Research Groups

Aggarwal Lab

Research Area

Fiber-Optics, optical wave-guides, fiber devices and transparent and laser gain ceramics (Phys)

Mesophotonics Lab (Astratov)

Research Area

Novel structures & materials, quantum optics, optoelectronics

Recent Publications
  • Alexey V. Maslov, Vasily N. Astratov; Origin of the super-resolution of microsphere-assisted imaging; Appl. Phys. Lett. 5 February 2024; 124 (6): 061105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188450
  • V. N. Astratov, Y. B. Sahel, Y. C. Eldar, L. Huang, A. Ozcan, N. Zheludev, J. Zhao, Z. Burns, Z. Liu, E. Narimanov, N. Goswami, G. Popescu, E. Pfitzner, P. Kukura, Y.-T. Hsiao, C.-L. Hsieh, B. Abbey, A. Diaspro, A. LeGratiet, P. Bianchini, N. T. Shaked, B. Simon, N. Verrier, M. Debailleul, O. Haeberlé, S. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Bai, J.-X. Cheng, B. S. Kariman, K. Fujita, M. Sinvani, Z. Zalevsky, X. Li, G.-J. Huang, S.-W. Chu, O. Tzang, D. Hershkovitz, O. Cheshnovsky, M. J. Huttunen, S. G. Stanciu, V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, U. Leonhardt, S. Sahebdivan, Z. Wang, B. Luk’yanchuk, L. Wu, A. V. Maslov, B. Jin, C. R. Simovski, S. Perrin, P. Montgomery, S. Lecler; Roadmap on Label-Free Super-Resolution Imaging; Laser Photonics Rev 2023, 17, 2200029.  https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202200029
  • Grant W Bidney, Joshua M Duran, Gamini Ariyawansa, Igor Anisimov, Kenneth W Allen, Vasily N Astratov; Photodetector Focal Plane Arrays Integrated with Silicon Micropyramidal Structures in MWIR; arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.15077, 2023. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15077
  • Grant W Bidney, Amstrong R Jean, Joshua M Duran, Gamini Ariyawansa, Igor Anisimov, Kenneth W Allen, Vasily N Astratov; Focusing and Diffraction of Light by Periodic Si Micropyramidal Arrays; arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.15073, 2023. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15073
  • G. W. Bidney, J. M. Duran, G. Ariyawansa, I. Anisimov, K. W. Allen and V. N. Astratov; MWIR Photodetector Arrays Enhanced by Integration with Si Micropyramidal Structures; 2023 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/RAPID54473.2023.10264769. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10264769
  • Grant W Bidney, Amstrong R Jean, Joshua M Duran, Gamini Ariyawansa, Igor Anisimov, Kenneth W Allen, Vasily N Astratov;  Light Manipulation with Si Mesoscale Structures for Applications in IR Photodetector and Photoemitter Arrays; 2023 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/RAPID54473.2023.10264719. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10264719
  • B. Jin, A. R. Jean, A. V. Maslov, V. N. Astratov; Ball Lens-Assisted Cellphone Imaging with Submicron Resolution; Laser Photonics Rev 2023, 17, 2300146. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202300146
  • Le, T., Khoa, V.A., Klibanov, M.V. et al.; Numerical Verification of the Convexification Method for a Frequency-Dependent Inverse Scattering Problem with Experimental Data; J. Appl. Ind. Math. 17, 908–927 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S199047892304018X
  • Maslov, A.V., Jin, B. & Astratov, V.N.; Wave optics of imaging with contact ball lenses; Sci Rep 13, 6688 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32826-8.

Boreman Lab

Research Area

Infrared antennas and transmission lines, infrared frequency-selective surfaces, nano-scale E-field mapping, BRDF & surface-scatter measurements

Recent Publications
  • Nuren Shuchi, Tyler Adams, V Paige Stinson, Micheal J McLamb, Dustin Louisos, Glenn D Boreman, Michael G Walter, Tino Hofmann; Optical properties of photochromic thiazolothiazole-based polymer films determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry; Proceedings Volume 12883, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XXVI; 1288308 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002623
  • V Paige Stinson, Nuren Shuchi, Dustin Louisos, Michael McLamb, Glenn Boreman, Tino Hofmann; One-dimensional photonic crystals with mechanical defects fabricated by two-photon polymerization; Proceedings Volume 12606, Optical Manipulation and Structured Materials Conference; 1260615 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008365
  • M. McLamb, V. P. Stinson, N. Shuchi, G. D. Boreman and T. Hofmann; Frequency Selective Metasurface Fabricated with Two-Photon Polymerization; 2023 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/RAPID54473.2023.10264730.
  • Dustin Louisos, Micheal McLamb, James Ginn, Andrew P Warren, Glenn D Boreman, Mario Junior Mencagli, Andrew Willis, Tino Hofmann, Jimmy E Touma; Dielectric Function of VO2 determined by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry; 2023 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/RAPID54473.2023.10264735.
  • Nuren Shuchi, Jackson Mower, V. Paige Stinson, Micheal J. McLamb, Glenn D. Boreman, Michael G. Walter, and Tino Hofmann; Complex dielectric function of thiazolothiazole thin films determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry; Opt. Mater. Express 13, 1589-1595 (2023) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10264730
  • Sara Moein, Dustin Gurganus, Matthew A. Davies, Glenn D. Boreman, and Thomas J. Suleski; Fabrication and characterization of freeform phase plates for extended depth of field imaging; Opt. Continuum 2, 769-782 (2023) https://opg.optica.org/optcon/fulltext.cfm?uri=optcon-2-4-769&id=528564
  • Stinson VP, Shuchi N, Louisos D, McLamb M, Boreman GD, Hofmann T.; Photonic Crystals Fabricated by Two-Photon Polymerization with Mechanical Defects; Optics. 2023; 4(2):300-309. https://doi.org/10.3390/opt4020021
  • V Paige Stinson, Nuren Shuchi, Micheal McLamb, Glenn Boreman, Tino Hofmann; Mechanical tunability in one-dimensional photonic crystals fabricated by direct laser writing; Proceedings Volume 12434, MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXII; 1243406 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2658707
  • Ingmar GE Renhorn, Tomas Hallberg, Glenn D Boreman; Accurate physics-based polarimetric BRDF; 2023 https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/ebooks/SL/Accurate-Physics-Based-Polarimetric-BRDF/eISBN-9781510663213/10.1117/3.2674219#_=_

Egusa Lab

Research Area

Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization; nanomedicine; plasmonics

Recent Publications
  • Mehnaz Tarannum and  Shunji Egusa; Optical Properties of Correlated Metallic V2O3 and Anosovite V3O5 Nanocrystals and Nanocrystal Films; The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024 128 (10), 4215-4223,https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00103

Biomedical Optics Lab (Fried)

Research Area

Laser-tissue interactions, biomedical optics, medical applications of high-power fiber lasers

Recent Publications
  • Woheeb M Saeed, Jude K Yoshino, Alexandria J Traynham, Nathaniel M Fried; Simultaneous infrared laser sealing and cutting of blood vessels; SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, California, Proceedings Volume 12817, Advanced Photonics in Urology 2024; 1281709 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000376
  • Woheeb M Saeed, Patrick J O’Brien, Jude K Yoshino, Aidan R Restelli, Alexandria J Traynham, Nathaniel M Fried; Quartz versus sapphire optical chambers for use in infrared laser sealing of blood vessels; SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, California, Proceedings Volume 12817, Advanced Photonics in Urology 2024; 1281703 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000375
  • Saeed WM, O’Brien PJ, Yoshino J, Restelli AR, Traynham AJ, Fried NM. Comparison of quartz and sapphire optical chambers for infrared laser sealing of vascular tissues using a reciprocating, side-firing optical fiber: simulations and experiments; Lasers Surg Med. 2023; 55: 886–899. https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.23740
  • Aidan R Restelli, Woheeb M Saeed, Nathaniel M Fried; A novel flexible ureteroscope design using a saline light guide channel for combined irrigation and illumination; SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, California, Proceedings Volume 12353, Advanced Photonics in Urology 2023; 123530A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649036
  • Woheeb M Saeed, Thomas C Hutchens, Nathaniel M Fried; Comparison of two surfactants for enhancing laser-induced vapor bubble dimensions; SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, California, Proceedings Volume 12353, Advanced Photonics in Urology 2023; 1235303 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2648320
  • Patrick J O’Brien, Woheeb M Saeed, Nathaniel M Fried; A transparent quartz laparoscopic jaw design for infrared laser sealing of vascular tissues using a reciprocating, side-firing fiber; SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, California, Proceedings Volume 12355, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2023; 1235504 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650462
  • Woheeb M Saeed, Nathaniel M Fried; Changes in tissue fluorescence during infrared laser sealing of blood vessels; SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, California, Proceedings Volume 12355, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2023; 1235502 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2648308

Gbur Group

Research Area

Classical optics, inverse problems, coherence theory, singular optics

Recent Publications
  • W. Scott Raburn and Greg Gbur; Evolution of the polarization singularities in partially coherent beams on propagation through turbulence; J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 41, 1229-1239 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.522600
  • Arash Shiri, Rui Qi, and Greg Gbur; Circularly coherent vortex beams optimized for propagation through turbulence; J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 41, B127-B134 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.521531
  • Arash Shiri and Greg Gbur; Orbital angular momentum spectrum of model partially coherent beams in turbulence; Opt. Express 32, 18175-18192 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.523635
  • Greg Gbur; Visions of invisibility in optics: retrospective; J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 41, 435-443 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.513961
  • Wenrui Miao, Taco D. Visser, and Greg Gbur; Lissajous singularities in Young’s interference experiment; Opt. Express 32, 813-824 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.510413
  • Yongtao Zhang, Yangjian Cai, and Greg Gbur; Switch of orbital angular momentum flux density of partially coherent vortex beams; Opt. Express 31, 38004-38012 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.503442
  • Haoqian Song, Runzhou Zhang, Huibin Zhou, Kaiheng Zou, Nanzhe Hu, Xinzhou Su, Hao Song, Kai Pang, Yuxiang Duan, Daeyoung Park, Brittany Lynn, Greg Gbur, Aristide Dogariu, Richard J. Watkins, Jerome K. Miller, Eric Johnson, Moshe Tur, Alan E. Willner; Investigation of the 2-D modal coupling of a Laguerre Gaussian beam through the dynamic air–water interface; Optics Communications, Volume 545, 2023, 129689, ISSN 0030-4018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2023.129689.
  • G. Gbur and J. Mays; Angular Momentum of Vector Twisted Vortex Gaussian-Schell Model Beams; Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023 (FiO, LS), Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2023), paper JTu4A.31. https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2023.JTu4A.31
  • Jason D Schmidt, Jason A Tellez, Gregory J Gbur; Semi-analytic simulation of closed-form sources propagating through turbulence; SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, Proceedings Volume 12693, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2023; 126931I (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678717
  • Wenrui Miao, Yongtao Zhang, and Greg Gbur; Deterministic vortices evolving from partially coherent fields; Optica 10, 1173-1176 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.497628
  • Rui Qi and Greg Gbur; Super-resolution imaging system developed from vector superoscillatory field illumination; Opt. Lett. 48, 4284-4287 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.497243
  • Joseph Mays and Greg Gbur; Angular momentum of vector-twisted-vortex Gaussian Schell-model beams; J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 40, 1417-1424 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.493232
  • Subith Kumar, Anupam Pal, Arash Shiri, GK Samanta, Greg Gbur; Polarization coverage and self-healing characteristics of Poincaré-Bessel beam; arXiv:2306.06464, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.06464
  • Subith Kumar, Anirban Ghosh, Chahat Kaushik, Arash Shiri, Greg Gbur, Sudhir Sharma, G. K. Samanta; Simple experimental realization of optical Hilbert Hotel using scalar and vector fractional vortex beams; APL Photonics 1 June 2023; 8 (6): 066105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0150952
  • Ray Abney and Greg Gbur; Nonradiating orbital motions; Phys. Rev. A 107, 053517. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.053517
  • Ying Xu, Yadi Guan, Yulu Liu, Shuqin Lin, Xinlei Zhu, Yangjian Cai, Jiayi Yu, and Greg Gbur; Generating multi-focus beams with a spatial non-uniform coherence structure; Opt. Lett. 48, 2631-2634 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.491880

Tsinghua Research Group

Research Area

Laser resonators; waveguide optics; nonlinear and ultrafast optics; spectroscopy, sensing and imaging; laser matter interaction and pattern formation

Hofmann Lab

Research Area

Generalized ellipsometry, THz optical hall effect, landau level spectroscopy

Hutchens Lab

Research Area

High energy lasers particularly for defense or therapeutics for surgeries in ophthalmology, urology, and cardiology

Jacobs Lab

Research Area

Statistical and computational physics

Mathews Lab

Research Area

Photonic materials, photoluminescence spectroscopy, infrared detectors, semiconductor lasers, materials characterization, microelectronic and photonic devices

Nesmelov Lab

Research Area

Biological molecular motors, electron paramagnetic resonance/EPR, transient time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer/TR2FRET

Nesmelova Lab

Research Area

Experimental biophysics

Active and Reconfigurable Optics Laboratory (Porras-Aguilar)

Research Area

Active optical systems, polarization-based quantitative phase imaging for microscopy, smart imaging for biological and industrial applications, optical properties of liquid crystals, wavefront shaping techniques, imaging through scattering media, optical metrology

OPtical Micro-Structured Interfaces Lab (Poutous)

Research Area

Spectroscopy, diffractive micro-optical elements, photo-lithographic fabrication processes applied to wafer-scale micro-optics, applications of micro-optics in laser cavities and devices, and, artificial optical surfaces and coatings.

Raja Lab

Research Area

Photonic devices, optical communication networks, VCSELs, optical amplifiers, high-power lasers

Suleski Lab

Research Area

Micro and nanoscale optics, freeform and conformal optics, optical microsystems, optical manufacturing, near-field diffraction of periodic structures

Trammell Lab

Research Area

Optical and near-infrared spectroscopy, imaging, and polarimetry, planetary nebula formation and evolution

Zhou Lab

Research Area

Nanophotonics; optical metasurfaces; analog computing; sensing and imaging