Dr. Makan Mohageg Profile

Dr. Makan Mohageg

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Author | Science Fair Judge

Publications (10)

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Enhancing the optical communication telescope laboratory (OCTL) to support quantum communications between Earth and space

Alexander Lohrmann, Ioana Craiciu, Kittrin Matthews, Gerardo Ortiz, Lewis Roberts, W. Thomas Roberts, Ryan Rogalin, Dmitrios Antsos, Matthew Shaw, Makan Mohageg

Proceedings Volume 12911, 1291104 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2691440

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Satellites, Dielectric polarization, Telescopes, Design, Quantum detection, Quantum key distribution, Quantum systems, Polarization control, Quantum receivers

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

Large-area SNSPD array for RF/optical hybrid 7-segment pathfinder receiver

Jason Allmaras, Boris Korzh, Andrew Beyer, Emma Wollman, Bruce Bumble, Ryan Rogalin, Erik Alerstam, Makan Mohageg, Meera Srinivasan, Daniel Hoppe, Matthew Shaw

Proceedings Volume 12413, 1241319 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2655467

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Nanowires, Detector arrays, Cryostats, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

Augmented reality assisted astronaut operations in space to upgrade the cold atom lab instrument

James Kellogg, Kathleen Andrea-Liner, Jennifer Jennings, Steven Timms, Robert Keramidas, Johnnie Berry, Tony DeLaCruz, Kevin Bryant, Joey Crawford, Karl Roth, Irena Li, Sandy Kwan, Benjamin Nuernberger, Arvid Croonquist, Megan McArthur, Makan Mohageg, Kamal Oudrhiri

Proceedings Volume 12447, 124470H (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650750

KEYWORDS: Augmented reality, Equipment, Chemical species, Virtual reality, Quantum space, Video, Visualization, Autoregressive models, Quantum processes, Quantum experiments

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

RFO: A hybrid RF-Optical telescope for communications and time domain astronomy

Makan Mohageg, Daniel Hoppe, Walid Majid, Alexander Abramovici, Sang Chung, Michael Shao, Robert Preston, Charles Naudet, Kevin Whipp, Salma Walker, Mayer Rud, Chris Shelton, Kara Hewson, Isaiah Ware, Todd Hurst, Barzia Tehrani, Vikram Ravi, Thomas Prince, Gregg Hallinan

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121822H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630294

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Astronomical telescopes, Radio optics, Laser communications, Antennas, Telecommunications, Optical telescopes, Mirrors, Data communications

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Goals and feasibility of the deep space quantum link

Luca Mazzarella, Makan Mohageg, Dmitry Strekalov, Aileen Zhai, Ulf Israelsson, Andrey Matsko, Nan Yu, Charis Anastopoulos, Bradley Carpenter, Jason Gallicchio, Bei-Lok Hu, Thomas Jennewein, Paul Kwiat, Shih-Yuin Lin, Alexander Ling, Christoph Marquardt, Matthias Meister, Brian Moffat, Raymond Newell, Albert Roura, Christian Schubert, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi, Lisa Wörner

Proceedings Volume 11835, 118350J (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593986

KEYWORDS: Quantum physics, Teleportation, General relativity, Quantum optics, Quantum mechanics, Photons, Satellites, Particles, Quantum communications, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation + Paper

Telescope metrology and active alignment for RF-optical hybrid receiver

Makan Mohageg, Daniel Hoppe, Alexander Abramovici, Ethan Greene, Aileen Zhai, Sang Chung, Neil Chamberlain

Proceedings Volume 11678, 116780S (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581769

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Receivers, Optical alignment, Metrology, Space operations, Optical communications, Control systems design, Transmitters, Tolerancing, RF communications

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2020 Presentation + Paper

Minimizing effect of Sun-Earth-probe angle for RF / optical hybrid telescope

Makan Mohageg, Mary Catherine Lorio, Daniel Hoppe, John Huleis, Alex Abramovici, Sang Chung

Proceedings Volume 11272, 112720K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2551066

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Receivers, Optical communications, Sun, Antennas, Space operations, Reflectors, Transmitters, Image acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2007 Paper

Efficient generation of truncated Bessel beams using cylindrical waveguides

Vladimir Ilchenko, Makan Mohageg, Andrey Matsko, Anatoliy Savchenkov, Lute Maleki

Proceedings Volume 6452, 64520Z (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714219

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Waveguides, Bessel beams, Gaussian beams, Photons, Wave propagation, Waveguide modes, Free space, Beam propagation method, Light wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

Calligraphic poling for WGM resonators

Makan Mohageg, Dmitry Strekalov, Anatoliy Savchenkov, Andrey Matsko, Vladimir Ilchenko, Lute Maleki

Proceedings Volume 6101, 61010Q (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669584

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Resonators, Electrodes, Visualization, Surface finishing, Nonlinear crystals, Polishing, Nonlinear optics, Polarization, Tungsten

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2005 Paper

Phase diffusion of hyper-parametric oscillations in a nonlinear whispering gallery mode resonator

Andrey Matsko, Anatoliy Savchenkov, Dmitry Strekalov, Makan Mohageg, Vladimir Ilchenko, Lute Maleki

Proceedings Volume 5708, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609084

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Oscillators, Diffusion, Modulation, Microwave radiation, Photonics, Laser resonators, Crystals, Signal generators, Photodiodes

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