Recent publications

• Hillberry, L.E., Budker, D., Rochester, S.M., Raizen, M.G., Efficient cooling of high-angular-momentum atoms, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 56, 155301 (2023); doi:10.1088/1361-6455/ace4ad.
• Genov, G.T., Rochester, S., Auzinsh, M., Jelezko, F., Budker, D., Robust two-state swap by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 56, 054001 (2023); doi:10.1088/1361-6455/acb189.
• K. Munechika, W. Chao, S. Dhuey, I. Lacey, C. Pina-Hernandez, S. Rochester, V.V. Yashchuk, Binary pseudo-random array standards for calibration of 3D optical surface profilers used for metrology with aspheric x-ray optics, in: Interferometry XXI, SPIE, pp. 38–56 (2022); doi:10.1117/12.2633163.
• S. Rochester, D. English, I. Lacey, K. Munechika, V.V. Yashchuk, Towards super-resolution interference microscopy metrology of x-ray variable-line-spacing diffraction gratings: recent developments, in: Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components XVII, SPIE, pp. 117–130 (2022); doi:10.1117/12.2633637.
• P.Z. Takacs, S. Rochester, I. Lacey, K. Munechika, V.V. Yashchuk, Calibration, modeling, parameterization, and verification of the instrument transfer function of an interferometric microscope, in: Interferometry XXI, SPIE, pp. 57–73 (2022). doi:10.1117/12.2633116.
• V.V. Yashchuk, K. Munechika, S. Rochester, W. Chao, I. Lacey, C. Pina-Hernandez, P.Z. Takacs, Reliability investigation of the instrument transfer function calibration technique based on binary pseudo-random array standards, in: Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components XVII, SPIE, pp. 104–116 (2022); doi:10.1117/12.2633476.
• G. Bao, D. Kanta, D. Antypas, S. Rochester, K. Jensen, W. Zhang, A. Wickenbrock, D. Budker, All-optical spin locking in alkali-metal-vapor magnetometers, Phys. Rev. A 105, 043109 (2022); doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.105.043109.
• K. Munechika, S. Cabrini, W. Chao, I. Lacey, C. Pina-Hernandez, S. Rochester, V.V. Yashchuk, Binary pseudo-random array test standard optimized for characterization of interferometric microscopes, Applied Optical Metrology IV, Proc. SPIE 11817, 10–19 (2021); doi:10.1117/12.2594995.
• J.E. Albert, D. Budker, K. Chance, I.E. Gordon, F.P. Bustos, M. Pospelov, S.M. Rochester, H.R. Sadeghpour, A Precise Photometric Ratio via Laser Excitation of the Sodium Layer – II. Two-photon Excitation Using Lasers Detuned from 589.16 nm and 819.71 nm Resonances, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2021); doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1619.
• J.E. Albert, D. Budker, K. Chance, I.E. Gordon, F.P. Bustos, M. Pospelov, S.M. Rochester, H.R. Sadeghpour, A Precise Photometric Ratio via Laser Excitation of the Sodium Layer – I. One-photon Excitation Using 342.78 nm Light, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2021); doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1621.
• Y. Dutheil, A. Abramov, S. Alden, R. Alemany Fernandez, P. Antsiferov, A. Apyan, H. Bartosik, E. Bessonov, N. Biancacci, J. Bieron, A. Bogacz, A. Bosco, R. Bruce, D. Budker, K. Cassou, F. Castelli, I. Chaikovska, C. Curatolo, P. Czodrowski, A. Derevianko, K. Dupraz, K. Dzierzega, V. Fedosseev, N. Fuster Martinez, S. Gibson, B. Goddard, A. Gorzawski, S. Hirlander, J. Jowett, R. Kersevan, M. Kowalska, M. Krasny, F. Kroeger, D. Kuchler, M. Lamont, T. Lefevre, D. Manglunki, B. Marsh, A. Martens, J. Molson, D. Naturelli, L.J. Nevay, Y. Peinaud, A. Petrenko, V. Petrillo, W. Placzek, S. Putelny, S. Redaelli, S. Rochester, M. Sapinski, M. Schaumann, R. Scrivens, L. Serafini, V. Shevelko, T. Stoehlker, A. Surzhykov, I. Tolstikhina, F.M. Velotti, G. Weber, Y.K. Wu, C. Yin Vallgren, M. Zanetti, F. Zimmermann, M. Zolotorev, F. Zomer, Gamma Factory for CERN initiative - progress report, Proceedings of European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics PoS(EPS-HEP2019), 20 (2020); doi:10.22323/1.364.0020.
• W. Płaczek, A. Abramov, S.E. Alden, R. Alemany Fernandez, P.S. Antsiferov, A. Apyan, H. Bartosik, E.G. Bessonov, N. Biancacci, J. Bieroń, A. Bogacz, A. Bosco, R. Bruce, D. Budker, K. Cassou, F. Castelli, I. Chaikovska, C. Curatolo, P. Czodrowski, A. Derevianko, K. Dupraz, Y. Dutheil, K. Dzierżęga, V. Fedosseev, N. Fuster Martinez, S.M. Gibson, B. Goddard, A. Gorzawski, S. Hirlander, J.M. Jowett, R. Kersevan, M. Kowalska, M.W. Krasny, F. Kroeger, D. Kuchler, M. Lamont, T. Lefevre, D. Manglunki, B. Marsh, A. Martens, J. Molson, D. Nutarelli, L.J. Nevay, A. Petrenko, V. Petrillo, S. Redaelli, Y. Peinaud, S. Pustelny, S. Rochester, M. Sapinski, M. Schaumann, R. Scrivens, L. Serafini, V.P. Shevelko, T. Stoehlker, A. Surzhykov, I. Tolstikhina, F. Velotti, G. Weber, Y.K. Wu, C. Yin-Vallgren, M. Zanetti, F. Zimmermann, M.S. Zolotorev, F. Zomer, The Gamma Factory Project at CERN: a New Generation of Research Tools Made of Light, Acta Phys. Pol. B Proc. Suppl. 13, 645 (2020); doi:10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.13.645.
• V.V. Yashchuk, S. Rochester, I. Lacey, S. Babin, Super-resolution surface slope metrology of x-ray mirrors, Rev. Sci. Instr. 91, 075113 (2020); doi:10.1063/5.0005556.
• F.P. Bustos, R. Holzlöhner, S. Rochester, D.B. Calia, J. Hellemeier, D. Budker, Frequency chirped continuous-wave sodium laser guide stars: modeling and optimization, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37, 1208–1218 (2020); doi:10.1364/JOSAB.389007.
• W. Placzek, A. Abramov, S.E. Alden, R.A. Fernandez, P.S. Antsiferov, A. Apyan, H. Bartosik, E.G. Bessonov, N. Biancacci, J. Bieron, A. Bogacz, A. Bosco, R. Bruce, D. Budker, K. Cassou, F. Castelli, I. Chaikovska, C. Curatolo, P. Czodrowski, A. Derevianko, K. Dupraz, Y. Dutheil, K. Dzierzega, V. Fedosseev, N.F. Martinez, S.M. Gibson, B. Goddard, A. Gorzawski, S. Hirlander, J. Jowett, R. Kersevan, M. Kowalska, M.W. Krasny, F. Kroeger, M. Lamont, T. Lefevre, D. Manglunki, B. Marsh, A. Martens, J. Molson, D. Nutarelli, L.J. Nevay, A. Petrenko, V. Petrillo, S. Radaelli, S. Pustelny, S. Rochester, M. Sapinski, M. Schaumann, L. Serafini, V.P. Shevelko, T. Stoehlker, A. Surzhikov, I. Tolstikhina, F. Velotti, G. Weber, Y.K. Wu, C. Yin-Vallgren, M. Zanetti, F. Zimmermann, M.S. Zolotorev, F. Zomer, Gamma Factory at CERN -- novel research tools made of light, Acta Phys. Pol. B. 50, 1191 (2019); doi:10.5506/APhysPolB.50.1191.
• V.V. Yashchuk, I. Lacey, T. Arnold, H. Paetzelt, S. Rochester, F. Siewert, P.Z. Takacs, Investigation on lateral resolution of surface slope profilers, Advances in Metrology for X-Ray and EUV Optics VIII, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 111090M (2019); doi:10.1117/12.2539527.
• F. Pedreros Bustos, D.B. Calia, D. Budker, M. Centrone, J. Hellemeier, P. Hickson, R. Holzlöhner, S. Rochester, Polarization-driven spin precession of mesospheric sodium atoms, Opt. Lett. 43, 5825 (2018); doi:10.1364/OL.43.005825.
• F. Pedreros Bustos, D. Bonaccini Calia, D. Budker, M. Centrone, J. Hellemeier, P. Hickson, R. Holzlöhner, and S. Rochester, Remote sensing of geomagnetic fields and atomic collisions in the mesosphere, Nature Communications 9, 3981 (2018), doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06396-7; arXiv:1802.04686.
• F. Pedreros Bustos, R. Holzlöhner, S. Rochester, D. Bonaccini Calia, J. Hellemeier, and D. Budker, Simulations of continuous-wave sodium laser guide stars with polarization modulation at Larmor frequency, Proc. SPIE 10703, Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 107033R (2018); doi:10.1117/12.2313694.
• F. Pedreros Bustos, A. Akulshin, R. Holzlöhner, S. Rochester, and D. Budker, Studies towards a directional polychromatic sodium laser guide star, Proc. SPIE 10703, Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 107030R (2018); doi:10.1117/12.2313757.
• G. Bao, A. Wickenbrock, S. Rochester, W. Zhang, and D. Budker, Suppression of the nonlinear Zeeman effect and heading error in Earth-field-range alkali-vapor magnetometers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 033202 (2018); arXiv:1708.05262.
• D. T. Kutzke, O. Wolfe, S. M. Rochester, D. Budker, I. Novikova, and E. E. Mikhailov, Tailorable dispersion in a four-wave mixing laser, Opt. Lett. 42, 2846–2849 (2017); doi:10.1364/OL.42.002846.
• S. M. Rochester, K. Szymański, M. Raizen, S. Pustelny, M. Auzinsh, and D. Budker, Efficient polarization of high-angular-momentum systems, Phys. Rev. A 94, 043416 (2016); arXiv:1608.08692.
• F. Pedreros Bustos, R. Holzlöhner, D. Budker, S. Lewis, and S. Rochester, Sodium Vapor Cell Laser Guide Star Experiments for Continuous Wave Model Validation, Proc. SPIE 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V, 99095P (2016); doi:10.1117/12.2232524.
• R. Holzlöhner, D. Bonaccini Calia, D. Bello, D. Budker, M. Centrone, I. Guidolin, W. Hackenberg, et al., Comparison between Observation and Simulation of Sodium LGS Return Flux with a 20W CW Laser on Tenerife, Proc. SPIE 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V, 99095E (2016); doi:10.1117/12.2233072.
• S. Rochester, S. Pustelny, K. Szymański, M. Raizen, M. Auzinsh, D. Budker, Efficient polarization of high-angular-momentum systems, Proc. SPIE 9763, Slow Light, Fast Light, and Opto-Atomic Precision Metrology IX, 97630D (2016); doi:10.1117/12.2220208.
• A. Otarola, P. Hickson, R. Gagné, Y. Bo, J. Zuo, S. Xie, L. Feng, S. Rochester, D. Budker, et al., On-sky tests of a high-power pulsed laser for sodium laser guide star adaptive optics, J. Astron. Instrum. 5, 1650001 (2016).
• R. Rampy, D. Gavel, S. M. Rochester, R. Holzlöhner, Toward optimization of pulsed sodium laser guide stars, JOSA B 32, 2425–2434 (2015); arXiv:1510.04982.
• E. Blanshan, S. M. Rochester, E. A. Donley, and J. Kitching, Light shifts in a pulsed cold-atom coherent-population-trapping clock, Phys. Rev. A 91, 041401 (2015); doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.91.041401.
• E. E. Mikhailov, J. Evans, D. Budker, S. M. Rochester, and I. Novikova, Four-wave mixing in a ring cavity, Opt. Eng. 53(10), 102709 (2014); arXiv:1404.4650.
• M. G. Raizen, D. Budker, S. M. Rochester, J. Narevicius, E. Narevicius, Magneto-optical cooling of atoms, Opt. Lett. 39(15), 4502–4505 (2014); arXiv:1309.5733.
• N. B. Phillips, I. Novikova, E. E. Mikhailov, D. Budker, and S. Rochester, Controllable steep dispersion with gain in a four-level N-scheme with four-wave mixing, J. Mod. Opt. 60:1, 64-72 (2013); arXiv:1205.2567.
• I. Novikova, E. E. Mikhailov, L. Stagg, S. Rochester, and D. Budker, Tunable lossless slow and fast light in a four-level N-system, Proc. SPIE 8636, Advances in Slow and Fast Light VI, 86360C (2013); preprint.
• R. Holzlöhner, S. M. Rochester, D. Bonaccini Calia, D. Budker, T. Pfrommer, J. M. Higbie, Simulations of pulsed sodium laser guide stars: an overview, Proc. SPIE 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III, 84470H (2012); doi:10.1117/12.924882.
• R. Rampy, D. Gavel, S. Rochester, R. Holzlöhner, Investigations of long pulse sodium laser guide stars, Proc. SPIE 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III, 84474L (2012); doi:10.1117/12.926621.
• S. M. Rochester, A. Otarola, C. Boyer, D. Budker, B. Ellerbroek, R. Holzlöhner, and L. Wang, Modeling of pulsed laser guide stars for the Thirty Meter Telescope project, JOSA B 29(8), 2176-2188 (2012); arXiv:1203.5900.
• S. M. Rochester, M. P. Ledbetter, T. Zigdon, A. D. Wilson-Gordon, and D. Budker, Orientation-to-alignment conversion and spin squeezing, Phys. Rev. A 85(2), 022125 (2012); arXiv:1106.3538.
• C. Hovde, B. Patton, O. Versolato, E. Corsini, S. Rochester, D. Budker, Heading error in an alignment-based magnetometer, Proc. SPIE 8046, Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications XIII, 80460Q (2011); doi:10.1117/12.883953.

Additional publications by Dmitry Budker and Simon Rochester can be found at Dr. Budker's UC Berkeley research group website.