| Omid
Kokabee |
Jan 2011 |
![[Omid Kokabee]](https://web.archive.org/web/20120919035656im_/http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~kokabee/Omid_Kokabee.jpg) Experimental Laser Physicist Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Austin, 78712, TX, USA kokabee@physics.utexas.edu
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News
- Omid's testimonial on "Entrepreneurship in Photonics 2010" appears in the 2011 version's flyer (here, p.8 ) - Entrepreneurial Education and Funding Sources in Central Texas workshop on Nov 17, 2010 (here) - UT Venture Exposition by Texas Venture labs to be held on Nov 19, 2010 in UT (here) - Omid is selected for TVL practicum program by McCombs Business School for Spring 2011 - Deadline to submit a contribution to CLEO 2011 is Dec 2, 2010 (here) Education 2010- Now Physics, The University
of Texas at Austin,
Texas, USA
Study of Laser-plasma interaction for the generation of energetic particles 2007- Now Photonics, The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain Development of ultrafast, high-power, highly efficient and tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators 2007-2009 Photonics, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain Development of GHz repetition-rate femtosecond Optical Parametric Oscillators 2000-2005 Applied Physics and Mechanics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Fluid dynamics on heat exchangers Studying industrial and medical applications of energetic particles generated in laser-plasma interaction Work
Experiences
2007-2010 The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain Laboratory Research Assistant in Ultrafast Optics Lab Full design, construction and development of Lasers and Optical Parametric Oscillators 2006-2007 Research Institute of Petroleum Ind. (RIPI) at National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC), Iran Laboratory Research Assistant in Gas Spectroscopy Lab Feasibility study of applications of lasers and UV sources to enhance catalysts in petroleum industry 2005-2006 Zener Electronics Co, Iran Research Assistant in Electro-Optics Department Design and testing electro-optical devices for lab and industrial applications 2003-2005 Sanate Choube Shomal, Iran Sales officer in Sales Department in international transactions section Research Interests Development of Tunable
Lasers for Medical and Industrial Applications
Ultrafast Optical Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers Laser-Plasma Interaction for Particle Acceleration Medical Applications of High Energy Particles Other
Majors
Interests
Entrepreneurship and
Technlogy-based Start-ups
New Languages Publications
7. Efficient, high-power, ytterbium-fiber-laser-pumped picosecond optical parametric oscillator O. Kokabee, A. Esteban
Martin, M. Ebrahim-Zadeh
6. Optimum output coupling in optical oscillators using
antiresonant ring interferometerA. Esteban-Martin, O.
Kokabee and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh
5. Femtosecond nonlinear frequency conversion based on
BiB3O6 (Review paper)4. Extended-cavity, tunable, GHz-rep-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped at 76 MHz 3. High-harmonic-repetition-rate, 1-GHz femtosecond OPO pumped by a 76-MHz Ti:sapphire laser A. Esteban-Martin, O.
Kokabee, K. Moutzouris, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh
2. Efficient, high-repetition-rate, femtosecond optical
parametric oscillator tunable in the redOptics Letters, 34(4):428-430 (2009) (link) 1. Evaluation of transmutation of 137Cs( Conference
Contributions
16.
Variable
output
coupler
for
absolute
power
optimization
of
an
optical
oscillator
IONS North America II,
Tucson,
Arizona, USA, Sep 2010
(Oral)
15. High Power, Highly-Efficient, Fiber-Laser Pumped
Optical Parametric OscillatorICFO-OSA seminars,
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain, June 2010 (Oral)
14.
High-Power, Fiber-Laser-Pumped Psec Optical
Parametric Oscillator for the Near- to Mid-IRCLEO-2010, San
Jose, USA, May 2010 (Oral)
13.
Efficient, High-Power, 16-GHz, PS Optical Parametric
Oscillator Pumped by an 81-MHz Fiber LaserCLEO-2010, San
Jose, USA, May 2010 (Oral)
12. Performance and limitations of quasi-phase matching
semiconductor waveguides with picosecond pulsesPhotonics North,
Niagara Falls, Canada, June
2010
11. Fiber-Laser-Pumped High-Power, High-Rep-Rate,
Ultrafast Opt. Parametric Oscillators in near-mid-IRIONS7 Conference
Spring Meeting, National Univ. Ireland, Galway, Ireland, March 2010 (oral)
10. Ultra-high-repetition-rate wavelength-tunable
ultrashort pulse sourcesAutumn
meeting, Condolider
SAUUL, Bilbao, Spain,
16-17 November 2009 (oral)
9. Multi-GHz-Repetition-Rate High-Power Wavelength-Tunable
Fsec & Psec Sources in the Near-IRWorkshop on
Sources of
Super-intense Ultrashort Lasers, Porto, Portugal, Oct 2009 (Oral)
8.
Extended-cavity GHz-repetition-rate femtosecond optical
parametric oscillator pumped at 76 MHzCLEO/Europe-EQEC,
Munich, Germany, June 2009
(Oral)
7.
1-GHz femtosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped
by a 76-MHz Ti:sapphire LaserCLEO-2009,
Baltimore, USA, June 2009
(Oral)
6.
Internally frequency-doubled PPLN femtosecond optical
parametric oscillator tunable in the visibleCLEO-2009,
Baltimore, USA, June 2009
(Oral)
5. Repetition-Rate-Tunable Multi-GHz Femtosecond Optical
Parametric OscillatorNATO Advanced Study
Institute, Ottawa, Canada,
December
2008
4.
Tunable, High-Repetition-Rate, Femtosecond Optical
Parametric Oscillator in the VisibleIEEE Photonics Global, Singapore, 8-11 December
2008
3. Near Infrared Optical parametric OscillatorsOptics and Photonics
Conference, Kashan, Iran,
August
2008
(Oral)
2. Nonlinear Ultrafast Optical Source for the Visible and
Near-InfraredNolineal 2008 Conference,
Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 June
2008 (Oral)
1. Ultra-intense Laser, a new tool for PET radionuclide
production10th
Iranian annual meeting of nuclear
medicine, Tehran, Iran,
December 2006
Workshops
and
summer
schools
8.
Workshop
on
“Endeavors of Petawatt
Lasers”, June 2010, Salamanca,
Spain
7. Workshop on Sources of Super-intense and Ultrashort Laser Pulses, Oct 2009, Porto, Portugal 6. NATO Advanced Study Institute 2008 on Lasers and their applications, Dec 2008, Ottawa, Canada 5. School on “Physics with Ultra-High Fields” by ELI &LMU, Oct 2008, Frauenwörth, Munich, Germany 4. Summer school on “Lasers in 21st century”, July 2008, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain 3. Workshop on "Second order nonlinear optical interactions” by Prof. Saltiel, 2009, Barcelona, Spain 2. Workshop on “New physics by intense lasers” by Prof. Luis Roso, 2008, UAB Barcelona, Spain 1. Workshop on “Time-resolved nonlinear spectroscopy” by Prof. Buckup, 2008, UPC Barcelona, Spain Business
and
Personal
Competence
Intensive course on “Entrepreneurship in Photonics”, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2010, Belgium The two-week
long course was in three modules including: introduction to business
economics, business aspects of photonics and starting a technology
venture
Intensive course on “From
Science to
Business”, ESADE Business School, 2010, Barcelona, SpainBy one of
the most famous business schools in Europe it included: introduction to
strategy, marketing for scientific entrepreneurship, the
entrepreneurial process, entrepreneurial finance, team management and
legal aspects for the new ventures
Extensive course on “Business
in
Photonics”, Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC),2008, SpainCourse given
by one of Barcelona's venture capitalists and cooperation of several
entrepreneurs in teaching it included: evaluating business ideas,
analyzing the market and industry, crafting a business model, market
analysis and marketing plan, pitching a venture capitalist and venture
finance
Certificate on “Introduction to Patent Engineering &
Management”, Herrero & Asso.,2009, SpainCertificate on “Effective Scientific Writing” from Principae,2009, Belgium Certificate on “Effective Oral Presentations” from Principae,2009, Belgium Memberships
OSA - Optical Society of America since 2007 IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers since 2007 SPIE - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers since 2007 APS - American Physical Society since 2010 Current Teaching Teaching Assistant of Quantum Mechanics II by Prof. Greg Sitz |