Prof. Arash Mafi Profile

Prof. Arash Mafi

Professor at Univ of New Mexico

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (28)

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Temperature-dependent fluorescence and site-selective excitation studies of ytterbium doped silica

Brian Topper, Alexander Neumann, Stefan Kuhn, Denny Häßner, Sigrun Hein, Christian Hupel, Johannes Nold, Nicoletta Haarlammert, Arash Mafi, Thomas Schreiber

Proceedings Volume 12865, 128650F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000259

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Silica, Fluorescence, Ytterbium, Fiber lasers, Emission wavelengths, Spectroscopy, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

Laser cooling silica: current status and future prospects

Brian Topper, Alexander Neumann, Alexander Albrecht, Angel Flores, Stefan Kuhn, Denny Häßner, Sigrun Hein, Christian Hupel, Johannes Nold, Nicoletta Haarlammert, Thomas Schreiber, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 12437, 1243703 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2655228

KEYWORDS: Ytterbium, Silica, Fluorescence, Glasses, Aluminum, Spectroscopy, Emission wavelengths, Air force, Absorption, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2022 Presentation

Advances in the optical refrigeration of silica: cooling by 18 K from room temperature

Brian Topper, Mostafa Peysokhan, Alexander Albrecht, Angel Flores, Stefan Kuhn, Denny Häßner, Sigrun Hein, Christian Hupel, Johannes Nold, Nicoletta Haarlammert, Thomas Schreiber, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume PC12018, PC1201808 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610103

KEYWORDS: Silica, Optical fibers, Ytterbium, Temperature metrology, Thermometry, Optical amplifiers, Luminescence, High power fiber amplifiers, Glasses, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation

Anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling of ytterbium doped silica glass for radiation-balanced fiber lasers

Proceedings Volume PC11981, PC119810N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2615241

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Silica, Ytterbium, Luminescence, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

Anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling of a Yb-doped silica glass preform using a high-power laser

Esmaeil Mobini, Saeid Rostami, Mostafa Peysokhan, Alexander Albrecht, Stefan Kuhn, Sigrun Hein, Christian Hupel, Johannes Nold, Nicoletta Haarlammert, Thomas Schreiber, Ramona Eberhardt, Angel Flores, Andreas Tünnermann, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 11702, 1170208 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2579925

KEYWORDS: Silica, Glasses, Luminescence, High power lasers, Optical fibers, Optical amplifiers, High power fiber amplifiers, Absorption, High power fiber lasers, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

Characterization and design of a viable radiation-balanced Yb-doped silica fiber laser

Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 11702, 117020T (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2579468

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Optical fibers, Laser development, Absorption, External quantum efficiency, Thermography, Silica, Quantum efficiency, Precision optics, Numerical simulations

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Proceedings Article | 10 March 2020 Presentation

Characterization of the Yb-doped glass Anderson localizing optical fiber (Conference Presentation)

Cody Bassett, Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Matthew Tuggle, John Ballato, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 11289, 112891M (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546789

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Glasses, Absorption, Waveguides, Laser development, Laser scattering, Scattering, Endoscopy, Random lasers, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2020 Presentation

Observation of anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling of ytterbium-doped silica glass (Conference Presentation)

Proceedings Volume 11298, 112980G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545233

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Silica, Glasses, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Laser damage threshold, High power lasers, High power fiber amplifiers, ZBLAN

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2020 Presentation

Effect of the background absorption in achieving a radiation-balanced ZBLAN fiber laser (Conference Presentation)

Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 11298, 112980I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546600

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Fiber lasers, ZBLAN, External quantum efficiency, Quantum efficiency, High power fiber lasers, Laser development, Liquids, Luminescence, Nondestructive evaluation

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

Power scaling of mid-IR optical refrigeration and radiation balanced lasers

Saeid Rostami, Alexander Albrecht, Arash Mafi, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

Proceedings Volume 11298, 112980C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545509

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Mid-IR, Laser crystals, Absorption, Mirrors, Luminescence, Ions, Temperature metrology, Fiber amplifiers, Optical parametric oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2019 Presentation

Enhancement of wavefront characteristics in fibers by Anderson localized modes (Conference Presentation)

Behnam Abaie, Mostafa Peysokhan, Jian Zhao, Jose Antonio-Lopez, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Axel Schülzgen, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 10935, 109350G (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2510278

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Wavefronts, Numerical analysis, Beam analyzers, Random lasers, Single mode fibers, Fiber lasers, Laser optics

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation

Opportunities and challenges in designing radiation-balanced fiber lasers and amplifiers (Conference Presentation)

Arash Mafi, Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei, Behnam Abaie

Proceedings Volume 10936, 109360S (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2512357

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Laser development, Luminescence, Absorption, Optical fibers, Ions, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation

Inner-cladding-doped optical fiber for high-power radiation balancing (Conference Presentation)

Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei, Mostafa Peysokhan, Behnam Abaie, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 10936, 109360T (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508531

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Optical fibers, High power fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, Thermal effects, Absorption, High power fiber lasers, Laser development, High power lasers

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Proceedings Article | 1 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

A non-destructive method for measuring the absorption coefficient of a doped optical fiber

Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini Souchelmaei, Behnam Abaie, Arash Mafi

Proceedings Volume 10936, 109360K (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508497

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Absorption, Multimode fibers, Nondestructive evaluation, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Single mode fibers, Optical amplifiers, Luminescence, ZBLAN

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