Publications & Conferences


Journal Publications
Coming Soon:

X. Xia, et al., “Hydrothermal synthesis and solid-state laser refrigeration of potassium lutetium fluoride microcrystals ”, chemrxiv.12330737 (2020)., in revision

A. Pant, K. Senkalla, X. Xia, S. T. Dunham, F. Jelezko, P. J. Pauzauskie. “Reduced photothermal heating in diamonds enriched with H3 defect centers” (2020), in preparation

X. Xia, A Pant, A Volpi, MP Hehlen, PJ Pauzauskie, “Ratiometric spectroscopy of Er(III) ions” (2020), in preparation

X. Xia, L. Tausher, PJ Pauzauskie, A Mescher, “Kilometer-scale alignment of fluoride microcrystals within a composite inorganic/polymer optical fiber” (2020), in preparation

2021
The impact of 2H9/2 → 4I13/2 emission from Er3+ ions on ratiometric optical temperature sensing with Yb3+/Er3+ co-doped upconversion materials
X. Xia, A. Volpi, J.Y. D. Roh, M.C. De Siena P.J. Pauzauskie, D.R. Gamelin, M.P. Hehlen
J. Luminescence, 236 (2021) 118006
Open-aperture Z-scan study for absorption saturation: accurate measurement of saturation intensity in YLF:Yb for optical refrigeration
A. Volpi, J. Kock, R.I. Epstein, M.P. Hehlen, M. Sheik-Bahae
Optics Letters, 46 (2021)
Bridgman Growth of Laser-Cooling-Grade LiLuF4:Yb3+ Single Crystals
A. Volpi, J. Kock, R.I. Epstein, M.P. Hehlen, M. Sheik-Bahae, K.W. Krämer, D. Biner, B. Wiggins, A.R. Albrecht, E.J. Peterson, M.N. Spilde
J. Crystal Growth, (2021)
2020
Synthesis and crystal growth of the europium-doped BaF2-BaCl2 system
B. Wiggins, C. Richards, A. Volpi, D. Williams, M. Iliev, M.P. Hehlen
J. Crystal Growth, 533 (2020) 125431
Characterization of Yb-doped ZBLAN fiber as a platform for radiation-balanced lasers
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Arman Allahverdi, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi
Photonics Research 8 (2), 202-210 (2020)
Analytical formulation of a high-power Yb-doped double-cladding fiber laser
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, and Arash Mafi
OSA Continuum 3, 1940-1951 (2020)
Temperature distribution inside a double-cladding optical fiber laser or amplifier
Arash Mafi
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37, 1821-1828 (2020)
A Mechanistic Understanding of Nonclassical Crystal Growth in Hydrothermally Synthesized Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Nanowires
AB Bard, X Zhou, X Xia, G Zhu, MB Lim, SM Kim, MC Johnson, JM Kollman, MA Marcus, SR Spurgeon, DE Perea, A Devaraj, J Chun, JJ De Yoreo, PJ Pauzauskie
Chemistry of Materials, v. 32, p. 7 (2020)
Quantum Point Defects for Solid‐State Laser Refrigeration
Xiaojing Xia, Anupum Pant, Abbie S. Ganas, Fedor Jelezko, Peter J. Pauzauskie
Adv. Mater. (2020)
Solid-state laser refrigeration of nanodiamond quantum sensors
A. Pant, R. G. Felsted, A. B. Bard, X. Xia, S. Dadras, K. Shayan, D. R. Luntz-Martin, D. Mannikko, I. M. Pavlovetc, S. Stoll, M. Kuno, A. N. Vamivakas, and P. J. Pauzauskie
arXiv:2007.15247 (2020)
Solid-State Laser Refrigeration at GPa Pressures
AS Ganas, EA Dobretsova, A Pant, B Journaux, X Xia, RG Felsted, and Peter Pauzauskie
chemRxiv: 12493889, (2020)
Solid-state laser refrigeration of a composite semiconductor Yb:YLiF4 optomechanical resonator
A. Pant, X. Xia, E. J. Davis, and P. J. Pauzauskie
Nature Communications 11.1 (2020): 1-7
Mitigating offset frequency drift in frequency combs using a customized power law dispersion
Nathan C. Henry, David Burghoff, and Jacob B. Khurgin
Opt. Lett. 45, 3525-3528 (2020)
Efficient up-conversion photoluminescence in all-inorganic lead halide perovskite nanocrystals
Andrés Granados del Águila, T. Thu Ha Do, Jun Xing, Wen Jie Jee, Jacob B. Khurgin & Qihua Xiong
Nano Research volume 13, pages1962–1969(2020)
Laser cooling of ytterbium-doped silica glass
Esmaeil Mobini, Saeid Rostami, Mostafa Peysokhan, Alexander Albrecht, Stefan Kuhn, Sigrun Hein, Christian Hupel, Johannes Nold, Nicoletta Haarlammert, Thomas Schreiber, Ramona Eberhardt, Andreas Tünnermann, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae & Arash Mafi
Nature Communications Physics volume 3, Article number: 134 (2020)
Hydrothermal synthesis and solid-state laser refrigeration of potassium lutetium fluoride microcrystals
X. Xia, et al.
chemrxiv.12330737 (2020)
External quantum efficiency determined by combined thermal lens and photoluminescence spectroscopy techniques: Application to Ce3+:YAG
JR Silva, LHC Andrade, SM Lima, Y Guyot, N Giannini, M Sheik-Bahae
Applied Physics Letters 117 (6), 061107 (2020)
Up-conversion emission thermometry for semiconductor laser cooling
S. Zhang, Z. Zhang, B. Janko, M. Kuno
J. Lum. 2020, 117088
Radiation-balanced tandem semiconductor/Yb3+:YLF lasers: feasibility study
Jacob B. Khurgin
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37, 1886-1895 (2020)
2019
Heat mitigation of a core/cladding Yb-doped fiber amplifier using anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling
Esmaeil Mobini, Mostafa Peysokhan, and Arash Mafi
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36(8), 2167-2177 (2019)
Photothermal heating of semiconductor nanoribbons
A. Pant, E. J. Davis, and P. J. Pauzauskie
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123.47 (2019): 28941-28947
Progress in laser cooling semiconductor nanocrystals and nanostructures
S. Zhang, M. Zhukovskyi, B. Janko, M. Kuno
NPG Asia Materials, 2019, 11, 54
Can lasers really refrigerate CdS nanobelts?
Y. V. Morozov, S. Zhang, A. Pant, B. Janko, S. D. Melgaard, D. A. Bender, P. J. Pauzauskie, M. Kuno
Nature 570, E60–E61, June 27th 2019
Interface-Dependent Radiative Lifetimes of Yb3+, Er3+ Co-doped Single NaYF4 Upconversion Nanowires
Xuezhe Zhou, Xiaojing Xia, Bennett E. Smith, Matthew B. Lim, Alexander B. Bard, Anupum Pant, and Peter J. Pauzauskie
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Article ASAP, May 31, 2019
Laser Refrigeration of Optical Fibers via Optically-Active Composite Cladding Materials
Xiaojing Xia, Anupum Pant, E. James Davis, Peter J. Pauzauskie
SPIE. Digital Library (2019)
Observation of Optical Refrigeration in a Holmium-doped Crystal
Saeid Rostami, Alexander R. Albrecht, Azzurra Volpi, and Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Photonics Research Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp.445-451 (2019)
A radiation-balanced Yb:YAG thin-disk laser
Zhou Yang, Junwei Meng, A. R. Albrecht, and Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Optics Express Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp. 1392-1400 (2019)
Spectroscopic Investigation of Yb -Doped Silica Glass for Solid-State Optical Refrigeration
Esmaeil Mobini, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, Markus P. Hehlen, and Arash Mafi
Phys. Rev. Applied 11, 014066 – Published 31 January 2019
A mail-in and user facility for X-ray absorption near-edge structure: the CEI-XANES laboratory X-ray spectrometer at the University of Washington
Alexander S. Ditter, Evan P. Jahrman, Liam R. Bradshaw, Xiaojing Xia, Peter J. Pauzauskie, and Gerald T. Seidler
JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION, Volume 26| Part 6| November 2019| Pages 2086-2093
Method for measuring the resonant absorption coefficient of rare-earth-doped optical fibers
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Behnam Abaie, Arash Mafi
Applied Optics 58 (7), 1841-1846 (2019)
2018
Optomechanical Thermometry of Nanoribbon Cantilevers
Pant, Anupum, Bennett E. Smith, Matthew J. Crane, Xuezhe Zhou, Matthew B. Lim, Stuart A. Frazier, E. James Davis, and Peter J. Pauzauskie.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, v122, no. 13 (2018): 7525-7532
Photothermal heating and cooling of nanostructures
Crane, Matthew J., Xuezhe Zhou, E. James Davis, and Peter Pauzauskie.
Chemistry–An Asian Journal (2018)
Charge and thermal modeling of a semiconductor-based optical refrigerator
Y. V. Morozov, S. Zhang, B. Janko, M. Kuno
Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 181105 (2018)
Thermal modeling, heat mitigation, and radiative cooling for double-clad fiber amplifiers
Esmaeil Mobini, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi
Journal of the Optical Society of America B Vol. 35, Issue 10, pp. 2484-2493 (2018)
Time, space, and spectral multiplexing for radiation balanced operation of semiconductor lasers
Zohreh Vafapour and Jacob B. Khurgin
Optics Express Vol. 26, Issue 18, pp. 24124-24134 (2018)
Bandgap engineering and prospects for radiation-balanced vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers
Zohreh Vafapour and Jacob B. Khurgin
Optics Express Vol. 26, Issue 10, pp. 12985-13000 (2018)
First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler
Markus P. Hehlen, Junwei Meng, Alexander R. Albrecht, Eric R. Lee, Aram Gragossian, Steven P. Love, Christopher E. Hamilton, Richard I. Epstein & Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Light: Science & Applicationsvolume 7, Article number: 15 (2018)
2017
Photoluminescence Up-Conversion in CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals
Y. V. Morozov, S. Zhang, M. C. Brennan, B. Janko, M. Kuno
ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2 (10), pp 2514–2515
Defect-mediated CdS nanobelt photoluminescence up-conversion
Y. V. Morozov, S. Draguta, A. Cadranel, Y. Wang, M. Kuno, J.
Phys. Chem. C 2017 121, 16607-16616 (2017)
2016
Astigmatic Herriott cell for optical refrigeration
Aram Gragossian, Junwei Meng, Mohammadreza Ghasemkhani, Alexander R. Albrecht, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Optical Engineering, 56(1), 011110 (2016)
Laser cooling in solids: advances and prospects
Denis V Seletskiy, Richard Epstein and Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Reports on Progress in Physics, Volume 79, Number 9 (2016)
Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime
Seth D. Melgaard, Alexander R. Albrecht, Markus P. Hehlen & Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Scientific Reports volume 6, Article number: 20380 (2016)

Conference Presentations and Proceedings
Coming Soon:

A. Volpi, M.P. Hehlen, et al
“Bridgman growth of LLF:Yb single-crystals for laser cooling and radiation-balanced lasers”
Paper PW21O-OE504-22, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications III, SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2021, submitted.

A. Volpi, M.P. Hehlen, et al,
“Mode scaling in radiation balanced disk lasers for various gain materials”
Paper PW21O-OE504-21, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications III, SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2021, submitted
2020
Comparing different optical thermometries for use in condensed phase laser cooling
Z. Zhang, S. Zhang, M. Zhukovskyi, B. Janko, M. Kuno
Proc. SPIE 11298, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II, 2020, 1129803
Solid-state laser refrigeration of hydrothermal potassium lutetium fluoride microcrystals
X. Xia, et al.
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications III, 11298-13
Fluorescence up-conversion for differential luminescence thermometry in Ho-doped crystals
S Rostami, M Sheik-Bahae
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II 11298, 112980T (2020)
Power scaling of mid-IR optical refrigeration and radiation balanced lasers
S Rostami, AR Albrecht, A Mafi, M Sheik-Bahae
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II 11298, 112980C (2020)
Anti-Stokes laser refrigeration of a nanoscale semiconductor gain medium
A. Pant, X. Xia, E. J. Davis, P. J. Pauzauskie
SPIE, Photonics West, 2020
Potential applications of solid-state laser cooling in silica glass
E. Mobini, M Peysokhan, A Mafi
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 65, Denver, CO (2020)
Characterization and design of radiation-balanced Yb-doped ZBLAN fiber laser
M Peysokhan, E Mobini, A Mafi
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 65, Denver, CO (2020)
Design of a viable radiation-balanced fiber laser or amplifier
A Mafi, M Peysokhan, E Mobini
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 65, Denver, CO (2020).
The role of absorption saturation in optical refrigeration (Conference Presentation)
A Volpi, J Kock, AR Albrecht, MP Hehlen, RI Epstein, M Sheik-Bahae
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II 11298, 1129809 ( march 2020)
Crystal growth and characterization of Yb3+-doped LiLuF4 for radiation-balanced lasers (Conference Presentation)
A Volpi, D Biner, KW Krämer, AR Albrecht, M Sheik-Bahae, MP Hehlen
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II 11298, 112980A (2020)
Analysis of Tandem Rare-Earth-Semiconductor Radiation Balanced Lasers
J. B. Khurgin
presented at SPIE Photonics West, February 2020
Advances in optical cryo-cooler device development (Conference Presentation
J Kock, J Meng, A Volpi, AR Albrecht, RI Epstein, M Sheik-Bahae
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II 11298, 1129808 (2020)
Observation of anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling of ytterbium-doped silica glass (Invited Conference Presentation)
E Mobini, S Rostami, M Peysokhan, AR Albrecht, S Kuhn, S Hein
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II 11298, 112980G (2020)
Observation of anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling of ytterbium-doped silica glass (Conference Presentation)
E. Mobini, S. Rostami, M. Peysokhan, A. Albrecht, S. Kuhn, S. Hein, C. Hupel, J. Nold, N. Haarlammert, T. Schreiber, R. Eberhardt, A. Tunnermann, M. Sheik-Bahae, and A. Mafi
SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA (2020)
Effect of the background absorption in achieving a radiation-balanced ZBLAN fiber laser
M. Peysokhan, E, Mobini, A. Mafi
SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA (2020)
2019
Anti-Stokes laser refrigeration of a nanoscale semiconductor gain medium
A Pant, X Xia, EJ Davis, PJ Pauzauskie
SPIE February 2019 (San Francisco, CA) Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications 10936, 1093606
Laser refrigeration of optical fibers via optically-active composite cladding materials
X Xia, A Pant, EJ Davis, PJ Pauzauskie
SPIE February 2019 (San Francisco, CA) Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications 10936, 109360I
A non-destructive method for measuring the absorption coefficient of a doped optical fiber
Proceedings Volume 10936: Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications
SPIE OPTO, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei, Behnam Abaie, Arash Mafi
Evaluation of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals for laser cooling
Proc. SPIE 10936, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications, 1093604 (1 March 2019)
S. Zhang, M. Zhukovskyii, B. Janko, M. Kuno
Opportunities and challenges in designing radiation-balanced fiber lasers and amplifiers
SPIE OPTO, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States
Arash Mafi, Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei, Behnam Abaie,
Inner-cladding-doped optical fiber for high-power radiation balancing (Conference Presentation)
E. Mobini, M. Peysokhan, B. Abaie, and A. Mafi
SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA (2019)
Radiation-balanced lasing in tandem semiconductor/rare-earth surface-emitting lasers (Conference Presentation)
Proceedings Volume 10936, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications; 1093605 (2019)
Jacob B. Khurgin
Inner-cladding-doped optical fiber for high-power radiation balancing
Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications
SPIE OPTO, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States
Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, Arash Mafi
Laser refrigeration of ytterbium-doped alkali-yttrium-fluoride nanostructures (Yb: MYF, M= K, Na, Li)
X Xia, G Felsted, A Pant, E Dobretsova, PJ Pauzauskie
OSA April 2019 (Tuscon, AZ), Optical Manipulation and Its Applications, AW4E. 2
Precise characterization of rare-earth doped fibers for laser cooling using a non-contact method
San Jose, California United States
5–10 May 2019
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Arman Allahverdi, Behnam Abaie, Arash Mafi
Cold Brownian motion of optically trapped nanostructures
Peter J. Pauzauskie, Xiaojing Xia, Greg Felsted
SPIE OTOM XVI 2019 (invited, San Diego, CA)

Cold Brownian Motion (CBM) of Nanoscale Materials in Physiological Media
Peter J. Pauzauskie
IBMD June 2019, (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Measuring the anti-Stokes cooling parameters of a Yb-doped ZBLAN fiber for radiation balancing
M. Peysokhan, E. Mobini, and A. Mafi
Sixth International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications (WSOF 2019)
2018
Non-contact thermometry of nanoscale materials for radiation-balanced lasers
PJ Pauzauskie, X Zhou, A Pant, X Xia
SPIE February 2018 (San Francisco, CA) Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids III 10550, 1055009
Optomechanical thermometry of cadmium sulfide nanoribbon cantilevers
A Pant, BE Smith, X Zhou, S Frazier, EJ Davis, PJ Pauzauskie
SPIE February 2018 (San Francisco, CA) Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids III 10550, 105500D
Temperature measurement of rare-earth-doped optical fibers using a variant of the differential luminescence thermometry (Conference Presentation)
M. Peysokhan, B. Abaie, E. Mobini, and A. Mafi
SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA (2018)
A numerical study of laser cooling in a large mode area single-mode photonic crystal Yb3+:ZBLAN glass fiber
Proceedings Volume 10550, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids III
SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Behnam Abaie; Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei; Mostafa Peysokhan; Arash Mafi
Temperature measurement of rare-earth-doped optical fibers using a variant of the differential luminescence thermometry
Proceedings Volume 10550, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids III
SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Mostafa Peysokhan; Behnam Abaie; Esmaeil Mobini; Arash Mafi
Strategies for laser cooling of Yb-doped ZBLAN and silica single-mode optical fiber
Proceedings Volume 10550, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids III
SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Esmaeil Mobini;Mostafa Peysokhan; Behnam Abaie; Arash Mafi
Design strategies for athermal fiber lasers and amplifiers
Proceedings Volume 10550, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids III
SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Arash Mafi
Radiation Balanced Ytterbium-doped Silica Double-Clad Fiber Amplifier
CLEO: Science and Innovations 2018
San Jose, California United States
13–18 May 2018
Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, Esmaeil Mobini, Saeid Rostami, and Arash Mafi
Investigation of solid state laser cooling in Ytterbium-doped silica fibers
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science 2018
San Jose, California United States
13–18 May 2018
Esmaeil Mobini, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi
Measuring quantum efficiency and background absorption of an Ytterbium-doped ZBLAN fiber
M. Peysokhan, B. Abaie, E. Mobini, S. Rostami, and A. Mafi
CLEO, San Jose, CA (2018)
A non-destructive method for measuring the absorption coefficient of a Yb-doped fiber
Laser Science 2018
Washignton, DC United States
16–20 September 2018
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi
Radiation Balanced Ytterbium-doped Silica Double-Clad Fiber Amplifier
Laser Science 2018
Washignton, DC United States
16–20 September 2018
Esmaeil Mobini, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi
2017
Laser refrigeration of sodium-yttrium-fluoride nanowires (Invited Paper)
Proceedings Volume 10121, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids IISPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States
Xuezhe Zhou, Bennett E. Smith, Paden B. Roder, Peter J. Pauzauskie
Enhanced cooling of Yb:YLF using astigmatic Herriott cell
Proceedings Volume 10121, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids IISPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States
Aram Gragossian, Junwei Meng, Mohammadreza Ghasemkhani, Alexander R. Albrecht, Mauro Tonelli, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Defect-mediated photoluminescence up-conversion in cadmium sulfide nanobelts
Proceedings Volume 10121, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids II
SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States
Yurii Morozov, Masaru K. Kuno
Advances in laser cooling of Tm:YLF crystals
Proceedings Volume 10121, Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids II
SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States
Saeid Rostami, Alexander R. Albrecht, Mauro Tonelli, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae
Laser cooling investigation of a single-mode Yb-doped ZBLAN optical fiber
Frontiers in Optics 2017
Washington, D.C. United States
18–21 September 2017
Esmaeil Mobini, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi
Minimizing heat generation by radiative cooling in a Ytterbium-doped silica fiber laser
Frontiers in Optics 2017
Washington, D.C. United States
18–21 September 2017
Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Behnam Abaie, and Arash Mafi

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