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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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OPTICAL RESPONSES OF HYBRID ELECTROMAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES, Dominic Bosomtwi

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MBE Growth of Sb based Alloys Using Interfacial Misfit Arrays for MWIR Devices, Fatih Furkan Ince

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FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A MONOLITHIC PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH HIGH-ASPECT RATIO PHOTONIC DEVICE STRUCTURES, Sami A. Nazib

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Exploration of Semiconductor Gain Medium, Resonator, Pump, and Frequency Stabilization for Laser Guide Star Applications, Mingyang Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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VOLUMETRIC IMAGING USING THE PUPIL-MATCHED REMOTE FOCUSING TECHNIQUE IN LIGHT-SHEET MICROSCOPY, Sayed Hassan Dibaji Foroushani

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Super-Resolution Microscopy with Color Centers in Diamond, Forrest A. Hubert

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Carrier Dynamics in Green III-nitride LEDs Using Small-Signal Electroluminescence, Xuefeng Li

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Filaments and their application to air lasing, spectroscopy, and guided discharge, Ali Rastegari

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Femtotesla Magnetometry and Nanoscale Imaging with Color Centers in Diamond, Yaser Silani

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High-power laser cooling and temperature-dependent fluorescence studies of ytterbium doped silica, Brian Topper

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Investigation of Laser and Nonlinear Properties of Anderson Localizing Optical Fibers, Cody Ryan Bassett

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Atomic Gradiometry Based on the Interference of Microwave Optical Sidebands, Kaleb L. Campbell

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Investigation of GaAs Double Heterostructures for Photonic Heat Engines, Nathan Giannini-Hutchin

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Design and Characterization of Frequency Tripling Mirrors, Amir Khabbazi Oskouei

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Gamma and Neutron Irradiation effect on Ga-polar and N-polar GaN based diodes, Farnood Mirkhosravi

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Examination of Ionization in Cesium Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers with an Ion Chamber Diagnostic, Benjamin Oliker

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Integrated Grating couplers on-a-chip: characterizations and applications, Xuemei Wang

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Ultrashort Pulse Laser Filamentation Electrical and Optical Diagnostic Comparison, James E. Wymer

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Intracavity Phase Interferometry Based Fiber Sensors, Luke Jameson Horstman

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Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Air Lasing in Filaments, Brian Robert Kamer

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Optimization and characterization of doped optical fibers for radiation balanced fiber laser and amplifier, Mostafa Peysokhan

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INTERFEROMETRIC LITHOGRAPHY- AN APPROACH TO LARGE AREA AND COST EFFECTIVE NANOPATTERNING, Vineeth Sasidharan

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Generation of Correlated Dual Frequency Combs with PM Fiber Lasers for High-Precision Metrology, Hanieh Afkhamiardakani

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INTERACTION OF OPTOMECHANICAL CAVITIES WITH ACOUSTIC WAVES AND OSCILLATORS, Ke Huang

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Applications of the Negatively-Charged Silicon Vacancy Color Center in Diamond, Forrest A. Hubert

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The Development of All Solid-State Optical Cryo-cooler, Junwei Meng

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Radiation-balanced fiber lasers and amplifiers, Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei Mr

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Development and demonstration of a pico-Watt calorimeter for optical absorption spectroscopy, Behshad Roshanzadeh

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Mid-IR Optical Refrigeration and Radiation Balanced Lasers, Saeid Rostami

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Multifunctional Properties of GaN NWs Applied to Nanometrology, Nanophotonics, and Scanning Probe Microscopy/Lithography, Mahmoud Behzadirad

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Tailored Frequency Comb Structures and Their Sensing Applications, James Hendrie

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Algorithmic Multi-Color CMOS Avalanche Photodiodes for Smart-Lighting Applications, Md Mottaleb Hossain

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Reducing threading dislocation in GaSb epilayer grown on GaAs substrate for photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic application, Ahmad Mansoori

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INTEGRATED CHIRPED-GRATING SPECTROMETER-ON-A-CHIP, Shima Nezhadbadeh

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GENERATION AND USE OF FEMTOSECOND, GIGAWATT, NEAR INFRARED LASER PULSES FROM AN AMPLIFIED, MODE-LOCKED, TI:SAPPHIRE LASER, David Anthony Valdés

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NEAR-FIELD AND FAR-FIELD MICROSCOPIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS OF COUPLED PLASMONIC, EXCITONIC AND POLYMERIC MATERIALS, Chih-Feng Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Transverse Anderson localization in optical fibers: high-quality wave transmission and novel lasing applications, Behnam Abaie

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NOVEL COMPACT NARROW-LINEWIDTH MID-INFRARED LASERS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS, Behsan Behzadi

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SUB-NANOMETER COUPLING DISTANCE CONTROL AND PLASMON ENHANCED CARRIER GENERATION AND DYNAMICS IN III-V SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES, Sharmin Haq

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Carrier dynamics in high-speed III-nitride light-emitting diodes for visible-light communication, Arman Rashidi

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Improve the Low Energy Sensitivity of the HAWC Observatory, Zhixiang Ren

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Vertical Transport Study of III-V Type-II Superlattices, Zahra Taghipour

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Synchronous generation and coherent control of extreme wavelength radiation and ultrafast spectroscopy, Aram Gragossian

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Analytical modeling and characterization for avalanche photodiodes, Erum Jamil

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Anisotropy and Emission from Air with Laser Filaments, Mohammadamin Rasoulof

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Spatio-temporally resolved optical laser-induced damage to study defect limited performance of optical films, Yejia Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Simulation of strongly injection-locked semiconductor ring lasers, Fei-Hung Chu

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Sub-nanosecond UV filaments and their applications for remote spectroscopy and high-voltage discharges, Chengyong Feng

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High Power Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers for Sodium Guidestar Applications, Shawn W. Hackett

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Top-down Cross-Section Controlled III-Nitride Nanowire Lasers, Changyi Li

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Ultrafast Broadband Terahertz Spectroscopy, Chia-Yeh Li

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Polarization characterization of nonlinear laser propagation, Shermineh Rostami

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NOVEL CONCEPTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASERS, Zhou Yang

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SCATTEROMETRY OF 50 NM HALF PITCH FEATURES, ruichao zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Linear Mode CMOS Compatible p-n Junction Avalanche Photodiode for Smart-lighting Applications, Md. Mottaleb Hossain

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Three-Dimensional Imaging using a Novel Rotating Point Spread Function Imager, Rakesh Kumar

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Development of optical systems and imaging analyses for hyperspectral microscopy and 3D super-resolution imaging, Sheng Liu

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BEAM COMBINING OF FIBER LASERS AND VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS USING VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS, Chunte Lu

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Analytical and Experimental Methods for Studying Novel Cavity Geometries in Quantum Dot Mode Locked Lasers, David Murrell

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Pulsed laser induced breakdown in solid state materials and air, Zhanliang Sun

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Investigation of single-frequency high-power Raman fiber amplifier for guide star application, Christopher Vergien

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Precise Characterization and Investigation of Laser Cooling in III-V Compound Semiconductors, Chengao Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Optically Pumped Type-II Mid-Infrared Tunable Distributed Feedback Lasers, Xiang He

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Investigation of intracavity phase interferometry applied to nano-metrology, Xuan Luo

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Intracavity coherent interaction of mode-locked pulse train with resonant medium, Koji Masuda

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Bayesian Estimators, Error Bounds, and Applications to Imaging, Srikanth Narravula

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IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY TO THE LIMITS OF AVAILABLE FREQUENCY SPACE, Alexander Neumann

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DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EPITAXIAL AND NON-EPITAXIAL THERMO-PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, Nassim Rahimi

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High power pulse UV source development and its applications, Xiaozhen Xu

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Optical Filaments and Gas Dynamics in Air, Jeremy Yeak

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The study of photo-thermal lensing system and its applications, XUERONG ZHANG

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Controlled Lasing in Gallium Nitride Nanowires, X Huiwen

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Cryogenic optical refrigeration: Laser cooling of solids below 123 K, Seth Melgaard

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LOW-TEMPERATURE CHARACTERIZATION OF A 1.55-μm MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL LASER DOWN TO 10 K, Emmanuel Mercado

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Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Nonlinear Dynamical Trends of Passively Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Lasers, Ravi Raghunathan

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An automated and user-friendly optical tweezers for biomolecular investigations, pranav rahti

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Nonlinear Microscopy for Material Characterization, Reed Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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An overview of laser operation and modelocking of a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL), Aaron Allen

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LOCSET phase locking : operation, diagnostics, and applications, Benjamin Pulford

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Room temperature and cryogenic Yb:YAG thin disk laser : single crystal and ceramic, Natasa Vretenar

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Microwave techniques and applications for semiconductor quantum dot mode-locked lasers, Chang-Yi Lin

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Cryogenic optical refrigeration, Seth Melgaard

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STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING SUPPRESSION VIA TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS IN FIBER AMPLIFIERS, Douglas Nelson

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Novel approaches to power scaling of single-frequency photonic crystal fiber amplifiers, Craig Robin

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Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy and control of collective modes in semiconductors, Denis Seletskiy

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A theoretical and experimental analysis of SBS suppression through modification of amplifier seed, Clint M. Zeringue

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Theoretical and experimental studies of optically pumped molecular gas lasers, Ratanavis Amarin

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Dispersion, controlled dispersion, and three applications, Douglas Harris Bradshaw

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Bidirectional mode-locked fiber ring laser, Alexandre Bittencourt de Pinho e Braga

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SPINS : spectral phase interrogation using nonlinear spectra, Brook Jilek

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Longwave and bi-color type-II InAs/(In)GaSb superlattice infrared detectors, Arezou Khoshakhlagh

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Investigation of InAs/GaSb superlattice based nBn detectors and focal plane arrays, Ha sul Kim

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Control of neutral atoms in optical lattices, Brian Mischuck

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Synthesis and evaluation of rare-earth doped glasses and crystals for optical refrigeration, Wendy Marie Patterson

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Analysis and modeling of phase noise in LOCSET and the AFRL high power fiber test bed, Don Seeley

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Nonlinear microscopy for material characterization, Reed Alan Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Stimulated Brillouin scattering effects and suppression techniques in high power fiber amplifiers, Michael Zmuda

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Techniques for high-speed direct modulation of quantum dot lasers, Yan Li

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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

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Analysis of a laser induced plasma in high pressure SF6 gas for high-voltage, high-current switching, Waylon Clark