Prof. Amnon Yariv

Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering and Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics

Amnon Yariv received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley

Our group's research deals with theoretical and experimental problems in the areas of semiconductor lasers, quantum well physics and devices, and nonlinear optics. The laboratory includes a crystal growth facility (both liquid phase and molecular beam epitaxy) for GaAs/GaA₁As and GaInAsP systems as well as a photo lithographic laboratory. Projects in progress include:

1. Experimental investigation of mode locking in "home brewed" GaAs/GaA₁As quantum well lasers at 120 GHz.
2. Monolithic double-barrier quantum well structures and semiconductor lasers displaying new multistability regimes.
3. Theoretical and experimental work on basic quantum noise mechanisms in semiconductor laser.
4. Investigation of a new type of quantum well infrared detector invented In the laboratory.
5. Growth and experiments of KTN photorefractive crystals for holographic and image Processing applications.
6. New electronic circuits for neural networks and ultrafast processors.
7. Ultrahigh speed (>150 GHz) modelocking of semiconductor lasers.

Recent Publications

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