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Distinguished Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, 1956-2023
Posted: Aug 03, 2023 - 12:00am
Distinguished Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae passed away from cancer July 10, 2023. You can read several tributes here: Optica SPIE UNM Physics Alumnus Farzin Farzam, PhD UNM Physics Alumnus Mohammadreza Ghasemkhani, PhD UNM Physics Alumnus Saleem...read more
Congratulations to 2020 PhD Graduates from MSB Group
Posted: May 24, 2021 - 12:00am
Congratulations to 2020 PhD Graduates from MSB Group Junwei Meng, PhD (Optical Science and Engineering), 2020Dissertation Title: "The Development of All Solid-State Optical Cryo-cooler"Current Position: Senior Test Engineer, II-VI Incorporated, Texa...read more
Cooling a Load
Posted: Mar 18, 2020 - 12:00am
Nature Photonics highlights our work on cooling a payload using optical refrigeration. An all-optical refrigeration scheme has successfully cooled a photodetector to cryogenic temperatures for the first time. See the article...read more
Laser Focus World Highlights the First Demonstration of an Optical Cryocooler
Posted: Jun 26, 2018 - 12:00am
The first successful demonstration of a solid-state cryo-cooler by our group at UNM (and in collaboration with LANL) - published in Nature LSA -was highlighted in the cover story of Laser Focus World magazine. ...read more
First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler
Posted: Jun 06, 2018 - 12:00am
Solid-state optical refrigeration uses anti-Stokes fluorescence to cool macroscopic objects to cryogenic temperatures without vibrations. Crystals such as Yb3+-doped YLiF4 (YLF:Yb) have previously been laser-cooled to 91 K. In this study, we s...read more
Article reporting optical cryocooling of a payload published in Light; Science & Application (Nature)
Posted: Jun 01, 2018 - 12:00am
Optical Cooling: All-optical cryogenic cooling of sensors eliminates vibration A mercury cadmium telluride IR sensor in a working Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer is all-optically cooled to 135 K. See the article...read more
Graduation: Ghasemkhani (PhD / OSE, Fall 2017)
Posted: Jan 07, 2018 - 12:00am
Congratualtions to Mohammad-Reza Ghasemkhani! PhD disseration involved Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy (Laser Cooling and Photo-Acoustic Detection) He will be joining OEWaves Inc. in Pasadena CA. ...read more
Graduation: Aram Gragossian (PhD/ OSE, Summer 2017)
Posted: Aug 11, 2017 - 12:00am
Congrats to Aram Gragossian who graduated with Distinction in Summer 2017 (PhD / OSE)! Aram is now working as a Scientist at NASA facilities in Hampton, VA. Kudos! ...read more
Aram Gragossian wins at UNM Shared Knowledge Conference
Posted: Apr 19, 2017 - 12:00am
See the news item on the Optical Sciences and Engineering Department webpage....read more
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Radiation Balanced Lasers
Posted: Mar 01, 2017 - 12:00am
The ability to demonstrate high-power lasers without net internal heat generation will have immense payoffs in several key DoD mission applications such as directed energy, remote detection, and sensing. The proposed work will give enhanced un...read more
OPTO Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids II
Posted: Jan 28, 2017 - 12:00am
Optical and Electronic Cooling of Solids II28 January - 2 February 2017...read more
Capt. Shawn Hackett and Zhou Yang graduated
Posted: Dec 16, 2016 - 12:00am
Congrats to recent (Fall 2016) PhD graduates Capt. Shawn Hackett and Zhou Yang. ...read more
Lasers Cool Solids To Lowest-Ever Temperature
Posted: Aug 08, 2016 - 12:00am
Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) have successfully created the world’s first all-solid-state cryocooler device at sub-100 K temperatures, which, if developed further, could have myriad applications. Read the article from...read more
UNM profiles laser cooling milestone
Posted: Aug 01, 2016 - 12:00am
UNM Newsroom Optical physicists record lowest temperature ever in solids using laser cooling Physics, Astronomy & Interdisciplinary Science facility will help group continue to be worldwide leader See the article by Aaron Hilf...read more
US Department of Defense grants major award for "Radiation-Balanced Lasers" research
Posted: Apr 11, 2016 - 12:00am
On April 7, 2016, the US Department of Defense announced it will issue 23 awards totaling $162 million over the next five years to academic institutions to perform multidisciplinary basic research. Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae (Principal Investigat...read more
