Optical Science and Engineering ETDs
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Super-Resolution Microscopy with Color Centers in Diamond, Forrest A. Hubert
Filaments and their application to air lasing, spectroscopy, and guided discharge, Ali Rastegari
Femtotesla Magnetometry and Nanoscale Imaging with Color Centers in Diamond, Yaser Silani
High-power laser cooling and temperature-dependent fluorescence studies of ytterbium doped silica, Brian Topper
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Investigation of Laser and Nonlinear Properties of Anderson Localizing Optical Fibers, Cody Ryan Bassett
Atomic Gradiometry Based on the Interference of Microwave Optical Sidebands, Kaleb L. Campbell
Investigation of GaAs Double Heterostructures for Photonic Heat Engines, Nathan Giannini-Hutchin
Design and Characterization of Frequency Tripling Mirrors, Amir Khabbazi Oskouei
Gamma and Neutron Irradiation effect on Ga-polar and N-polar GaN based diodes, Farnood Mirkhosravi
Examination of Ionization in Cesium Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers with an Ion Chamber Diagnostic, Benjamin Oliker
Integrated Grating couplers on-a-chip: characterizations and applications, Xuemei Wang
Ultrashort Pulse Laser Filamentation Electrical and Optical Diagnostic Comparison, James E. Wymer
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Intracavity Phase Interferometry Based Fiber Sensors, Luke Jameson Horstman
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Air Lasing in Filaments, Brian Robert Kamer
Optimization and characterization of doped optical fibers for radiation balanced fiber laser and amplifier, Mostafa Peysokhan
INTERFEROMETRIC LITHOGRAPHY- AN APPROACH TO LARGE AREA AND COST EFFECTIVE NANOPATTERNING, Vineeth Sasidharan
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Generation of Correlated Dual Frequency Combs with PM Fiber Lasers for High-Precision Metrology, Hanieh Afkhamiardakani
INTERACTION OF OPTOMECHANICAL CAVITIES WITH ACOUSTIC WAVES AND OSCILLATORS, Ke Huang
Applications of the Negatively-Charged Silicon Vacancy Color Center in Diamond, Forrest A. Hubert
The Development of All Solid-State Optical Cryo-cooler, Junwei Meng
Radiation-balanced fiber lasers and amplifiers, Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei Mr
Development and demonstration of a pico-Watt calorimeter for optical absorption spectroscopy, Behshad Roshanzadeh
Mid-IR Optical Refrigeration and Radiation Balanced Lasers, Saeid Rostami
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Multifunctional Properties of GaN NWs Applied to Nanometrology, Nanophotonics, and Scanning Probe Microscopy/Lithography, Mahmoud Behzadirad
Tailored Frequency Comb Structures and Their Sensing Applications, James Hendrie
Algorithmic Multi-Color CMOS Avalanche Photodiodes for Smart-Lighting Applications, Md Mottaleb Hossain
Reducing threading dislocation in GaSb epilayer grown on GaAs substrate for photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic application, Ahmad Mansoori
INTEGRATED CHIRPED-GRATING SPECTROMETER-ON-A-CHIP, Shima Nezhadbadeh
GENERATION AND USE OF FEMTOSECOND, GIGAWATT, NEAR INFRARED LASER PULSES FROM AN AMPLIFIED, MODE-LOCKED, TI:SAPPHIRE LASER, David Anthony Valdés
NEAR-FIELD AND FAR-FIELD MICROSCOPIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS OF COUPLED PLASMONIC, EXCITONIC AND POLYMERIC MATERIALS, Chih-Feng Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Transverse Anderson localization in optical fibers: high-quality wave transmission and novel lasing applications, Behnam Abaie
NOVEL COMPACT NARROW-LINEWIDTH MID-INFRARED LASERS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS, Behsan Behzadi
Carrier dynamics in high-speed III-nitride light-emitting diodes for visible-light communication, Arman Rashidi
Improve the Low Energy Sensitivity of the HAWC Observatory, Zhixiang Ren
Vertical Transport Study of III-V Type-II Superlattices, Zahra Taghipour
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Synchronous generation and coherent control of extreme wavelength radiation and ultrafast spectroscopy, Aram Gragossian
Analytical modeling and characterization for avalanche photodiodes, Erum Jamil
Anisotropy and Emission from Air with Laser Filaments, Mohammadamin Rasoulof
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Simulation of strongly injection-locked semiconductor ring lasers, Fei-Hung Chu
Sub-nanosecond UV filaments and their applications for remote spectroscopy and high-voltage discharges, Chengyong Feng
High Power Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers for Sodium Guidestar Applications, Shawn W. Hackett
Top-down Cross-Section Controlled III-Nitride Nanowire Lasers, Changyi Li
Ultrafast Broadband Terahertz Spectroscopy, Chia-Yeh Li
Polarization characterization of nonlinear laser propagation, Shermineh Rostami
NOVEL CONCEPTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASERS, Zhou Yang
SCATTEROMETRY OF 50 NM HALF PITCH FEATURES, ruichao zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Linear Mode CMOS Compatible p-n Junction Avalanche Photodiode for Smart-lighting Applications, Md. Mottaleb Hossain
Three-Dimensional Imaging using a Novel Rotating Point Spread Function Imager, Rakesh Kumar
Analytical and Experimental Methods for Studying Novel Cavity Geometries in Quantum Dot Mode Locked Lasers, David Murrell
Pulsed laser induced breakdown in solid state materials and air, Zhanliang Sun
Investigation of single-frequency high-power Raman fiber amplifier for guide star application, Christopher Vergien
Precise Characterization and Investigation of Laser Cooling in III-V Compound Semiconductors, Chengao Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Optically Pumped Type-II Mid-Infrared Tunable Distributed Feedback Lasers, Xiang He
Investigation of intracavity phase interferometry applied to nano-metrology, Xuan Luo
Intracavity coherent interaction of mode-locked pulse train with resonant medium, Koji Masuda
Bayesian Estimators, Error Bounds, and Applications to Imaging, Srikanth Narravula
IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY TO THE LIMITS OF AVAILABLE FREQUENCY SPACE, Alexander Neumann
DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EPITAXIAL AND NON-EPITAXIAL THERMO-PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, Nassim Rahimi
High power pulse UV source development and its applications, Xiaozhen Xu
Optical Filaments and Gas Dynamics in Air, Jeremy Yeak
The study of photo-thermal lensing system and its applications, XUERONG ZHANG
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Controlled Lasing in Gallium Nitride Nanowires, X Huiwen
Cryogenic optical refrigeration: Laser cooling of solids below 123 K, Seth Melgaard
LOW-TEMPERATURE CHARACTERIZATION OF A 1.55-μm MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL LASER DOWN TO 10 K, Emmanuel Mercado
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Nonlinear Dynamical Trends of Passively Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Lasers, Ravi Raghunathan
An automated and user-friendly optical tweezers for biomolecular investigations, pranav rahti
Nonlinear Microscopy for Material Characterization, Reed Weber
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
An overview of laser operation and modelocking of a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL), Aaron Allen
LOCSET phase locking : operation, diagnostics, and applications, Benjamin Pulford
Room temperature and cryogenic Yb:YAG thin disk laser : single crystal and ceramic, Natasa Vretenar
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Microwave techniques and applications for semiconductor quantum dot mode-locked lasers, Chang-Yi Lin
Cryogenic optical refrigeration, Seth Melgaard
STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING SUPPRESSION VIA TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS IN FIBER AMPLIFIERS, Douglas Nelson
Novel approaches to power scaling of single-frequency photonic crystal fiber amplifiers, Craig Robin
Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy and control of collective modes in semiconductors, Denis Seletskiy
A theoretical and experimental analysis of SBS suppression through modification of amplifier seed, Clint M. Zeringue
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Theoretical and experimental studies of optically pumped molecular gas lasers, Ratanavis Amarin
Dispersion, controlled dispersion, and three applications, Douglas Harris Bradshaw
Bidirectional mode-locked fiber ring laser, Alexandre Bittencourt de Pinho e Braga
SPINS : spectral phase interrogation using nonlinear spectra, Brook Jilek
Longwave and bi-color type-II InAs/(In)GaSb superlattice infrared detectors, Arezou Khoshakhlagh
Investigation of InAs/GaSb superlattice based nBn detectors and focal plane arrays, Ha sul Kim
Control of neutral atoms in optical lattices, Brian Mischuck
Synthesis and evaluation of rare-earth doped glasses and crystals for optical refrigeration, Wendy Marie Patterson
Analysis and modeling of phase noise in LOCSET and the AFRL high power fiber test bed, Don Seeley
Nonlinear microscopy for material characterization, Reed Alan Weber
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Stimulated Brillouin scattering effects and suppression techniques in high power fiber amplifiers, Michael Zmuda
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Techniques for high-speed direct modulation of quantum dot lasers, Yan Li
Experimental characterization of Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched Cr:Nd:GSGG lasers and comparison with a simple rate equation model, Nathan Longbotham
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Analysis of a laser induced plasma in high pressure SF6 gas for high-voltage, high-current switching, Waylon Clark
Cramer-Rao bound analysis of multi-frame blind deconvolution, Alim Haji
Theses/Dissertations from 1961
Cerenkov Radiation from an Electron Traveling in a Circle Through a Dielectric Medium, John Joseph Newman
