Research
Advanced optical diagnostics for gases and plasmas, applications to hypersonics and combustion
Remote detection and optical sensing
Nonlinear and ultrafast optical phenomena
Education
Ph.D., Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL), University of Central Florida – 1997
Physics Engineer Diploma, University of Bucharest, Romania – 1991
Awards
Fellow, Optical Society of America – 2020
Honorary Member, Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania – 2018
Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund Award, Princeton University – 2014
NEC Research Impact Award, Princeton, New Jersey – 2001
Presidential National Order for Merit, Bucharest, Romania – 2000
Publications
V. Gopal, D. Palmquist, L. Maddalena, L. E. Dogariu, and A. Dogariu, “FLEET velocimetry measurements in the ONR-UTA arc-jet wind tunnel,” Exp. Fluids 62(10), 212 (2021).
L. E. Dogariu, A. Dogariu, R. B. Miles, M. S. Smith, and E. C. Marineau, “Femtosecond Laser Electronic Excitation Tagging Velocimetry in a Large-Scale Hypersonic Facility,” AIAA Journal 57, 4725 (2019).
A. Dogariu and R. B. Miles, “High-Gain Air Lasing by Multiphoton Pumping of Atomic Species,” in P. Polynkin and Y. Cheng (eds) Air Lasing, Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol. 208 Springer (2018).
A. Dogariu, B. M. Goldberg, S. O’Byrne, and R. B. Miles, “Species-Independent Femtosecond Localized Electric Field Measurement,” Phys. Rev. Appl., 7, 024024 (2017).
A. Dogariu, M. N. Shneider, and R. B. Miles, “Versatile Radar Measurement of the Electron Loss Rate in Air,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 224102 (2013).
A. Dogariu, J. B. Michael, M. O. Scully, and R. B. Miles, “High Gain Backward Lasing in Air,” Science 331, 442 (2011).
D. Pestov, R. K. Murawski, G. O. Ariunbold, X. Wang, M. Chi, A. V. Sokolov, V. Sautenkov, Y. Rostovtsev, A. Dogariu, Y. Huang, and M. O. Scully, “Optimizing the Laser Pulse Configuration for Coherent Raman Spectroscopy,” Science 316, 265 (2007).
L. J. Wang, A. Kuzmich, and A. Dogariu, “Gain-assisted superluminal light propagation,” Nature 406, 277-9 (2000).