Recent Publications (2006–present)

2009

[1] N. Satyan, A. Vasilyev, W. Liang, G. Rakuljic, and A. Yariv, "Sideband locking of a single-section semiconductor distributed-feedback laser in an optical phase-lock loop," Optics Letters, vol. 34, pp. 3256-3258, Nov 2009.

[2] B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto, and A. Yariv, "An exact transverse Helmholtz equation," Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, vol. 26, pp. 1977-1979, Sep 2009.

[3] N. Satyan, A. Vasilyev, G. Rakuljic, V. Leyva, and A. Yariv, "Precise control of broadband frequency chirps using optoelectronic feedback," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 15991-15999, Aug 2009.

[4] A. Zadok, J. Sendowski, and A. Yariv, "Birefringence-Induced Trains of High-Rate Pulses in a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 1, pp. 128-134, Aug 2009.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[11] 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.

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.

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.

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.