Avo Photonics

Joseph L. Dallas, Ph.D. (President) brings 22 years of technical program and operations management expertise. Prior to founding Avo Photonics, Dr. Dallas was responsible for the design and creation of NASA's Space Lidar Technology Center. He was Deputy Director at this "skunk works" facility, leading the development and production of active spaceborne remote sensing optical instruments. Dr. Dallas has directed basic optical research, developed and produced semiconductor laser diode products, created various diode-pumped solid state laser systems, developed high-power diode array lifetesting and long-duration optical damage threshold studies. He has a strong background in laser physics, materials, reliability and environmental testing, has written numerous optoelectronic technical papers and has presented at international conferences including CLEO, Advanced Solid State Lasers and the Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers. Dr. Dallas holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Villanova University and a Ph.D., with Distinction, in Physics from the Catholic University of America.