Recent Publications (2004–present)

Year 2009

[1]        H. C. Liu and A. Yariv, "Grating induced transparency (GIT) and the dark mode in optical waveguides," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 11710-11718, Jul 2009.

[2]        N. Satyan, W. Liang, and A. Yariv, "Coherence Cloning Using Semiconductor Laser Optical Phase-Lock Loops," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 45, pp. 755-761, Jul 2009.

[3]        X. K. Sun and A. Yariv, "Surface-emitting circular DFB, disk-, and ring- Bragg resonator lasers with chirped gratings. III: gain saturation effects and above-threshold analysis," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 10119-10125, Jun 2009.

[4]        X. K. Sun, A. Zadok, M. J. Shearn, K. A. Diest, A. Ghaffari, H. A. Atwater, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Electrically Pumped Hybrid Evanescent Si/InGaAsP Lasers," Optics Letters, vol. 34, pp. 1345-1347, May 2009.

[5]        N. Satyan, W. Liang, A. Kewitsch, G. Rakuljic, and A. Yariv, "Coherent Power Combination of Semiconductor Lasers Using Optical Phase-Lock Loops", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 15, pp. 240-247, Mar-Apr 2009.

[6]        X. K. Sun, H. C. Liu, and A. Yariv, "Adiabaticity criterion and the shortest adiabatic mode transformer in a coupled-waveguide system," Optics Letters, vol. 34, pp. 280-282, Feb 2009.

[7]        X. K. Sun and A. Yariv, "Surface-emitting circular DFB, disk-, and ring-Bragg resonator lasers with chirped gratings. II: nonuniform pumping and far-field patterns," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 1-6, Jan 2009.

Year 2008

[1]        A. Zadok, J. Scheuer, J. Sendowski, and A. Yariv, "Secure key generation using an ultra-long fiber laser: transient analysis and experiment," Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 16680-16690, Oct 2008.

[2]        W. Liang, N. Satyan, A. Yariv, A. Kewitsch, and G. Rakuljic, "Tiled-aperture coherent beam combining using optical phase-lock loops," Electronics Letters, vol. 44, pp. 875-876, Jul 2008.

[3]        G. A. DeRose, L. Zhu, J. K. S. Poon, A. Yariv, and A. Scherer, "Periodic sub-wavelength electron beam lithography defined photonic crystals for mode control in semiconductor lasers," Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 85, pp. 758-760, May-Jun 2008.

[4]        X. K. Sun and A. Yariv, "Engineering supermode silicon/III-V hybrid waveguides for laser oscillation," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 25, pp. 923-926, Jun 2008.

[5]        A. Yariv, "The beginnings of optoelectronic integrated circuits - A personal perspective," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 26, pp. 1172-1175, May-Jun 2008.

[6]        N. Satyan, W. Liang, F. Aflatouni, A. Yariv, A. Kewitsch, G. Rakuljic, and H. Hashemi, "Phase-controlled apertures using heterodyne optical phase-locked loops," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20, pp. 897-899, May-Jun 2008.

[7]        X. K. Sun and A. Yariv, "Surface-emitting circular DFB, disk-, and ring-Bragg resonator lasers with chirped gratings: a unified theory and comparative study," Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 9155-9164, Jun 2008.

[8]        L. Zhu, X. K. Sun, G. A. DeRose, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Room temperature continuous wave operation of single-mode, edge-emitting photonic crystal Bragg lasers," Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 502-506, Jan 2008.

Year 2007

[1]        W. Liang, N. Satyan, F. Aflatouni, A. Yariv, A. Kewitsch, G. Rakuljic, and H. Hashemi, "Coherent beam combining with multilevel optical phase-locked loops," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 24, pp. 2930-2939, Dec 2007.

[2]        X. K. Sun and A. Yariv, "Modal properties and modal control in vertically emitting annular Bragg lasers," Optics Express, vol. 15, pp. 17323-17333, Dec 2007.

[3]        J. K. S. Poon, P. Chak, J. M. Choi, and A. Yariv, "Slowing light with Fabry-Perot resonator arrays," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 24, pp. 2763-2769, Nov 2007.

[4]        L. Zhu, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Modal gain analysis of transverse Bragg resonance waveguide lasers with and without transverse defects," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 43, pp. 934-940, Sep-Oct 2007.

[5]        J. K. S. Poon and A. Yariv, "Active coupled-resonator optical waveguides. I. Gain enhancement and noise," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 24, pp. 2378-2388, Sep 2007.

[6]        J. K. S. Poon, L. Zhu, J. M. Choi, G. A. DeRose, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Active coupled-resonator optical waveguides. II. Current injection InP-InGaAsP Fabry-Perot resonator arrays," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 24, pp. 2389-2393, Sep 2007.

[7]        L. Zhu, X. K. Sun, G. A. DeRose, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Spatial modal control of two-dimensional photonic crystal Bragg lasers," Optics Letters, vol. 32, pp. 2273-2275, Aug 2007.

[8]        A. Yariv and X. K. Sun, "Supermode Si/III-V hybrid lasers, optical amplifiers and modulators: A proposal and analysis," Optics Express, vol. 15, pp. 9147-9151, Jul 2007.

[9]        A. Yariv, J. Scheuer, B. Crosignani, and P. Di Porto, "The case of the oscillating party balloon: A simple toy experiment requiring a not-so-simple interpretation," American Journal of Physics, vol. 75, pp. 696-700, Aug 2007.

[10]      L. Zhu, X. K. Sun, G. A. DeRose, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Continuous-wave operation of electrically pumped, single-mode, edge-emitting photonic crystal Bragg lasers," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, Jun 2007.

[11]      P. Chak, J. K. S. Poon, and A. Yariv, "Optical bright and dark states in side-coupled resonator structures," Optics Letters, vol. 32, pp. 1785-1787, Jul 2007.

[12]      L. Zhu, P. Chak, J. K. S. Poon, G. A. DeRose, A. Yariv, and A. Scherer, "Electrically-pumped, broad-area, single-mode photonic crystal lasers," Optics Express, vol. 15, pp. 5966-5975, May 2007.

[13]      L. Zhu, G. A. DeRose, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Electrically pumped edge-emitting photonic crystal lasers with angled facets," Optics Letters, vol. 32, pp. 1256-1258, May 2007.

[14]      X. K. Sun, J. Scheuer, and A. Yariv, "Optimal design and reduced threshold in vertically emitting circular Bragg disk resonator lasers," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 13, pp. 359-366, Mar-Apr 2007.

[15]      W. Liang, N. Satyan, A. Yariv, A. Kewitsch, G. Rakuljic, F. Aflatouni, H. Hashemi, and J. Ungar, "Coherent power combination of two Master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) semiconductor lasers using optical phase lock loops," Optics Express, vol. 15, pp. 3201-3205, Mar 2007.

[16]      W. Liang, A. Yariv, A. Kewitsch, and G. Rakuljic, "Coherent combining of the output of two semiconductor lasers using optical phase-lock loops," Optics Letters, vol. 32, pp. 370-372, Feb 2007.

Year 2006

[1]        G. A. DeRose, L. Zhu, J. M. Choi, J. K. S. Poon, A. Yariv, and A. Scherer, "Two-dimensional Bragg grating lasers defined by electron-beam lithography," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 24, pp. 2926-2930, Nov-Dec 2006.

[2]        J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, "A classical key-distribution system based on Johnson (like) noise - How secure?" Physics Letters A, vol. 359, pp. 737-740, Dec 2006.

[3]        J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, "Giant fiber lasers: A new paradigm for secure key distribution," Physical Review Letters, vol. 97, Oct 2006.

[4]        W. Liang, Y. Y. Huang, and A. Yariv, "Modification of spontaneous emission in Bragg onion resonators," Optics Express, vol. 14, pp. 7398-7419, Aug 2006.

[5]        A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto, J. Scheuer, and A. Yariv, "On the limits of validity of nonparaxial propagation equations in Kerr media," Optics Express, vol. 14, pp. 5517-5523, Jun 2006.

[6]        L. Zhu, J. M. Choi, G. A. DeRose, A. Yariv, and A. Scherer, "Electrically pumped two-dimensional Bragg grating lasers," Optics Letters, vol. 31, pp. 1863-1865, Jun 2006.

[7]        Y. Y. Huang, W. Liang, J. K. S. Poon, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Yariv, "Spiro-oxazine photochromic fiber optical switch," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, May 2006.

[8]        L. Zhu, Y. Y. Huang, and A. Yariv, "Integration of a multimode interference coupler with a corrugated sidewall Bragg grating in planar polymer waveguides," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, pp. 740-742, Mar-Apr 2006.

[9]        J. K. S. Poon, L. Zhu, G. A. DeRose, and A. Yariv, "Polymer microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 24, pp. 1843-1849, Apr 2006.

[10]      J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, "Sagnac effect in coupled-resonator slow-light waveguide structures," Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, Feb 2006.

[11]      J. K. S. Poon, L. Zhu, G. A. DeRose, and A. Yariv, "Transmission and group delay of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides," Optics Letters, vol. 31, pp. 456-458, Feb 2006.

[12]      W. Liang, L. Yang, J. K. S. Poon, Y. Y. Huang, K. J. Vahala, and A. Yariv, "Transmission characteristics of a Fabry-Perot etalon-microtoroid resonator coupled system," Optics Letters, vol. 31, pp. 510-512, Feb 2006.

Year 2005

[1]        J. Scheuer, G. T. Paloczi, and A. Yariv, "All optically tunable wavelength-selective reflector consisting of coupled polymeric microring resonators," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, Dec 2005.

[2]       L. Zhu, Y. Y. Huang, and A. Yariv, "Integrated microfluidic variable optical attenuator," Optics Express, vol. 13, pp. 9916-9921, Nov 2005.

[3]        D. Chang, J. Scheuer, and A. Yariv, "Optimization of circular photonic crystal cavities - beyond coupled mode theory," Optics Express, vol. 13, pp. 9272-9279, Nov 2005.

[4]        Y. Y. Huang, J. K. S. Poon, W. Liang, A. Yariv, C. Zhang, and L. R. Dalton, "Combined electromagnetic and photoreaction modeling of CLD-1 photobleaching in polymer microring resonators," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, Aug 2005.

[5]        A. Yariv, "Dynamic analysis of the semiconductor laser as a current-controlled oscillator in the optical phased-lock loop: applications," Optics Letters, vol. 30, pp. 2191-2193, Sep 2005.

[6]        A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto, and A. Yariv, "Perfect optical solitons: spatial Kerr solitons as exact solutions of Maxwell's equations," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 22, pp. 1384-1394, Jul 2005.

[7]        J. Scheuer, W. M. J. Green, G. A. DeRose, and A. Yariv, "Lasing from a circular Bragg nanocavity with an ultrasmall modal volume," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, Jun 2005.

[8]        J. Scheuer, W. M. J. Green, and A. Yariv, "Annular Bragg resonators: Beyond the limits of total internal reflection," Photonics Spectra, vol. 39, pp. 64-78, May 2005.

[9]        W. Liang, Y. Y. Huang, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Yariv, "Highly sensitive fiber Bragg grating refractive index sensors," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, Apr 2005.

[10]      J. Scheuer, W. M. J. Green, G. A. DeRose, and A. Yariv, "InGaAsP annular Bragg lasers: Theory, applications, and modal properties," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 11, pp. 476-484, Mar-Apr 2005.

[11]      W. M. J. Green, R. K. Lee, G. A. DeRose, A. Scherer, and A. Yariv, "Hybrid InGaAsP-InP Mach-Zehnder racetrack resonator for thermooptic switching and coupling control," Optics Express, vol. 13, pp. 1651-1659, Mar 2005.

[12]      A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, S. Mookherjea, and A. Yariv, "Nonparaxial dark solitons in optical Kerr media," Optics Letters, vol. 30, pp. 516-518, Mar 2005.

[13]      A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto, and A. Yariv, "Azimuthally polarized spatial dark solitons: Exact solutions of Maxwell's equations in a Kerr medium," Physical Review Letters, vol. 94, Feb 2005.

[14]      G. Ouyang and A. Yariv, "Design of discrete, nearly-uniform Bragg gratings in planar waveguides," Optics Express, vol. 13, pp. 1098-1106, Feb 2005.

[15]      J. M. Choi and A. Yariv, "Transverse Bragg resonance lasers: A new approach to mode control in semiconductor lasers," Photonics Spectra, vol. 39, pp. 102-104, Jan 2005.

[16]      G. T. Paloczi, J. Scheuer, and A. Yariv, "Compact microring-based wavelength-selective inline optical reflector," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, pp. 390-392, Feb 2005.

Year 2004

[1]        W. M. J. Green, J. Scheuer, G. A. DeRose, A. Yariv, and A. Scherer, "Assessment of lithographic process variation effects in InGaAsP annular Bragg resonator lasers," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 22, pp. 3206-3209, Nov-Dec 2004.

[2]        Y. Huang, G. T. Paloczi, and A. Yariv, "Polymeric microring optical resonators," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 227, pp. U503-U503, Mar 2004.

[3]        L. Zhu, Y. Y. Huang, W. M. J. Green, and A. Yariv, "Polymeric multi-channel bandpass filters in phase-shifted Bragg waveguide gratings by direct electron beam writing," Optics Express, vol. 12, pp. 6372-6376, Dec 2004.

[4]        Y. Y. Huang, Y. Xu, and A. Yariv, "Fabrication of functional microstructured optical fibers through a selective-filling technique," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, pp. 5182-5184, Nov 2004.

[5]        J. K. S. Poon, Y. Y. Huang, G. T. Paloczi, and A. Yariv, "Wide-range tuning of polymer microring resonators by the photobleaching of CLD-1 chromophores," Optics Letters, vol. 29, pp. 2584-2586, Nov 2004.

[6]        J. Scheuer, W. M. J. Green, G. DeRose, and A. Yariv, "Low-threshold two-dimensional annular Bragg lasers," Optics Letters, vol. 29, pp. 2641-2643, Nov 2004.

[7]        J. K. S. Poon, Y. Y. Huang, G. T. Paloczi, and A. Yariv, "Soft lithography replica molding of critically coupled polymer microring resonators," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, pp. 2496-2498, Nov 2004.

[8]        Y. Y. Huang, G. T. Paloczi, J. K. S. Poon, and A. Yariv, "Bottom-up soft-lithographic fabrication of three-dimensional multilayer polymer integrated optical microdevices," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, pp. 3005-3007, Oct 2004.

[9]        W. M. J. Green, J. Scheuer, G. DeRose, and A. Yariv, "Vertically emitting annular Bragg lasers using polymer epitaxial transfer," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, pp. 3669-3671, Oct 2004.

[10]      W. Liang, Y. Xu, J. M. Choi, A. Yariv, and W. Ng, "Transverse Bragg-resonant enhancement of modulation and switching," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, pp. 2236-2238, Oct 2004.

[11]      J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, "Circular photonic crystal resonators," Physical Review E, vol. 70, Sep 2004.

[12]      G. T. Paloczi, Y. Huang, J. Scheuer, and A. Yariv, "Soft lithography molding of polymer integrated optical devices: Reduction of the background residue," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 22, pp. 1764-1769, Jul-Aug 2004.

[13]      G. T. Paloczi, Y. Huang, A. Yariv, J. Luo, and A. K. Y. Jen, "Replica-molded electro-optic polymer Mach-Zehnder modulator," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, pp. 1662-1664, Sep 2004.

[14]      J. K. S. Poon, J. Scheuer, Y. Xu, and A. Yariv, "Designing coupled-resonator optical waveguide delay lines," Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, vol. 21, pp. 1665-1673, Sep 2004.

[15]      G. Ouyang, A. Eyal, and A. Yariv, "An optimal feedforward design,for complete PMD compensation up to the second order," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 22, pp. 1844-1847, Aug 2004.

[16]     G. Vienne, Y. Xu, C. Jakobsen, H. J. Deyerl, J. B. Jensen, T. Sorensen, T. P. Hansen, Y. Y. Huang, M. Terrel, R. K. Lee, N. A. Mortensen, J. Broeng, H. Simonsen, A. Bjarklev, and A. Yariv, "Ultra-large bandwidth hollow-core guiding in all-silica Bragg fibers with nano-supports," Optics Express, vol. 12, pp. 3500-3508, Jul 2004.

[17]      Y. Y. Huang, G. T. Paloczi, A. Yariv, C. Zhang, and L. R. Dalton, "Fabrication and replication of polymer integrated optical devices using electron-beam lithography and soft lithography," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, pp. 8606-8613, Jun 2004.

[18]      B. Crosignani, A. Yariv, and S. Mookherjea, "Nonparaxial spatial solitons and propagation-invariant pattern solutions in optical Kerr media," Optics Letters, vol. 29, pp. 1254-1256, Jun 2004.

[19]      J. K. S. Poon, J. Schetter, and A. Yariv, "Wavelength-selective reflector based on a circular array of coupled microring resonators," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, pp. 1331-1333, May 2004.

[20]      W. Liang, Y. Xu, Y. Y. Huang, A. Yariv, J. G. Fleming, and S. Y. Lin, "Mie scattering analysis of spherical Bragg "onion" resonators," Optics Express, vol. 12, pp. 657-669, Feb 2004.

[21]      J. M. Choi, W. Liang, Y. Xu, and A. Yariv, "Loss optimization of transverse Bragg resonance waveguides," Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, vol. 21, pp. 426-429, Mar 2004.

[22]      Y. Xu, W. Liang, A. Yariv, J. G. Fleming, and S. Y. Lin, "Modal analysis of Bragg onion resonators," Optics Letters, vol. 29, pp. 424-426, Mar 2004.

[23]      G. T. Paloczi, A. Eyal, and A. Yariv, "Wavelength-insensitive nonadiabatic mode evolution couplers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, pp. 515-517, Feb 2004.

[24]      J. K. S. Poon, J. Scheuer, S. Mookherjea, G. T. Paloczi, Y. Y. Huang, and A. Yariv, "Matrix analysis of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides," Optics Express, vol. 12, pp. 90-103, Jan 2004.

[25]      Y. Y. Huang, G. T. Paloczi, J. K. S. Poon, and A. Yariv, "Demonstration of flexible freestanding all-polymer integrated optical ring resonator devices," Advanced Materials, vol. 16, pp. 44-48, Jan 2004.