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Photon Engineering’s team combines world-class optical design and analysis skills with decades of experience building successful products. Combined with our qualified out-of-house network of engineers in Tucson’s Optics Valley, Photon Engineering has become one of the leading optical consulting groups in North America. Call us today at 1-520-733-9557 to discuss your engineering needs.

Richard Pfisterer

  • Regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on scatter theory/measurement and stray light analysis.

  • 35+ years of experience in optical design for imaging and non-imaging systems, software development, analysis of optical systems, beam propagation and physical optics modeling/simulation.

  • Co-Developer of FRED optical engineering software.

  • M.S. and B.S. in Optical Engineering (University of Rochester).

Dr. K. Scott Ellis

  • 25+ years of experience in lens design, optical systems imaging analysis, stray light analysis, and design and analysis of illumination systems.

  • Extensive program experience to include LSST (NOAO), Discovery Telescope (Lowell Observatory), TMT MOBIE (UC Santa Barbara), and IRIS (SAO-Harvard).LEAP, the Conformal Optics Program (mid-wave IR sensors with aspheric domes), Javelin (scanning long-wave IR sensor), Picasso and Lidar Tech Sat.

  • Ph.D., M.S. in Optics (University of Arizona) and B.S. in Optical Engineering (University of Rochester).

Dr. Crabtree Memoriam

We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Karlton Crabtree. Karlton was a highly valued and respected contributor in the field of optical science and engineering.

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