Headshot of professor and dean of the Kennedy College of Science, Noureddine Melikechi.

Noureddine Melikechi, D.Phil.

Dean of Kennedy College of Sciences, Professor

College
Kennedy College of Sciences
Department
Dean's Office, Kennedy College of Sciences
Phone
978-934-3847
Fax
978-934-3003
Office
Olney Science Center, Suite 524
Email
Noureddine_Melikechi@uml.edu
Links

Research Interests

The Science of Spectral Signatures:聽 Laser spectroscopy of complex systems in crowded environments with a focus on:

  1. Developing sensitive optical techniques for the early detection of cancers
  2. As a member of two NASA Mars missions (Curiosity and Mars 2020) analyzing laser induced breakdown spectra of Martian oils, dust and rocks.
  3. Developing experimental and numerical methodologies for isotopic identification and quantification using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy.

Education

  • D.Phil. Physics, University of Sussex, England, 1987.
  • M.Sc. in Physics, University of Sussex, England, 1982.
  • Dipl么me d'脡tudes Sup茅rieures in Physics, Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and Technology, Algiers, Algeria, 1980.

Biosketch

Noureddine Melikechi was appointed Dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences in October 2016.

Melikechi鈥檚 research work spans a wide range of areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics with contributions to spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, optical sensing, high precision measurements, and biophotonics. As a member of NASA鈥檚 Mars Science Laboratory mission, Melikechi contributes to the analysis of spectroscopic data collected by the Chemistry Camera instrument on board the Curiosity Rover. In addition, Melikechi works on applications of laser spectroscopy for the early detection of signatures of epithelial ovarian cancer.

Prior to joining the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Melikechi was at Delaware State University where he experienced all academic ranks. There, he held the positions of Chair of the Department of Physics, Dean of the College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology, and was the founding director of the Optical Science Center for Applied Research. During his tenure at Delaware State University, he led teams that secured well over $25 million in federal funding, which resulted in the 2015 opening of a new building dedicated to optics education and research. 聽Melikechi has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in physics and has supervised several students, most of whom come from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Melikechi has served on numerous advisory boards. Currently, he serves on the board of the North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, the International Science Committee on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, and the Algerian-American Foundation for Culture, Education, Science and Technology.

Melikechi has received numerous awards, including: The Excellence Award from the African Society for Engineering Management, the Delaware Bioscience Association鈥檚 Academic Research Award, the NASA Group Award for work that the ChemCam team performed, and the US-Algeria Business Council Award for International Science.

A native of Algeria, Melikechi received his Dipl么me d'脡tudes Sup茅rieures in Physics from the Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and Technology in Algiers in Algeria, and his M.Sc. and D.Phil., both in Physics, from the University of Sussex in England.

Selected Awards and Honors

(A Selection)

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow of the Optical Society of America
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Fellow of the Optical Society of America, 2016
  • Reconocimiento, El comit茅 organizador del la luz de la cienca, en la cuidad de M茅rida, Yucatan, Mexico, 2016
  • Excellence Award for Youth Empowerment and Development in Africa, the 鈥淎frican Society for Engineering Management,鈥 2014
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars Science Laboratory ChemCam Instrument Development and Science Team, NASA, 2013
  • Arfken Scholar-in-Residence, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2013
  • Academic Research Award, the Delaware Bioscience Association, 2012
  • Recognition Proclamation, State of Delaware Legislature, 2011
  • Presidential Research Award, Delaware State University, 1998

Selected Publications

(A Selection)

Book Chapter

  1. Y. Markushin and N. Melikechi 鈥淪ensitive Detection of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers Using Tag-Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy鈥 in 鈥淥varian Cancer 鈥 Basic Science Perspectives鈥, Edited by Samir A. Farghaly, ISBN 978-953-307-812-0, Published: February 17, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Obstetrics and Gynecology. DOI: 10.5772/28185.

Articles

  1. Fernandez-Bravo, Angel; Sivakumar, Poopalasingam; Melikechi, Noureddine; Mohamed, Ahmed; 鈥 Femtosecond Laser Ablataion Synthesis of Aryl Functional Group Substituted Gold Nanoparticles鈥, Journal of nanoscience and Naotechnology, Volume 17, Number 4, 2852-2656(5) (2017). https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2017.13900
  2. W. Rapin, P.-Y. Meslin, S. Maurice, R.C. Wiens, D. Laporte, B. Chauvire, O.Gasnault, S. Schroder, P.Beck, S. Bender, O.Beyssac, A. Cousin, E. Dehouck, C. Droute, O. Forni, M. Nachon, N. Melikechi, R. Rondeau, N. Mangold, N.H. Thoams, 鈥淨uantification of water content by laser induced breakdown鈥 Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, Volume 130, pp 82-100 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2017.02.007
  3. N. Melikechi, Y. Markushin, D.Connolly, J. Lasue, E. Ewusi-Annan, S. Makrogiannis 鈥淎ge specific classification of discrimination of blood plasma samples of healthy and ovarian cancer prone mice using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy鈥, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, 123, 33-41 (2016)
  4. S. Maurice, S. M. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, O. Gasnault, W. Rapin, O. Forni, A. Cousin, V. Sautter, N. Mangold, L. Le Deit, M. Nachon, R. B. Anderson, N. L. Lanza, C. Fabre, V. Payr茅, J. Lasue, P.-Y. Meslin, R. J. L茅veill茅, B. L. Barraclough, P. Beck, S. C. Bender, G. Berger, J. C. Bridges, N. T. Bridges, G. Dromart, M. D. Dyar, R. Francis, J. Frydenvang, B. Gondet, B. L. Ehlmann, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, Y. Langevin, M. B. Madsen, N. Melikechi, J.-L. Lacour, S. Le Mou茅lic, E. Lewin, H. E. Newsom, A. M. Ollila, P. Pinet, S. Schr枚der, J.-B. Sirven, R. L. Tokar, M. J. Toplis, C. d'Uston, D. T. Vaniman and A. R. Vasavada; 鈥淐hemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars鈥; Jour. Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, Issue 4, (2016)
  5. Y. Markushin, P. Sivakumar, D. Connolly, and N. Melikechi, 鈥淭ag-Femtosecond Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Sensitive Detection of Cancer Antigen 125 in Blood Plasma鈥, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 407 (7):1849-1855 (2015); DOI 10, 1007/s00216-014-8433-0聽
  6. Samuel Clegg, Roger Wiens, Ryan Anderson, Olivier Forni, Jens Frydenvang, Jeremie Lasue, Agnes Cousin, Valerie Payre, Tommy Boucher, Darby Dyer, Scott M. McLennan, Richard V. Morris, Trevor G. Graff, Stanley A. Mertzman, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Ines belgacem, Horton Newsom, Ben C. Clark, Noureddine Melikechi, Alissa Mezzacappa, Rhonda E. McOnroy, Ronald Martinez, Patrick Gasda, Olivier Gasnault, Sylvestre Maurice, 鈥 Recalibration of the Mars Science Laboratory ChemCam instrument with an expanded geochemical databse鈥, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, Volume 129, pp 64-85 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.12.003
  7. S. Maurice, S. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, O. Gasnault, W. Rapin, O. Forni, A. Cousin, N. Mangold, L. Ledeit, M. Nachon, R. Anderson, N. Lanza, C. Fabre, V. Payr茅, J. Lasue, P.-Y. Meslin, V. Sautter, J.-B. Sirven, R. L茅veill茅, N. Melikechi, 鈥淐hemCam Activities and Discoveries during the Nominal Mission in Gale Crater, Mars鈥 J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2016, Accepted for Publication. DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00417A
  8. A. Mezzacappa, N. Melikechi, A. Cousin, R.C. Wiens, J. Lasue, S.M. Clegg, R. Tokar, S. Bender, N. L. Lanza, S. Maurice, G. Berger, O. Forni, O. Gasnault, M.D. Dyar, T. Boucher, E. Lewin, C. Fabre, and the MSL Science Team: 鈥滱pplication of distance correction to ChemCam measurements鈥, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy Vol. 120, 19-29, 2016, 11/2015; 115. DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2015.11.002
  9. P. Sivakumar, A. Fern谩ndez-Bravo, L. Taleh, J. F. Biddle, and N. Melikechi, 鈥淒etection and Classification of Live and Dead Escherichia coli by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy鈥, Astrobiology, Vol. 15, No. 2: 144-153 (2015).
  10. Sarah C. Jantzi, Vincent Motto-Ros, Florian Trichard, Yuri Markushin, Noureddine Melikechi, Alessandro De Giacomo: Sample treatment and preparation for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 11/2015; 115. DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2015.11.002
  11. Poopalasingam Sivakumar, Yury Markushin, Elton Jhamba, Zakaria MRah, Leon A. Taleh, Angel Fernancdez, Noureddine Melikechi,聽
  12. Nina L. Lanza, Ann M. Ollila, Agnes Cousin, Roger C. Wiens, Samuel M Clegg, Nicolas Mangold, Nathan T Bridges, Daniel Cooper, Mariek Schmidt, Jeffrey Berger, Raymond E Arvidson, Noureddine Melikechi, Horton E. Newsom, Robert L Tokar, Craig Hardgrove, Alissa Mezzacappa, Ryan S. Jackson, Benton C Clark, Olivier Forni, Sylvestre Maurice, Marion Nachon, Ryan B. Anderson, Jennifer Blank, Matthew Deans, Dorothea Delapp, Richard Leveille, Rhonda McInroy, Ronald Martinez, Pierre-Yves Meslin, Patrick Pinet: Understanding the signature of rock coatings in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy data. Icarus 249, (2015) pages 62-73; DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.038. Special Issue: First Year of MSL
  13. D. Pokrajac, A. Lazarevic, V. Kecman, A. Marcano, Y. Markushin, T. Vance, N. Reljin, S. McDaniel, N. Melikechi, 鈥淎utomatic Classification of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Data of Protein Biomarker Solutions鈥 Applied Spectroscopy 09/2014; 68(9). DOI:10.1366/14-07488
  14. S.S. Farhana, P. Sivakumar, J. Weekes, N. Melikechi, S. Hossain, D. Fluman, and M. Rana, 鈥淒etermination of Metals in Leachate by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy鈥, Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 3, 2014, pp. 243-253 (11).聽
  15. C. Fabre, A. Cousin, R.C. Wiens, A. Ollila, O. Gasnault, S. Maurice, V. Sautter, O. Forni, J. Lasue, R. Tokar, D. Vaniman, N. Melikechi: In situ calibration using univariate analyses based on the onboard ChemCam targets: First prediction of Martian rock and soil compositions. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 09/2014; 99. DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2014.03.014
  16. Nina L. Lanza, Woodward W. Fischer, Roger C. Wiens, John P. Grotzinger, Ann M. Ollila, Agnes Cousin, Ryan B. Anderson, Benton C. Clark, Ralf Gellert, Nicolas Mangold, Sylvestre Maurice, St茅phane Le Mou茅lic, Marion Nachon, Mariek E. Schmidt, Jeffrey Berger, Samuel M. Clegg, Olivier Forni, Craig Hardgrove, Noureddine Melikechi, Horton E. Newsom, Violaine Sautter: High manganese concentrations in rocks at Gale crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (16), 5755-5763 (2014); DOI:10.1002/2014GL060329
  17. Noureddine Melikechi, A. Mezzacappa, A. Cousin, N.L. Lanza, J. Lasue, S.M. Clegg, G. Berger, R.C. Wiens, S. Maurice, R.L. Tokar, S. Bender, O. Forni, E.A. Breves, M.D. Dyar, J. Frydenvang, D. Delapp, O. Gasnault, H. Newsom, A.M. Ollila, E. Lewin, B.C. Clark, B.L. Ehlmann, D. Blaney, C. Fabre 鈥淐orrecting for variable laser-target distances of LIBS measurements with ChemCam using emission lines of Martian dust spectra鈥, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 96, 51-60 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2014.04.004
  18. Ann M. Ollila, Horton E. Newsom, Benton Clark, Roger C. Wiens, Agnes Cousin, Jen G. Blank, Nicolas Mangold, Violaine Sautter, Sylvestre Maurice, Samuel M. Clegg, Olivier Gasnault, Olivier Forni, Robert Tokar, Eric Lewin, M. Darby Dyar, Jeremie Lasue, Ryan Anderson, Scott M. McLennan, John Bridges, Dave Vaniman, Nina Lanza, Cecile Fabre, Noureddine Melikechi, Glynis M. Perrett, John L. Campbell, Penelope L. King, Bruce Barraclough, Dorothea Delapp, Stephen Johnston, Pierre-Yves Meslin, Anya Rosen-Gooding, Josh Williams, MSL Science Team, 鈥淭race element geochemistry (Li, Ba, Sr, and Rb) using Curiosity鈥檚 ChemCam: Early results for Gale crater from Bradbury Landing Site to Rocknest.鈥 Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 119, 1-31 (2014). DOI:10.1002/2013JE004517
  19. Meslin, P.-Y., O Gasnault, O Forni, S Schr枚der, A Cousin, G Berger, S M Clegg, J Lasue, S Maurice, V Sautter, S Le Mou茅lic, R C Wiens, C Fabre, W Goetz, D Bish, N Mangold, B Ehlmann, N Lanza, A-M Harri, R Anderson, E Rampe, T H McConnochie, P Pinet, D Blaney, R L茅veill茅, D Archer, B Barraclough, S Bender, D Blake, J G Blank, N Bridges, B C Clark, L Deflores, D Delapp, G Dromart, M D Dyar, M Fisk, B Gondet, J Grotzinger, K Herkenhoff, J Johnson, J-L Lacour, Y Langevin, L Leshin, E Lewin, M B Madsen, N Melikechi, A Mezzacappa, M A Mischna, J E Moores, H Newsom, A Ollila, R Perez, N Renno, J-B Sirven, R Tokar, M de la Torre, L d'Uston, D Vaniman, A Yingst 鈥淪oil diversity and hydration as observed by ChemCam at Gale crater, Mars.鈥 Science 09/2013; 341(6153):1238670, full text online http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1238670.
  20. P. Sivakumar, L. Taleh, Y. Markushin, N. Melikechi, 鈥淧acking density effects on the fluctuations of the emission lines in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy鈥, Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy 92, 84-89, 2014 DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2013.10.007
  21. P. Sivakumar, L. Taleh, Y. Markushin, N. Melikechi, J. Lasue, 鈥淎n experimental observation of the different behavior of ionic and neutral lines of iron as a function of number density in a binary carbon鈥搃ron mixture,鈥 Spectrochimica Acta Part B- Atomic Spectroscopy 82,76鈥82 (2013). DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2012.11.00
  22. R. Wiens, S. Maurice, J. Lasue, O. Forni, R. B. Anderson, S. Clegg, S. Bender, D. Blaney, B. L. Barraclough, A. Cousin, L. Deflores, D. Delapp, M.D. Dyar, C. Fabre, O. Gasnault, N. Lanza, J. Mazoyer, N. Melikechi, P.-Y. Meslin, H. Newsom, A. Ollila, R. Perez, R. L. Tokar, D. Vaniman 鈥淧re-flight calibration and initial data processing for the ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory rover鈥 Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy 82, 1-27 (2013). DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2012.11.00.
  23. Aristides Marcano, Isaac Basaldua, Aaron Villette, Raymond Edziah, Jinjie Liu, Omar Ziane, Noureddine Melikechi: Photothermal Lens Spectrometry Measurements in Highly Turbid Media. Applied Spectroscopy 09/2013; 67(9):1013-8. DOI:10.1366/12-06970
  24. Jenny Magnes, Kathleen M Raley-Susman, Noureddine Melikechi, Alicia Sampson, Rebecca Eells, Alexandra Bello, Michael Lueckheide: Analysis of Freely Swimming C. elegans Using Laser Diffraction. Open Journal of Biophysics 07/2012; 2(03). DOI:10.4236/ojbiphy.2012.23013
  25. Kemal E Eseller, Fang-Yu Yueh, Jagdish P Singh, Noureddine Melikechi: Helium detection in gas mixtures by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Applied Optics 03/2012; 51(7):B171-5. DOI:10.1364/AO.51.00B171
  26. Vivek Dikshit, Fang-Yu Yueh, Jagdish P. Singh, Dustin L. McIntyre, Jinesh C. Jain, Noureddine Melikechi: Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy: A potential tool for atmospheric carbon dioxide measurement. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 02/2012; 68:65鈥70. DOI:10.1016/j.sab.2012.01.009
  27. J. Lasue, R.C. Wiens, S.M. Clegg, D.T. Vaniman, K.H. Joy, S. Humphries, A. Mezzacappa, N.Melikechi, R. E. McInroy, S. Bender, 鈥淩emote Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Lunar Exploration鈥, Journal of Geophysical Research- Planets, Vol. 117, E01002, 18 PP., 2012鈥╠oi:10.1029/2011JE003898
  28. A. Marcano, F. Delima, Y. Markushin and N. Melikechi, 鈥淒etermination of linear and nonlinear absorption of metallic colloids using photothermal lens spectrometry鈥, JOSA B 28, 1 (2012). DOI:10.1364/JOSAB.28.000281
  29. Omar Ziane, Aristides Marcano, Hacene Boukari, Noureddine Melikechi: Photothermal Lens Spectoscopy in Highly Scattering Media. Biophysical Journal 02/2011; 100(3). DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.2850
  30. Jenny Magnes, Margo Kinneberg, Rahul Khakurel, Noureddine Melikechi: Optomechanical shape analysis using group theory. Applied Optics 08/2010; 49(22):4188-92. DOI:10.1364/AO.49.004188
  31. Y. Markushin, A. Marcano, S. Rock, N. Melikechi, 鈥淒etermination of protein hydrogen composition by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy鈥, J. Anal. At. Spectrum., 25, 148-149, (2010). DOI:10.1039/B920384B
  32. T. Vance, D. Pokrajac, A. Lazarevic, A. Marcano, Y. Markushin, S. McDaniel and N. Melikechi, "Classification of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Protein Spectra Using Multilayer Perceptrons", Transactions on Mass-Data Analysis of Images and Signals 2, 96-111 (2010). ISSN:1868-6451
  33. Y. Markushin, N. Melikechi, A. Marcano, S. Rock, E. Henderson, D. Connolly, 鈥淟IBS-based multi-element coded assayfor ovarian cancer application鈥 Proceedings, Vol. 7190, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications; 719015 (2209); doi: 10.1117/12.810247
  34. M. Benitez, A. Marcano O., and N. Melikechi, 鈥淭hermal Diffusivity Measurement using the Mode-Mismatched Photothermal Lens Method鈥, Opt. Engineer. 48 (4) (2009). DOI:10.1117/1.3119306
  35. Steven Rock, Aristides Marcano, Yuri Markushin, Chandran Sabanayagam, Noureddine Melikechi: Elemental analysis of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy aided by an empirical spectral database. Applied Optics 12/2008; 47(31):G99-104. DOI:10.1364/AO.47.000G99
  36. A. Marcano O., N. Melikechi, A. Zelinskas, M. Benitez: Pump-probe photothermal lens experiment for measuring the thermal diffusivity coefficient of organic solvents. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 08/2008; 7049:7-. DOI:10.1117/12.794172
  37. A. Marcano O., K. Williams and N. Melikechi, 鈥淢easurement of two-photon absorption using the photo-thermal lens effect鈥, Opt. Comm. 281, 2598-2604 (2008). DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2007.12.060
  38. J. Magnes, G. Schwarz, J. Hartke, D. Burt, and N. Melikechi, 鈥淥ptomechanical integration method for finite integrals,鈥 Appl. Opt. 46, 6918-6922 (2007). DOI:10.1364/AO.46.006918
  39. A. Marcano O. and N. Melikechi, 鈥淐ontinuous Wave achromatic thermal lens spectroscopy鈥, Appl. Spectrosc. 61, 659-664 (2007). DOI:10.1366/000370207781269864
  40. Marcano O., J. Ojeda and N. Melikechi, 鈥淎bsorption spectra of dye solutions measured using white-light thermal lens spectrophotometer鈥, Appl. Spectrosc. 60, 560-563 (2006). DOI:10.1366/000370206777412077
  41. O. Ziane, S. Zaiba, and N. Melikechi 鈥淐ontinuum generation in water and carbon tetrachloride using picosecond Nd-YAG laser pulse鈥, Opt. Commun. 273, 200 (2007). DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2006.12.014
  42. A. Yiannopoulou, N. Melikechi, S. Gangopadhyay, J.-C. Meiners, and E.E. Eyler, 鈥淧recise Measurement of EF 1危+g Levels in H2, D2, and HD鈥. Phys. Rev. A 73, 1 (2006).
  43. D. Comeau, A. Hache and N. Melikechi 鈥淩eflective thermal lensing and optical measurement of thermal diffusivity in liquids鈥 Appl. Phys. Letts. 83, 246 (2003).
  44. K. Amara and N. Melikechi 鈥淐oupling efficiency effects of launching a fringe pattern into a single mode optical fiber鈥 JOSA B 20, 2031-2036 (2003).
  45. Marcano O., L. Rodriguez and N. Melikechi, 鈥淭hermal lensing in extended samples鈥, Applied Spectroscopy 56, 1504-1507 (2002).
  46. K. M. Amara and N. Melikechi "Enhancement of the coupling efficiency in optical fibers using two-beam optical interference" Appl. Phys. Letts. 80, 3494-3496 (2002)
  47. Shabbir. M. Mian, S. Mc Gee, and N. Melikechi 鈥淭hermal Effects in Mode-Locked Femtosecond Z-scan Experiments" Optics Communications 207, 339-345 (2002).
  48. Shabbir M Mian, Sarah B McGee, Noureddine Melikechi: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Thermal Lensing Effects in Mode-Locked Femtosecond Z-Scan Experiments. Optics Communications 06/2002; 207(1-6):339鈥345. DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01395-0
  49. Ranjit D. Pradhan, Noureddine Melikechi, and Frederick Eichmiller, "The effect of irradiation wavelength bandwidth and spot size on the scraping depth and temperature rise in composite exposed to an argon laser or a conventional quartz-tungsten-halogen source鈥, Dental Materials 18, 221-226 (2002). DOI:10.1016/S0109-5641(01)00037-9
  50. A. Marcano, C. Loper and N. Melikechi 鈥淧ump-probe mismatched thermal lens Z-scan" JOSA B, 19, 119 (2002).
  51. S. Gupte, R. Pradhan, A. Marcano, N. Melikechi "Laser Damage Studies in Zinc (Tris) Thiourea Sulfate: A Nonlinear Optical Crystal". J. of Appl. Phys. 91, 3125-3128 (2002).
  52. A. Marcano, C. Loper, and N. Melikechi 鈥淗igh-sensitivity absorption measurement in water and glass samples using a mode mismatched pump-probe thermal lens method" Appl. Phys. Letts., 78, 3415 (2001).
  53. S. Gupte, R. Pradhan, A. Marcano, C. F. Desai and N. Melikechi 鈥淧ump-probe thermal lens near infrared spectroscopy and Z-scan of Zinc (Tris) Thiourea Sulfate" J. of Appl. Phys., 89, 4939 (2001).
  54. A. Marcano O, N. Melikechi, and G. Verde, " Shift of the Absorption Spectrum of Organic Dyes due to Saturation" Journal of Chemical Physics, 113, 1, (2000).
  55. C. Nicole, M. A. Bouchene, S. Zamith, N. Melikechi and B. Girard, "Saturation of wave-packet interferences: Direct observation of spin procession in potassium atoms," Phys. Rev. A 60, R1755 (1999).
  56. C. Nicole, M. A. Bouchene, V. Blanchet, N. Melikechi and B. Girard, "Contr么le coh茅rent temporel par interf茅rences quantiques" Annales de Physique 23, C1, 119 (1998).
  57. S. Benaich, R. Pradhan, S.M. Mian, and N. Melikechi 鈥淚nterference effects in QPM Periodically Segmented KTP Waveguides鈥 Appl. Phys. Letts., 75, 3261 (1999).
  58. R. Pradhan and N. Melikechi 鈥淟arge Enhancement in QPM Second harmonic efficiency by an External Temperature Gradient鈥 App. Phys. Letts., 73, 3809 (1998).
  59. M.A. Bouchene, V. Blanchet, C. Nicole, N. Melikechi, B. Girard, H. Ruppe, S. Rutz, E. Schreiber, L. W枚ste 鈥淭emporal Coherent Control Induced by Wave Packet Interferences in One and Two-photon Atomic Transitions鈥. The European Physical Journal D 2, 131-141, (1998).
  60. C.H. Cheng, J.T. Kim, E.E. Eyler and N. Melikechi, 鈥淟ine Shapes and Decay Dynamics of Dissociative Resonances above the Second Dissociation Limit of Molecular Hydrogen鈥. Phys. Rev. A. 57, 949-957, (1998).聽
  61. N. Melikechi, S. Gangopadhyay, and E.E. Eyler, 鈥淓fficient Generation of Narrowband Vacuum UV Radiation for Precision Laser Spectroscopy鈥, Appl. Opt., 36, 7776 (1997).
  62. E.E. Eyler, A. Yiannopoulou, N. Melikechi, and S. Gangopadhyay, 鈥淐hirp-free Nanosecond Laser Pulses for Precision Spectroscopy鈥. Opt. Lett. 1, 49 (1997)
  63. E.E. Eyler, S. Gangopadhyay, N. Melikechi, J.C. Bloch, and R.W. Field, 鈥淔M Spectroscopy with Transform-limited Nanosecond Laser Pulses,鈥 Opt. Lett. 21, 225 (1996).
  64. N. Melikechi, S. Gangopadhyay, and E.E. Eyler, 鈥淧hase Dynamics in Nanosecond Pulsed Amplification鈥. JOSA B 11, 2402 (1994).
  65. Gangopadhyay, N. Melikechi, and E.E. Eyler, 鈥淥ptical Phase Perturbations in Nanosecond Pulsed Amplification and Second Harmonic Generation鈥. JOSA B 1, 231 (1994).
  66. E.E. Eyler and N. Melikechi,鈥淣ear-Threshold Continuum Structure and the Dissociation Energies of H2, HD, and D2鈥. Phys. Rev. A 48, R18 (1993).
  67. L. Allen and N. Melikechi, 鈥淩eal Intermediate States and The Probability of Two-Photon Absorption鈥. Sov. J. Quant. Elec. 18 , 716 (1988).
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