Publications
Fiber Laser Publications
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Mode instability thresholds for Tm-doped fiber amplifiers pumped at 790 nm,” Optics Express 24, 975-992 (2016).
- Jesse J. Smith and Arlee V. Smith, “Influence of signal bandwidth on mode instability threshold of fiber amplifiers,” arXiv:1405.6239 [physics.optics] (May 23, 2014).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Overview of a steady-periodic model of modal instability in fiber amplifiers,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics vol. 20, issue 5 (2014). DOI 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2296372. Available in three formats:
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Spontaneous Rayleigh Seed for Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering in High Power Fiber Amplifiers,” IEEE Photonics Journal 5, 7100807 (2013).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Increased mode instability thresholds of fiber amplifiers by gain saturation,” Opt. Express 21, 15168-15182 (2013).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Frequency dependence of mode coupling gain in Yb doped fiber amplifiers due to stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering,” arXiv:1301.4277 [physics.optics] (January 18, 2013).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Modeled fiber amplifier performance near the mode instability threshold,” arXiv:1301.4278 [physics.optics] (January 18, 2013).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Maximizing the mode instability threshold of a fiber amplifier,” arXiv:1301.3489 [physics.optics] (January 16, 2013).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Steady-periodic method for modeling mode instability in fiber amplifiers,” Opt. Express 21, 2606-2623 (2013).
- Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, “Influence of pump and seed modulation on the mode instability thresholds of fiber amplifiers,” Opt. Express 20, 24545-24558 (2012).
- A. Smith and J. Smith, “Thermally induced mode instability in high power fiber amplifiers”, Proc. SPIE 8237, 82370B (2012).
- A. Smith and J. Smith, “Mode instability in high power fiber amplifiers,” Opt. Express 19, 10180-10192 (2011).
- A. Smith and J. Smith, “Mode competition in high power fiber amplifiers,” Opt. Express 19, 11318-11329 (2011).
- R. L. Farrow, D. A. V. Kliner, G. R. Hadley, and A. V. Smith, “Peak-power limits on fiber amplifiers imposed by self-focusing,” Opt. Lett. 31, 3423-3425 (2006).
- G. R. Hadley and A. V. Smith, “Self-focusing in High-Power Optical Fibers,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2007), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on fiber lasers IV: technology, systems, and applications, 6475, 64750G-1-11 (2007).
- G. R. Hadley, R. L. Farrow, and A. V. Smith, “Three-dimensional time-dependent modeling of high-power fiber amplifiers,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2007), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on fiber lasers IV: technology, systems, and applications, 6453, 64531B-1-10 (2007).
- A. V. Smith, B. T. Do, and M. Soderlund, “Deterministic nanosecond laser-induced breakdown thresholds in pure and Yb3+ doped fused silica,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2007), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on fiber lasers IV: technology, systems, and applications, 6453, 645317-1-12 (2007).
- R. L. Farrow, G. R. Hadley, A. V. Smith, and D. A.V. Kliner, “Numerical modeling of self-focusing beams in fiber amplifiers,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2007), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on fiber lasers IV: technology, systems, and applications, 6453, 645309-1-9 (2007).
- A. V. Smith, B. T. Do, and M. Soderlund, “Nanosecond laser-induced breakdown in pure and Yb3+ doped fused silica,” SPIE Boulder damage, Boulder, CO, (2006), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 6403, 640321-1-12 (2006).
- G. R. Hadley, R. L. Farrow, and A. V. Smith, “Bent-waveguide modeling of large-mode-area, double-clad fibers for high-power lasers,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2006), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Fiber lasers III: technology, systems, and applications, 6102, 61021S-1-7 (2006).
- D. A. V. Kliner, F. DiTeodoro, J. P. Koplow, S. W. Moore, and A. V. Smith, “Efficient, visible and UV generation by frequency conversion of a mode-filtered fiber amplifier,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA 1/25-1/31 (2003), in SPIE Proceedings of advances in fiber devices, 4974, 230-235 (2003).
Crystal Nonlinear Optics Publications
- Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith, and Binh T. Do, “Thermo-optic and thermal expansion coefficients of RTP and KTP crystals over 300-350 K,” arXiv:1607.03964 (2016).
- X. Liu, R. Trebino, and A. V. Smith, “Numerical simulations of ultrasimple ultrashortlaser-pulse measurement,” Opt. Express 15, 4585-4596 (2007).
- X. Liu, A. P. Shreenath, M. Kimmel, R. Trebino, A. V. Smith, and S. Link, “Numerical simulations of optical parametric amplification cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 318-325 (2006).
- A. V. Smith, “Bandwidth and group-velocity effects in nanosecond optical parametric amplifiers and oscillators,” JOSA B 22, 1953-1965 (2005).
- M. V. Pack, D. J. Armstrong, A. V. Smith, G. Aka, B. Ferrand, and D. Pelenc, “Measurement of the χ(2) tensor of GdCa4O(BO3)3 and YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 417-425 (2005).
- M. V. Pack, D. J. Armstrong, and A. V. Smith, “Measurement of the χ(2) tensors of KTiOPO4, KTiOAsO4, RbTiOPO4, and RbTiOAsO4 crystals,” Appl. Opt. 43, 3319-3323 (2004).
- M. V. Pack, A. V. Smith, and D. J. Armstrong, “Measurement of the χ(2) tensor of the potassium niobate crystal,” J. Opt. Am. Soc. B 20, 2109-2116 (2003).
- M. V. Pack, D. J. Armstrong, A. V. Smith, and M. E. Amiet, “Second harmonic generation with focused beams in a pair of walkoff-compensating crystals,” Opt. Comm. 221, 211-221 (2003).
- D. J. Armstrong, M. V. Pack, and A. V. Smith, “Instrument and method for measuring second-order nonlinear optical tensors,” Rev. Sci. Inst. 74, 3250-3257 (2003).
- D. A. V. Kliner, F. Di Teodoro, J. P. Koplow, S. W. Moore, and A. V. Smith, “Efficient second, third, fourth, and fifth harmonic generation of a Yb-doped fiber amplifier,” Opt. Comm. 210, 393-398 (2002).
- A. V. Smith, “Group-velocity-matched three-wave mixing in birefringent crystals,” Opt. Lett. 26, 719-721 (2001).
- W. J. Alford and A. V. Smith, “Frequency doubling broadband light in multiple crystals,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18, 515-523 (2001).
- W. J. Alford and A. V. Smith, “Wavelength variation of the second-order nonlinear coefficients of KNbO3, KTiOPO4, KTiOAsO4, LiNbO3, LiIO3, β-BaB2O4, KH2PO4, and LiB3O5 crystals: a test of Miller wavelength scaling,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18, 524-533 (2001).
- A. V. Smith, D. J. Armstrong, and W. J. Alford, “Increased acceptance bandwidths in optical frequency conversion by use of multiple walk-off-compensating nonlinear crystals,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 122-141 (1998).
- R. J. Gehr and A. V. Smith, “Separated-beam nonphase-matched second-harmonic method of characterizing nonlinear optical crystals,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 2298-2307 (1998).
- R. J. Gehr, M. W. Kimmel, and A. V. Smith, “Simultaneous spatial and temporal walk-off compensation in frequency-doubling femtosecond pulses in β-BaB2O4,” Opt. Lett. 23, 1298-1300 (1998).
- R. J. Gehr, W. J. Alford, and A. V. Smith, “Simple method of detecting ferroelectric domains with non-phase-matched second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Opt. 37, 3311-3317 (1998).
- D. J. Armstrong, W. J. Alford, T. D. Raymond, A. V. Smith, and M. S. Bowers, “Parametric amplification and oscillation with walkoff-compensating crystals,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 460-474 (1997).
- D. J. Armstrong, W. J. Alford, T. D. Raymond, and A. V. Smith, “Absolute measurement of the effective nonlinearities of KTP and BBO crystals by optical parametric amplification,” Appl. Opt. 35, 2032-2040 (1996).
- A. V. Smith and M. S. Bowers, “Phase distortions in sum- and difference-frequency mixing in crystals,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 49-57 (1995).
OPO Publications
- E. R. Jans, D. J. Armstrong, A. V. Smith, and S. P. Kearny, “Noncolinear optical parametric oscillator for broadband nanosecond pulse-burst CARS diagnostics in gases,” Opt. Lett. 47, 1839-1842 (2022).
- A. Dergachev, D.J. Armstrong, A.V. Smith, T. Drake and M. Dubois, “3.4-μm ZGP RISTRA nanosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 2.05-μm Ho:YLF MOPA system,” Opt. Exp 15, 14404-14413 (2007).
- G. Kalmani, A. Arie, P. Blau, S. Pearl, and A. V. Smith, “Polarization-mixing optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2146-2148 (2005).
- D. J. Armstrong and A. V. Smith, “90% pump depletion and good beam quality in a pulse-injection-seeded nanosecond optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 31, 380-382 (2006).
- D. J. Armstrong and A. V. Smith, “All Solid-State High-Efficiency Tunable UV Source for Airborne or Satellite-Based Ozone DIAL Systems,” IEEE J. Select Top. Quant. Electron. 13, 721-731 (2007).
- Darrell J. Armstrong and Arlee V. Smith “High-efficiency high-energy wavelength-doubling optical parametric oscillator”, Proc. SPIE 6103, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications V, 61030C (10 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646503
- Darrell J. Armstrong and Arlee V. Smith “High efficiency intra-cavity sum-frequency-generation in a self-seeded image-rotating nanosecond optical parametric oscillator”, Proc. SPIE 5710, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications IV, (23 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.589697
- Darrell J. Armstrong and Arlee V. Smith, “Using a Newport refractive beam shaper to generate high-quality flat-top spatial profiles from a flashlamp-pumped commercial Nd:YAG laser,” Proc. SPIE 5525, Laser Beam Shaping V, (29 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557848
- Darrell J. Armstrong Arlee V. Smith, “150-mJ 1550-nm KTA OPO with good beam quality and high efficiency,” Proc. SPIE 5337, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications III, (14 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528436
- J. P. Fève, B. Boulanger, B. Ménaert, M. Lenoble, A. V. Smith, and O. Pacaud, “Optimized tunable optical parametric sources using cylindrical nonlinear crystals,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003), paper CMA3.
- A. V. Smith, D. J. Armstrong, M. C. Phillips, R. J. Gehr, and G. Arisholm, “Degenerate type I nanosecond optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 2319-2328 (2003).
- D. J. Armstrong, M. C. Phillips, and A. V. Smith, “Generation of radially polarized beams with an image-rotating resonator,” Appl. Opt. 42, 3550-3554 (2003).
- A. V. Smith and D. J. Armstrong, “Generation of vortex beams by an image rotating optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Exp. 11, 868-873 (2003).
- A. V. Smith and D. J. Armstrong, “Nanosecond optical parametric oscillator with 90° image rotation: design and performance,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 1801-1814 (2002).
- D. J. Armstrong and A. V. Smith, “Demonstration of improved beam quality in an image-rotating optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 27, 40-42 (2002).
- A. V. Smith and M. S. Bowers, “Image-rotating cavity designs for improved beam quality in nanosecond optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18, 706-713 (2001).
- W. J. Alford, R. J. Gehr, R. L. Schmitt, A. V. Smith, and G. Arisholm, “Beam tilt and angular dispersion in broad-bandwidth, nanosecond optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1525-1532 (1999).
- A. V. Smith, R. J. Gehr, and M. S. Bowers, “Numerical models of broad-bandwidth nanosecond optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 609-619 (1999).
- D. J. Armstrong and A. V. Smith, “Demonstration of a frequency-modulated, pulsed optical parametric oscillator,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 1227-1229 (1997).
- D. J. Armstrong and A. V. Smith, “Tendancy of nanosecond optical parametric oscillators to produce purely phase-modulated light,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1634-1636 (1996).
- A. V. Smith, W. J. Alford, T. D. Raymond, and M. S. Bowers, “Comparison of a numerical model with measured performance of a seeded, nanosecond KTP optical parametric oscillator,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 2253-2267 (1995).
- T. D. Raymond, W. J. Alford, A. V. Smith, and M. S. Bowers, “Frequency shifts in injection-seeded optical parametric oscillators with phase mismatch,” Opt. Lett. 19, 1520-1522 (1994).
Laser Publications
- T. D. Raymond and A. V. Smith, “Two-frequency injection-seeded Nd:YAG laser,” IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 31, 1734-1737 (1995).
- T. D. Raymond and A. V. Smith, “Injection-seeded titanium-doped-sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 16, 33-35 (1991).
- T. D. Raymond, P. Esherick, and A. V. Smith, “Widely-tunable single-longitudinal-mode pulsed dye laser,” Opt. Lett. 14, 1116-1118 (1989).
- G. L. Eesley, M. D. Levenson, D. E. Nitz, and A. V. Smith, “Narrow-band pulsed dye laser system for precision nonlinear spectroscopy,” IEEE J. Quant. Electron. QE-16, 113-115 (1980).
Atomic Nonlinear Optics Publications
- S. R. Wilkinson, A. V. Smith, M. O. Scully, and E. Fry, “Observation of interference fringes in Autler-Townes lineshapes,” Phys. Rev. A 53, 126-129 (1996).
- S. R. Wilkinson and A. V. Smith, “Gain without inversion in four level atoms using pulsed lasers,” Quant. Opt. 6, 317-325 (1994).
- E. S. Fry, X. Li, D. Nikonov, G. G. Padmabandu, M. O. Scully, A. V. Smith, F. K. Tittel, C. Wang, S. R. Wilkinson, and S.-Y. Zhu, “Atomic coherence effects within the sodium D1 line: lasing without inversion via population trapping,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3235-3238 (1993).
- Y.-Y. Yin, C. Chen, D. S. Elliott, A. V. Smith, “Asymmetric photoelectron angular distributions from interfering photoionization processes,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 2353-2356 (1992).
- A. V. Smith, “Numerical studies of adiabatic population inversion in multilevel systems,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 9, 1543-1551 (1992).
- A. V. Smith, T. D. Raymond, and M. E. Riley, “Measurement of select transition strengths and autoionizing lifetimes in atomic oxygen,” Phys. Rev. A 45, 4688-4696 (1992).
- A. V. Smith and T. D. Raymond, “Autoionizing decay rates measured by optical nutation,” Opt. Lett. 16, 267-269 (1991).
- C. H. Muller III, D. D. Lowenthal, M. A. DeFaccio, and A. V. Smith, “High-efficiency, energy-scalable, coherent 130-nm source by four-wave mixing in Hg vapor,” Opt. Lett. 13, 651-653 (1988).
- A. V. Smith, W. J. Alford, and G. R. Hadley, “Optimization of two-photon-resonant four-wave mixing: application to 130.2-nm generation in mercury vapor,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 5, 1503-1519 (1988).
- A. V. Smith and W. J. Alford, “Practical guide for 7S resonant frequency mixing in mercury: generation of light in the 230-185- and 140-120-nm ranges,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4, 1765-1770 (1987).
- W. J. Alford and A. V. Smith, “Measured third-order susceptibility and excited-state oscillator strengths for atomic mercury,” Phys. Rev. A 36, 641-648 (1987).
- A. V. Smith, G. R. Hadley, P. Esherick, and W. J. Alford, “Efficient two-photon resonant frequency conversion in mercury: the effects of amplified spontaneous emission,” Opt. Lett. 12, 708-710 (1987).
- A. V. Smith and W. J. Alford, “Vacuum ultraviolet oscillator-strengths of Hg measured by sum-frequency mixing,” Phys. Rev. A 33, 3172-3180 (1986).
- A. V. Smith, “Four-photon resonant third harmonic generation in Hg,” Opt. Lett. 10, 341-343 (1985).
- A. V. Smith and P. Ho, “Spectrum of the high rotational levels of CO populated by photodissociation of formaldehyde,” J. Mol. Spectr. 100, 212-214 (1983).
- A. V. Smith and A. W. Johnson, “Rotational transfer rates and propensity rule in nitric oxide-rare gas collisions,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 93, 608-612 (1982).
- A. V. Smith and J. F. Ward, “Doubly resonant four-photon interactions in cesium vapor,” IEEE J. Quant. Electron. QE-17, 525-529 (1981).
- D. E. Nitz, A. V. Smith, M. D. Levenson, and S. J. Smith, “Bandwidth-induced reversal of asymmetry in optical-double-resonance amplitudes,” Phys. Rev. A 24, 288-293 (1981).
- A. V. Smith, J. E. M. Goldsmith, D. E. Nitz, and S. J. Smith, “Absolute photoionization cross section measurements of the excited 4D and 5S states of sodium,” Phys. Rev. A 22, 577-581 (1980).
- J. E. M. Goldsmith and A. V. Smith, “Doppler-free two-photon optogalvanic spectroscopy in helium,” Opt. Comm. 32, 403-405 (1980).
- J. F. Ward and A. V. Smith, “Saturation of two-photon-resonant optical processes in cesium vapor,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 653-656 (1975).
Optical Damage Publications
- A.V. Smith, and B.T. Do, “Bulk and surface laser damage of silica by pico and nanosecond pulses at 1064 nm,” Appl. Opt. 47, 4812-4832 (2008).
- A.V. Smith, B.T. Do, and R. Schuster, “Rate equation model of bulk optical damage of silica, and the influence of polishing on surface optical damage of silica,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2008), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on fiber lasers V, 6873, 68730U-1-11 (2008).
- A. V. Smith, B. T. Do, and M. Soderlund, “Deterministic nanosecond laser-induced breakdown thresholds in pure and Yb3+ doped fused silica,” SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2007), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on fiber lasers IV: technology, systems, and applications, 6453, 645317-1-12 (2007).
- A. V. Smith, B. T. Do, and M. Soderlund, “Nanosecond laser-induced breakdown in pure and Yb3+ doped fused silica,” SPIE Boulder damage, Boulder, CO, (2006), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 6403, 640321-1-12 (2006).
- A. V. Smith, B. T. Do, G. R. Hadley, and R. L. Farrow, “Optical Damage Limits to Pulse Energy From Fibers,” IEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 15, 153-158 (2009).
- Binh T. Do, and Arlee V. Smith, “Bulk optical damage thresholds for doped and undoped, crystalline and ceramic yttrium aluminum garnet,” Appl. Opt. 48, 3509-3514 (2009).
- Binh T. Do, and Arlee V. Smith, “Deterministic single shot and multiple shots bulk damage thresholds for doped and undoped, crystalline and ceramic YAG,” SPIE Boulder damage, Boulder, CO, (2009), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 7504, 75041O1 (2009).
- Troy Alley, Peter Allard, Rod Schuster, David Collier, Arlee V. Smith, Binh T. Do, and Alice C. Kilgo, “How to polish fused silica to obtain the surface damage threshold equals to the bulk damage threshold,” SPIE Boulder damage, Boulder, CO, (2010), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 7842, 784226 (2010).
- Mark Kimmel, Binh T. Do, and Arlee V. Smith, “Deterministic single shot and multiple shot bulk laser damage thresholds of borosilicate glass at 1.064µm,” SPIE Boulder damage, Boulder, CO, (2011), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 8190, 81900Z (2011).
- Binh T. Do, Mark Kimmel, Michael Pack, Randall Schmitt, and Arlee V. Smith, “The damage mechanism in borosilicate glass generated by nanosecond pulsed laser at 1.064µm,” SPIE Boulder damage, Boulder, CO, (2012), in SPIE Proceedings conf. on Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, 8530, 853008 (2012).
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