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SERGEY B. MIROV, Professor of Physics

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 310 Campbell Hall, 1300 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294-1170

Phone:   (205) 934-8088, Fax: (205) 934-8042; E-mail: mirov@uab.edu Web: http://www.phy.uab.edu/~mirov

EDUCATION:    Ph.D. Physics, 1983, P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, M.S.Electronic Engineering (with distinction), 1978, Moscow Power Engineering Institute - Technical Univ., Russia

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Long-term research is directed toward the development and investigation of novel vibronic active media for tunable lasers, passive Q-switches, and mode lockers. Other research interests include transitional metal doped II-VI compounds, multiline lasers for DWDM applications, the development of laser based techniques for environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics on the micro- and macroscopic levels.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1999-present      Professor of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

2005- present     Co-Director, Center for Optical Sensors and Spectroscopies, UAB

1997-present      Associate Director, Laser and Photonics Research Center, UAB

1994-1999          Associate Professor, Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

1993-1994          Visiting Associate, Physics & Biomedical Engineering, (UAB)

1988-1992          Principal Research Scientist, General Physics Inst., Russian Academy of Sciences

1983-1988          Senior Scientist & Group Leader, General Physics Inst., USSR Acad. of Sciences

1978-1983            Staff Scientist, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences

AWARDS:

Snell Premium Laureate (Institute of Electrical Engineers, UK 2004)

Soviet Union Young Scientists First Prize Winner (Lenin Komsomol Laureate -1982)

              General Physics Institute Distinguish Research Awards, 1989, 1985

              P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Research Award, 1980

              Ministry of People's Education (USSR) Medal for Academic Achievements, 1977

Who is Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who, 4th edition (1997)

International Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals for the years 2000-2007.

Madison Who’s Who for the years 2005-2007

 

NUMBER OF STUDENTS SUPERVISED: 9 graduate, 15 undergraduate (last 5 years)

CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT: Total research funding at UAB (1994-2007) - $4,543,991

(1) NSF/ECS/Electronics, Photonics, & Device Technol., “En route to broadly tunable middle-infrared optically and electrically pumpable Cr2+ and Fe2+ doped II-VI semiconductor lasers” 03/01/05-02/28/08.

(2)  NSF/EPSCoR,“Center for Optical Sensors and Spectroscopies” 05/01/05- 04/30/08.

(3)  NSF/Bioengineering and Environmental Systems,  “Development of middle-infrared optical nose” 09/01/05-08/30/08.

(4) IPG Photonics Corporation, “Er-fiber laser cw-pumped, passively Q-switched Er:YAG laser” 05/15/06 to 05/14/07.

(5) Reliant Technologies, “Fiber (Er)-bulk (Cr:ZnSe) mid-IR hybrid laser tunable over 2.3-2.8 µm spectral range with up to 1.5W output power”, 11/16/06-06/30/07.

PUBLICATIONS: 300 research publications in physics: 1 book, 97 peer-reviewed publications in refereed articles, 78 papers published in conference proceedings, book chapters and preprints, 124 not peer-reviewed publications - extended conference abstracts.

PATENTS: 17 patents

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

1.      I.T.Sorokina, E.Sorokin, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, V.Badikov, V.Panyutin, A.DiLieto, M.Tonelli, “Continuous-wave tunable Cr2+:ZnS laser”, Applied Physics B 74, 607-611 (2002).

2.      S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, K.Graham, I. Moskalev, V.Badikov, V.Panyutin, “Er-fiber laser pumped continuous-wave microchip Cr2+:ZnS and Cr2+:ZnSe lasers”, Optics Letters, 27, 909-911 (2002).

3.      I.T.Sorokina, E.Sorokin, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, V.Badikov, V.Panyutin, K. Schaffers, “Broadly tunable compact continuous-wave Cr2+ :ZnS laser”, Optics Letters, 27, 1040-1042 (2002).

4.      W.B.Martin, S.Mirov, R. Venugopalan, “Using two discrete frequencies within the middle infrared to quantitatively determine glucose in serum”, J. Biomedical Optics, 7, 613-618, (2002).

5.      Yu.V.Orlovskii, T.T.Basiev, E.O.Orlovskaya, Yu.S.Privis, V.V.Fedorov, S.B.Mirov, “Direct nanosecond Nd-Ce nonradiative energy transfer in cerium thrifluoride laser crystals”, J.of Luminescence, 101, 211-218 (2003).

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

7.      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 “Diode and fiber pumped Cr2+:ZnS mid-IR external cavity and microchip lasers”, IEE Optoelectronics, 150 (4), 340-345 (2003). This article has been awarded with the Snell Premium by the IEE, UK.

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

9.      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, “Pulsed mid-IR Cr2+:ZnS and Cr2+:ZnSe lasers pumped by Q-switched neodymium Raman lasers”, Quantum Electronics 34(1) 8-14 (2004).

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

11.   D. V. Martyshkin, R. C. Ahuja, A. Kudriavtsev, S. B. Mirov, “Effective suppression of fluorescence light in Raman measurements using ultrafast time gated CCD camera”, 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.

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

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

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

15.   W.B.Martin, S.B.Mirov, D.Martyshkin, A.Shaw, “Hemoglobin absorption isotherm at the silica-water interface with evanescent wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10(2), 024025-1-7, March/April (2005).

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

17.   A.G. VanEngen Spivey, V.V. Fedorov, M. M. McKerns, C.M. Lawson, and S.B. Mirov, “Amplification of narrow line LiF:F2+** color center laser oscillation”, Opt. Comm., 254, 290-298 (2005).

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

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

20.   T.T. Basiev, M.N.Basieva, M.E.Doroshenko, V.V.Fedorov, V.V.Osiko, and S.B.Mirov, “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”, Laser Phys. Lett. 3, 17-20 (2006), published online Aug 24, 2005, DOI 10.1002/lapl.200510050.

21.   A. Gallian, V. V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, V. V. Badikov, S. N. Galkin, E. F. Voronkin, and A. I. Lalayants, "Hot-pressed ceramic Cr2+:ZnSe gain-switched laser," Opt. Express 14, 11694-11701 (2006), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-24-11694.

22.   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, “3.77-5.05-µm Tunable Solid State Lasers based on Fe2+-doped ZnSe Crystals Operating at Low and Room Temperatures”, IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics 42 (9), 907-917 (2006).

23.   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, Mid- IR transitions of trivalent neodymium in low phonon laser crystals, Optical Materials 29, 1115-1128 (2007).

24.   V.V. Fedorov, A. Gallian, I. Moskalev, S.B. Mirov, “En route to electrically pumped broadly tunable middle infrared lasers based on transition metal doped II-VI semiconductors” invited article J. of Luminescence 125, 184-195 (2007), published online 22 September 2006, doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.08.010.

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