Publications

6. "Effect of Europium Concentration on Densification of Transparent Eu:Y2O3 Scintillator Ceramics using Hot-Pressing", S.R. Podowitz, R. Gaume, and R.S. Feigelson. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. Accepted for Publication (Jul. 2009).

5. "Comparative Study of Nonproportionality and Electronic Band Structures Features in Scintillator Materials", W. Setyawan, R.M. Gaume, R.S. Feigelson, and S. Curtarolo. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Accepted for Publication (Jun. 2009).

4. "Mechanisms of non-stoichiometry in Y3Al5O12", A.P. Patel, M.R. Levy, R.W. Grimes, R.M. Gaume, R.S. Feigelson, K.J. McClellan, and C.R. Stanek. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 191902 (2008).

3. "Three-dimensional grain boundary spectroscopy in transparent high power ceramic laser materials," M.O. Ramirez, J.A. Wisdom, H. Li, Y.L. Aung, J. Stitt, G.L. Messing, V. Dierolf, Z. Liu, A. Ikesue, R.L. Byer, and V. Gopalan. Opt. Express 16(9), 5965-5973 (2008).

2. "Optimized Design of Nd Transverse Doping Profiles in Transparent YAG Ceramics for Edge-Pumped Laser Geometries", J. A. Wisdom, R. Gaume, R. Route, Y.L. Aung, A. Ikesue, M.J.F. Digonnet, and R.L. Byer. Edited by W.A. Clarkson, N. Hodgson, R.K. Shori2008 Solid State Diode Laser Technology Review, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices. Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 6871, 68711I-68711I-12 (2008)

1. "2.6-Watt Average-Power Mode-Locked Ceramic Nd:YAG Laser" J. Wisdom, D. Hum, M.J.F. Digonnet, A. Ikesue, M.M. Fejer, and R.L. Byer. Edited by S. Jiang and M.J.F. Digonnet. Optical Components and Materials IV. Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 6469, 64690C (2007).



Conferences, Symposiums, and Communications

17. "Control of Defects in Laser and Scintillator Ceramics", R. Gaume. Conference: Advances in Optical Materials (AIOM), San Jose, CA. (Oct. 14, 2009)

16. "Raman and fluorescence imaging of grain boundaries in Nd:YAG transparent ceramic lasers", M.O. Ramirez, J. Wisdom, J. Stitt, A. Ikesue, G. Messing, R.L. Byer, and V. Gopalan. 5th International Symposium on Lasers and non-linear Optical Materials (ISLNOM), Pisa, (Sep. 3-5, 2009).

15. "Seeing non-proportionality in inorganic scintillators from electronic band structures", W. Setyawan, R. Gaume, R. Feigelson, and S. Curtarolo. SCINT 2009 Conference, Korea. (Jun. 2009).

14. "Comparative study of electronic structures and nonproportionality of scintillator materials", W. Setyawan, R. Gaume, R. Feigelson, and S. Curtarolo. ARI Conference Poster, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 2009).

13. "Transparent Ceramic Materials for high-power lasers and nuclear detectors", R. Gaume. Seminar at the University of Wuhan. (Nov. 19, 2008) [Invited].

12. "Design, fabrication and characterization of Nd3+ doping profiles in transparent YAG ceramics", R. Gaume. Laser Ceramic Symposium, Shanghai, China. (Nov. 2008) [Invited].

11. "Fabrication of Transparent Ce3+:La2Hf2O7 Ceramics by Hot-Pressing for Scintillation Applications", J. Rabeau, R. Gaume, S. Podowitz, G.Q. Shao, and R.S. Feigelson. Laser Ceramic Symposium, Shanghai, China. (Nov. 2008).

10. "Effect of Europium concentration on densification of transparent Eu:Y2O3 scintillator ceramics during hot-pressing", S. Podowitz, R. Gaume, R.S. Feigelson. Laser Ceramic Symposium, Shanghai, China. (Nov. 2008).

9. "Transparent Ceramics for Optical Applications at Stanford", D. Guillaume, R. Byer, R. Gaume, and Y. He. Stanford Photonics Research Center Symposium. (Sep. 2008)

8. "Effects of Processing Parameters on Transparency and Grain Structure of Eu: Y2O3 Scintillator Ceramics". S.R. Podowitz, R. Gaume, and R.S. Feigelson. Symposium O: Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials, Fall Meeting MRS, Boston, MA. (Nov 28-29, 2007).

7. "Characterization of Nd3+ diffusion rates in fine-grained transparent ceramics and implications for micro-engineered laser devices", J. Wisdom. 15th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Salt Lake City. (Aug. 2007).

6. "Challenges in the fabrication of transparent laser ceramics", R. Gaume. Photonics West, San Jose, CA. (Jan 22, 2007) [Invited].

5. "Ceramic materials: a promise for high-power lasers and nuclear detectors", R. Gaume. Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA. (Jan. 2007) [Invited].

4. "Ceramic Planar Waveguides", J.A. Wisdom, R. M. Gaume, T. Plettner, R.K. Route, M.J.F. Digonnet, A. Ikesue, and R.L. Byer. Three-Dimensional Multifunctional Ceramic Composites Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Oct. 3-5, 2005).

3. "Laser and Particle Guiding Micro-Elements for Particle Accelerators", T. Plettner, R.M. Gaume, J. Wisdom, J. Spencer, Particle Accelerator Conference. (2005)

2. "Ceramic Lasers", Romain Gaume. Stanford Photonic Research Center Symposium. (Sep. 2005) [Invited].

1. "Ceramic lasers: ready for action", J.A. Wisdom, M.J.F. Digonnet, and R.L. Byer. Photonics Spectra (Feb. 2004)