Research

The Photonics Research Lab conducts research in a wide variety of topics, including integrated optics, nanophotonic devices, optical sensors, Terahertz generation, nonlinear optics, ultrafast optics, and optical communication systems. Our central goal is to explore new devices and techniques that improve the speed, sensitivity, resolution, and efficiency of optical communication and sensor systems.

Below are some current and proposed research projects:

• Efficient Generation of Terahertz Pulses from InN via Optical Pumping at 1.55 µm
• Resonant Cavity Nonlinear Detectors for Optical Signal Processing
• Ultrafast Optical Clock Recovery Systems
• Nanoporous Silicon Waveguide-based Microcavities for Chemical and Biological Sensing
• Ultrafast Coherent Optical Signal Processing
• Optical Pulse Generation and Compression
• High-speed Optical Time-Division Multiplexed (OTDM) Communication Systems
• Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers
• Polarization Dependence in Nonlinear Optidcs
• Microwave Photonics

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