Dr. Gombojav Ariunbold is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Lab Website

Graduate Students

• Bryan Semon, PhD TBD
• Alaa Chriat, PhD TBD
• Supriya Nagpal, 2019 MS, PhD 2021
• Adam Powers, 2017 MS

Teaching Areas

Graduate Level

• PH 8313 Electromagnetic Theory I, MSU

Split Level

• PH 4323/6323 Electromagnetic Fields I, MSU
• PH 4333/6333 Electromagnetic Fields II, MSU
• PH 4723/6723 Applications of Quantum Mechanics, MSU

Undergraduate Level

• PH 1123 General Physics II, MSU
• PH 2213 Physics I, MSU
• PH 2223 Physics II, MSU
• PH 2233 Physics III, MSU

At National University of Mongolia

• Ultrafast and nonlinear optics, National University of Mongolia
• The fundamentals of photonics, National University of Mongolia
• Quantum Optics, National University of Mongolia

Education

• Ph. D. in Experimental Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 2011
• Ph. D. in Theoretical Optics/Opto-Electronics, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech, 2000

Experience

• 2023-present: Associate Professor, Mississipppi State University
• 2015-2023: Assistant Professor, Mississipppi State University
• 2016-present: Head, the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Lab, Mississippi State University
• 2021-present: Co-Head, the Optical Materials Lab, Mississippi State University
• 2013-2015: TEES Research Professor, Texas A&M University
• 2014-2015: Visiting Scientist, Baylor University
• 2000-2002, 2013-2015: Associate Professor, National University of Mongolia
• 2011-2012: Research Associate, University of Arizona
• 2003, 2005-2006: Research Associate, Texas A&M University
• 2003-2004: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany

Research Interests

• Atomic Molecular Optical (AMO) Physics
• Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
• Optical Sensors

Patents

• Pestov, Alexei V. Sokolov, Marlan O. Scully, Robert Murawski, Ariunbold Gombojav, Xi Wang, Vladimir Sautenkov, Hybrid technique for Coherent Anti-Stokes/Stokes Raman Spectroscopy.

Recent Publications

See full publication in CV above.

• G.O. Ariunbold, S. Nagpal, and B. Semon, Quantitative time-resolved buildup in three-color coherent antiStokes Raman scattering, Spectroscopy Letters, 53, 1-8, (2020)
• D. Pestov, R. K. Murawski, G.O. Ariunbold, X. Wang, M. Zhi, A. V. Sokolov, V. A. Sautenkov, Y. V. Rostovtsev, A. Dogariu, Y. Huang, and M. O. Scully, Optimizing the Laser-Pulse Configuration for Coherent Raman Spectroscopy, Science 316 (2007), pp. 265-268. [Highlights on photonics spectra], [Princeton University news], [Science Daily], [A perspective given by Dr. Robert Lucht in SCIENCE Magazine]
• G.O. Ariunbold, Asymmetric spectral noise correlations in coherent Stokes and anti-Stokes Raman scatterings, OSA Continuum, 1, 832 (2018).
• D. Pestov, X. Wang, G.O. Ariunbold, R.K. Murawski, V. A. Sautenkov, A. Dogariu, A. V. Sokolov, and M. O. Scully, Single-shot Detection of Bacterial Endospores via Coherent Raman Spectroscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105, 422 (2007).
• G.O. Ariunbold, A Byopadhyay, K Parameswaran, J Sacher, A Sengupta, Advanced Spectroscopy in Precision Agriculture, Optcs and Photonics News, 30, 40, (2019).
• N. Altangerel, G.O. Ariunbold, et al., In vivo diagnostics of early abiotic plant stress response via Raman spectroscopy, PNAS, 114, 3393 (2017). Research highlight by Chris Surridge “Remote phenotyping Raman reveals stress” Plant Nature, 3, 17052, 2017; Newsroom MSU by James Carskadon, “MSU physics professor’s research informs global food security”, May 19, 2017
• G.O. Ariunbold, M.M. Kash, V.A. Sautenkov, H. Li, Y.V. Rostovtsev, G.R. Welch, and M.O. Scully, Observation of Picosecond Superfluorescent Pulses in Rubidium Vapor Pumped by 100-Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Phys. Rev. A, 82, 043421 (2010).