Habitat for Creative Electromagneticists

Ultrafast Optics


Goals

We have studied how single cycle pulses propagate and interact with a variety of optical structures and how those structures can be modified to handle ultrafast signals and effects.

 

Papers

  1. G. Slavcheva, J.M. Arnold, and R.W. Ziolkowski, “Ultrafast pulse lossless propagation through a degenerate three-level medium in nonlinear optical waveguides and semiconductor microcavities,” IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 929-938, May/June 2003.  

  2. T. Liang and R. W. Ziolkowski, “Grating assisted waveguide-to-waveguide couplers,” IEEE Photonics Tech. Lett., Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 693-695, May 1998.  

  3. T. Liang and R. W. Ziolkowski, “Ultrafast pulsed mode effects on the performance of grating assisted output couplers of finite extent,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 469-471, March 1998.  

  4. T. Liang and R. W. Ziolkowski, “Dispersion effects on grating assisted output couplers under ultrafast pulse excitations,” Microwave Opt. Tech. Lett., Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 17-23, January 1998.  

  5. T. Liang and R. W. Ziolkowski, “Mode conversion off ultrafast pulses by grating structures in layered dielectric waveguides,” J. Lightwave Tech., Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 1966-1973, October 1997.  

  6. R. W. Ziolkowski, J. A. Arnold, and D. M. Gogny, “Ultrafast pulse interactions with two-level atoms,” Phys. Rev. A, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 3082-3094, October 1995.  

  7. R. W. Ziolkowski and D. B. Davidson, “Designer Pulsed-Beams for Enhanced Space-Time Focusing,” Optics Letters, Vol. 19(4), pp. 284-286, 1994.  

  8. D. B. Davidson and R. W. Ziolkowski, “Body of revolution finite difference time domain modelling of space-time focusing by a three-dimensional lens,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 11, pp. 1471-1490, April 1994.  

  9. R. W. Ziolkowski and J. B. Judkins, “Propagation characteristics of ultra-wide bandwidth pulsed gaussian beams,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 9(11), pp. 2021-2030, 1992.