Publications & Presentations

This page contains a comprehensive list of published research and presentations by Mesa Photonics staff.

Mesa Photonics Publications and Presentations:

  1. Vakhtin, A. B.; Kane, D. J., Very high speed single-shot ultrafast pulse measurement. In SPIE LASE, SPIE: San Francisco, CA, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2547114
  2. Vakhtin, A. B.; Bomse, D. S., Optical Isotope Analyzer for Subsurface Gases In Proceedings of 40th Conference of Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), Optical Society of America: San Jose, CA, 2020.
  3. Romanak, K. D.; Bomse, D. S., Field assessment of sensor technology for environmental monitoring using a process-based soil gas method at geologic CO2 storage sites. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2020, 96, 103003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103003
  4. Bomse, D. S.; Tso, J. E.; Flores, M. M.; Miller, J. H., Precision heterodyne oxygen-corrected spectrometry: vertical profiling of water and carbon dioxide in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. Applied Optics 2020, 59 (7), B10-B17, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.379684
  5. Vakhtin, A. B.; Krasnoperov, L. N., Imaging Technique for In Situ Cloud Characterization. In Proceedings of 39th Conference of Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2019.AM1K.4
  6. Vakhtin, A. B.; Krasnoperov, L. N., In Situ Cloud Droplet Measurement System for Tethered Balloon Platform. In AGU Fall Meeting, AGU: San Francisco, CA, 2019. Bibcode A13T2988V
  7. Vakhtin, A. B.; Kane, D. J. In High repetition rate measurement of cross-correlation spectra, Proceedings of Ultrafast Optics XII, Bol, Croatia, Bol, Croatia, 2019. – Link to conference home page
  8. Bomse, D. S.; Flores, M. M.; Bailey, D. M.; Miller, J. H., Precision Heterodyne Oxygen-Calibration Spectrometry. Development and Initial Deployment Tests In AGU Fall Meeting, AGU: Washington, DC, 2018. – Link to abstract.
  9. Zhang, Y.; Kane, D. J.; Omenetto, F. G., Experimental measurement of supercontinuum coherence in tellurite photonic crystal fibers. Optics Letters 2017, 42 (23), 4857-4860, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.004857
  10. Romanak, K.; Womack, G.; Bomse, D. S.; Dodds, K., Carbon dioxide capture for storage in deep geologic formations. In Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations: Results from the CO2 Capture Project, vol 4, Gerdes, K. F. editor, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-1872691688
  11. Pilgrim, J. S.; Wood, W. R.; Casias, M. E.; Vakhtin, A. B.; Johnson, M. D.; Mudgett, P. D., Optical Multi-Gas Monitor Technology Demonstration on the International Space Station. In Proceedings of 44th International Conference on Environmental Systems (AIAA), Tuscon, AZ, 2014, http://hdl.handle.net/2346/59621
  12. Bomse, D. S.; Ediger, M. N., Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Gases by Raman Spectroscopy with Hollow Core Fibers. Proceedings of 34th Conference of Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2014.JW2A.7
  13. Wood, W. R.; Casias, M. E.; Vakhtin, A. B.; Pilgrim, J. S.; Chullen, C.; Falconi, E. A. In Optical Breath Gas Sensor for Extravehicular Activity Application, Proceedings of 43rd International Conference on Environmental Systems (AIAA), Vail, CO, July 14-18, 2013; Vail, CO, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2013-3366
  14. Teale, C.; Adams, D.; Murnane, M.; Kapteyn, H.; Kane, D. J., Imaging by integrating stitched spectrograms. Optics Express 2013, 21 (6), 6783-93, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.006783
  15. Li, Y.; Lester Lf Fau – Chang, D.; Chang D Fau – Langrock, C.; Langrock C Fau – Fejer, M. M.; Fejer Mm Fau – Kane, D. J.; Kane, D. J., Characteristics and instabilities of mode-locked quantum-dot diode lasers. Optics Express 2013, 21(7) 8007-8017, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.008007.
  16. Vakhtin, A. B.; Krasnoperov, L. N., In Situ Aerosol Detector. NASA Tech Briefs July 1, 2011. – Link to article
  17. Ruff, G.; Greenberg, P.; Mudgett, P. D.; Hornung, S.; Pilgrim, J. S.; Vakhtin, A. B. In Towards the Identification of Chemical Markers for Spacecraft Post-fire Cleanup, Proceedings of 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (AIAA), Portland, OR, July 17-21, 2011; Portland, OR, 2011.
  18. Xu, L.; Kane, D. J.; Trebino, R., Amplitude ambiguities in second-harmonic-generation frequency-resolved optical gating: comment. Optics Letters 2009, 34 (17), 2602, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.002602
  19. Freschauf, G. K.; Karimi-Busheri, F.; Ulaczyk-Lesanko, A.; Mereniuk, T. R.; Ahrens, A.; Koshy, J. M.; Rasouli-Nia, A.; Pasarj, P.; Holmes, C. F.; Rininsland, F.; Hall, D. G.; Weinfeld, M., Identification of a small molecule inhibitor of the human DNA repair enzyme polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase. Cancer Research 2009, 69 (19), 7739-46, https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-1805
  20. Vakhtin, A. B.; Peterson, K. A.; Kane, D. J., Demonstration of complex-conjugate-resolved harmonic Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography imaging of biological samples. Applied Optics 2007, 46 (18), 3870-7, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.003870
  21. Vakhtin, A. B.; Peterson, K. A.; Kane, D. J., Resolving the complex conjugate ambiguity in Fourier-domain OCT by harmonic lock-in detection of the spectral interferogram. Optics Letters 2006, 31 (9), 1271-3, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.001271
  22. Bomse, D. S.; Kane, D. J., An adaptive singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm for analysis of wavelength modulation spectra. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 2006, 85 (2), 461, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2316-9
  23. Chen, S.-J.; Silver, J. A.; Bomse, D. S.; Rassmussen, C. C.; Driscoll, J. F., Combustion Species Sensor for SCRAMJET Flight Instrumentation. 2005. 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 10 – 13 July 2005, Tucson, Arizona, AIAA 2005-3574. – Link to PDF
  24. Vakhtin, A. B.; Murphy, J. E.; Leone, S. R., Low-Temperature Kinetics of Reactions of OH Radical with Ethene, Propene, and 1-Butene. Journal of Physical Chemistry 2003, A107, 10055-10062, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp030230a
  25. Vakhtin, A. B.; McCabe, D. C.; Ravishankara, A. R.; Leone, S. R., Low-Temperature Kinetics of the Reaction of the OH Radical with Hydrogen Peroxide. Journal of Physical Chemistry 2003, A107, 10642-10647, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp010809d
  26. Vakhtin, A. B.; Kane, D. J.; Wood, W. R.; Peterson, K. A., Common-path interferometer for frequency-domain optical coherence tomography. Applied Optics 2003, 42 (34), 6953-8, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.006953
  27. Sugawara, K.; Sobott, F.; Vakhtin, A. B., Reactions of Gold Cluster Cations Aun+ (n = 1–12) with H2S and H Journal of Chemical Physics 2003, 118, 7808-7816, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1564057
  28. Murphy, J. E.; Vakhtin, A. B.; Leone, S. R., Laboratory Kinetics of C2H Radical Reactions with Ethane, Propane and n-Butane at T = 96–296 K: Implications for Titan. Icarus 2003, 163, 175-181, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00071-X
  29. Kane, D. J.; Weston, J.; Chu, K. C., Real-time inversion of polarization gate frequency-resolved optical gating spectrograms. Applied Optics 2003, 42 (6), 1140-4, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.001140
  30. Bomse, D. S.; Hovde, D. C.; Chen, S.-J.; Silver, J. A.; Oh, D. B.; Paige, M. E., Early fire sensing using near-IR diode laser spectroscopy, Proceedings SPIE 4817, Diode Lasers and Applications in Atmospheric Sensing (23 September 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452097
  31. Frequency Modulation Multiplexing for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Gases by use of Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy with Diode Lasers. Applied Optics 2002, 37(12) 2499-2501, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.002499
  32. Vakhtin, A. B.; Heard, D. E.; , S., I. W. M,; Leone, S. R., Kinetics of Reactions of C2H Radical with Acetylene, O2, Methylacetylene, and Allene in a Pulsed Laval Nozzle Apparatus at T = 103 K. Chemical Physics Letters 2001, 344, 317-324, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00681-9
  33. Vakhtin, A. B.; Heard, D. E.; , S., I. W. M,; Leone, S. R., Kinetics of C2H Radical Reactions with Ethene, Propene and 1-Butene Measured in a Pulsed Laval Nozzle Apparatus at T = 103 K and 296 K. Chemical Physics Letters 2001, 348, 21-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00975-7
  34. Pilgrim, J. S. and Bomse, D. S., Diode-pumped, solid-state photoacoustic spectrometer, OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optical Society of America, 2001), paper ME4; https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2001.ME4
  35. Bomse, D. S.; Stanton, A. C.; Silver, J. A., Frequency modulation and wavelength modulation spectroscopies: comparison of experimental methods using a lead-salt diode laser. Applied Optics 1992, 31 (6), 718-31, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.31.000718
  36. Bomse, D. S., Dual-modulation laser line-locking scheme. Applied Optics 1991, 30 (21), 2922-4, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.30.002922
  37. Felton, P., Mantzaras, J., Bomse, D., and Woodin, R., “Initial Two-Dimensional Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of OH Radicals in an Internal Combustion Engine,” SAE Technical Paper 881633, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/881633.
  38. Perry, B. N., Rabinowitz, P., and Bomse, D. S., Stimulated Raman scattering with a tightly focused pump beam. Optics Letters 1988, 97 (3), 146-8, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.10.000146
  39. Moore, D. S.; Bomse, D. S.; Valentini, J. J., Photofragment spectroscopy and dynamics of the visible photodissociation of ozone. Journal of Chemical Physics 1983, 79 (4), 1745.
  40. Keller, R. A.; Nogar, N. S.; Bomse, D. S., Photoacoustic detection of intracavity absorption. Applied Optics 1983, 22 (21), 3331, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.22.003331
  41. Valentini, J. J.; Moore, D. S.; Bomse, D. S., Collision-free coherent anti-stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) of molecular photofragments. Chemical Physics Letters 1981, 83 (2), 217, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(81)85448-6
  42. Bomse, D. S.; Beauchamp, J. L., Infrared photochemistry of (CH3)2Cl+, (CH3)Cl(CD3)+ and (CD3)2Cl+ in the gas phase using low-intensity cw laser radiation. Chemical Physics Letters 1981, 77 (1), 25, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(81)85592-3
  43. Bomse, D. S.; Beauchamp, J. L., Slow multiphoton excitation as a probe of bimolecular and unimolecular reaction energetics. Multiphoton dissociation of proton-bound alcohol dimers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1981, 103 (12), 3292, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00402a011
  44. Woodin, R. L.; Bomse, D. S.; Beauchamp, J. L., Multiphoton dissociation of molecules with low power cw infrared lasers: collisional enhancement of dissociation probabilities. Chemical Physics Letters 1979, 63 (3), 630, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(79)80729-0
  45. Bomse, D. S.; Woodin, R. L.; Beauchamp, J. L., Molecular activation with low-intensity CW infrared laser radiation. Multiphoton dissociation of ions derived from diethyl ether. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1979, 101 (19), 5503, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00513a008
  46. Woodin, R. L.; Bomse, D. S.; Beauchamp, J. L., Multiphoton dissociation of molecules with low power continuous wave infrared laser radiation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1978, 100 (10), 3248, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00478a065