Robert L. Byer

Quantum noise measurements in a continuous-wave laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG saturated amplifier.

High-harmonic inverse-free-electron-laser interaction at 800 nm.

Efficient yellow-light generation by frequency doubling a narrow-linewidth 1150 nm ytterbium fiber oscillator.

Zigzag slabs for solid-state laser amplifiers: batch fabrication and parasitic oscillation suppression.

Wavefront distortion of the reflected and diffracted beams produced by the thermoelastic deformation of a diffraction grating heated by a Gaussian laser beam.

High-extinction-ratio resonant cavity polarizer for quantum-optics measurements.

Linearly polarized, 3.35 W narrow-linewidth, 1150 nm fiber master oscillator power amplifier for frequency doubling to the yellow.

Modal frequency degeneracy in thermally loaded optical resonators.

Three-dimensional grain boundary spectroscopy in transparent high power ceramic laser materials.

Self-phase-locked degenerate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator.

Precise diffraction efficiency measurements of large-area greater-than-99%-efficient dielectric gratings at the Littrow angle.

Investigation of the suitability of silicate bonding for facet termination in active fiber devices.

Laser-gain scanning microscopy: a new characterization technique for dopant engineered gain media.

Balancing interferometers with slow-light elements.

Broadband degenerate OPO for mid-infrared frequency comb generation.

Design of a subnanometer resolution beam position monitor for dielectric laser accelerators.

Waveguides in three-dimensional photonic bandgap materials for particle-accelerator on a chip architectures.

Octave-spanning ultrafast OPO with 2.6-6.1 µm instantaneous bandwidth pumped by femtosecond Tm-fiber laser.

Coherence properties of a broadband femtosecond mid-IR optical parametric oscillator operating at degeneracy.

All-optical quantum random bit generation from intrinsically binary phase of parametric oscillators.

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in tapered chalcogenide fiber for producing octave-spanning frequency comb around 3 μm.

Sub-50 fs pulses around 2070 nm from a synchronously-pumped, degenerate OPO.