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Journal and Proceeding Articles:

Andrew Stapleton, S. Farrell, H. Akhavan, R. Shafiiha, Z. Peng, S.J. Choi, W. Marshall, J. O'Brien, and P.D. Dapkus, "Optical phase characterization of active semiconductor microdisk resonators in transmission," Applied Physics Letters, 88, (2006).

 

Wan Kuang, John D. O'Brien, "Reducing the out-of-plane radiation loss of photonic crystal waveguides on high-index substrates", Optics Letters 29(8), Apr 15 (2004)

 

Woo Jun Kim, John D. O'Brien, "Optimization of a two-dimensional photonic-crystal waveguide branch by simulated annealing and the finite-element method", Journal of the Optical Society of America B (Optical Physics) 21(2),  289-95 (2004)

 

M. H. Shih, W. J. Kim, Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, H. Yukawa, S. J. Choi, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, W. K. Marshall, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Mach-Zehnder Interferometers”, Applied Physics Letters 84, 460-2 (2003)

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)

Wan Kuang, Cheolwoo Kim, A. Stapleton, Woo Jun Kim, J. D. O'Brien, "Calculated out-of-plane transmission loss for photonic-crystal slab waveguides", Optics Letters 28(19), 1781-3 (2003)

 

Woo Jun Kim, Wan Kuang, John D. O'Brien, "Dispersion characteristics of photonic crystal coupled resonator optical waveguides", Optics Express 11 (25): 3431-3437 (2003)

 

Tian Yang, O. Shchekin, J.D. O'Brien, D.G. Deppe, "Room temperature, continuous-wave lasing near 1300 nm in microdisks with quantum dot active regions", Electronics Letters 39, 1657-8 (2003).

 

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)

Wan Kuang, Cheolwoo Kim, A. Stapleton, John D. O'Brien, "Grating-assisted coupling of optical fibers and photonic crystal waveguides", Optics Letters 27 (18): 1604-1606 (2002)

 

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)

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)

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 4, 435, (2002)

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)

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)

O. Painter, A. Husain, A. Scherer, P.-T. Lee, I. Kim, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, "Lithographic Tuning of a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Laser Array", IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., 12, pp. 1126-1128 (2000).

A.R. Tanguay Jr, B. K. Jenkins, C. von der Marlsburg, B. Mel, G. Holt, J.D. O'Brien, I. Bierderman, A. Madhukar, P. Nasiatka, Y. Huang, "Vertically integrated photonic multichip module architecture for vision applications", Proc. of the International Conference on Optics in Computing (OC 2000), Quebec City, Canada (June 18-23 (2000)), in Proceedings of the Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 4089,  pp. 584-600, (2000).

A. Scherer, O. Painter, A. Husain, J. Vuckovic, P. D. Dapkus, J.D. O'Brien, "Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers", in Frontiers in Electronics: From Materials to Systems, Park, Luryi, Shur, Xu, and Zaslavsky eds., World Scientific, New Jersey (2000), also in International J. of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 10, pp. 387-391 (2000).

O.J. Painter, A. Husain, A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, I. Kim, P.D. Dapkus, "Room Temperature Photonic Crystal Defect Lasers at Near-Infrared Wavelengths in InGaAsP", IEEE J. Lightwave Tech., 17, pp. 2082-2087 (1999).

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, I. Kim, "Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Defect Laser", Science, 284, pp.1819-1821 (1999).

D.V. Tishinin, P.D. Dapkus, A.E. Bond, I. Kim, C.K. Lin, J.D. O'Brien, "Vertical Resonant Couplers with Precise Coupling Efficiency Control Fabricated by Wafer Bonding", IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., 11, pp. 1003-1005 (1999).

A.E. Bond, P.D. Dapkus, J.D. O'Brien, "Design of Low-Loss Single-Mode Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers", IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quant. Elect., 5, pp. 574-581 (1999).

A. E. Bond, P.D.Dapkus, J.D. O'Brien, "Aperture Dependent Loss Analysis in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers", IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., 11, pp. 397-399 (1999).

A. Scherer, O. Painter, A. Husain, J. Vuckovic, and J.D. O'Brien, "Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers", Opt. Phot. News, Dec. 1999, p. 21-22, (1999).

A. E. Bond, P. D. Dapkus, J.D. O'Brien, "Aperture Placement Effects in Oxide-Defined Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers", IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., 10, pp. 1362-1364 (1998).

B. D'Urso, O. Painter, J.D. O'Brien, T. Tombrello, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, "Modal Reflectivity in finite-depth two-dimensional photonic-crystal microcavities", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., 15, pp. 1155-1159 (1998).

Y. Xu, R.K. Lee, J.D. O'Brien, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, "Monolithic Hemispherical microlenses fabricated by selective oxidation of AlGaAs", SPIE, vol. 3279, pp. 172-179 (1998).

A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, C.C. Cheng, O. Painter, R. Lee, E. Yablonovitch, A. Yariv, "Microfabrication of Photonic Crystal Mirrors for Optoelectronic Devices", Quantum Optoelectronics 1998 Technical Digest Series. Vol.9. Postconference Edition, Incline Village, NV, USA; 19-21 (1997).

Y. Xu, G. Almogy, J.D. O'Brien, A. Shakouri, W. Xu, R. Salvatore, A. Yariv, "Direct Measurement of Population-Induced Broadening of Quantum Well Intersubband Transitions",  Appl. Phys. Lett., 71, pp. 838-840 (1997).

J.D. O'Brien, O. Painter, R. Lee, C. C. Cheng, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, "Lasers incorporating 2D photonic bandgap mirrors", Electronics Letters, 32, pp. 2243-2244 (1996). 

A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, G. Almogy, W.H. Xu, A. Yariv, J. L. Jewell, K. Uomi, B. J. Yoo, R. J. Bhat, "Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers With Dielectric Mirrors", International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 5, pp. 543-567 (1994).

T. R. Chen, B. Zhao, L. Eng, Y. H. Zhuang, J.D. O'Brien, A. Yariv, "Very High Modulation Efficiency of Ultralow Threshold Current Single Quantum Well InGaAs Lasers", Electronics Letters, 29, pp. 1525-1526 (1993).

 Conference Presentations:

Andrew Stapleton, S. Farrell, L. Christen, Z. Peng, A. Willner, J. O’Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, “Electrically Tunable Chip-Scale Semiconductor Microdisk Phase Modulators,” OSA IPRA 2006, paper ITuB6, (2006).

 

Andrew Stapleton, R. Shafiiha, H. Akhavan, S. Farrell, Z. Peng, S.J. Choi, W. Marshall, J. O'Brien, and P.D. Dapkus, "Experimental measurement of optical phase in microdisk resonators," LEOS Summer Topicals 2004, paper TuC4.3, (2004).

 

Wan Kuang, John D. O’Brien, “Strategy for reducing the out-of-plane radiation loss in photonic crystal waveguides on high-index substrates”, CWG, Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Francisco, California (2004)

 

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)

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)

 

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, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #5277 (Invited)

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

Wan Kuang, Cheolwoo Kim, A. Stapleton, John D. O'Brien, "Grating-assisted coupling of optical fibers and photonic crystal waveguides", CMC3, CLEO/IQEC conference in Long Beach, California (2002)

 

Cheolwoo Kim, John D. O'Brien "Maximization of transmission at branches in
photonic crystal waveguides", ThK6, Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit (OFC), Anaheim, California, (2002)

 

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)

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).

C. Kim,  W. J. Kim, A. Stapleton,  J. R. Cao, J.D. O'Brien, "Quality Factors in Single Defect Photonic Crystal Lasers with Asymmetric Cladding Layers" ,  Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE , Volume: 2 , pp. 210-211 (2001).

P.-T. Lee, J. R. Cao, S. J. Choi, Z.-J. Wei, J. D. O'Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, "Room Temperature Operation of VCSEL-Pumped Photonic Crystal Lasers",  Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE , Volume: 2 , pp. 651-652 (2001).

W. J. Kim, J. D. O'Brien, "A Full Vectorial Finite Element Analysis of 2-D Photonic Crystal Slabs",  Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE , Volume: 2 , pp. 208-209 (2001).

A.R. Tanguay, Jr., B.K. Jenkins, C. von der Malsburg, B. Mel, G. Holt, J.D. O'Brien, I. Bierderman, A. Madhukar, P. Nasiatka, Y. Huang, "Vertically Integrated Photonic Multichip Modules for Vision Applications", Symposium on Physical Optics for Digital Imaging/Digital Optics for Physical Imaging, David J.  Brady, Symposium organizer; Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Providence, R.I. (Oct. 22-27, 2000); (Invited Paper).

O. Painter, R.K. Lee, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, I. Kim, P.D. Dapkus, "Photonic Bandgap defect Laser", IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting, pp. 413-414 vol. 2, San Francisco, CA (1999) (invited).

O. Painter, R.K. Lee, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, I. Kim, P.D. Dapkus, "Two-Dimensional Photonic Bandgap Defect Laser", CLEO 99 Postdeadline Paper, Baltimore, Md (1999).

O. Painter, R.K. Lee, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, J.D. O'Brien, I. Kim, P.D. Dapkus, "Two-Dimensional photonic bandgap defect laser", , 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings LEOS Summer Topical Meetings: Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, pp. III69 -III70, San Diego, CA (1999).

P. D. Dapkus, A. E. Bond, S. W.  Ryu, D.  Tishinin, J. D. O'Brien, "VCSELs and microcavity devices in integrated photonic systems", 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings: Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, p. 246, San Diego, CA (1999).

A. E. Bond, P. D. Dapkus, J.D. O'Brien, "Ultralow loss oxide-aperture VCSELs", 1998 IEEE 16th International Semiconductor Laser Conference, pp. 239 –240, Nara, Japan (1998).

R. K. Lee, Y. J. Xu, J.D. O'Brien, O. Painter, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, "Edge-emitting quantum well laser with integrated intracavity electrostatic gate", Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits II (invited), San Jose, CA 1998, SPIE volume 3290 pp. 172-180 (1998).

O. Painter, J.D. O'Brien, R. Lee, C. C. Cheng, A. Yariv, A. Scherer, "Lasers Incorporating 2D photonic bandgap mirrors", CLEO '97, paper CFQ2. Baltimore, MD (1997).

A. Scherer, C.C. Cheng, O. Painter, J.D. O'Brien, A. Yariv, E. Yablonovitch, V. Arbet-Engels, "Microfabrication of photonic bandgap crystals", 23rd International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, vol. 4, pp. 3063-3069, Berlin, Germany (1996).

J.D. O'Brien, O. Painter, R. Lee, C.C. Cheng, A. Yariv, A, Scherer, "Two Dimensional Photonic Bandgap Mirrors at 850 and 980 nm",  CLEO 1996, paper CThJ3, Anaheim, CA (1996).

Book Chapters:

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, California, USA (2004)
Revised: Feb. 20, 2004.