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Mansoor Sheik-Bahae is a researcher affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their work focuses on the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, contributing notably to electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their research interests concentrate on topics such as optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials, solid state laser technologies, and semiconductor lasers and optical devices. Additional areas of study include photonic and optical devices, cold atom physics and Bose-Einstein condensates, glass properties and applications, and thermal radiation and cooling technologies.

Recent publications by Mansoor Sheik-Bahae cover advances in laser cooling and laser-induced fluorescence power cooling. Key papers include:

  • Laser cooling of ytterbium-doped silica glass, 2020, Communications Physics
  • Implementation of Laser-Induced Anti-Stokes Fluorescence Power Cooling of Ytterbium-Doped Silica Glass, 2021, ACS Omega
  • In-Well Pumping of a Membrane External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser, 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • Laser cooling ytterbium doped silica by 67 K from ambient temperature, 2023, Optics Express
  • Bridgman Growth of Laser-Cooling-Grade LiLuF4:Yb3+ Single Crystals, 2021, Crystal Growth & Design

Frequent collaborators in their research include Alexander R. Albrecht, Stefan Kühn, Sigrun Hein, Christian Hupel, and Johannes Nold.

Mansoor Sheik-Bahae has published multiple works in various scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Communications Physics

Best Publications

  • Sensitive measurement of optical nonlinearities using a single beam

    Mansoor Sheik-Bahae;Ali A. Said;Tai-Huei Wei;David J. Hagan

  • High-sensitivity, single-beam n(2) measurements.

    M. Sheik-bahae;A. A. Said;E. W. Van Stryland

  • Dispersion of bound electron nonlinear refraction in solids

    M. Sheik-Bahae;D.C. Hutchings;D.J. Hagan;E.W. Van Stryland

  • Self-focusing and self-defocusing by cascaded second-order effects in KTP.

    R. DeSalvo;D. J. Hagan;M. Sheik-Bahae;G. Stegeman

  • Determination of bound-electronic and free-carrier nonlinearities in ZnSe, GaAs, CdTe, and ZnTe

    A. A. Said;M. Sheik-Bahae;D. J. Hagan;T. H. Wei

  • Dispersion and band-gap scaling of the electronic Kerr effect in solids associated with two-photon absorption.

    M. Sheik-Bahae;D. J. Hagan;E. W. Van Stryland

  • Infrared to ultraviolet measurements of two-photon absorption and n/sub 2/ in wide bandgap solids

    R. DeSalvo;A.A. Said;D.J. Hagan;E.W. Van Stryland

  • Kramers-Kronig relations in nonlinear optics

    D. C. Hutchings;M. Sheik-Bahae;D. J. Hagan;E. W. Van Stryland

  • Large nonlinear phase shifts in second-order nonlinear-optical processes.

    George I. Stegeman;Mansoor Sheik-Bahae;Eric W. van Stryland;Gaetano Assanto

  • Laser cooling of solids to cryogenic temperatures

    Denis V. Seletskiy;Seth D. Melgaard;Stefano Bigotta;Alberto Di Lieto

  • Eclipsing Z-scan measurement of λ/10 4 wave-front distortion

    T. Xia;D. J. Hagan;M. Sheik-Bahae;E. W. Van Stryland

  • Time-resolved Z-scan measurements of optical nonlinearities

    J. Wang;M. Sheik-Bahae;A. A. Said;D. J. Hagan

  • Measurement of nondegenerate nonlinearities using a two-color Z scan.

    M. Sheik-Bahae;J. Wang;R. DeSalvo;D. J. Hagan

  • Nonlinear refraction and optical limiting in thick media

    Mansoor Sheik-Bahae;Ali A. Said;David J. Hagan;M. J. Soileau

  • Observation of anti-stokes fluorescence cooling in thulium-doped glass

    C. W. Hoyt;M. Sheik-Bahae;R. I. Epstein;B. C. Edwards

  • Can laser light cool semiconductors

    Mansoor Sheik-Bahae;Richard I. Epstein;Richard I. Epstein

  • Z-scan measurements of the anisotropy of nonlinear refraction and absorption in crystals

    R. DeSalvo;M. Sheik-Bahae;A. A. Said;D. J. Hagan

  • Laser Cooling of Solids

    Mansoor Sheik-Bahae;Richard I Epstein

  • Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime.

    Seth D. Melgaard;Seth D. Melgaard;Seth D. Melgaard;Alexander R. Albrecht;Markus P. Hehlen;Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

  • all optical switching devices based on large nonlinear phase shifts from second harmonic generation

    Gaetano Assanto;George Stegeman;Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae;Eric Van Stryland

  • Advances in Laser Cooling of Thulium-Doped Glass

    C. W. Hoyt;M. P. Hasselbeck;M. Sheik-Bahae;R. I. Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Tünnermann
Andreas Tünnermann Friedrich Schiller University Jena
George I. Stegeman
George I. Stegeman University of Central Florida
Kevin J. Malloy
Kevin J. Malloy University of New Mexico
Hoi Sing Kwok
Hoi Sing Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Gaetano Assanto
Gaetano Assanto Roma Tre University
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida
A. Alec Talin
A. Alec Talin Sandia National Laboratories
Sarah Kurtz
Sarah Kurtz University of California, Merced
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
François Léonard
François Léonard Sandia National Laboratories

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