PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Munich (2005-2006). Academic Host: Prof. T. W. Haensch
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young
University (2004 - present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
(1998-2004)
NIST/NRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg MD (1996-1998), Advisors: Dr. Thomas B. Lucatorto, Dr. Steven L.
Rolston
Postdoctoral Research, University of Connecticut (1995-1996), Advisor:
Professor Edward E. Eyler
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Wisconsin (1995), Thesis advisor: Professor James E. Lawler
Thesis: "Oscillator strengths for astrophysics: advances in
ultraviolet
and vacuum ultraviolet measurements,"
(1996) 169 pp. Avail.:
Univ. Microfilms
Int., dissertation number 9544873
BS, Brigham Young University (1990)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
(funded in part by the
National Science Foundation, the Research Corporation, and Brigham Young
University)
PATENTS
"Raman instrument for measuring weak signals in the presence of strong
background fluorescence." filed October 4, 2005, pending.
PUBLICATIONS
37. P. Fendel, S. D. Bergeson, and T. W. Haensch, "Two-photon frequency
comb spectroscopy of the 6s-8s transition in cesium," submitted to
Optics Letters (July 2006)
36. J. Peatross and S. D. Bergeson, "Fourier spectroscopy of ultrashort
laser pulses," Am. J. Physics 74, 842 - 845 (2006)
35. N. Kolachevsky, J. Alnis, S. D. Bergeson, T. W. Haensch,
"Compact solid-state laser source for 1S-2S spectroscopy in atomic
hydrogen," Phys Rev. A 73, 021801 (2006)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511162
34. T. Weeks, M. Harrison, M. Johnson, A. P. Shevelko,
J. Ellsworth,
S. Bergeson,
M. Asplund, and L. V. Knight, “Absolute soft x-ray calibration of laser produced plasmas using a
focusing crystal von Hamos spectrometer,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5918, 59180R (2005)
33. E. A. Cummings, J. E. Daily, D. S. Durfee, and S. D. Bergeson, “Ultracold neutral plasma expansion in two dimensions,”
Phys. Plasmas 12, 123501 (2005)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508217
32. E. A. Cummings, J. E. Daily, D. S. Durfee, and S. D. Bergeson,
“Fluorescence measurement of expanding strongly-coupled neutral plasmas,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 235001 (2005)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0506069
31. J. E. Daily, R. Gommers, E. A. Cummings, D. S. Durfee, and S. D.
Bergeson, “Two-photon photionization of the Ca 4s3d 1D2 level in an
optical dipole trap,” Phys. Rev. A 71, 043406 (2005)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0411004
30. R. Olson, R. Merrill, J. Paul, S. D. Bergeson, and D. S. Durfee,
“Self-referencing prism deflection measurement schemes with microradian
precision,” Appl. Optics 44, 4639-4647 (2005)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509264
29. Rebecca Merrill, Rebecca Olson, Scott Bergeson, and Dallin S. Durfee,
"Increasing the output of a Littman-type laser by use of an intracavity Faraday
rotator," Appl. Optics 43, 3910-3914 (2004)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509263
28. T. C. Killian, V. S. Ashoka, P. Gupta, S. Laha, S. B. Nagel, C. E. Simien,
S. Kulin, S. L. Rolston, and S. D. Bergeson, "Ultracold neutral plasmas: recent
experiments and new prospects," J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36, 6077-6085
(2003)
27. Scott Bergeson and Tom Killian,
"Ultracold plasmas and Rydberg
gases," Physics World February 2003 pp 37-41.
26. S. D. Bergeson and R. L. Spencer, "Neutral
plasma oscillations at zero temperature," Phys. Rev. E 67,
126414 (2003)
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204084 .
25. E. A. Cummings, M. S. Hicken, and S. D Bergeson,
"Demonstration of a 1-W injection-locked
continuous-wave titanium:sapphire laser," Appl. Optics 41,
7583-7587 (2002).
24. K. A. Jensen, R. L. Larson, S. D. Bergeson, and
E. F. McCormack, "Exploring feedback
control using experiments in optics,"
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0106091 .
23. A. Ludlow, H. M. Nelson, and S. D. Bergeson,
"Two-photon
absorption in potassium niobate," J. Opt. Soc. Am.
B. 18, 1913-1820 (2001), also available at http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0102032
.
22. T. C.
Killian, M. J. Lim, S. Kulin, R. Dumke, S. D. Bergeson, and S. L. Rolston, "Formation
of Rydberg atoms in an expanding ultracold neutral plasma,'' Phys.
Rev. Lett. 86, 3759-3762 (2001)
21. S. D. Bergeson, K. G. H. Baldwin, T. B. Lucatorto, T. J. McIlrath, C. H. Cheng, and E. E.
Eyler, "Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy in the VUV: the helium 11S
- 21S transition," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17,
1599-1606 (2000)
20. S. Kulin, T. C. Killian, S. D. Bergeson and S. L. Rolston, "Plasma
oscillations and expansion of an ultracold neutral plasma," Phys. Rev. Lett.
85, 318-321 (2000)
19. T.
Killian, S. Kulin, S. D. Bergeson, L. Orozco, and S. L. Rolston, "From ultracold atoms to a strongly coupled plasma,"
Phys. Rev. Lett.
83, 4776-4779 (1999).
18. J. E. Lawler, S. D. Bergeson, J.
A. Fedchak, and K. L. Mullman, "VUV f-values of astrophysical interest from high sensitivity
absorption spectroscopy on atomic ions," Physica Scripta T83, 11-18 (1999)
17. S. D.
Bergeson, A. Balakrishnan, K. G. H. Baldwin, T. B. Lucatorto, J. P. Marangos, T.
J. McIlrath, T. R. O'Brian, S. L. Rolston, C. J. Sansonetti, Jesse Wen, C. H.
Cheng, and E. E. Eyler, "Precision spectroscopy in He as a test of QED," Physica Scripta T83, 76-82 (1999).
16. C. Orzel, S. D. Bergeson,
S. Kulin, and S. L. Rolston, "Time-resolved studies of ionizing collisions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5093 (1998)
15. S. D. Bergeson, A. Balakrishnan, K. G. H Baldwin, T. B. Lucatorto, J. P.
Marangos, T. J. McIlrath, T. R. O’Brian, S. L. Rolston, C. J. Sansonetti, Jesse
Wen,
N. Westbrook, C. H. Cheng, and E. E. Eyler, "Measurement of the He ground state Lamb shift via the two-photon 11S-21S
transition," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3475 (1998).
14. J. E. Lawler, M. A. Childs, K. L. Menningen, L. W. Anderson, S. D.
Bergeson, and K. L. Mullman, "UV/VUV high sensitivity absorption spectroscopy
for diagnosing lighting and processing plasmas and for basic data," AIP Conf.
Proc. 363, 1 (1996)
13. S. D. Bergeson, K.
L. Mullman, and J. E. Lawler, "High sensitivity absorption spectroscopy in Fe II,"
Astrophys. J. 464, 1050 (1996)
12. S. D.
Bergeson, K. L. Mullman, M. E. Wickliffe, J. E. Lawler, U. Litzen, and S. Johansson, "Branching fractions and oscillator strengths for Fe II
transitions from the 3d6(5D)4p subconfiguration,"
Astrophys. J. 464, 1044 (1996)
11. D. E. Nitz, S. D. Bergeson, and J. E.
Lawler, "Radiative lifetimes in Co I," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 377 (1995)
10. H. M. Anderson,
S. D. Bergeson, D. Doughty, and J. E. Lawler, "Xe I 147 nm resonance f-value and trapped decay rates," Phys. Rev. A 51, 211 (1995)
9. S. D. Bergeson, K. L. Mullman, and J. E. Lawler, "Oscillator Strengths for Fe II transitions at 224.918 and 226.008
nanometers," Astrophys. J. 435, L157
(1994)
8. A. G. Calamai, P. L. Smith, and S. D. Bergeson, "Transition Probabilities for the 3s23p(2Po)-3s3p2(4P)
intersystem lines of Si II," Astrophys. J. 415, L59 (1993)
7. S.
D. Bergeson and J. E. Lawler, "Oscillator strengths of the Si II 181 nanometer resonance multiplet,"
Astrophys. J. 414, L137 (1993)
6. S. D. Bergeson and J. E. Lawler, "Radiative lifetimes, branching ratios, and absolute transition probabilities
in Cr II and Zn II," Astrophys. J. 408,
382 (1993)
5. J. E. Lawler, S. D. Bergeson, and R. C. Wamsley, "Advanced experimental techniques for measuring oscillator strengths of vacuum
ultraviolet lines," Physica Scripta T47,
29 (1993)
4. S. D. Bergeson and J. E. Lawler, "Radiative lifetimes in Ni I," J. Opt.
Soc. Am. B 10, 794 (1993)
3. A. Bizzarri, M. C. E. Huber, A. Noels, N. Grevesse, S. D.
Bergeson, P. Tsekeris, and J. E. Lawler, "Ti-II transition probabilities and radiative lifetimes in Ti+ and the solar
titanium abundance," Astron. Astrophys. 273, 707
(1993)
2. P. W. Keaton et al., "A hypervelocity microparticle impacts laboratory with 100 km/s
projectiles," Int. J. Impact Engng. 10, 295 (1990)
1. G. L.
Stradling et al, "Searching for momentum enhancement in hypervelocity impacts," Int. J. Impact Engng. 10, 555 (1990)
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