JAMES CARTER OPTICAL CONSULTING

I started James Carter Optical Consulting in 1988 upon leaving a failed start-up in Silicon Valley. This company failed in spite of technical success because of funding and management plans. However, a brief description of its technology gives a very good example of my capabilities and experience. Our product involved two separate laser sources in a highly optimized raster scanning system for high-definition, full-color computer and video displays. My responsibility as system optical engineer required the not only the complete specification and development of the complex optical path, but the specification and supervision of all subsystems controlling or modulating the optical systems as well. These include the closed loop controllers for the polygonal mirror (with optical feedback) and galvanometric mirror scanners, the analog video preamplifiers for the RF modulators used to drive the acousto-optic modulators as well as the frequency modulation control for the RF carrier used to..