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Publication Metadata only 1200 nm pumped Tm3+:Lu2O3 ceramic lasers(Optical Soc Amer, 2018) Özharar, Sarper; N/A; Department of Physics; Toker, Işınsu Baylam; Sennaroğlu, Alphan; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; N/A; College of Sciences; N/A; 23851We report on an experimental demonstration of a 1200-nm pumped Tm3+:Lu2O3 ceramic laser. By using a gain-switched, tunable Cr4+:forsterite laser, the excitation spectrum was measured, with optimum pumping bands centered near 1198 nm, 1204 nm, and 1211 nm. The highest slope efficiency of 21.5% was obtained at the pump wavelength of 1204 nm. Comparative energy efficiency measurements performed near 1200-nm and 800-nm pumping further showed that nearly 40% improvement was obtained in slope efficiency measured with respect to the incident pump energy for 1200-nm pumping. A transition was further observed from single-wavelength operation at 2066 nm to dual-wavelength operation near 2066 nm and 1967 nm for absorbed pump energies above 50 mu J. In this regime, two consecutive output pulses were observed in the time domain. The shortest temporal duration of the first pulse was 1.1 mu s at the incident pulse energy of 105 mu J. The duration and build-up time of the second pulse remained around 5.9 mu s and 18.5 mu s. We believe that the improved energy efficiency demonstrated for the 1.5% Tm3+:Lu2O3 ceramic with 1200-nm pumping can be used as an alternative scheme for the excitation of Tm3+:Lu2O3 ceramic lasers.Publication Open Access A comparison of the LVDP and {\Lambda} CDM cosmological models(Springer, 2012) Department of Physics; Akarsu, Özgür; Dereli, Tekin; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; N/A; 201358We compare the cosmological kinematics obtained via our law of linearly varying deceleration parameter (LVDP) with the kinematics obtained in the Lambda CDM model. We show that the LVDP model is almost indistinguishable from the Lambda CDM model up to the near future of our universe as far as the current observations are concerned, though their predictions differ tremendously into the far future.Publication Open Access A photonic Carnot engine powered by a spin-star network(European Physical Society (EPS), 2017) Türkpençe, Deniz; Paternostro, Mauro; Department of Physics; Altıntaş, Ferdi; Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür Esat; Researcher; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; N/A; 1674We propose a spin-star network, where a central spin-(1/2), acting as a quantum fuel, is coupled to N outer spin-(1/2) particles. If the network is in thermal equilibrium with a heat bath, the central spin can have an effective temperature, higher than that of the bath, scaling nonlinearly with N. Such temperature can be tuned with the anisotropy parameter of the coupling. Using a beam of such central spins to pump a micromaser cavity, we determine the dynamics of the cavity field using a coarse-grained master equation. We find that the central-spin beam effectively acts as a hot reservoir to the cavity field and brings it to a thermal steady state whose temperature benefits from the same nonlinear enhancement with N and results in a highly efficient photonic Carnot engine. The validity of our conclusions is tested against the presence of atomic and cavity damping using a microscopic master equation method for typical microwave cavity-QED parameters. The role played by quantum coherence and correlations on the scaling effect is pointed out. An alternative scheme where the spin-(1/2) is coupled to a macroscopic spin-(N/2) particle is also discussed. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2017Publication Metadata only Abbott-Deser energy in connection with Thirring's superpotentials(Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, 2018) Baykal, Ahmet; Department of Physics; Dereli, Tekin; Facuty Member; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; 201358We linearize vacuum Einstein field equations with a cosmological constant around a curved background to elaborate on the reconstruction of the Abbott-Deser charges and incorporate a spin connection into the definition using the algebra of differential forms on a given curved background spacetime. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2018Publication Metadata only Absorption saturation analysis of Cr2+: ZnSe and Fe2+: ZnSe(Optical Soc Amer, 2008) N/A; N/A; N/A; Department of Physics; Çankaya, Hüseyin; Demirbaş, Ümit; Erdamar, Ahmet Koray; Sennaroğlu, Alphan; Researcher; Master Student; Master Student; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Sciences; N/A; 20328; N/A; 23851We propose several methods for the accurate determination of the cross sections of solid-state saturable absorbers and apply them to the analysis of polycrystalline Cr2+ :ZnSe and Fe2+ :ZnSe. In the case of Cr2+ :ZnSe, both z-scan and power-dependent transmission measurements were made by using a continuous-wave fiber laser at 1800 nm and a pulsed optical parametric oscillator at 1570 nm. The average ground-state absorption cross sections at the wavelengths of 1800 and 1570 nm were determined to be 6.17 x 10(-19) cm(2) and 2.24 x 10(-19) cm(2), respectively. Furthermore, the ratio of the cross sections at these wavelengths (2.75) was close to the value of 2.55 obtained from absorption spectrum measurements. Excited-state absorption was found to be negligible at both wavelengths. In the case of Fe2+ : ZnSe, a tunable, pulsed Cr2+ :ZnSe laser was used to obtain saturation data (z-scan and power-dependent saturation) at the wavelengths of 2645 and 2730 nm. Average ground-state absorption cross sections at 2645 and 2730 nm were determined to be 1.73 x 10(-19) cm(2) and 2.47 x 10(-19) cm(2), respectively, again in very good agreement with those obtained from absorption spectrum measurements. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.Publication Metadata only Accurate determination of saturation parameters for Cr4+-doped solid-state saturable absorbers(Optical Society of America, 2006) Department of Physics; N/A; Department of Physics; Department of Physics; Sennaroğlu, Alphan; Demirbaş, Ümit; Özharar, Sarper; Yaman, Fatih; Faculty Member; Master Student; Undergraduate Student; Undergraduate Student; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; 23851; 20328; N/A; N/AWe describe a systematic, rigorous procedure for the determination of the optical absorption saturation parameters for Cr4+:YAG and Cr4+:forsterite crystals at 1064 nm. A rate-equation approach was used to analyze the cw and pulsed transmission data of several crystals by accounting for the transverse as well as longitudinal variation of the beam intensity, saturation effects, and excited-state absorption. Use of an iterative procedure whereby the cw and pulsed data were simultaneously analyzed led to a considerable reduction in the error for the determination of cross sections. The average value of the absorption cross section sigma(a) and the normalized excited-state absorption cross section f(p)=sigma(esa)/sigma(a) were determined to be 6.13 X 10(-19) cm(2) and 0.45, respectively, for Cr4+:forsterite and 19.6 X 10(-19) cm(2) and 0.06, respectively, for Cr4+:YAG. Detailed comparison was also made with previous saturation measurements in the literature. Our results further show that lumped models based on the thin-length approximation should be used with caution in the determination of cross sections, especially when the pump beam is tightly focused inside the absorber.Publication Metadata only Amorphous silicon nitride microcavities(Optical Soc Amer, 2001) Department of Physics; Serpengüzel, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; 27855Amorphous silicon nitride microcavities were fabricated by use of distributed Bragg reflectors. The distributed Bragg reflectors were fabricated with alternating layers of quarter-wavelength-thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride and amorphous silicon oxide. The spectral peak of the bulk amorphous silicon nitride photoluminescence spectrum was chosen as the microcavity resonance wavelength. The amorphous silicon nitride microcavity enhances the photoluminescence amplitude and reduces the photoluminescence linewidth with respect to the bulk amorphous silicon nitride. This narrowing and enhancement of the photoluminescence can he understood by the redistribution of the density of optical modes owing to the presence of the microcavity. The microcavity narrowing and enhancement of luminescence in hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride opens up a variety of possibilities for optoelectronic applications such as resonant-cavity-enhanced light-emitting diodes and color flat-panel displays.Publication Metadata only Analysis of the knight shift data on Li and Zn substituted YBa2Cu3O6+x(Elsevier, 2001) Department of Physics; Bulut, Nejat; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; N/AThe Knight shift data on Li and Zn substituted YBa2Cu3O6+x are analyzed using an itinerant model with short-range antiferromagnetic correlations. The model parameters, which are determined by fitting the experimental data on the transverse nuclear relaxation rate T-2(-1) of pure YBa2Cu3O6+x, are used to calculate the Knight shifts for various nuclei around a nonmagnetic impurity located in the CuO2 planes. The calculations are carried out for Li and Zn impurities substituted into optimally doped and underdoped YBa2Cu3O6+x. The results are compared with the Li-7 and Y-89 Knight shift measurements on these materials. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.Publication Metadata only Anharmonicity, mode-coupling and entropy in a fluctuating native protein(Iop Publishing Ltd, 2010) N/A; Department of Physics; Department of Computer Engineering; N/A; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Kabakçıoğlu, Alkan; Yüret, Deniz; Gür, Mert; Erman, Burak; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; Department of Computer Engineering; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; College of Sciences; College of Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Engineering; 49854; 179996; 216930; 179997We develop a general framework for the analysis of residue fluctuations that simultaneously incorporates anharmonicity and mode-coupling in a unified formalism. We show that both deviations from the Gaussian model are important for modeling the multidimensional energy landscape of the protein Crambin (1EJG) in the vicinity of its native state. the effect of anharmonicity and mode-coupling on the fluctuational entropy is in the order of a few percent.Publication Metadata only Anomalies in the transcriptional regulatory network of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae(Elsevier, 2010) N/A; Department of Physics; Tuğrul, Murat; Kabakçıoğlu, Alkan; N/A; Faculty Member; Department of Physics; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Sciences; N/A; 49854We investigate the structural and dynamical properties of the transcriptional regulatory network of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and compare it with two "unbiased" ensembles: one obtained by reshuffling the edges and the other generated by mimicking the transcriptional regulation mechanism within the cell. Both ensembles reproduce the degree distributions (the first-by construction-exactly and the second approximately), degree-degree correlations and the k-core structure observed in Yeast. An exceptionally large dynamically relevant core network found in Yeast in comparison with the second ensemble points to a strong bias towards a collective organization which is achieved by subtle modifications in the network's degree distributions. We use a Boolean model of regulatory dynamics with various classes of update functions to represent in vivo regulatory interactions. We find that the Yeast's core network has a qualitatively different behavior, accommodating on average multiple attractors unlike typical members of both reference ensembles which converge to a single dominant attractor. Finally, we investigate the robustness of the networks and find that the stability depends strongly on the used function class. The robustness measure is squeezed into a narrower band around the order-chaos boundary when Boolean inputs are required to be nonredundant on each node. However, the difference between the reference models and the Yeast's core is marginal, suggesting that the dynamically stable network elements are located mostly on the peripherals of the regulatory network. Consistently, the statistically significant three-node motifs in the dynamical core of Yeast turn out to be different from and less stable than those found in the full transcriptional regulatory network.