# overview
I conduct research in quantum optics and atomic and molecular physics involving coherently prepared systems, electro-magnetically induced transparency (EIT) and slow and fast light, femtosecond molecular spectroscopy including coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, and use of cold atoms for rotation sensing.

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Transporting and time reversing light via atomic coherence.

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Observation of coherent effects using a mode-locked rubidium laser

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AVOIDED CROSSINGS AND AUTOIONIZATION WIDTHS OF HYDROGEN AND ALKALI METALS IN MAGNETIC FIELDS.

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Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation of elliptically polarized light

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Experimental study of energy-level statistics in a regime of regular classical motion.

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Nonlinear magneto-optic polarization rotation with intense laser fields

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Observation of V-type electromagnetically induced transparency in a sodium atomic beam

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Phase-matching between optical and sound waves in forward direction via ultra-slow light

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Ultralow-power local laser control of the dimer density in alkali-metal vapors through photodesorption

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Imaging beyond the diffraction limit via dark states

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Diamagnetic Rydberg atom: Confrontation of calculated and observed spectra.

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Heterodyne coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering by the phase control of its intrinsic background

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Buffer-gas-induced absorption resonances in Rb vapor

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A single-mode semiconductor diode laser operating in the strong optical feedback regime and tunable within the D1 line of the Cs atom

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Nonlinear magneto-optical effects in Ba vapor

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Electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium vapor prepared by a comb of short optical pulses

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Slow, ultraslow, stored, and frozen light

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Dynamic control of EIT by changing optical phase

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Phase dynamics of electromagnetically induced transparency

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Vacuum squeezing in atomic media via self-rotation

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Gain-swept superradiance applied to the stand-off detection of trace impurities in the atmosphere.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Detection of nonresonant impurity gases in alkali vapor cells

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Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation of elliptically polarized light

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Enhancement of field generation via maximal atomic coherence prepared by fast adiabatic passage in Rb vapor

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Orderly structure in the positive-energy spectrum of a diamagnetic Rydberg atom.

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37th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, 2-6 January 2007 - Foreword

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Suboptical wavelength position measurement of moving atoms using optical fields.

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Positive-energy structure of the diamagnetic Rydberg spectrum.

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Ac-Stark shifts in the nonlinear Faraday effect.

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Observation of picosecond superfluorescent pulses in rubidium atomic vapor pumped by 100-fs laser pulses

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39th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics FOREWORD

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Dressed state engineering with double-dark states: Experimental observation of hyper-Raman transition

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Four-level atomic coherence and cw VUV lasers

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Laser oscillation without population inversion in a sodium atomic beam.

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Nonlinear optics via double dark resonances

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Special issue: 36th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, 2-6 January 2006 - Foreword

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Spectral narrowing of phase broadened optical field in coherently prepared medium

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Electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium vapor prepared by a comb of short optical pulses

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45th winter colloquium on the physics of quantum electronics INTRODUCTION

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Precision position measurement of moving atoms using optical fields.

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Controlled parametric generation in a double-ladder system via all-resonant four-wave mixing.

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Ultraslow group velocity and enhanced nonlinear optical effects in a coherently driven hot atomic gas

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Heterodyne coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering for spectral phase retrieval and signal amplification.

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40th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics

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Squeezing of vacuum fluctuations via Zeeman coherence

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Absorption and fluorescence laser spectroscopy of Rb2 molecules

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Study of resonant chi((3)) processes in a double-ladder system

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Lasing without inversion: An experimental reality

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New applications of electromagnetically Induced transparency

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Nonlinear magneto-optic polarization rotation with intense laser fields

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Experimental study of Stokes fields linewidth in resonant four-wave mixing in Rb vapour

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42nd Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics FOREWORD

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Observation of picosecond UV pulses produced by coherent scattering of IR femtosecond pulses in atomic rubidium vapor

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Enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity by multiphoton coherence.

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Visible and UV coherent Raman spectroscopy of dipicolinic acid.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Control of population and atomic coherence by adiabatic rapid passage and optimization of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering signal by maximal coherence

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A model experiment for stand-off sensing

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Observation of anomalous stimulated scattering of sound waves via ultra-slow light

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Enhancement of field generation via maximal atomic coherence prepared by fast adiabatic passage in Rb vapor

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Absorption resonance and large negative delay in rubidium vapor with a buffer gas

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Radiation trapping under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency

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Figuration and detection of single molecules

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Optical imaging beyond the diffraction limit via dark states

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Enhancement of magneto-optic effects via large atomic coherence in optically dense media

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Slow, ultraslow, stored, and frozen light

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High resolution spectroscopy of Rydberg atoms in a magnetic field

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Compensation of ac Stark shifts in optical magnetometry

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Interplay of chi((1)) and chi((3)) processes in a double-ladder system

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QUANTUM OPTICS | Atomic Coherence Effects

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Large negative and positive delay of optical pulses in coherently prepared dense Rb vapor with buffer gas

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41st Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics FOREWORD

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Carrier-envelope phase effect on atomic excitation by few-cycle rf pulses.

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Measurement of ground-state decoherence via interruption of coherent population trapping

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Lasing without inversion: The road to new short-wavelength losers

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Recoil-induced resonances for optical switching

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Enhancement of magneto-optic effects via large atomic coherence in optically dense media

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Spectral narrowing via quantum coherence

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Real-time Detection of Bacterial Spores and Food Contaminants Using Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy

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Large polarization rotation via atomic coherence.

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Time-resolved surface-enhanced coherent sensing of nanoscale molecular complexes.

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Transient lasing without inversion via forbidden and virtual transitions

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Enhanced Coupling between Optical and Sound Waves via Ultra-Slow Light

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Electromagnetically induced transparency controlled by a microwave field

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Lasing without inversion: A dream come true

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Influence of a buffer gas on nonlinear magneto-optical polarization rotation

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Laser amplification without population inversion on the D 1 line of the Cs atom with semiconductor diode lasers

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Control of population and atomic coherence by adiabatic rapid passage and optimization of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering signal by maximal coherence

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Large polarization self-rotation in rubidium vapour: application for squeezing of electromagnetic vacuum

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Glucose concentration measured by the hybrid coherent anti-Stokes Raman-scattering technique

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Using phase dynamics in EIT to probe ground state relaxation in rubidium vapor

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Propagation dynamics of controlled cross-talk via interplay between chi((1)) and chi((3)) processes

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Texas A&M University; Physics And Astronomy; 4242 TAMU

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Texas A&M Announces 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients