Anthony E. Siegman


Anthony E. Siegman was an electrical engineer and educator at Stanford University who investigated and taught about masers and lasers. Known to almost all as Tony Siegman, he was president of the Optical Society of America in 1999 and was awarded the R. W. Wood Prize in 1980, the Frederic Ives Medal in 1987, and the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal in 2009.

Personal

Siegman was born on November 23, 1931, in Detroit and raised in rural Michigan. He graduated from Catholic Central High School in Detroit in 1949. He died at his home, in Stanford, on October 7, 2011. He was married had three children, one stepdaughter, and two grandchildren.

Education

A.B. degree summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1952, the M.S. in applied physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1954 under the Hughes Aircraft Company Cooperative Plan, and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1957.

Career

He was appointed to the Stanford faculty on an acting basis in 1956 and became an assistant professor in 1957 after receiving the PhD in Electrical Engineering with a dissertation topic on microwave noise in electron beams. Shortly thereafter he switched to work on microwave masers and parametric devices, which after 1960 evolved into a research and teaching career in lasers and optics. He was promoted to full professor at Stanford in 1964, and retired from his Stanford position as the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor of Engineering in November 1998.
During his Stanford career he supervised some 40 PhD dissertations, published numerous scientific articles, and three textbooks: Microwave Solid-State Masers, An Introduction to Lasers and Masers, and Lasers. He was also director of the Ginzton Laboratory from 1978 to 1983 and again in 1998–99, and served on numerous academic committees and as a member of the Stanford Faculty senate and its steering committee.
He also spent sabbatical periods as visiting professor of applied physics at Harvard in 1965, as a Guggenheim Fellow at IBM Research - Zurich in 1969–70, and as an Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, in 1984–85.
Early in his career he was Program Chair for the 1996 International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference Chair for the 1968 IQEC, and he later served as co-director of Laser Schools in Korea and Taiwan. He was a member of the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board during 1974–80 and served on advisory groups for NBS, NIST, NSF and other government agencies. He received the J J Ebers Award in 1977 from the IEEE and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1973 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1988. He was elected a Fellow of OSA in 1968. In 1996 he was elected as vice-president of the Optical Society of America and served as President of the OSA during 1999.
Siegman's most notable contribution was in the area of unstable resonators; his book Lasers became a standard reference in the field.
Professionally, A. E. Siegman was known as Tony Siegman.

Donation to his Hometown Waterford, MI Library

In June 1990, Siegman donated a copy of his book Lasers to his hometown library back in Waterford, Michigan. He included the following note on the inside title page:

Publications

Books

Microwave Solid-State Masers, A. E. Siegman.An Introduction to Lasers and Masers, A. E. Siegman.Lasers, A. E. Siegman.Lasers and Their Applications, I. P. Kaminow and A. E. Siegman .

Book chapters

  • A. E. Siegman, "Interaction of Radiation with Matter," in Lasers and Their Applications.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Quantum Electronics," in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 5th Edition.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Laser Beams and Resonators," in Proceedings of Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics.
  • A. E. Siegman, P. A. Belanger and A. Hardy, "Optical Resonators Using Phase-Conjugate Mirrors," in Optical Phase Conjugation.
  • A. E. Siegman, "The Laser---Still Young After Twenty Five Years?," in Lasers: Invention to Application.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Advances in Laser Resonator Design Using Variable Reflectivity Mirrors," in Tutorials in Optics.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Defining and Measuring Laser Beam Quality," in Solid State Lasers: New Developments and Applications.

Journal articles

  • W. S. C. Chang and A. E. Siegman, "Characteristics of ruby for maser applications," Rev. Mod. Phys. 31, 681.
  • A. E. Siegman and R. J. Morris, "Proposal for a staircase maser," Phys. Rev. Lett. 2, 302.
  • A. W. Shaw, A. E. Siegman and D. A. Watkins, "Reduction of electron beam noisiness by means of a low-potential drift region," Proc. IRE 47, 334.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Phase-distortionless limiting by a parametric method," Proc. IRE 47, 447.
  • A. E. Siegman, "The waves on a filamentary electron beam in a transverse-field slow-wave circuit," J. Appl. Phys. 31, 17.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Entropy and cross-relaxation in spin systems," Phys. Rev. 119, 562.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Progress in solid-state masers," J. Res. National Bureau of Standards 64D, 758—763.
  • A. E. Siegman, "The DC pumped quadrupole amplifiera wave analysis," Proc. IRE 48, 1750–1755.
  • W. H. Louisell, A. Yariv and A. E. Siegman, "Quantum fluctuations and noise in parametric processes," Phys. Rev. 124, 1646.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Zero-point energy as the source of amplifier noise," Proc. IRE 49, 633—634.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Thermal noise in microwave systems. I. Fundamentals. III. Noise in high-frequency amplifiers, particularly masers. III. Practical problems and ultimate limits of amplifier noise figures," The Microwave Journal 4, 81.
  • I. T. Ho and A. E. Siegman, "Passive phase-distortionless parametric limiting with varactor diodes," IRE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques MTT—9, 459.
  • H. Inaba and A. E. Siegman, "Microwave photomixing of optical maser outputs with a PIN-junction photodiode," Proc. IRE 50, 1823.
  • S. E. Harris and A. E. Siegman, "A proposed FM phototube for demodulating microwave- frequency-modulated Light signals," IRE Trans. Elec. Devices ED-9, 322.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Nonlinear optical effects: an optical power limiter," Appl. Opt. 1, 739.
  • S. E. Harris, B. J. McMurtry and A. E. Siegman, "Modulation and direct demodulation of coherent and incoherent light at a microwave frequency," Appl. Phys. Lett. 1, 37.
  • S. Mao and A. E. Siegman, "Cyclotron wave amplification using simultaneous RF coupling and DC pumping," Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Microwave Tubes, Eindhoven: Centrex Publishing Co.,.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Small-mirror transverse-mode control and near-field rings in ruby-laser rods," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54, 567.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Design considerations for laser pulse amplifiers," J. Appl. Phys. 35, 460.
  • A. E. Siegman and B. J. McMurtry, "Lossless beam combination for optical heterodyning," Proc. IEEE 52, 94.
  • A. E. Siegman, C. F. Quate, J. Bjorkholm, and G. Francois, "Frequency translation of an He-Ne lasers output frequency by acoustic output coupling inside the resonant cavity," Appl. Phys. Lett. 5, 1.
  • S. E. Harris and A. E. Siegman, "A technique for optical frequency translation utilizing the quadratic electro-optic effect in cubic crystals," Appl. Opt. 3, 1089.
  • P. Wysocki, A. Kostenbauder, B. Y. Kim and A. E. Siegman, "Bipolar optical modulation and demodulation using a dual-mode fiber and a fast diffusion-driven photodetector," IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. LT-7, 1964.
  • A. E. Siegman and J. W. Allen, "Pump power dependence of ruby laser starting and stopping time," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-1, 386.
  • A. E. Siegman and V. Evtuhov, "Twisted-mode technique for obtaining axially uniform energy density in a laser cavity," Appl. Opt., 4, 142 4, 142.
  • G. Francois and A. E. Siegman, "The effect of gaussian beam spread on phase-velocity matching in CW optical second-harmonic generation," Phys. Rev. A4, 139.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Unstable optical resonators for laser applications," Proc. IEEE 53, 277.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Progress in Quantum Electronics: Report of Commission 7 to XV Congress of URSI," Radio Science 1, 1379.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Obtaining the equations of motion for parametrically coupled oscillators or waves," Proc. IEEE 54, 576.
  • A. E. Siegman, B. Daino and K. R. Manes, "Preliminary measurements of laser short-term frequency fluctuations," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE—3, 180—189.
  • A. E. Siegman, "The antenna properties of optical heterodyne receivers," Appl. Opt. 5, 1588.
  • A. E. Siegman, "The antenna properties of optical heterodyne receivers," Proc. IEEE 54, 1350.
  • A. E. Siegman and R. Arrathoon, "Modes in unstable optical resonators and lens waveguides," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE—3, 156—163.
  • J. E. Bjorkholm and A. E. Siegman, "Accurate CW measurements of optical second-harmonic generation in ADP and calcite," Phys. Rev. 154, 851—860.
  • A. E. Siegman, "A maximum signal theorem for the spatially coherent detection of scattered radiation," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation AP—15, 192.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Absolute frequency stabilization of a laser oscillator against a laser amplifier," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE—3, 377.
  • A. E. Siegman, B. Daino and K. R. Manes, "Preliminary measurements of laser short-term frequency fluctuations," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-3, 180.
  • A. E. Siegman and R. Arrathoon, "Observation of quantum phase noise in a laser oscillator," Phys. Rev. Lett. 20, 901—902.
  • D. G. Carlson and A. E. Siegman, "Intracavity electro-optic frequency tuning, polarization switching, and Q-switching of a Nd:YAG laser oscillator," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-4, 93.
  • R. Arrathoon and A. E. Siegman, "Current pushing of the oscillation frequency of a 6328 He-Ne laser," Appl. Phys. Lett. 13, 197.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Comments on pumping on a swing," Am. J. Phys. 37, 843.
  • R. Arrathoon and A. E. Siegman, "Further measurements of quantum phase noise in a He-Ne laser," J. Appl. Phys. 40, 910—911.
  • G. A. Massey, R. Tremblay and A. E. Siegman, "A Fresnel-drag ring-laser method for rotation readout of a spinning transparent spherical gyroscope," IEEE J. Quantum El ectron. QE-5, 357.
  • A. E. Siegman and D. J. Kuizenga, "Simple analytic expressions for AM and FM mode-locked pulses in homogeneous lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 14, 181.
  • G. A. Massey and A. E. Siegman, "Reflection and refraction of gaussian light beams at tilted ellipsoidal surfaces," Appl. Opt. 8, 975—978.
  • A. E. Siegman and D. J. Kuizenga, "A proposed method for measuring picosecond pulse widths and pulse shapes in cw mode-locked lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 212.
  • S. C. Wang, R. L. Byer and A. E. Siegman, "Observation of an enhanced Lamb dip with a pure Xe gain cell inside a 3.51 He-Xe laser," Appl. Phys. Lett. 17, 120.
  • G. A. Massey and A. E. Siegman, "Fresnel drag technique for determining the spin-Axis orientation of a spherical rotor," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 500.
  • A. E. Siegman and H. Y. Miller, "Unstable optical resonator loss calculations using the Prony method," Appl. Opt. 9, 2729–2763.
  • A. E. Siegman and D. J. Kuizenga, "Modulator frequency detuning effects in the FM-mode-locked laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 803.
  • D. J. Kuizenga and A. E. Siegman, "FM and AM mode-locking of the homogeneous laser. II. Experimental results in a Nd:YAG laser with internal FM modulation," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 709.
  • A. E. Siegman and D. J. Kuizenga, "FM-laser operation of the Nd:YAG laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 673.
  • D. J. Kuizenga and A. E. Siegman, "FM and AM mode-locking of the Homogeneous Laser. I. Theory," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 694.
  • S. C. Wang and A. E. Siegman, "Absorption coefficient, transition probability, and collision-broadening frequency of dimethylether at He-Xe laser 3.51 wavelength," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 576.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Laser Book List," Appl. Opt. A 10, 36.
  • K. R. Manes and A. E. Siegman, "Observation of quantum phase fluctuations in infrared gas lasers," Phys. Rev. A 4, 373—386.
  • A. E. Siegman, "A course in lasers and optical electronics for engineers, or quantum electronics without quantum mechanics," IEEE Trans. Education E--14, 162.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Stabilizing output with unstable resonators," Laser Focus 7, 42.
  • M. F. Becker, D. J. Kuizenga and A. E. Siegman, "Harmonic mode locking of the Nd:YAG laser," IEEE Quantum Electron. QE-8, 687.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Dispersive explanation of the spectral behavior of Runges mode-locked dye laser," Opt. Commun. 5, 200.
  • A. E. Siegman, D. W. Phillion, and D. J. Kuizenga, "Rotational relaxation and triplet state effects in the cw dye laser," Appl. Phys. Lett. 21, 345.
  • A. E. Siegman, "An antiresonant ring interferometer for coupled laser cavities, laser output coupling, mode locking, and cavity dumping," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-9, 247—250.
  • D. J. Kuizenga, D. W. Phillion, T. Lund and A. E. Siegman, "Simultaneous Q-switching and mode-locking in the CW Nd:YAG laser," Opt. Commun. 9, 221.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Hermite-gaussian functions of complex argument as optical beam eigenfunctions,," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63, 1093.
  • S. C. Wang and A. E. Siegman, "Hollow-cathode transverse discharge He-Ne and Ne-Cd+ lasers," Appl. Phys. 2, 143.
  • D. W. Phillion, D. J. Kuizenga and A. E. Siegman, "Rotational diffusion and triplet state processes in dye laser solutions," J. Chem. Phys. 61, 3828.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Why the sinc function should be defined as /x and not as /," Appl. Opt. 13, 705.
  • E. A. Sziklas and A. E. Siegman, "Mode calculations in unstable resonators with flowing saturable gain. I. Hermite-gaussian expansion," Appl. Opt. 13, 2775–2792.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Unstable optical resonators," Appl. Optics 13, 353-367,.
  • A. E. Siegman and D. J. Kuizenga, "Active mode-coupling phenomena in pulsed and continuous lasers," Opto-Electronics 6, 43.
  • E. A. Sziklas and A. E. Siegman, "Diffraction calculations using fast Fourier transform methods,," Proc. IEEE 62, 410.
  • M. F. Becker, D. J. Kuizenga, D. W. Phillion and A. E. Siegman, "Analytic expression for ultrashort pulse generation in mode-locked optical parametric oscillators," J. Appl. Phys. 45, 3996.
  • E. A. Sziklas and A. E. Siegman, "Mode calculations in unstable resonator with flowing saturable gain. II. Fast Fourier transform method," Appl. Opt. 14, 1873–1889.
  • D. W. Phillion, D. J. Kuizenga and A. E. Siegman, "Subnanosecond relaxation time measurements using a transient induced grating method," Appl. Phys. Lett. 27, 85.
  • A. E. Siegman, "How to compute two complex even Fourier transforms with one transform step," Proc. IEEE 63, 544.
  • A. E. Siegman, "A canonical formulation for multi-element unstable resonator calculations," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE—12, 35.
  • S.-C. Sheng and A. E. Siegman, "Perturbed gaussian modes of an unbalanced antiresonant-ring laser cavity," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 1032–1036.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Proposed measurement of subpicosecond excited-state dynamics using a tunable-laser-induced-grating," Appl. Phys. Lett. 30, 21—23.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Bragg diffraction of a gaussian beam by a crossed-gaussian volume grating," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 67, 545—550.
  • R. Trutna and A. E. Siegman, "Laser cavity dumping using an antiresonant ring," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE—13, 955—962.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Quasi fast Hankel transform," Opt. Lett. 1, 13-15.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Effects of small-scale phase perturbations on laser oscillator beam quality," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE—13, 334—337.
  • J. R. Salcedo, A. E. Siegman, D. D. Dlott and M. D. Fayer, "Dynamics of energy transport in molecular crystals: the picosecond transient grating method," Phys. Rev. Lett. 41, 131—134.
  • A. J. Duerinckx, H. Vanherzeele, J.-L. V. Eck and A. E. Siegman, "Pulse compression inside an actively AM mode-locked Nd:YAG laser using a liquid Kerr cell," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-14, 983—992.
  • N. Holmes and A. E. Siegman, "The optically pumped mercury vapor laser," J. Appl. Phys. 49, 3155—3170.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Historical note on spatial hole burning and twisted-mode laser resonators," Optics Commun. 24, 365.
  • J. R. Salcedo and A. E. Siegman, "Laser induced photoacoustic grating effects in molecular crystals," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-15, 250—256.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Dynamic interferometry and differential holography of irregular phase objects using phase conjugate reflection," Optics Commun. 31, 257—258.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Orthogonality properties of optical resonator eigenmodes," Opt. Commun. 31, 369—373.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Simplified derivation of the Fokker-Planck equation," Am J. Phys. 47, 545—547.
  • P. A. Belanger, A. Hardy and A. E. Siegman, "Resonant modes of optical cavities with phase-conjugate mirrors," Appl. Opt. 19, 602—609.
  • P. A. Belanger, A. Hardy and A. E. Siegman, "Resonant modes of optical cavities with phase conjugate mirrors: higher-order modes," Appl. Opt. 19, 479—480.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Exact cavity equations for lasers with large output coupling," Appl. Phys. Lett. 36, 412—414.
  • S.-C. Sheng and A. E. Siegman, "Nonlinear optical calculations using fast transform methods: second harmonic generation with depletion and diffraction," Phys. Rev. A 21, 599—606.
  • R. Trebino and A. E. Siegman, "Phase conjugate reflection at arbitrary angles using TEM00 pump beams," Optics Commun. 32, 1--4.
  • A. E. Siegman and J.-M. Heritier, "Analysis of the mode-locked and intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-16, 324—335.
  • H. Vanherzeele, J. L. Van Eck and A. E. Siegman, "Colliding pulse mode locking of a Nd:YAG laser with an antiresonant ring structure," Appl. Opt. 20, 3484-3486.
  • G. Hayward, W. Carlsen, A. E. Siegman and L. Stryer, "The retinal chromophore in rhodopsin photoisomerizes within picoseconds," Science 211, 942-944.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Passive mode locking using an antiresonant-ring laser cavity," Opt. Lett. 6, 334-335.
  • H. Vanherzeele, J. L. Van Eck and A. E. Siegman, "Mode-locked laser oscillation using self-pumped phase conjugate reflection," Opt. Lett. 6, 467-469.
  • J.-M. Heritier, J. E. Fouquet and A. E. Siegman, "Photoacoustic cell using elliptical acoustic focusing," Appl. Opt. 21, 90-93.
  • P. M. Fauchet and A. E. Siegman, "Surface ripples on silicon and gallium arsenide under picosecond laser illumination," Appl. Phys. Lett. 40, 824-826.
  • A. Hardy, P. A. Belanger and A. E. Siegman, "Orthogonality properties of phase conjugate optical resonators," Appl. Opt. 21, 1122–1124.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Developments in mode-locked lasers and their applications," Proc. SPIE 322, 60-67.
  • R. Trebino, J. P. Roller and A. E. Siegman, "A comparison of the Cassegrain and other beam expanders in high-power pulsed dye lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-18, 1208–1213.
  • G. Zhou, P. M. Fauchet and A. E. Siegman, "Growth of spontaneous periodic surface structures on solids during laser illumination," Phys. Rev. B 26, 5366–5381.
  • P. M. Fauchet and A. E. Siegman, "Evidence for a dense electron-hole plasma close to the melting phase transition in silicon," Appl. Phys. Lett. 43, 1043–1045.
  • R. Trebino and A. E. Siegman, "Subpicosecond relaxation study of malachite green using a three-laser frequency domain technique," J. Chem. Phys. 79, 3621-3626.
  • P. M. Fauchet and A. E. Siegman, "Observations of higher-order laser-induced surface ripples on germanium," Appl. Phys. A 32, 135-140.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Additional formulas for stimulated atomic transitions," Am. J. Phys. 51, 1110–1113.
  • J.-Q. Yao, G. Zhou and A. E. Siegman, "Large-signal results for degenerate four-wave mixing and phase conjugate resonators," Appl. Phys. 30, 11-18.
  • J.-M. Heritier and A. E. Siegman, "Picosecond measurements using photoacoustic detection," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-19, 1551–1558.
  • J. E. Fouquet and A. E. Siegman, "Room temperature photoluminescence times in a GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs molecular beam epitaxy multiple quantum well structure," Appl. Phys. Lett. 46, 280-282.
  • J. E. Fouquet, A. E. Siegman, R. D. Burnham and T. L. Paoli, "Carrier trapping in room temperature time-resolved photoluminescence of a GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs multiple quantum well structure grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition," Appl. Phys. Lett. 46, 374-376.
  • A. E. Siegman, "ABCD matrix elements for a curved diffraction grating," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2, 1793.
  • R. Trebino, C. E. Barker and A. E. Siegman, "Tunable-laser-induced gratings for the measurement of ultrafast phenomena," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-22, 1413–1430.
  • A. E. Siegman and P. M. Fauchet, "Stimulated Wood's anomalies on laser-illuminated surfaces," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-22, 1384–1403.
  • R. Trebino, E. K. Gustafson and A. E. Siegman, "Fourth-order partial-coherence effects in the formation of integrated-intensity gratings with pulsed light sources," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3, 1295–1307.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Axial modes in a grating-dispersed laser cavity," Appl. Phys. B 42, 165-166.
  • A. Kostenbauder, S. J. B. Yoo and A. E. Siegman, "A fast diffusion-driven photodetector: Theory and experiment," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-24, 240-244.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Two-dimensional calculations using one-dimensional arrays, or `Life on the Skew'," Computers in Physics ??, 74-75.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Excess spontaneous emission in non-hermitian optical systems. I. Laser amplifiers," Phys. Rev. A 39, 1253–1263.
  • D. J. McGraw, A. E. Siegman, G. M. Wallraff and R. D. Miller, "Resolution of the nuclear and electronic contributions to the optical nonlinearity in polysilanes," Appl. Phys. Lett. 54, 1713–1715.
  • A. E. Siegman, P. L. Mussche and J.-L. Doumont, "Excess spontaneous emission factor in variable-reflectivity-mirror lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-25, 1960–1967.
  • C. E. Barker, R. Trebino, A. G. Kostenbauder and A. E. Siegman, "Frequency-domain observation of the ultrafast inertial response of the optical Kerr effect in CS2," J. Chem. Phys. 92, 4740-4748.
  • A. E. Siegman, M. W. Sasnett and J. T. F. Johnston, "Choice of clip levels for beam width measurements using knife-edge techniques," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-27, 1098–1104.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Defining the effective radius of curvature for a nonideal optical beam," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-27, 1146–1148.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Performance limitations of the self-filtering unstable resonator," Opt. Commun. 88, 295-297.
  • T. F. Johnston, Jr., M. W. Sasnett, J.-l. Doumont and A. E. Siegman, "Laser beam quality versus aperture size in a cw argon-ion laser," Opt. Lett. 17, 198-200.
  • J. A. Ruff and A. E. Siegman, "Single pulse laser beam quality measurements using a CCD camera system," Appl. Opt. 31, 4907-4909.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Stable-unstable resonator design for a wide-tuning-range free electron laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-28, 1243–1247.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Binary phase plates cannot improve laser beam quality," Opt. Lett. 18, 675-677.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Analysis of laser beam quality degradation caused by spherical aberration," Appl. Opt. 32, 5893-5901.
  • A. E. Siegman and S. W. Townsend, "Output beam propagation and beam quality from a multimode stable-cavity laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-29, 1212–1217.
  • J. Chung and A. E. Siegman, "Singly resonant continuous-wave mode-locked KTiOPO4 optical parametric oscillator pumped by Nd:YAG laser," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 11, 2201–2210.
  • Y. Sun, D. Francis, S. Biellak, A. E. Siegman and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, "Beam steerable semiconductor lasers with a large steering range and resolvable spots," Electron. Lett. 30, 2034–2035.
  • G. Nemes and A. E. Siegman, "Measurement of all ten second moments of an astigmatic beam by the use of rotating simple astigmatic optics," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 11, 2257–2264.
  • J. A. Ruff and A. E. Siegman, "Measurement of beam quality degradation due to spherical aberration in a simple lens," Opt. Quantum Electron. 26, 629-32.
  • Y.-J. Cheng, P. L. Mussche and A. E. Siegman, "Measurement of laser quantum frequency fluctuations using a Pound-Drever stabilization system," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-30, 1498–1504.
  • S. A. Biellak, Y. Sun, S. S. Wong and A. E. Siegman, "Lateral mode behavior of reactive-ion-etched stable-resonator semiconductor lasers," J. Appl. Phys. 78, 4294-4296.
  • D. Francis, Y. Sun, S. Biellak, A. E. Siegman and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, "Optical characteristics of beam steerable semiconductor fan laser array," Electron. Lett. 31, 1922–1924.
  • A. Kostenbauder, Y. Sun and A. E. Siegman, "Series expansions using biorthogonal eigenfunctions: Complex-valued Hermite gaussians," manuscript in preparation.
  • Y.-J. Cheng, P. L. Mussche and A. E. Siegman, "Cavity decay rate and relaxation oscillation frequency in unconventional laser cavities," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-31, 391-398.
  • A. E. Siegman, "Lasers without photons -- or should it be lasers with too many photons," Appl. Phys. B 60, 247-257.
  • Y. Sun, C. G. Fanning, S. A. Biellak and A. E. Siegman, "Thermally controlled lateral beam shift and beam steering in semiconductor lasers," IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 7, 26-28.
  • J. Chung and A. E. Siegman, "Optical-Kerr-enhanced mode locking of a lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-31, 582-590.
  • Y.-J. Cheng, G. Fanning and A. E. Siegman, "Transverse mode astigmatism in a diode-pumped unstable-resonator Nd:YVO4 laser," Appl. Opt. 35, submitted April 1996.
  • S. A. Biellak, G. Fanning, Y. Sun, S. S. Wong and A. E. Siegman, "Reaction-ion-etched diffraction-limited unstable-resonator semiconductor lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. submitted for publication.
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