This web site was designed for researchers and engineers with interests in rough surface light scattering, absorption and reflection. Suggestions for simulation code and web site improvements are more than welcome (see e-mail address below).

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Curriculum Vitae

Name: David Bergström.
Born: 16th of July, 1974 (Östersund, Sweden).

Contact Details:
E-mail: david.bergstrom@mysimlabs.com
Phone: Available upon request.

Education

Thesis: “The Absorption of Laser Light by Rough Metal Surfaces”
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.


Thesis: ”The Absorptance of Metallic Alloys to Nd:YAG and Nd:YLF Laser Light”
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.


Thesis: ”Neutrino Oscillations with Three Flavors: Comparison of Dirac and
Schrödinger Models in the Theory and Series Solutions in Matter with a Linear
Density Variation”
The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Employment history

FOI, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Linköping, Sweden.


C-RAD Innovation AB, Östersund/Uppsala, Sweden.


Mid Sweden University/Luleå University of Technology, Östersund, Sweden.


Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden.

Publications (selection)

Renhorn I., Hallberg T., Bergström D., Boreman G., "Four-parameter model for polarization-resolved rough-surface BRDF", Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 1027-1036 (2011).

Bergström, D., Renhorn, I., Svensson, T., Persson, R., Hallberg, T., Lindell, R., Boreman, G., "Noise properties of a corner-cube Michelson interferometer LWIR hyperspectral imager", Proceedings Vol. 7660, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVI, Orlando, Florida (2010).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "The absorption of light by rough metal surfaces - A three-dimensional ray-tracing analysis", Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 103, Issue 10, pp. 103515/1-12 (2008).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "Nd:YLF/Nd:YAG laser absorption of rough metal surfaces", Proceedings of the 26th International Congress on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Orlando, USA (2007).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "The absorptance of steels to Nd:YLF and Nd:YAG laser light at room temperature", Applied Surface Science, Volume 253, Issue 11, pp. 5017-5028 (2007).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "Absorptance of nonferrous alloys to Nd:YLF and Nd:YAG laser light at room temperature", Applied Optics, Volume 46, Issue 8, pp. 1290-1301 (2007).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "Ray-tracing analysis of Nd:YAG laser absorption by random rough metal surfaces", Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Laser Materials Processing Conference, Lappeenranta, Finland (2007).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "A ray-tracing analysis of the absorption of light by smooth and rough metal surfaces", Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 101, Issue 11, pp. 113504/1-11 (2007).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A., Powell, J.: "Laser absorptance measurements in opaque solids", Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Laser Materials Processing Conference, Piteå, Sweden (2005).

Bergström, D., Kaplan, A..: “Mathematical modelling of laser absorption mechanisms in metals: A review”, Proceedings of the 16th Meeting on Mathematical Modelling of Materials Processing with Lasers, Igls, Austria (2003).