Overview Academic/Research Interest Areas

Applied Optics

Optical Sensors

Fiber Optics

Professional Affiliations

American Physical Society

American Optical Society

American Association of Physics Teachers

Recent Publications

Mayes, T.W., & Farahi, F. (1994). Demonstration of Logic Operations Using Fiber Optic Interferometry. American Journal of Physics, April.

Mayes, T.W., & Melton, B.F. (1994). Fraunhofer Diffraction of Visible Light by a Narrow Slit. American Journal of Physics, May.

Melton, B.F., Pollak, V.L., Mayes, T.W.,& Willis, B.L. (1995). Condition for Sudden Passage in Earth's Field NMR Technique.Journal of Magentic Resonance, 117,164-170.

Brinegar, P.M., Mayes, T.W., Farahi, F., & Hocken, R.J. (1994). Interferometric Frequency Stablization of 670 nm Diode Lasers.Bull.Am. Phys. Soc., 39(8).

Xu, W., Mayes, T.W.,& Farahi, F.(1994). Fiber Optic Based Detection of NOx Concentration Using Absorption Lines in the Visible Optical Range. Bull.Am.Phys.Soc., 39(8).

Educational Background

B.S. Physics, Western Kentucky State College, 1963

M.S. Physics, Vanderbilt University, 1965

Ph.D. Physics, Plasma Spectroscopy, Vanderbilt University, 1967