Research Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Optical Science & Engineering
The University of New Mexico
Active Startup: Crystalline Mirror Solutions, LLC (acquired by Thorlabs, Inc.)
Pending U.S. Patent Applications (UNM-Affiliated)
- Broadband Active Mirror Architecture for Multi-Kilo-Watts Optically Pumped Semiconductor Disc Lasers
- Hybrid Membrane External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
- Methods for Spectrally-Selective Laser Circulator for Cryogenic Optical Refrigeration
- Low Quantum-Defect Intra-Cavity-Pumped Semiconductor Disk Lasers
- Power-Scalable Cryogenic Optical Refrigerator
- Laser Beam Circulator
Issued U.S. Patent Applications (UNM-Affiliated)
- 11,088,506, CTE-Matched Textured Heatlinks for Optical Refrigeration, issued August 10, 2021
Research areas include:
- Optical refrigeration (laser cooling of solids)
- Radiation-balanced lasers
- Semiconductor disk lasers for high power, narrow line width, and pulsed operation
