RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

1. A. V. Sokolov, D. D. Yavuz, D. R. Walker, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, "Light Modulation at Molecular Frequencies," Phys. Rev. A 63, 051801(R) (April 2001).

2. A. V. Sokolov, Scott Sharpe, Miroslav Shverdin, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, "Optical Frequency Conversion by a Rotating Molecular Waveplate," Opt. Lett. 26, 728-730 (May 2001).

3. A. V. Sokolov, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, "Femtosecond Light Source for Phase-Controlled Multiphoton Ionization," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 033402 (July 2001).

4. S. E. Harris, A. V. Sokolov, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, and G. Y. Yin, "Collinear Light Scattering Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency," Atomic Physics, edited by E. Arimondo, P. DeNatale, and M. Inguscio, vol. 17, pp. 189-203 (American Institute of Physics 2001).

5. Nguyen Hong Shon, Fam Le Kien, K. Hakuta, and A. V. Sokolov, "Two-dimensional Model for Femtosecond Pulse Conversion and Compression using High-Order Stimulated Raman Scattering in Solid Hydrogen," Phys. Rev. A 65, 033809 (February 2002).

6. M. O. Scully, G. W. Kattawar, R. P. Lucht, T. Opatrn, H. Pilloff, A. Rebane, A. V. Sokolov, and M. S. Zubairy, "FAST CARS: Engineering a laser spectroscopic technique for rapid identification of bacterial spores," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 10994 (August 2002).

7. Fam Le Kien, K. Hakuta, and A. V. Sokolov, "Pulse Compression by Parametric Beating with a Prepared Raman Coherence," Phys. Rev. A 66, 023813 (August 2002).

8. D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, M. Y. Shverdin, G. Y. Yin, A. V. Sokolov, and S. E. Harris, "Raman Self-Focusing at Maximal Coherence," Opt. Lett. (accepted for publication).

9. Fam Le Kien, K. Hakuta, and A. V. Sokolov, "Frequency Modulation and Pulse Compression by Coherent Multimode Molecular Motion," Phys. Rev. A (submitted for publication).