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Jiang-Rong Cao

 

 

Frank (Jiang-Rong Cao) graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in August 2004.

 

Currently, he is a research staff member in Canon Development Americas, Inc. (an R&D subsidiary of Canon, located in Irvine, California). You can still reach him through his permanent USC email account jiangroc@usc.edu .

 

In MPDG, Frank was mainly working on the fabrication and device characterization of photonic crystal microcavity lasers. The major objective of his Ph.D. research was the design and fabrication of photonic crystal lasers, laser arrays, and the integration of photonic crystal devices.

He received his B.S. degree in Physics from Fudan University in 1998. Then he spent one year as a graduate student in the research group of Prof. X. Y. Ho in the Surface Physics Lab at Fudan University. In 1999, he transferred to the department of Physics & Astronomy at USC , where he obtained an M.A. degree. Since the summer of 2000, he has been doing research as part of the MicroPhotonic Devices Group , in the Department of Electrical Engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering .

 

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The contents below were last updated in June 2004

Publications

 

Journal  and Proceeding Articles:

1.      M. H. Shih, W. J. Kim, Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, H. Yukawa, S. J. Choi, J. D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, W. K. Marshall, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Mach-Zehnder Interferometers,” Applied Physics Letters 84, 460-2 (2004)

2.      J. R. Cao, Wan Kuang, Sang-Jun Choi, Po-Tsung Lee, John D. O’Brien, and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Threshold dependence on the spectral alignment between the quantum-well gain peak and the cavity resonance in InGaAsP photonic crystal lasers”, Applied Physics Letters 83, 4107-4109(2003)

3.      J. D. O’Brien, P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, W. Kuang, C. Kim, W.-J. Kim, T. Yang, S.-J. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “Photonic Crystal Lasers”, in Proceedings of SPIE Vol.4942 VCSELs and Optical Interconnects, edited by Hugo Thienpont, Jan Danckaert, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003) pp.194, (invited paper)

4.      P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, S.-J. Choi, Z.-J. Wei, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Operation of photonic crystal membrane lasers above room temperature”, Applied Physics Letters 81, 3311, (2002)

5.      J. R. Cao, P.-T Lee, S.-J Choi, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Lithographic Fine-Tuning of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser-Pumped Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Lasers”, Journal of Nanoscience and  Nanotechnology 2, 313, (2002) (invited)

6.      P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, S.-J. Choi, Z. J. Wei, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Room-Temperature Operation of VCSEL-Pumped Photonic Crystal Lasers”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 14(4), 435, (2002)

7.      J. R. Cao, P.-T. Lee, S.-J. Choi, R. Shafiiha, S.-J. Choi, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Nanofabrication of photonic crystal membrane lasers”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 20(2), 618, (2002)

8.      C. W. Kim, W. J. Kim, A. Stapleton, J. R. Cao, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Quality factors in single-defect photonic-crystal lasers with asymmetric cladding layers”, Journal of Optical Society of America B 19, 1777, (2002)

9.      J. He, M. Lu, X. Zhou, J. R. Cao, K. L. Wang, L. S. Liao, Z. B. Deng, X. M. Ding, X. Y. Hou and S. T. Lee, “Damage study of ITO under high electric field”, Thin Solid Films 363, 240-243, (2000)

10.  余 浩, 曹 江 融, 汪 人 甫, 戴 道 宣, “质 谱 仪 实 验 中源 与 衬 底 的 相 互 作 用” (“The Interaction Between Specimen and Substrates in Mass-Spectrum Experiments”), 物 理 实 验(Physical Experiments) 05, (1999) (In Chinese)


Refereed and Invited Conference Presentations:

1.      J. R. Cao, Wan Kuang, Sang-Jun Choi, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, “Modified Photonic Crystal D3 Laser Cavity for Improving Side Mode Suppression Ratio”, FB 2, the 19th IEEE International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC’04), Matsue, Japan (September 2004)

2.      J. R. Cao, Zhijian Wei, Sangjun Choi, Wan Kuang, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, “Sapphire-Bonded Photonic Crystal Lasers”, TuA-3-2, the 6th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM’04), Kagoshima, Japan (2004)

3.      Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, Tian Yang, Sangjun Choi, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, “Classification of Modes in Multi-Moded Photonic Crystal Microcavities”, CTuDD, Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Francisco, California (2004)

4.      J. R. Cao, Wan Kuang, Zhijian Wei, Sang-Jun Choi, John D. O’Brien, and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Far-Fields of Photonic Crystal Microcavity Lasers”, CTuR, Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Francisco, California (2004)

5.      J. D. O’Brien, J. Cao, W. Kuang, M. H. Shih, W. J. Kim, H. Yukawa, C. Kim, S. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “Photonic Crystal Waveguides and Emitters,” SPIE Photonic Design, Technology, and Packaging Conference (2003), Perth, Australia, Proceeding of SPIE Vol. #5277 (Invited)

6.      J. R. Cao, Zhi-Jian Wei, Sang-Jun Choi, Wan Kuang, Haixia Yu, John D. O’Brien, and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Sapphire Bonded Photonic Crystal Microcavity Lasers”, TuE5, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XIX Conference, Tucson, Arizona, (2003).

7.      M. H. Shih, Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, S. J. Choi, J. D. O’Brien and P. D. Dapkus W. K. Marshall, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Mach-Zehnder Interferometers”, Post-Deadline, Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, (2003).

8.      T. Yang, J. R. Cao, P.-T. Lee, M. H. Shih, R. Shafiiha, S. G. Farrell, J. D. O’Brien, O. Shchekin, D. G. Deppe, “Microdisks with quantum dot active regions lasing near 1300 nm at room temperature”, CWK3, Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, (2003).

9.      J. R. Cao, P.-T. Lee, S.-J. Choi, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Threshold Pump Power Dependence on the Spectral Alignment Between the Gain Peak and the Cavity Resonance in InGaAsP Photonic Crystal Lasers”, MF57, Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit (OFC), Atlanta, Georgia, (2003).

10.  P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, S.-J. Choi, T. Yang, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, “Investigation of the Optical Losses in Photonic Crystal Laser Cavities by Varying the Number of Lattice Periods”, ThB5, International Semiconductor Laser Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, (2002).

11.  J. D. O'Brien, J. R. Cao, P.-T. Lee, T. Yang, C. Kim, W. J. Kim, S.-J. Choi, and P. D. Dapkus, “Photonic crystal lasers”, SPIE’s Photonics Fabrication Europe (2002), Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 4942 (invited).

12.  J. R. Cao, P.-T. Lee, S.-J. Choi, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Lithographic Tuning of 2-D Photonic Crystal Lasers”, TuW4, Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit (OFC), Anaheim, California, (2002)

13.  J. D. O'Brien, P.-T. Lee, J.-R. Cao, C. Kim, W. J. Kim, S.-J. Choi, and P. D. Dapkus, “VCSEL-pumped photonic crystal lasers”, Lasers and Electro-Optics, (2002). CLEO 2002 Technical Digest, p. 295 (invited).

14.  P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, S.-J. Choi, Z.-J. Wei, J. D. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Room-temperature operation of VCSEL-pumped photonic crystal lasers”,14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society(LEOS), San Diego, California, (2001), vol. 2, pp. 651-652.

15.  Cheolwoo Kim, Woo Jun Kim, Andrew Stapleton, J. R. Cao, John O’Brien, “Quality Factors in Single Defect Photonic Crystal Lasers with Asymmetric Cladding Layers,” TuJ4, 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society(LEOS), San Diego, California, (2001)

Book Chapter:

J. D. O’Brien, W. Kuang, P. T. Lee, J. R. Cao, W. Kim, C. Kim, “Photonic Crystal Lasers,” in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Edited by H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2004), Vol. 8, pp.617-628.

 

News Report:

News Breaks: “Photonic-Crystal laser hangs out in the heat” on Laser Focus World magazine, vol. 39. No. 1, pp. 13, (January, 2003)