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Professor at the College of Optical Sciences (Tucson weather, Monsoon tracker), joint appointment with the Department of Physics, at the University of Arizona, Honorary Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St. Andrews; B. Sc., Honorary Professor in the Physics Department of the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, 1980; Ph. D. Heriot-Watt University, 1983; Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Munich 1983-1985; College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1985-date.
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Courses
  • POI
    Physical Optics I

  • OO
    Optics Outreach

  • OPL
    Optical Physics and Lasers

  • PO
    Physical Optics

  • QMW
    Quantized Matter Waves

  • OP
    Optical Physics

  • LBR
    Laser Beams and Resonators

  • OIM
    Optics Instruction and Mentoring

  • QMOP
    Quantum Mechanics and Optical Physics

Grants
  • Funding agency logo
    Eager: Generation of Laguerre Gaussian Beams in a VECSEL Cavity

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2017

    $150.0K
  • Funding agency logo
    XUV Frequency Comb Development for Precision Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Science

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2012

    $1.1M
News
  • Atom Optics Technologies Could Be Phenomenal, UA Theorist Says

    2001

  • Optical Sciences Honors Faculty, Students

    1999

Publications (274)
Recent
  • All-intracavity fourth harmonic generation in a passively mode locked VECSEL for ultrafast UV emission

    2021

  • High peak power, sub-ps green emission in a passively mode locked W-cavity VECSEL

    2020

  • Amplification from a rotating body

    2020

  • Response to a comment by Syrwid, Kosior, and Sacha on Quantum time crystals and interacting gauge theories in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

    2020

  • Penrose supperradiance in nonlinear optics

    2020

  • Megafilament in air formed by self-guided terawatt long-wavelength infrared laser

    2019

  • Control of the filament dynamics of 10 microns pulses via designer pulse trains

    2019

  • High-power higher-order Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams from vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers

    2019

  • On quantum time crystals and interacting gauge theories in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

    2019

  • Universal long-wavelength nonlinear optical response of noble gases

    2019

  • Memory effects in the long-wave infrared avalanche ionization of gases: A review of recent progress

    2019

  • Superradiant amplification of acoustic beams via medium rotation

    2019

  • Rotation-dependent nonlinear absorption of orbital angular momentum carrying beams in ruby

    2018

  • Optical binding of two cooled micro-gyroscopes levitated in vacuum

    2018

  • Observation of photon droplets and their dynamics

    2018

  • High power two-color orbital angular momentum beam generation using vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers

    2018

  • Photopolymerization with Light Fields Possessing Orbital Angular Momentum: Generation of Helical Microfibers

    2018

  • Rotating black hole geometries in a two-dimensional photon superfluid

    2018

  • Simulation of LWIR TW ultrashort pulses over kilometer ranges in the atmosphere

    2018

  • Self-bound droplets of light with orbital angular momentum

    2018

  • Nonlinear rovibrational polarization response of water vapor to ultrashort long-wave infrared pulses

    2017

  • Modal beam splitter: determination of the transversal components of an electromagnetic field

    2017

  • Antibunching in an optomechanical oscillator

    2017

  • Generation of high-power spatially structured beams using vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

    2017

  • Self-channeling of high-power mid-infrared pulses in atomic gases

    2017

  • Parametric amplification from medium rotation

    2017

  • Dynamics of a levitated micro particle in vacuum trapped by a perfect vortex

    2017

  • Nonlinear optical response of noble gases via the metastable electronic state approach

    2016

  • Optical analogues of the Newton-Schrodinger equation and boson star evolution

    2016

  • Carrier-wave shape effects in optical filamentation

    2016

  • The role of geometry in the superfluid flow of nonlocal photon fluids

    2016

  • Synthetic magnetism for photon fluids

    2016

  • Numerical investigation of enhanced super continuum via a weak seed in noble gases

    2016

  • Orbital angular momentum transfer to microparticles in vacuum

    2016

  • Experimental characterization of nonlocal photon fluids

    2015

  • Assessment of the metastable electronic state approach as a microscopically self-consistent description for the nonlinear response of atoms

    2015

  • Rotation of two trapped micro particles in vacuum: observation of optically mediated parametric resonances

    2015

  • Creating and probing of a perfect vortex in situ with a optically trapped particle

    2015

  • Dichroism for orbital angular momentum using stimulated parametric down conversion

    2014

  • Meta-stable electronic states and nonlinear response for high-intensity optical pulses

    2014

  • Reflectionless beam propagation on a piecewise linear complex domain

    2014

  • Dynamic stabilization of an optomechanical oscillator

    2014

  • Simple model for the nonlinear optical response of gases in the transparency region

    2014

  • Multimode strong-coupling quantum optomechanics

    2013

  • Superpositions in atomic quantum rings

    2013

  • Optical response of atomic gases to ultrafast pump-probe pulses

    2013

  • Operating characteristics of a femtosecond amplification cavity for infrared frequency combs

    2013

  • Phase conjugation in quantum optomechanics

    2013

  • Electromagnetic force distribution inside matter

    2013

  • Non-collinear interaction of photons with orbital angular momentum

    2013

  • Modal characterization using Principal Component Analysis: application to Bessel, higher-order Gaussian beams and their superposition

    2013

  • Characteristics of two-dimensional quantum turbulence in a compressible quantum fluid

    2013

  • The dynamics of microparticles held in a perfect vortex beam

    2013

  • Propagation of Gaussian-apodized paraxial beams through first-order optical systems via complex coordinate transformations and ray transfer matrices

    2012

  • Simultaneous determination of the constituent azimuthal and radial incides for light fields possessing orbital angular momentum

    2012

  • Space-time resolved simulation of femtosecond nonlinear light-matter interactions using a holistic quantum atomic model: Application to near-threshold harmonics

    2012

  • Localized waves with spherical harmonic symmetries

    2012

  • Quantum state transfer between a Bose-Einstein condensate and an optomechanical mirror

    2012

  • Seeded optically driven avalanche ionization in molecular and noble gases

    2012

  • On the relative roles of higher-order nonlinearity and ionization in ultrafast light-matter interactions

    2012

  • An interacting dipole model to explore broadband transverse optical binding

    2012

  • Visualization of the birth of an optical vortex using diffraction from a triangular aperture

    2011

  • Spin and orbital angular momenta of light reflected from a cone

    2011

  • Experimental test of the new paradigm for laser filamentation in gases

    2011

  • Quantum superpositions of flow states on a ring

    2011

  • Intracavity ionization and pulse formation in femtosecond enhancement cavities

    2011

  • Femtosecond filamentation in air and higher-order nonlinearities

    2010

  • Towards all-optical optomechanics: An optical sping mirror

    2010

  • Microscopic model for the higher-order nonlinearity in optical filaments

    2010

  • Optical path clearing and enhanced transmission through colloidal suspensions

    2010

  • Nonlinear optical response of colloidal suspensions

    2009

  • Supercontinuum generation in planar glass membrane fibers: Comparison with bulk media

    2009

  • Nonlinear optical dynamics in non-ideal gases of interacting colloidal nano-particles

    2009

  • Rotating ground states of a one-dimensional spin-polarized gas of fermionic atoms with attractive p-wave interactions on a mesoscopic ring

    2008

  • A dual beam photonic crystal fibre trap for microscopic particles

    2008

  • Bright and dark solitary waves in a one-dimensional spin-polarized gas of fermionic atoms with p-wave interactions in a hard wall trap

    2008

  • Quantum dynamics of Raman-Coupled Bose-Einstein condensates using Laguerre-Gaussian beams

    2007

  • Supercontinuum and third-harmonic generation accompanying optical filamentation as first-order scattering processes

    2007

  • Self-action and regularized self-guiding of pulsed Bessel-like beams in air

    2007

  • The role of linear power partitioning in beam filamentation

    2007

  • Dark spots of Arago

    2007

  • Experimental observation of modulational instability and optical spatial soliton arrays in soft condensed matter

    2007

  • Measurement of the restoring forces acting on two optically bound particles from normal mode correlations

    2007

  • Observation of bistability and hysteresis in optical binding of two dielectric spheres

    2006

  • Broken enantiomeric symmetry for electromagnetic waves interacting with planar chiral nanostructures

    2006

  • Enhanced optical guiding using a supercontinuum source

    2006

  • Visualization of optical binding of microparticles using a femtosecond fiber optical trap

    2006

  • Theory and simulation of the bistable behavior of optically bound particles in the Mie size regime

    2006

  • Simulation of third-harmonic and supercontinuum generation for femtosecond pulses in air

    2006

  • Stability and transient effects for nanosecond ultraviolet light filament in air

    2005

  • Static and dynamic properties of trapped fermionic Tonks-Girardeau gases

    2005

  • Polarization conversion and focusing of light propagating through a small chiral hole in a metallic screen

    2005

  • Quantum theory of incoherent emission of an interacting electron-ion plasma

    2005

  • Interpretation of the spectrally resolved far field of femtosecond pulses propagating in bulk nonlinear dispersive media

    2005

  • White light propagation invariant beams

    2005

  • Photoluminescence and Terahertz emission from femtosecond laser-induced plasma channels

    2005

  • Simulation of femtosecond pulse propagation in sub-micron diameter tapered fibers

    2004

  • Dynamic nonlinear X-waves for femtosecond pulse propagation in water

    2004

  • Optically bound microscopic particles in one dimension

    2004

  • Mode properties of an external cavity laser with a Gaussian gain

    2004

  • Optical levitation in a Bessel light beam

    2004

  • Feshbach resonance-induced filamentation and quantum pair correlation in atom-laser-beam propagation

    2003

  • Physical factors limiting the spectral extent and bandgap dependence of supercontinuum generation

    2003

  • Theory and simulation of supercontinuum generation in transparent bulk media

    2003

  • A fundamental limit for integrated atom optics with Bose-Einstein condensates

    2003

  • Two-fermion bound state in a Bose-Einstein condensate

    2003

  • Atomic-phase interference devices based on ring-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates: Two ring case

    2003

  • Quantum mechanics of one-dimensional trapped Tonks gases

    2002

  • Theory of a one-dimensional double-X atom interferometer

    2002

  • Crossover from one to three dimensions for a gas of hard-core bosons

    2002

  • Interference of a hard-core boson gas on a ring

    2002

  • Momentum distribution for a one-dimensional trapped gas of hard-core bosons

    2002

  • Interference of a thermal Tonks gas on a ring

    2002

  • Propagation and control of non-canonical optical vortices

    2001

  • Generation of electromagnetic pulses from plasma channels induced by femtosecond light strings

    2001

  • Polarization dynamics of femtosecond pulses propagating in air

    2001

  • Efficiency of pump absorption in double-clad fiber amplifiers: 1. Fibers with circular symmetry

    2001

  • Optical dipole traps and atomic waveguides based on Bessel light beams

    2001

  • Polarization instability of femtosecond pulse-splitting in normally dispersive self-focusing media

    2001

  • Vortex revivals with trapped light

    2001

  • Toroidal optical dipole traps for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates using Laguerre-Gaussian beams

    2001

  • Ground state properties of a one-dimensional condensate of hard core bosons in a harmonic trap

    2001

  • Bose-Fermi variational theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate crossover to the Tonks gas

    2001

  • Observation of dynamical inversion of the topological charge of an optical vortex

    2001

  • Measurement of one-particle correlations and momentum distributions for 1D trapped gases

    2001

  • Ultraviolet filamentation in air

    2000

  • Breakdown of time-dependent mean-field theory for a one-dimensional condensate of hard core bosons

    2000

  • Magneto-optical control of bright atomic solitons

    2000

  • Dynamical theory of crystallization in Ge$_2$Sb$_2.3$Te$_5$ phase-change optical recording media

    2000

  • Time-domain master equation for pulse evolution and laser mode-locking

    2000

  • Crystallization behavior of as-deposited, melt quenched, and primed amorphous states of Ge$_2$Sb$_2.3$Te$_5$ films in phase-change optical recording

    2000

  • Femtosecond self-guided atmospheric light strings

    2000

  • Dark solitons in a one-dimensional condensate of hard core bosons

    2000

  • A dynamic spatial replenishment scenario for femtosecond pulses propagating in air - A route to optical turbulence?

    2000

  • Numerical investigation of cavity mode instabilities induced by a Gaussian gain medium

    1999

  • Power dependence of dynamic spatial replenishment of femtosecond pulses propagating in air

    1999

  • Nonlinear dynamics of circular-grating distributed-feedback semiconductor devices

    1999

  • Second harmonic generation of femtosecond pulses at the boundary of a nonlinear dielectric

    1999

  • Optically turbulent femtosecond light guide in air

    1999

  • Spatial pattern of microchannel formation in fused silica irradiated by nanosecond ultraviolet pulses

    1999

  • Moving-focus versus self-waveguiding model for long distance propagation of femtosecond pulse in air

    1999

  • Creation of gap solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates

    1999

  • Dressed Bose-Einstein condensates in high-Q cavities

    1998

  • Femtosecond pulse propagation in Argon - A pressure dependence study

    1998

  • Pulse shapes and stability in Kerr and active mode-locking (KAML)

    1998

  • Dynamic spatial replenishment of femtosecond pulses propagating in air

    1998

  • On the detection of condensate vortex states

    1998

  • Solitary wave emission from a nonlinear waveguide with a PTS cladding

    1998

  • Spatial soliton laser

    1998

  • Collapses and revivals of collective excitations in trapped Bose condensates

    1998

  • Vortex coupler for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

    1997

  • Nonlinear focusing of femtosecond pulses due to self-reflection from a saturable absorber

    1997

  • Master equation for spatio-temporal beam propagation and Kerr-lens mode-locking

    1997

  • Theory and simulation of laser-induced breakdown and self-focusing of ultrashort focused laser pulses in water

    1997

  • Collapses and revivals in the interference between two Bose-Einstein condensates formed in small atomic samples

    1997

  • Femtosecond pulse propagation and optical solitons in semiconductor-doped glass waveguides in the vicinity of a two-photon resonance

    1997

  • Quantum dynamics of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential

    1997

  • Phase dynamics and Bose-broken symmetry in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

    1997

  • Soliton excitation and mutual-locking of light beams in bulk quadratic nonlinear crystals

    1996

  • Femtosecond pulse propagation near a two-photon transition in a semiconductor quantum dot waveguide

    1996

  • Doppler shift of self-reflected optical pulses at an interface: The dynamic nonlinear optical skin effect

    1996

  • Two-dimensional motion of cold atoms in an off-resonant annular laser beam: Artificial two-dimensional molecules

    1996

  • A generalized mean-field or master equation for nonlinear cavities with transverse effects

    1996

  • Collapses and revivals of Bose-Einstein condensates formed in small atomic samples

    1996

  • Stable self-trapping and ring formation in \sl para-toluene sulfonate

    1995

  • Coupled-mode theory of vertically integrated impedance-matched waveguide/photodetectors

    1995

  • Suppresion of third-order dispersion radiation in solid-state soliton lasers

    1995

  • Self-induced modulation and compression of an ultracold atomic cloud in a nonlinear atomic cavity

    1995

  • Nonlinear pulse propagation in the vicinity of a two-photon resonance

    1995

  • Stationary trapping of light beams in bulk second-order nonlinear media

    1995

  • Light-induced breakdown versus self-focusing for focused picosecond pulses in water

    1995

  • Conical emission and supercontinuum generation in normally dispersive bulk media

    1994

  • Nonlinear atom optics: General formalism and atomic solitons

    1994

  • Optical anyons: Atoms trapped on electromagnetic vortices

    1994

  • Pattern selection in passive and active nonlinear optical systems

    1994

  • Reflection of localized beams from a nonlinear absorbing interface

    1994

  • Quantum fluctuations in nonlinear optical self-focusing

    1994

  • Self-focusing threshold in normally dispersive media

    1994

  • Polarization patterns in a nonlinear cavity

    1994

  • The quantum discrete self-trapping equation in the Hartree approximation

    1993

  • Stationary nonlinear waves guided by thin films bounded by nonlinear diffusive Kerr media

    1993

  • Amplification, absorption, and lossless propagation of femtosecond pulses in inverted semiconductors

    1993

  • Nonlinear atom optics

    1993

  • All-optical switching of solitons in an active nonlinear directional coupler

    1992

  • Stability of the TE$_0$ guided wave of a nonlinear waveguide with a self-defocusing bounding medium

    1992

  • Quantum beam collapse in a self-focusing medium

    1992

  • Propagation-induced escape from adiabatic following in a semiconductor

    1992

  • Three-dimensional simulations of degenerate counterpropagating beam instabilities in a nonlinear medium

    1992

  • Recurrence and azimuthal symmetry breaking of a cylindrical Gaussian beam in a saturable self-focusing medium

    1992

  • Quantum theory of soliton propagation in an optical fiber using the Hartree approximation

    1991

  • Stability of higher bound states in a saturable self-focusing medium

    1991

  • Theory of an atomic beam splitter based on velocity tuned resonances

    1991

  • All-optical switching of solitons in two- and three-core nonlinear fiber couplers

    1991

  • Spatial ring emission in an optical fiber with nonlinear cladding

    1991

  • Raman-Nath theory of degenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductors II: Time-dependent analysis and comparison with pulse experiments

    1991

  • Soliton switching in an erbium-doped nonlinear fiber coupler

    1991

  • Wavelength dependent soliton self-routing in birefringent fiber filters

    1991

  • Ultrashort pulse self-switching in coupled semiconductor travelling-wave amplifiers

    1991

  • Quantum pendell\ osung in atom diffraction by a light grating

    1991

  • Generation of pulse trains in the normal dispersion regime of a dielectric medium

    1991

  • Excess noise in gain guided amplifiers

    1991

  • Observation of new scattering orders in degenerate four-wave mixing

    1990

  • Pseudo-reccurrence in two-dimensional modulation instablility with a saturable self-focusing medium

    1990

  • Theory of an atomic interfermeter in the Raman-Nath regime

    1990

  • All-optical switching

    1990

  • Solitary wave emission from a nonlinear slab waveguide in three dimensions

    1990

  • The effect of diffusion on surface guided nonlinear TM waves: A finite element approach

    1990

  • Polarization instabilities of dark and bright coupled solitary waves in birefringent optical fibers

    1990

  • Formation of transverse spatial ring structures in increasing absorption optical bistability

    1990

  • Emission of spatial solitons from nonlinear waveguides

    1990

  • Nonlinear pulse propagation in a semiconductor in the transient regime I: Temporal and spectral effects

    1990

  • Generation of macroscopic superpositions in a micromaser

    1990

  • Raman-Nath theory of degenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductors

    1990

  • Numerical calculations of spatial solitary wave emission from a nonlinear wavguide: Two-level saturable media

    1990

  • Quantum theory of self-phase modulation

    1990

  • Particle aspects of collimated light channel reflection at nonlinear interfaces and waveguides

    1990

  • Variation of the switching power with diffusion length in a nonlinear directional coupler

    1989

  • Parametric amplification and modulational instabilities in dispersive nonlinear directional couplers with relaxing nonlinearity

    1989

  • Solitary wave decay and symmetry breaking instabilities in two-mode fibers

    1989

  • Numerical simulation of guided wave phenomena in semiconductors

    1989

  • Semiclassical theory of a micromaser

    1989

  • Bifurcation of scattering orders in degenerate four-wave mixing

    1989

  • Polarized soliton instability and branching in birefringent fibers

    1989

  • Collapse and revival in the micromaser

    1989

  • Quantization and phase-space methods for slowly varying optical fields in a dispersive nonlinear medium

    1988

  • Optical solitary waves induced by cross-phase modulation

    1988

  • Soliton switching in fiber nonlinear directional couplers

    1988

  • Complex geometrical phases for dissapative systems

    1988

  • Soliton coupler

    1988

  • Third-order nonlinear integrated optics

    1988

  • Stationary nonlinear surface waves and their stability in diffusive Kerr media

    1988

  • Nonlinear TE waves of coupled waveguides bounded by nonlinear media

    1988

  • Nonlinear directional coupler with a diffusive Kerr-type nonlinearity

    1988

  • Degenerate four-wave mixing from a waveguide with guided wave pump beams

    1988

  • Measurements-induced dynamics of a micromaser

    1988

  • Numerical analysis of nonlinear coherent couplers exhibiting saturable index changes

    1988

  • Picosecond switching induced by saturable absorption in a nonlinear directional coupler

    1988

  • Semiconductor figure of merit for nonlinear directional couplers

    1988

  • Exact dispersion relation for TM polarized guided waves at a nonlinear interface

    1987

  • Beam propagation study of nonlinear coupling between transverse electric modes of a slab waveguide

    1987

  • Path integral derivation of the complex ABCD Huygens integral

    1987

  • Noise-induced switching of photonic logic elements

    1987

  • The optical Freedericsz transition: Higher-order longitudinal modes and transverse dynamics

    1987

  • Effects of absorption on TE$_0$ nonlinear guided waves

    1987

  • Transverse dynamics of a phase-conjugate resonator I: Sluggish nonlinear medium

    1987

  • Transverse dynamics of a phase-conjugate resonator II: Fast nonlinear medium

    1987

  • Numerical study of soliton emission from a nonlinear waveguide

    1987

  • Effects of transverse diffusion on increasing absorption optical bistability

    1987

  • Exact theory of p-polarized optical waves

    1987

  • Slaved bistability and self-pulsing in a nonlinear interferometer

    1986

  • Summing over Feynman histories by functional contour integration

    1986

  • Gaussian beam excitation of TE$_0$ nonlinear guided waves

    1986

  • Nonlinear slab-guided waves in non-Kerr-like media

    1986

  • Theory of an all-optical AM-FM device

    1986

  • Instabilities and all-optical phase-controlled switching in a nonlinear directional coherent coupler

    1986

  • Beam propagation method analysis of a nonlinear directional coupler

    1986

  • Multi-soliton emission from a nonlinear waveguide

    1986

  • Power-dependent coupling and fast switching in distributed coupling to ZnO waveguides

    1986

  • Theory of the nonlinear Sagnac effect in a fiber-optic gyroscope

    1985

  • Complex trajectories and Feynman path integrals

    1985

  • Diffusion and diffraction in dispersive optical bistability

    1985

  • Period-doubling induced phase-hopping in a phase conjugate resonator

    1985

  • Nonlinear theory of near-degenerate four-wave mixing in a Kerr medium in the Raman-Nath approximation

    1985

  • Beam propagation in a medium with a diffusive Kerr-type nonlinearity

    1985

  • Theory of radiation pressure driven interferometers

    1985

  • Nonlinear theory of self-oscillations in a phase-conjugate resonator

    1984

  • Diffusion, diffraction and reflection in semiconductor optically bistable devices

    1984

  • Mirror confinement and control through radiation pressure

    1984

  • Path integral approach to the Schr\ odinger equation with a complex potential

    1984

  • Radiation pressure driven optical resonators

    1984

  • Reciprocity and orthogonality relations for ring resonators

    1984

  • Orthogonality properties of general optical resonator eigenmodes

    1982

  • Oscillation and chaos in a Fabry-Perot bistable cavity with Gaussian input beam

    1982

  • Theory of Gaussian beam optical bistability

    1982

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