SERGEY B

SERGEY B. MIROV, University Professor, UAB

PUBLICATIONS:

PUBLICATIONS: 529 research publications in physics: 1 book, 167 peer-reviewed publications in refereed articles, 121 papers published in conference proceedings, book chapters and preprints, 240 not peer-reviewed publications - extended conference abstracts

PATENTS: 26 patents

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

· Sang-Hoon Nam, Vladimir Fedorov, Sergey Mirov, and Kyung-Han Hong, “Octave-spanning mid-infrared femtosecond OPA in a ZnGeP2 pumped by a 2.4 μm Cr:ZnSe chirped-pulse amplifier,” 28(22) 32403-32414 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.405648

· D. Tovey, J. J. Pigeon, S. Ya. Tochitsky, G. Louwrens, I. Ben-Zvi, C. Joshi, D. Martyshkin, V. Fedorov, K. Karki, and S. B. Mirov, “Gain dynamics in a CO₂ active medium optically pumped at 4.3 μm,” J. of Appl. Phys., 128(10) 1031013 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0014020

· Ozarfar Gafarov, Rick Watkins, Vladimir Fedorov, and Sergey Mirov, “Cross-section of electrical impact excitation in bulk n-type monocrystalline Al:Cr:ZnSe,” Opt. Mat. Express 10(9), 2135-2141 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.402399

· Alphan Sennaroglu, Gregory Goodno, Sergey Mirov, Johan Nilsson, Alan Petersen, Irina Sorokina, and Stefano Taccheo, “Advanced Solid-State Lasers 2019: focus issue introduction,” 28(10), 15035-15037 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.396121

· Sergey Vasilyev, Viktor Smolski, Jeremy Peppers, Igor Moskalev, Mike Mirov, Yury Barnakov, Sergey Mirov, and Valentin Gapontsev, “Middle-IR frequency comb based on Cr:ZnS laser,” Opt. Express 27(24), 35079-35087 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.035079

· J.J. Pigeon, D. Tovey, S. Ya. Tochitsky, G.J. Louwrens, I. Ben-Zvi, D. Martyshkin, V. Fedorov, K. Karki, S. Mirov, C. Joshi, “Resonant nonlinear refraction of 4.3-μm light in CO₂ gas,” Physical Review A, 100(1), 011803 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.100.011803

· Benoît Boulanger, Gregory Goodno, Shibin Jiang, Sergey Mirov, Johan Nilsson, Alan Petersen, Stefano Taccheo, Focus issue introduction: advanced solid-state lasers,” Opt. Express 27(15), 20938-20941 (2019).

· Sergey Vasilyev, Igor Moskalev, Viktor Smolski, Jeremy Peppers, Mike Mirov, Andrey Muraviev, Konstantin Vodopyanov, Sergey Mirov, and Valentin Gapontsev, “Multi-octave visible to long-wave IR femtosecond continuum generated in Cr:ZnS-GaSe tandem,” Opt. Express 27(11), 16405-16413 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.016405

· Dmitry Martyshkin, Vladimir Fedorov, Taylor Kesterson, Sergey Vasilyev, Hairun Guo, Junqiu Liu, Wenle Weng, Konstantin Vodopyanov, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Sergey Mirov, “Visible-near-middle infrared spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) waveguide,” Opt. Mat. Express 9, 2553-3559 (2019).

· Vladimir V. Fedorov, Tristan Carlson, Sergey B. Mirov, “Energy transfer in iron-chromium co-doped ZnSe middle-infrared laser crystals,” Opt. Mat. Express 9(5), 2340-2347 (2019).

· Ranu Surolia, Fu Jun Li, Zheng Wang, Huashi Li, Kevin Dsouza, Vinoy Thomas, Sergey Mirov, Dolores Pérez-Sala, Mohammad Athar, Victor J Thannickal, Veena B. Antony, “Vimentin intermediate filament assembly regulates fibroblast invasion in fibrogenic lung injury,” JCI insight 4 (7), 1-17 (2019) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.123253.

· Shova D. Subedi, Vladimir V. Fedorov, Jeremy Peppers, Dmitry V. Martyshkin, Sergey B. Mirov, Linbo Shao, and Marko Loncar, “Laser spectroscopic characterization of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) centers in diamond,” Opt. Mat. Express 9 (5), 2076-2087 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.9.002076.

· Vladimir Fedorov, Dmitry Martyshkin, Krishna Karki, and Sergey Mirov, “Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 3.60–5.15 µm,” Opt. Express 27(10), 13934-13941 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.013934

· Sergey Vasilyev, Igor Moskalev, Viktor Smolski, Jeremy Peppers, Mike Mirov, Vladimir Fedorov, Dmitry Martyshkin, Sergey Mirov, Valentin Gapontsev, “Octave-spanning Cr:ZnS femtosecond laser with intrinsic nonlinear interferometry,” Optica (memorandum), 6(2), 126-127 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.000126

· Sergey Vasilyev, Igor S. Moskalev, Viktor O. Smolski, Jeremy M. Peppers, Mike Mirov, Andrey V. Muraviev, Kevin Zawilski, Peter G. Schunemann, Sergey B. Mirov, Konstantin L. Vodopyanov, Valentin P. Gapontsev, “Super-octave longwave mid-infrared coherent transients produced by optical rectification of few-cycle 2.5-μm pulses,” Optica, 6(1), 111-114 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.000111.

· V. Smolski, S. Vasilyev, Igor Moskalev, M. Mirov, Q. Ru, A. Muraviev, P. Schunemann, S. Mirov, V. Gapontsev, and K. Vodopyanov, “Half-Watt average power femtosecond source spanning 3–8 µm based on subharmonic generation in GaAs,” Appl. Phys. B 124:101 (7pp), (2018).

· Sergey Mirov, Igor Moskalev, Sergey Vasilyev, Viktor Smolski, Vladimir Fedorov, Dmitry Martyshkin, Jeremy Peppers, Mike Mirov, Alex Dergachev, Valentin Gapontsev, “Frontiers of mid-IR lasers based on transition metal doped chalcogenides,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 24(5), 1601829, pp 1-29, September/October 2018, DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2808284.

· A. Sincore, J. Cook, F. Tan, A. El Halawany, A. Riggins, S. McDaniel, G. Cook, D.V. Martyshkin, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, L. Shah, A.F. Abouraddy, M.C. Richardson, K.L. Schepler, “High power single-mode delivery of mid-infrared sources through chalcogenide fiber,” Optics Express, 26 (6), 7313-7323 (2018).

· B. Boulanger, S. Jiang, S. Mirov, J. Nilsson, A. Petersen, F. Rotermund, S. Taccheo, T. Taira, “Feature issue introduction: Advanced Solid-State Lasers 2017,” Optical Materials Express 8 (5), 1246-1252 (2018).

· Fu Jun Li, Ranu Surolia, Huashi Li, Zheng Wang, Gang Liu, Rui-Ming Liu, Sergey B Mirov, Mohammad Athar, Victor J Thannickal, Veena B Antony, Low-dose cadmium exposure induces peribronchiolar fibrosis through site-specific phosphorylation of vimentin, American Journal of Physiology, Lung cellular and Molecular Physiology, 313(1), L80-L91 (2017).

· C. Canalias, S. Mirov, T. Taira, and B. Boulanger, “Feature issue introduction: shaping and patterning crystals for optics,” Optical Materials Express 7(9), 3466-3470 (2017).

· D. Hobbs, B. Macleod, E. Sabatino, S. Mirov, D. Martyshkin, M. Mirov, G. Tsoy, S. McDaniel, and G. Cook, “Laser testing of anti-reflection microstructures fabricated in ZnSe and chromium-ion doped ZnSe laser gain media,” Opt. Materials Express 7(9), 3377-3388 (2017).

· S. Vasiliev, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, V. Smolski, S. Mirov, and V. Gapontsev, “Ultrafast middle-IR lasers and amplifiers based on polycrystalline Cr:ZnS and Cr:ZnSe,” Opt. Materials Express 7(7), 2636-2650 (2017).

· Q. Ru, N. Lee, X. Chen, K. Zhong, G. Tsoy, M. Mirov, S. Vasilyev, S. Mirov, and K. Vodopyanov, “Optical parametric oscillation in a random polycrystalline medium,” Optica (memorandum), 4(6), 617-618 (2017).

· O. Gafarov, A. Martinez, V. Fedorov, S. Mirov, “Enhancement of Cr and Fe diffusion in ZnSe/S laser crystals via annealing in vapors of Zn and hot isostatic pressing,” Opt. Materials Express, 7(11), 25-31 (2017)

· I. Moskalev, S. Mirov, M. Mirov, S. Vasilyev, V. Smolski, A. Zakrevskiy, and V. Gapontsev, “140W Cr:ZnSe laser system,” Opt. Express, 24(18), 21090-21104 (2016).

· S. Vasilyev, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, V. Smolski, S. Mirov, V. Gapontsev, “Recent breakthroughs in solid-state mid-IR laser technology,” Laser Technik Journal 13(4), 1-5 (2016).

· NoSoung Myoung, JeongSoo Park, Alan Martinez, Jeremy Peppers, Sang-Youp Yim, Won Seok Han, Vladimir V. Fedorov, and Sergey B. Mirov, “Mid–IR spectroscopy of Fe:ZnSe quantum dots,” Opt. Express 24(5) 5366-5375 (2016).

· S. Vasilyev, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, S. Mirov, V. Gapontsev, “Multi-Watt mid-IR femtosecond polycrystalline Cr²⁺:ZnS and Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser amplifiers with the spectrum spanning 2.0–2.6 μm,” Opt. Express 24(2), 1616-1623 (2016).

· R. Surolia, S. Karki, H. Kim, Z. Yu, T. Kulkarni, S. Mirov, A.B. Carter, S. Rowe, S. Matalon, V.J. Thannickal, A. Agarwal, and V.B. Antony, “Heme oxygenase-1-mediated autophagy protects against pulmonary endothelial cell death and development of emphysema in cadmium-treated mice,” Am J Physiol- Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 309(3): L 280-92 (2015). PMCID: PMC4525122

· S. Vasilyev, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, S. Mirov, V. Gapontsev, “Three optical cycle mid-IR Kerr-lens mode-locked polycrystalline Cr²⁺:ZnS laser”, Opt. Lett., 40(21), 5054-5057 (2015).

· A.D. Martinez, D.V. Martyshkin, R.P. Camata, V.V. Fedorov, and S.B. Mirov, “Crystal field engineering of transition metal doped II-VI ternary and quaternary semiconductors for mid-IR tunable laser applications,” Opt. Mater. Express 5(9), 2036-2046 (2015).

· V.O. Smolski, S. Vasilyev, P.G. Schunemann, S.B. Mirov, K.L. Vodopyanov, “Cr:ZnS laser pumped subharmonic GaAs OPO with an instantaneous bandwidth 3.6-5.6 µm”, Opt. Lett., 40(12), 2906-2908 (2015).

· J. Peppers, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, “Mid-IR photoluminescence of Fe²⁺ and Cr²⁺ ions in ZnSe crystal under excitation in charge transfer bands”, Optics Express 23(4), 4406-4415 (2015).

· A. Martinez, L. Williams, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, “Gamma radiation-enhanced thermal diffusion of iron ions into II-VI semiconductor crystals”, Optical Materials Express 5(3). 558-565 (2015).

· S. Mirov, V. Fedorov, D. Martyshkin, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, S. Vasilyev, “Progress in Mid-IR Lasers Based on Cr and Fe Doped II-VI Chalcogenides”, IEEE Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Invited paper), vol. 21, no.1, 1601719 (20pp) (2015).

· H.N. Green, S.D. Crockett, K.P. Singh, W.E. Grizzle, E.L. Rosenthal, S.B. Mirov, “A histological evaluation and in vivo assessment of intratumoral near infrared photothermal nanotherapy-induced tumor regression”, Int. J of Nanomedicine, 9, 1-10 (2014).

· V.V. Fedorov, T. Konak, J. Dashdorj, M.E. Zvanut, S.B. Mirov, “Optical and EPR spectroscopy of Zn:Cr:ZnSe and Zn:Fe:ZnSe crystals”, Optical Materials, 37, 262-266 (2014).

· J.R. Mcdonals, S.J. Beecher, A. Lancaster, P.A. Berry, K.L. Schepler, S.B. Mirov, A.K. Kar, “Compact Cr:ZnS channel waveguide laser operating at 2333 nm”, Opt. Express, 22(6) 7052-7057 (2014).

· Yu. V. Terekhov, D. V. Martyshkin, V. V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev and S. B. Mirov, “Fiber Pumped Er:YAG Laser Passively Q-Switched by Co:ZnS and Cr:ZnSe crystals”. Laser Physics, 24 025003 (5pp) (2014).

· Tetyana Konak, Michael Tekavec, Vladimir V. Fedorov, and Sergey B. Mirov, “Electrical, spectroscopic, and laser characterization of g-irradiated transition metal doped II-VI semiconductors” Optical Materials Express, 3(6), 777-786 (2013).

· NoSoung Myoung, Dmitri V. Martyshkin, Vladimir V. Fedorov, Sergey B. Mirov, “Mid-IR lasing of iron–cobalt co-doped ZnS(Se) crystals via Co–Fe energy transfer”, J. of Luminescence, 133, 257-261 (2013).

· S. Mirov, V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, D. Martyshkin “Frontiers of mid-infrared lasers based on transition metal doped II–VI semiconductors”, [Invited] J. of Luminescence, 133, 268-275 (2013).

· Dmitri V. Martyshkin, Anton V. Fedorov, Anitha Arumugam, David J. Hilton, Vladimir V. Fedorov, and Sergey B. Mirov “Mid-IR volumetric Bragg grating based on LiF color center crystal” Opt. Mater. Express 2(9) 1209-1218 (2012).

· N. Myoung, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, L.E. Wenger, “Temperature and concentration quenching of mid-IR photoluminescence in iron doped ZnSe and ZnS laser crystals”, J. Luminescence 132, 600–606 (2012).

· H.N. Green, D. Martyshkin, C.M. Rodenburg, E.L. Rosenthal, and S.B. Mirov, “Gold nanorods Bioconjugates for Active Tumor Targeting and Photothermal Therapy”, J of Nanotechnology 631753, 7pp (2011).

· S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, D.V. Martyshkin, I.S. Moskalev, M.S. Mirov, and V.P. Gapontsev, “Progress in Mid-IR Cr²⁺ and Fe²⁺ doped II-VI materials and Lasers (invited)”, Optical Materials Express, 1, 898-910 (2011).

· N. Myoung, D. V. Martyshkin, V. V. Fedorov, and S. B. Mirov, “Energy scaling of 4.3 µm room temperature Fe:ZnSe laser”, Optics Letters 36(1), 94-96 (2011).

· J. E. Williams, V.V. Fedorov, D. V. Martyshkin, R. P. Camata, and S. B. Mirov, “Mid-IR laser oscillation in Cr²⁺:ZnSe planar waveguide,” Optics Express 18, 25999-26006 (2010).

· "Mid-IR random lasing of Cr-doped ZnS nanocrystals", D. V. Martyshkin, V. V. Fedorov, C. Kim, I. S. Moskalev, S. B. Mirov, J. Opt. 12, 024005 (5pp), (2010).

· “Progress in Cr²⁺ and Fe²⁺ Doped Mid-IR Laser Materials”, S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, I.S. Moskalev, D. Martyshkin, C. Kim, (invited review), Laser & Photonics Review, 4, No. 1 21-41 (2010).

· “Semiconductor disk laser pumped Cr²⁺:ZnSe lasers,” Nils Hempler, John-Mark Hopkins, Nicola Schulz, Marcel Rattunde, Joachim Wagner, Igor Moskalev, Vladimir Fedorov, Sergey Mirov, and David Burns, Optics Express, 17(20), 18136-18141 (2009).

· “Limitations of Adenoviral Vector-Mediated Delivery of Gold Nanoparticles to Tumors for Hyperthermia Induction,” V. Saini, D.V. Martyshkin, V.D. Towner, S.B. Mirov and M. Everts, The Open Nanomedicine Journal, 2, 27-35 (2009).

· “Reduction of Nonlinear Absorption in Li₂B₄O₇ by Temperature- and Repetition Rate-Control”, Masakuni Takahashi, Genta Masada, Ichiro Sekine, Marilou Cadatal, Toshihiko Shimizu, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Clare Byeon, Vladimir Fedorov, Sergey Mirov, Alex Dergachev and Peter F. Moulton, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48, 112502-1-112502-5 (2009).

· “10-Watt, Room-Temperature, Pure Continuous-Wave, Polycrystalline Cr²⁺:ZnS Laser,” I.S. Moskalev, V.V. Fedorov, S.B.Mirov, Optics Express 17(4), 2048-2056 (2009).

· “Middle-infrared random lasing of Cr²⁺ doped ZnSe, ZnS, CdSe powders, powders imbedded in polymer liquid solutions, and polymer films,” C. Kim, D. V. Martyshkin, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, Optics Communications 282, 2049-2052 (2009).

· “Highly efficient, narrow-linewidth, and single frequency actively and passively Q-switched fiber-bulk hybrid Er:YAG lasers operating at 1645 nm,” I.S. Moskalev, V.V. Fedorov, V.P. Gapontsev, D.V. Gapontsev, N.S. Platonov, and S.B. Mirov, Optics Express 16(24), 19427-19433 (2008).

· “Iron-doped Cd_xMn_1−xTe crystals for mid-IR room-temperature lasers”, V.V. Fedorov, W. Mallory, S.B. Mirov, U. Hömmerich, S.B. Trivedi, W. Palosz, Journal of Crystal Growth 310, 4438-4442 (2008).

· “Mid-infrared Cr²⁺:ZnSe random powder lasers”, C. Kim, D.V. Martyshkin, V. V. Fedorov and S. B. Mirov, Optics Express, 16(7), 4952-4959 (2008).

· “Tunable, single-frequency, and multi-watt continuous-wave Cr²⁺:ZnSe lasers”, I.S. Moskalev, V. V. Fedorov, and S. B. Mirov, Optics Express 16(6), 4145-4153 (2008).

· “An adenoviral platform for selective self-assembly and targeted delivery of nanoparticles”, V.Saini, D.V. Martyshkin, S.B. Mirov, A.Perez, G.Perkins, M.H. Ellisman, V.D. Towner, H. Wu, L. Pereboeva, A. Borovjagin, D.T. Curiel, M. Everts, Small, 4(2), 262-269 (2008).

· “Pulsed laser deposition of chromium-doped zinc selenide thin films for mid-infrared applications”, J. E. Williams, R. P. Camata, V. V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, Appl. Phys. A, 91, 333-335 (2008).

· “Mid-IR Luminescence of Nanocrystalline II-IV Semiconductors Doped with Transition Metal Ions”, C. Kim, D. V. Martyshkin, V.V. Fedorov, I. S. Moskalev, S. B. Mirov, J. of Spectroscopy, 22(9), 32-37 (2007).

· ”Recent progress in transition metal doped II-VI mid-IR lasers”, Mirov, V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev, and D. Martyshkin, invited paper J. of Special Topics in Quantum Electronics, 13(3) May/June 2007.

· “En route to electrically pumped broadly tunable middle infrared lasers based on transition metal doped II-VI semiconductors”, V.V. Fedorov, A. Gallian, I. Moskalev, S.B. Mirov, invited article J. of Luminescence 125, 184-195 (2007).

· “Mid- IR transitions of trivalent neodymium in low phonon laser crystals”, Yu.V. Orlovskii, T.T. Basiev, K.K. Pukhov, O.K. Alimov, M.E. Doroshenko, M.V. Polyachenkova, L.N. Dmitruk, V.V. Osiko, D.V. Badikov, V.V. Badikov, S.B. Mirov, Optical Materials 29, 1115-1128 (2007).

· “3.77-5.05-µm Tunable Solid State Lasers based on Fe²⁺-doped ZnSe Crystals Operating at Low and Room Temperatures”, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, A. Gallian, D. V. Badikov, M.P. Frolov, Y.V. Korostelin, V.I. Kozlovsky, A.I. Landman, Y.P. Podmar’kov, V.A. Akimov, A.A. Voronov, IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics 42 (9), 907-917 (2006).

· "Hot-pressed ceramic Cr²⁺:ZnSe gain-switched laser", A. Gallian, V. V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, V. V. Badikov, S. N. Galkin, E. F. Voronkin, and A. I. Lalayants, Opt. Express 14, 11694-11701 (2006).

· “Stimulated Raman scattering in mid-IR spectral range 2.31-2.75-3.7 mm in BaWO₄ crystal under 1.9 and 1.56 mm pumping”, T.T. Basiev, M.N. Basieva, M.E. Doroshenko, V.V. Fedorov, V.V. Osiko, and S.B. Mirov, Laser Phys. Lett. 3, 17-20 (2006).

· “3.9-4.8 μm gain-switched lasing of Fe:ZnSe at room temperature”, J.Kernal, V.V.Fedorov, A.Gallian, S.B.Mirov, V.Badikov, , Optics Express, 13, n 26, 10608-10615 (2005).

· “Middle infrared quantum cascade laser optoelectronic absorption system for monitoring glucose in serum”, W.B.Martin, S.B.Mirov, R. Venugopalan, Applied Spectroscopy 59(7), 881-884 (2005).

· “Amplification of narrow line LiF:F₂^+** color center laser oscillation”, A.G. VanEngen Spivey, V.V. Fedorov, M. M. McKerns, C.M. Lawson, and S.B. Mirov, Opt. Comm., 254, (2005).

· “Spectroscopic studies of Molecular-Beam Epitaxially Grown Cr²⁺-doped ZnSe thin films”, A.Gallian, V.V.Fedorov, J.Kernal, J.Allman, S.B.Mirov, E.M.Dianov, A.O.Zabezhaylov I.P.Kazakov, Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 091105 (2005).

· “Absorption Isotherm for Hemoglobin to the Silica-water Interface”, W.B.Martin, S.B.Mirov, D.Martyshkin, A.Shaw, , Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10(2), 024025-1-7, March/April (2005).

· “Application of laser beam shaping for spectral control of “spatially dispersive” lasers”, I.S.Moskalev, V.V.Fedorov, T.T.Basiev, P.G.Zverev, S.B.Mirov, Chapter 7, pp.241-267, in Laser Beam Shaping Applications, Dickey, Holswade, Shealy - Eds., Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-8247-5941-9, 2005.

· “Multiwavelength mid-IR spatially-dispersive CW laser based on polycrystalline Cr²⁺:ZnSe”, I.S. Moskalev, S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, OPTICS EXPRESS 12, 4986-4992 (2004).

· “Absorption and PL studies of CdGa₂S₄:Cr”, M. B. Johnson, S. B. Mirov, V. Fedorov, J. Harrison, M. E. Zvanut, V.Badikov, Opt. Comm., 233, 403-410 (2004).

· “Tunable Distributed Feedback Color Center Laser using stabilized F₂^+** Color Centers in LiF Crystal”, D. V. Martyshkin, J. G. Parker, V. V. Fedorov, and S. B. Mirov, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84(16) 3022-3024 (2004).

· “Effective suppression of fluorescence light in Raman measurements using ultrafast time gated CCD camera”, D. V. Martyshkin, R. C. Ahuja, A. Kudriavtsev, S. B. Mirov, Review of Scientific Instruments, 75(3), 630-635 (2004). This article has been also selected for the March 2004 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science. The Virtual Journal, which is published by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other societes and publishers, is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research.

· "Two-photon absorption of F₂^- color centers in LiF crystal at 1906 nm", V.V. Fedorov, A.V. Fedorov, D. Martyshkin, J.F. Donegan, and S.B. Mirov, Laser Physics Letters, 1 (4), 163-166 (2004).

· “Pulsed mid-IR Cr²⁺:ZnS and Cr²⁺:ZnSe lasers pumped by Q-switched neodymium Raman lasers”, K.Graham, V.V.Fedorov, S.B.Mirov, M.E.Doroshenko, T.T.Basiev, Yu.V.orlovskii, V.V.Osiko, V.V.Badikov, V.L.Panyutin, Quantum Electronics 34(1) 8-14 (2004).

· “Fluorescence assay for monitoring Zn-deficient superoxide dismutase in vitro”, D.V.Martyshkin, S.B.Mirov, Y.X.Zhuang, J.P.Crow, V.Ermilov, J.S.Beckman, Spectrochemica Acta A 59, 3165-3175 (2003).

· “Color Center Lasers”. Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications, T.T. Basiev, P.G. Zverev, and S.B. Mirov. Institute of Physics publishing. Eds. C.E.Webb and J.D.C.Jones, B1.8, 1-23, (2003).

· “Diode and fiber pumped Cr²⁺:ZnS mid-IR external cavity and microchip lasers”, S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, K. Graham, I. S. Moskalev, I.T. Sorokina and E. Sorokin, V Gapontsev, D. Gapontsev, V.V. Badikov, V. Panyutin, IEE Optoelectronics, 150 (4), 340-345 (2003) (Institute of Electrical Engineers, UK awarded this article with the Snell Premium in October 2004).

· “External Cavity Multiwavelength Superbroadband Diode Laser”, I.S. Moskalev, S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, T.T. Basiev, Optics Comm., 220, 161-169 (2003).

“Direct nanosecond Nd-Ce nonradiative energy transfer in cerium thrifluoride laser crystals”, Yu.V.Orlovskii, T.T.Basiev, E.O.Orlovskaya, Yu.S.Privis, V.V.Fedorov, S.B.Mirov, J.of Luminescence, 101, 211-218 (2003).
“Using two discrete frequencies within the middle infrared to quantitatively determine glucose in serum”, W.B.Martin, S.Mirov, R. Venugopalan, J. Biomedical Optics, 7, 613-618, (2002).
“Broadly tunable compact continuous-wave Cr^{2+ :ZnS} laser”, I.T.Sorokina, E.Sorokin, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, V.Badikov, V.Panyutin, K. Schaffers, Optics Letters, 27, 1040-1042 (2002).
“Er-fiber laser pumped continuous-wave microchip Cr²⁺:ZnS and Cr²⁺:ZnSe lasers”, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, K.Graham, I. Moskalev, V.Badikov, V.Panyutin, Optics Letters, 27, 909-911 (2002).
“Continuous-wave tunable Cr²⁺:ZnS laser”, I.T.Sorokina, E.Sorokin, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, V.Badikov, V.Panyutin, A.DiLieto, M.Tonelli, Applied Physics B 74, 607-611 (2002).
“Temperature dependencies of excited states lifetimes and relaxation rates of 3- 5 phonon (4- 6 μm) transitions in the YAG, LuAG and YLF crystals doped with holmium, thulium, and erbium”, Yu.V.Orlovskii, T.T.Basiev, I.N.Vorob’ev, E.O.Orlovskaya, N.P.Barnes, S.B.Mirov, Optical Materials, 18, 355-366, (2002).
“Alexandrite laser pumped LiF:F₂^- laser”, S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, L.Xie, B. Boczar, R. Frost, B. Pryor, Optics Comm. 199, 201-205 (2001).
“All-solid-state laser system tunable in deep ultraviolet based on sum-frequency generation in CLBO”, S.B. Mirov, V.V. Fedorov, B. Boczar, R. Frost, B. Pryor, Optics Comm. 198, 403-406 (2001).
“Spectroscopic analysis and persistent photon-gated spectral hole burning in LiF:F₂^- color center crystal”, V.V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, M. Ashenafi, L. Xie, Appl.Phys. Lett., 79, 2318-2320 (2001).

· "Temperature-dependent spectroscopic analysis of F₂⁺** and F₂⁺ like color centers in LiF", N.W.Jenkins, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, J. Lumin., 91, 147-153 (2000).

· "The effect of ordering of internal water in thaumatin and lysozyme crystals as revealed by Raman method", A.Kudryavtsev, S.B.Mirov, L.DeLucas, C.Gale, S.Craig, B.Rosenblum (September 2000), J. of Crystal Growth 219, 102-114 (2000).

· Structural and Morphological Study of Pulsed Laser Deposited Calcium Phosphate Bioceramic Coatings: Influence of Deposition Conditions, Laser Parameters, and Target Properties, H Zeng, W.R.Lasefield, S.B. Mirov (May 2000), J. of Biomedical Materials Research 50, 248-258 (2000).

· Solid State White-Light Laser Utilizing LiF:F₂⁺** Color Center Crystal, N.W.Jenkins, S.B.Mirov (May 2000), OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics on Advanced Solid State Lasers, S. Payne and C. Pollock, Eds. (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC 2000) Vol. 34, pp. 364-370

· Powerful Ultrabroadly tunable LiF:F₂⁺** Laser, N.W.Jenkins, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov (April 2000), in Solid State Lasers IX, R. Scheps, Editor, Proceedings of SPIE v.3929, 278-288 (2000).

· "Multiphonon sideband intensities of rare earth ions in crystals", K.K.Pukhov, T.T. Basiev, J. Heber, S. Mirov, F. Auzel (October 1999), J. Lumin., v.83-84, 171- 175 (1999)

· "Nonradiative relaxation and inhomogeneous splitting of aggregated optical centers in the Nd³⁺ doped CaF₂ and SrF₂ crystals (FLN and decay study)", Yu.V. Orlovskii, V.V. Fedorov, T.T. Basiev, M. Altwein, B. Leu, J. Heber, S. Mirov, (October 1999), J. Lumin., v.83-84, 361-366 (1999)

· A Novel laser Breakdown Spectrometer for Environmental Monitoring, S.B.Mirov, R.E. Pitt, A. Dergachev, W. Lee, D.V. Martyshkin, O.D. Mirov, J.J.Randolph, L.DeLucas, C.G.Brouillette, T.T.Basiev, Y.V.Orlovskii, O.K.Alimov, I.N.Vorob’ev (September 1999) in Air Monitoring and Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents II, J.Leonelli and M.L.Althouse, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE vol.3855, 34-41 (1999)

· Characterization of the Orientational Ordering in Tetragonal Lysozyme Crystals by Raman Spectroscopy, A.B. Kudryavtsev, S.B. Mirov, L.J. DeLucas, C. Nicolete, M. van der Woerd, T.T.Basiev, Acta Cryst. D, D54, 1216-1229 (1998).

· "Two Photon Absorption in GaSe and CdGeAs₂", K.L.Vodopyanov, S.B.Mirov, V.G.Voevodin, and P.G.Schuneman, , Optics Comm. 155, 47-51 (1998).

· "Tunable Mid Infrared Downconversion in GaSe and AgGaS₂", A.O. Okorogu, S.B. Mirov, W. Lee, D.I. Crouthamel, N. Jenkins, A.Yu. Dergachev, K.L. Vodopyanov, and V.V. Badikov, Optics Comm. 155, 307-313 (1998).

· "Efficient room temperature LiF:F₂⁺** color center tunable laser tunable over 820-1210 nm range", S. B.Mirov and A.Yu.Dergachev, Optics Comm. 145, 107-112 (1998).

· "Method for producing large, stable concentrations of Sc²⁺ in optically clear CaF₂ crystals", C.L.Marquardt, J.F.Pinto, R.E.Allen, L.Esterowitz, A.Yu.Dergachev, S.Ke, S.B.Mirov, J.Mater. Res., 13, 257-260 (1998)

· All solid state laser system, continuously tunable over 0.2-10 micron spectral range, S.B. Mirov, A.O.Okorogu, W. Lee, D.I. Crouthamel, N. W. Jenkins, K. Graham, A. R. Gallian, A.Yu. Dergachev, W.B. Yan, W.J. Strachan, T.F. Steckroat, D. F. Heller, J.C. Walling, in Applications of Photonics Technology 3: Closing the gap between Theory, Development, and Application, George A. Lampropoulos, and Roger A. Lessard, Editors, Procedings of SPIE vol. 3491, 1082-1088 (1998).

· Color-center powder laser: the effect of pulverization on color-center characteristics, M.A. Noginov, N. E. Noginova, S. U. Egarievwe, H. J. Caulfield, P.Venkateswarlu, A. Williams, S. B. Mirov, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 14, 2153-2160 (1997).

· "New trends in tunable lasers based on color center and radiationally pertubed doped crystals", S.B. Mirov. Journal of Luminescence 72, 9-12 (1997).

· Multiline, superbroadband and sun-color oscillation of LiF:F₂^- color center laser, T.T. Basiev, P.G. Zverev, V.F. Fedorov, and S.B. Mirov. Applied Optics 36, 2515-2522 (1997).

· Powerful, room-temperature stable LiF:F₂^+** tunable laser, S.B. Mirov, and A. Yu. Dergachev. In Solid State Lasers VI, Richard Scheps, editor, Proc. SPIE 2986, 162-173 (1997).

· Raman Spectroscopy for in situ evaluation of high-grade malignant gliomas induced in scid mice, C.E. Clary, A. Yu. Dergachev, S.B. Mirov, and G.Y. Gillespie. In Advances in Fluorescence Sensing Technology III, Richard Scheps, editor, Proc. SPIE 2980, 196-203 (1997).

· Novel laser atomic fluorescence spectrometer for environmental and biomedical analyses of heavy metals, S.B. Mirov and A. Yu. Dergachev. In Advances in Fluorescence Sensing Technology III, Richard Scheps, editor, Proc. SPIE 2980, 381-389 (1997).

· Investigation of luminescent properties of Sc:CaF₂ and Sc,Ce:CaF₂ crystals as promising new media for UV tunable lasers, S.B. Mirov, A. Yu. Dergachev, W.A. Sibley, L. Esterowitz, V.B. Sigachev, and A.G. Papashvili. In OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics on Advanced Solid State Lasers, S. Payne and C. Pollock, editors, (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC 1996), Vol. 1, 482-487.

· Room Temperature Tunable Color Center Lasers, T.T. Basiev, and S.B. Mirov. Laser Science and Technology Book Series, An International Handbook, V.S. Letokhov, C.V. Shank, Y.R. Shen and H. Walther, editors (Gordon and Breach Sciences Publ./Harwood Acad. Publ. 1994), Vol.

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