Ultrafast Nanoscale Optics Group, University of California, San Diego

2005

P. Tortora, M. Abashin, I. Marki, W. Nakagawa, L.Vaccaro, M. Salt, HP. Herzig, U. Levy, Y. Fainman, Observation of amplitude and phase in ridge and photonic crystal waveguides operating at 1.55 mu m by use of heterodyne scanning near-field optical microscopy. Optics Letters 30, 2885-71, (2005).
The above paper was also selected for the November 21, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology covering focused areas of frontier research.
L. Pang, C.H Tsai, and Y. Fainman, Influence of chlorine on etched sidewall in chemically assisted ion beam etching with SU-8 as mask. Opt. Eng. 44 (2005).
L. Pang, Y. Shen, K. Tetz, and Y. Fainman, PMMA quantum dots composites fabricated via use of pre-polymerization. Opt. Expr., 13, 44-49 (2005).
K. Tetz, R. Rokitski, M. Nezhad, and Y. Fainman, Excitation and direct imaging of surface plasmon polariton modes in a two-dimensional grating ,* Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 111110 (2005). HTML posting from AIP
Above featured in: Editor's Choice: Highlights of recent literature, Science, 307, 1841 (2005).
C.H. Chen, K. Tetz, W. Nakagawa, and Y. Fainman, Wide Field of View GaAs/AlxOy 1-D Photonic Crystal Filter Appl. Opt., 44, 1503-1511 (2005).
U. Levy, M. Nezhad, H. C. Kim, C. H. Tsai, L. Pang and Y. Fainman, Implementation of graded index medium using subwavelength structures with graded fill factor JOSA A, 22, 724-733 (2005).
D. Panasenko, S. Putilin, and Y. Fainman, Tunable spectral interferometry for broadband phase detection by use of a pair of optical parametric amplifiers JOSA B, 22, 922-929 (2005).
L. Pang, M. Nezhad, U. Levy, C.-H. Tsai, and Y. Fainman, Form birefringence structure fabrication in GaAs by use of SU-8 as dry etching mask Appl. Opt., 44, 2377-2381 (2005).
N. Alic, G.C. Papen, R.E. Saperstein, L.B. Milstein, and Y. Fainman, Signal Statistics and Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation in Intensity Modulated Fiber Optic Links Containing a Single Optical Pre-amplifier Opt. Expr., 13, 4568-4579 (2005).
C. Chen, L. Pang, C. Tsai, U. Levy, and Y. Fainman, Compact and integrated TM-pass waveguide polarizer, Opt. Express 13, 5347-5352 (2005).
U. Levy, H. C. Kim, C. H. Tsai and Y. Fainman, Near-IR demonstration of computer-generated holograms implemented using subwavelength gratings with space-variant orientation, Opt. Lett. 30, 2089-2091 (2005).
C. Chen, K. Tetz, and Y. Fainman, Resonant-Cavity-Enhanced (RCE) Quantum efficiency PIN photodiode with flat-top passband filter functionality, Appl Opt. Vol. 44, 6131-6140 (2005).
R. Rokitski, K.A. Tetz, and Y. Fainman, Propagation of femtosecond surface plasmon polariton pulses on the surface of a nanostructured metallic film: space-time complex amplitude characterization, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 177401 (2005).
P. Tortora, M. Abashin, I. Marki, W. Nakagawa, L. Vaccaro, M. Salt, H. P. Herzig, U. Levy, and Y. Fainman, Observation of amplitude and phase in ridge and photonic crystal waveguides operating at 1.55 micron by use of heterodyne scanning near-field optical microscopy, Opt. Lett. 30, 2885-2887 (2005).
L. Pang, U. Levy, K. Campbell, A. Groisman, and Y. Fainman, Set of two orthogonal adaptive cylindrical lenses in a monolith elastomer device, Opt. Express 13, 9003-9013 (2005).
R. Saperstein, N. Alic, D. Panasenko, R. Rokitski, and Y. Fainman, Time-domain waveform processing by chromatic dispersion for temporal shaping of optical pulses, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 2427-2436 (2005).
L. Pang, K. Tetz, Y. Shen, C. Chen and Y. Fainman, Photosensitive quantum dot composites and their applications in optical structures,* J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 23, 2413-2418 (2005). posted HTML from AIP
G. Klemens, C.H. Chen, and Y. Fainman, Design of optimized dispersive resonant cavities for nonlinear wave mixing, Opt. Express 13, 9388-9397 (2005).

U. Levy, L. Pang, H. C. Kim, C. H. Tsai, K. A. Tetz, M. P. Nezhad, C.H. Chen, and Y. Fainman, "Nanophotonics for optical delay and storage," Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2005).
L. Pang, C. Tsai, and Y. Fainman, "Characterization of chemically assisted ion-beam etching and form birefringence structure fabrication in GaAs using SU-8," Photonics West, San Jose, CA (2005).
R. Rokitski, K. A. Tetz, and Y. Fainman, "Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Ultrashort Surface Plasmon Polariton Pulses Propagating in Two-Dimensional Nanohole Arrays," OSA NPIS, San Diego, CA (2005).
N. Alic, G.C. Papen, J.E. Ford, R.E. Saperstein, R. Rokitski, and Y. Fainman, "Sequence Estimation with Run-Length Coding for VCSEL-Based Multimode Fiber Links," in Proc. CLEO 2005, Paper CWG7, Baltimore, MD (2005).
R.E. Saperstein, X.B. Xie, P.K.L. Yu, and Y. Fainman, "Demonstration of a Microwave Spectrum Analyzer Based on Time Domain Processing of Ultrafast Pulses," in Proc. CLEO 2005, Paper CTuAA4, Baltimore, MD (2005).
M. Abashin, U. Levy, Y. Fainman, P. Tortora, W. Nakagawa, and L. Vaccaro, "Nearfield Investigation of Mode Structure in Photonic Cystal Waveguides," in Proc. QELS 2005, Paper QTuK3, Baltimore, MD (2005).
N. Alic, G.C. Papen, R.E. Saperstein, L.B. Milstein and Y. Fainman, "Signal Statistics and MLSE in Optically Preamplified Links," in Proc. IEEE Summer Topicals 2005, Paper QTuK3, San Diego, CA (2005).
R. Saperstein, N. Alic, R. Rokitski, and Y. Fainman, "High-speed electronic arbitrary waveform generation using time-domain processing of ultrashort optical pulses," in Proc. IEEE Summer Topicals, Paper WC2.4, San Diego, CA (2005).
M. Abashin, U. Levy, Y. Fainman, P. Tortora, W. Nakagawa, and L. Vaccaro, "Near-Field Amplitude and Phase Measurements of Photonic Crystal Waveguides ," in Proc. OSA FiO 2005, Paper FTuV5, Tucson, AZ (2005).
K.A.Tetz, R. Rokitski, M. Nezhad, and Y. Fainman, "Characterization of surface plasmon polariton pulse propagation on thin metallic films and two dimensional nanohole arrays," IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia (2005).