Lynda Elizabeth Busse is an American physicist specializing in the development, properties, and applications of

optical glass Optical glass refers to a quality of glass suitable for the manufacture of optical systems such as optical lenses, Prism (geometry), prisms or mirrors. Unlike window glass or crystal, whose formula is adapted to the desired aesthetic effect, optic ...

, especially

chalcogenide glass Chalcogenide glass (pronounced hard ''ch'' as in ''chemistry'') is a glass containing one or more heavy chalcogens (sulfur, selenium or tellurium; polonium is also a heavy chalcogen but too radioactive to use). Chalcogenide materials behave rather ...

for transmission of

infrared light Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves. The infrared spectral band begins with the waves that are just longer than those o ...

over

fiber optics An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at ...

. She is a research physicist in the Optical Materials and Devices Branch of the

United States Naval Research Laboratory The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. Located in Washington, DC, it was founded in 1923 and conducts basic scientific research, appl ...

. Busse completed a Ph.D. in physics in 1983, at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, under the supervision of

Sidney R. Nagel Sidney Robert Nagel is an American physicist and the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he is affiliated with the Department of Physics, the James Franck Institute, and the Enrico Fermi Institute. His ...

. She joined the Naval Research Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher, and continued there as a permanent staff researcher beginning in 1986. She was elected as a Fellow of

SPIE SPIE (formerly the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, later the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers) is an international not-for-profit professional society for optics and photonics technology, founded in 1955. It ...

in 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Busse, Lynda Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American optical physicists American women physicists University of Chicago alumni United States Navy civilians Female United States Navy civilians Fellows of SPIE