Prof. Stephen C. Rand Profile

Prof. Stephen C. Rand

at Univ of Michigan

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Publications (16)

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Experiments on a laser cooled Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 using an allowed transition

Junior Silva, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume PC12902, PC129020E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010150

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

The effect of differential absorption saturation on laser cooling in YLF:Yb

Long Cheng, Laura Andre, Gabriela Almeida, Luis H. Andrade, Sandro Lima, Junior Silva, Tomaz Catunda, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 11702, 1170207 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577336

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Ytterbium, Ions, Thermometry, Temperature metrology, Spectroscopy, Luminescence, Light emitting diodes, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2019 Presentation

Transient charge separation in centro-symmetric media by magneto-optic nonlinearities (Conference Presentation)

Minh Tuan Trinh, Krishnandu Makhal, Ayesheshim Ayesheshim, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 10916, 1091611 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509026

KEYWORDS: Magnetism, Magneto-optics, Transient nonlinear optics, Ultrafast phenomena, Terahertz technology, Laser beam diagnostics, Terahertz radiation, Magnetic sensors, Optical data conversion, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation

3D thermal transport analysis and experiments on a self-cooled tungstate laser (Conference Presentation)

Long Cheng, Laura Andre, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 10936, 109360R (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507900

KEYWORDS: Crystals, 3D modeling, Glasses, Thermal modeling, Thermal effects, Statistical modeling, Laser development, Statistical analysis, Laser crystals, Black bodies

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Proceedings Article | 1 March 2019 Paper

Prospects for rapid laser cooling on ED-allowed transitions

Alexander Salkeld, Laura Andre, Long Cheng, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 10936, 109360V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508691

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Luminescence, Ytterbium, Solid state lasers, Quantum efficiency, External quantum efficiency, Titanium, Cerium

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Proceedings Article | 1 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Laser cooling under ambient conditions in Yb3+:KYW

Laura Andre, Long Cheng, Alexander Salkeld, Luis H. Andrade, Sandro Lima, Junior Silva, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 10936, 109360E (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507325

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Absorption, Temperature metrology, Glasses, Cameras, Luminescence, Ytterbium, Ions, Calibration, Laser crystals

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

Growth of rare-earth doped single crystal yttrium aluminum garnet fibers

Subhabrata Bera, Craig Nie, James Harrington, Long Cheng, Stephen Rand, Yuan Li, Eric Johnson

Proceedings Volume 10511, 105111P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2292275

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, YAG lasers, Laser crystals, Holmium, Sol-gels, Fiber lasers, High power lasers, Neodymium

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Proceedings Article | 20 April 2017 Presentation

Internal cooling of fiber and disc lasers by radiation balancing and other optical and phonon processes: radiation-balanced lasers: new vistas in optical gain and refrigeration materials (Conference Presentation)

James Eden, John Ballato, Michel J. Digonnet, Peter Dragic, Andrey Mironov, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 10121, 101210I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253178

KEYWORDS: Laser processing, Solids, Current controlled current source, Fiber lasers, Solid state lasers, Phonons, Resonators

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2016 Paper

Cladding single crystal YAG fibers grown by laser heated pedestal growth

Subhabrata Bera, Craig Nie, James Harrington, Theresa Chick, Ayan Chakrabarty, Stephen Trembath-Reichert, James Chapman, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 9726, 97260C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216254

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Optical fibers, YAG lasers, Laser crystals, High power lasers, Fiber optics, Sol-gels, Glasses, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2016 Paper

Holographic imaging through a scattering medium by diffuser-assisted statistical averaging

Michael Purcell, Manish Kumar, Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 9771, 97710F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212845

KEYWORDS: Fourier transforms, Holography, Diffusers, Scattering, Speckle, Image restoration, Image processing, Spatial light modulators, Diffraction, Imaging systems, Reflection

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2015 Paper

Erbium distribution in single crystal YAG fibers grown by laser-heated pedestal growth technique

Craig Nie, Subhabrata Bera, Jeffrey Melzer, James Harrington, Elizabeth F. Dreyer, Stephen Rand, S. Trembath-Reichert, Christopher Hoef

Proceedings Volume 9342, 934204 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2083588

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, YAG lasers, Crystals, Ions, Erbium, Refractive index, Fiber lasers, Laser crystals, Carbon dioxide lasers, Luminescence

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

Single-crystal rare-earth doped YAG fiber lasers grown by the laser-heated pedestal growth technique

Craig Nie, James Harrington, Yuan Li, Eric Johnson, Elizabeth Cloos, Stephen Rand, Pedro Machado, Ramesh Shori

Proceedings Volume 8961, 896126 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041769

KEYWORDS: YAG lasers, Er:YAG lasers, Fiber lasers, Erbium, Glasses, Cladding, Erbium lasers, Near infrared, Holmium, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 8 February 2012 Paper

Laser cooling of solids by stimulated Raman scattering and fluorescence

Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 8275, 827509 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906861

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Phonons, Solids, Ions, Luminescence, Raman scattering, Chemical species, Crystals, Absorption, Laser scattering

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2005 Paper

Lasing and quantum optics in nanostructured dielectrics

Stephen Rand

Proceedings Volume 5924, 59240D (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619898

KEYWORDS: Ceramics, Particles, Nanoparticles, Crystals, Dielectrics, Random lasers, Absorption, Nanostructuring, Laser crystals, Quantum optics

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Proceedings Article | 5 January 1994 Paper

Mode-locking applications of nonlinear cooperative interactions

Stephen Rand, H. Ni, Qize Shu, Douglas Kreysar, Ping Xie, Theodore Morse

Proceedings Volume 2041, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165643

KEYWORDS: Mode locking, Upconversion, Absorption, Continuous wave operation, Solid state lasers, Ions, Upconversion lasers, Visible radiation, Infrared radiation, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 5 January 1994 Paper

Excited-state structure and dephasing of point defects in widegap semiconductors: ultrafast four-wave mixing spectroscopy of N-V centers in diamond

Stephen Rand, A. Lenef, Steve Brown

Proceedings Volume 2041, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165608

KEYWORDS: Diamond, Four wave mixing, Spectroscopy, Phonons, Semiconductors, Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Modulation, Hole burning spectroscopy, Laser spectroscopy, Solids

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