Edgars Stegenburgs

About

Edgars Stegenburgs joined the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division of KAUST as an MS/Ph.D. student and graduate researcher at Photonics Laboratory in January 2015.

Previously he was working in the Laser Centre of the University of Latvia as a natural sciences laboratory assistant under the supervision of Dr. Aigars Ekers in the Laser-manipulation laboratory. There he developed his bachelor thesis "Formation of bright and dark states in non-degenerate quantum systems and ultra-high vacuum system design for Rb atoms magneto-optical trap" and earned the Bachelor's Degree of Science in Physics from the University of Latvia in June 2014.

‌Edgars Stegenburgs
Bachelor thesis, University of Latvia, Riga, 2014.

• Formation of bright and dark states in non-degenerate quantum systems and ultra-high vacuum system design for Rb atoms magneto-optical trap.

Research Interests

Edgars' research interests include Semiconductor lasers, solid-state lighting applications, Optoelectronics and integrated photonic devices, Light-matter interaction, manipulation of light, and laser cooling of atoms.

Conferences and Proceedings

Blazed Grating Resonance Conditions and Diffraction Efficiency Optical Transfer Function.

‌Edgars Stegenburgs, Mohd Sharizal Alias, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi
KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Interactive Electronics 2017, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, January 30 - February 1, 2017 .

Peculiarities of Bright and Dark States Formation in Three-level Ladders of Na Hyperfine Levels.

T. Kirova, N.N. Bezuglov, D.K. Efimov, K. Miculis, M. Bruvelis, A. Cinins, E. Stegenburgs, A. Ekers, M. Auzinsh, and I.I. Ryabtsev
3rd TLL/COLIMA Workshop on the manipulation of light by matter and matter by light, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 18-19, 2014.

Peculiarities of Bright and Dark States Formation in Three-level Ladders of Na Hyperfine Levels.

T. Kirova, E. Stegenburgs, M. Bruvelis, A. Cinins, K. Miculis, A. Ekers, M. Auzinsh, D.K. Efimov, N.N. Bezuglov, and I.I. Ryabtsev
10th International Workshop Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules, and Ensembles by Light (CAMEL 10), Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 23-27, 2014.

Formation of Dark and Bright States in Hyperfine Levels of Na via Autler-Townes Effect.

‌E. Stegenburgs, T. Kirova, M. Bruvelis, A. Cinins, K. Miculis, A. Ekers, D.K. Efimov, and N.N. Bezuglov
10th International Young Scientist Conference Developments in Optics and Communications, p. 61, Riga, Latvia, April 12, 2014.

Experimental Observation of the Formation of Multiple Dressed States in Sodium Hyperfine Level Systems.

‌E. Stegenburgs, A. Leitis, A. Cinins, M. Bruvelis, D.K. Efimov, N.N. Bezuglov, A. Ekers, and T. Kirova
72nd Annual Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, p. 33, Riga, Latvia, February 7, 2014.

Education Profile

• 2015 - Present: MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
  • Electro-Physics track in Electrical Engineering. The Electro-Physics track encompasses technical areas of solid-state electronics, microsystems, electromagnetics, and photonics.
• 2014: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics, University of Latvia (UL), Latvia.
  • Fundamental and modern physics from classical mechanics to quantum theory and mathematics. Programme contains experimental, theoretical and engineering physics.

Professional Memberships

• ​January 2015 - Present

  • Graduate Researcher, Photonics Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.

• February 2013 - August 2014

  • Natural Sciences Laboratory Assistant, Laser Centre, University of Latvia (UL), Latvia.

• July 2013

  • Internship at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany - "Basic Experiments in Sensor Technology and Laser Physics."
• Member of IEEE (Photonics Society and Electron Devices Society).
• Member of OSA (Optical Society of America).
• Member of SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics​).

Awards and Distinctions

• ​2012 - 2014: Memorial Scholarship of Prof. Edgars Imants Silins, administrated by fund "Vitolu fonds."
• 2012 - 2014: Latvian government scholarship for bachelor's studies in physics at the University of Latvia.