavity aberrations within unstable resonators to improve their beam quality. Frank has expertise in optical design, wave optics, and optical coherence effects, and holds several patents in these technologies.

M.S. Optical Science & Engineering, University of Arizpona, B.S. Optical Science & Engineering, UC Davis

“CLEoPATRA: contemporaneous lensing parallax and autonomous transient assay”, R. Barry, G. Olmschenk, F. Ravizza, SPIE Proceedings (2022)

“Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment”, Many authors, Physical Review Letters (2022)

“Particle damage sources for fused silica optics and their mitigation on high energy laser systems”, J. Bude, C.W. Carr, P.E. Miller, T. Parham, .., F. Ravizza, Optics Express (2017)

“Radiance Enhancement of Diode Laser Arrays Using Advanced Micro-optics and Passive Phase-locking Techniques”, S. Wu, F. Ravizza, et al, OSA Proceedings (2016)

“Imaging of Phase Objects using Partially Coherent Illumination”, F. Ravizza, Thesis (2013)

“Mitigation of laser damage on National Ignition Facility optics in volume production”, J. Folta, M. Nostrand, J. Honig, N. Wong, F. Ravizza, et al, SPIE Proceedings (2009)

“Process for rapid detection of fratricidal defect using Linescan Phase Differential Imaging”, F. Ravizza, SPIE Proceedings (2009)

Global Security Gold Aware (2021), “Tactically Responsive Launch, TacRL-2”

Directors Award (2020), “Beam Quality Milestone”

Defense Programs of Excellence Award (2016), “Anti-Reflective Grating Debris Shield Team”