Selected Honors and Awards:
Phi Kappa Phi Fridley Distinguished Teaching Award(1986) Wiley Award for Excellence in Research(1986) Pi Sigma Alpha Mortar Board Award for Teaching(1987,1988) Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Scientist Award(1989) Outstanding Teaching Award in College of Letters and Science(1989) Cox Excellence Award for Creative Scholarship and Teaching (1990) Pi Sigma Alpha Mortar Board Award for Teaching(1992) Regents Professorship(1992) Pi Sigma Alpha Mortar Board Award for Teaching(1994) James and Mary Ross Provost’s Award for Excellence (2001) Elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (2004) Elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2005) President’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2006) Award for Research, Creativity and Contribution to Economic Development (2006).
Biographical Sketch:
B.S. in Physics, 1969 University of Minnesota M.S. in Physics, 1971 Harvard University Ph.D. in Physics, 1974 Harvard University 1992 - pres Regents Professor,Physics Department, Montana State University 1992 - 1997 Director Optical Technology Center, Montana State University 1990 - 1992 Professor, Physics Department, Montana State University 1984 - 1990 Associate Professor, Physics Department, Montana State University 1981 - 1984 Associate Group Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory 1979 - 1981 Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory 1974 - 1979 Postdoc, Senior Res Assoc, Univerity of Colorado From 2002-2006, Professor Carlsten served half time with the National Science Foundation as a Program Director for the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Program in the Physics Division. Professor Carlsten is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
Interests:
Professor Carlsten collaborates with Professor Kevin Repasky and Professor Joe Shaw of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering on optical source development and applications to LIDAR studies. Current areas of interest in the LIDAR studies involve detection of water vapor as well as aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering of laser light from honey bees in connection with explosive detection, and monitoring of CO2 in connection with sequestration for global warming and the ZERT program.
Selected Publications:
“Optical Detection of Honeybees Using Wing Beat Modulation of Scattered Light For Locating Explosives and Landmines”, K.S. Repasky, J.A Shaw, R. Scheppele, C. Melton, J.L. Carlsten and L. Spangler, Applied Optics, 45, 1839 (2006).
“Design and Characteristics of a Tapered Amplifier Diode System by Seeding with Continuous-Wave and Mode-Locked External Cavity Diode Laser”, Y. Xiong, Sytil Murphy, J.L. Carlsten and Kevin Repasky, Optical Engineering, 45, 124205 (2006).
“Extending the Continuous Tuning Range of an External Cavity Diode Laser”, Kevin S. Repasky, Amin R. Nehrir, Justin T. Hawthorne, Gregg W. Switzer, and John L. Carlsten, Applied Optics 45, 9013 (2006).
“Differential Absorption Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Using a Temperature Tuned Distributed Feedback Diode Laser”, Kevin S. Repasky, Seth Humphries, and John L. Carlsten, Review of Scientific Instruments, 77, 113107 (2006).
“Frequency Stabilization of a Mode-locked External Cavity Diode Laser to a High Finesse Cavity”, Yihan Xiong, Sytil Murphy, Kevin Repasky and J. L. Carlsten, Opt. Eng. 46, 054203 (2007).
“Application of Extended Tuning Range for External Cavity Diode Lasers to Water Vapor Differential Absorption Measurements”, M. D. Obland, A. R. Nehrir, K.S. Repasky, J.A Shaw and J.L. Carlsten, Journal of Optical Engineering , 46 084301 (2007).
“Range Resolved Optical Detection of Honeybees by Use of Wing-Beat Modulation of Scattered Light for Locating Land Mines”, D. S. Hoffman, A. R. Nehrir, K. S. Repasky, J. A. Shaw and J. L. Carlsten, Applied Optics, 46, 3007 (2007).
“Theory of a Far-Off Resonance Mode-Locked Raman Laser in H2 with High Finesse Cavity Enhancement”, Y. Xiong, Sytil Murphy, Kevin Repasky and J.L. Carlsten, JOSA B,24 2055 (2007).
“Mode-Locked Raman Laser in H2 Pumped by a Mode-Locked External-Cavity Diode Laser”, Y. Xiong, Sytil Murphy, Paul Nachman, Kevin Repasky and J.L. Carlsten, JOSA B, 24, 2893 (2007).
“Differential Absorption Instrument for Monitoring Sub-Surface Carbon Dioxide Concentrations”, Amin R. Nehrir, Kevin S. Repasky, Seth D. Humphries, and John L. Carlsten, submitted to the Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, Mar (2008).
"Testing carbon sequestration site monitor instruments using a controlled carbon dioxide release facility” Seth D. Humphries, Amin R. Nehrir, Charlie J. Keith, Kevin S. Repasky, Laura M. Dobeck, John L. Carlsten, and Lee H. Spangler, Applied Optics, 47, 548 (2008).
“Two-wavelength lidar instrument for atmospheric aerosol studies” David Hoffman, Kevin S. Repasky, John A. Reagan, and John L. Carlsten, Applied Optics, submitted (2008).
“Water vapor profiles from a widely tunable, amplified diode laser based differential absorption Lidar (DIAL)”, A. R. Nehrir, K.S. Repasky, J.L. Carlsten, M. D. Obland, and J.A. Shaw, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. (JTECH) in press (2009).
Academic Responsibilities:
Classes being taught by Dr. Carlsten this semester are listed below. Follow the link to find the online content for the class:-
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