Publications (updated Nov 2007)

Nano plasmonic structures for single DNA molecule identification on microfluidic chips

Tian Yang, Kenneth B. Crozier, "Coupled Resonance of Surface Plasmons in Periodic Metallic Nanoparticle Structures," to be submitted to Physical Review B.

Tian Yang, Kenneth B. Crozier, "Surface Plasmons in Periodically Coupled Gold Nanoparticle Structures at an Air/Glass Interface," submitted to Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), San Jose, California (2007).

Tian Yang, Kenneth B. Crozier, "Metallic Nano Stripes for Single DNA Molecule Identification," Quarterly Meeting of the Harvard Center for Microfluidic and Plasmonic Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts (October 2007, not for publication).

Tian Yang, Kenneth B. Crozier, "Dispersion and Extinction of the Plasmon Mode in a Gold Nanoparticle Array at an Air/Glass Interface," in Technical Digest Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, WF2 (2007).

Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers with Waveguide Butt Coupling

"Photonic-crystal nanolaser is an edge-emitter," in Photonics Research, Photonics Spectra, June 2007

"Photonic-crystal laser leverages quantum-dot layer," in News Breaks, Laser Focus World, June 2007

Ling Lu, Tian Yang, Adam Mock, Min Hsiung Shih, Eui Hyun Hwang, Mahmood Bagheri, Andrew Stapleton, Stephen Farrell, John O'Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus,  "60 microWatts of Fiber-Coupled Peak Output Power from an Edge-Emitting Photonic Crystal Heterostructure Laser," in Technical Digest Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, CMV3 (2007).

Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, Adam Mock, J. D. O'Brien, D. G. Deppe, "Edge-emitting photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity lasers with InAs quantum dot active material," Optics Letters 32, 1153-5 (2007)

Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O'Brien, D. G. Deppe, "Photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity InAs quantum dot laser with waveguide output coupling," Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Long Beach, California, CThK2 (2006).

Quantum Dot Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers
   
Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, Adam Mock, J. D. O'Brien, D. G. Deppe, "Lasing characteristics of InAs quantum dot microcavity lasers as a function of temperature and wavelength," Optics Express 15, 7281-9 (2007).

Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O'Brien, D. G. Deppe, "Lasing behavior of InAs quantum dot micro-cavities as a function of wavelength and temperature," Integrated Photonics Research and Applications OSA Topical Meeting, Uncasville, Connecticut, ITuE4 (2006).

Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O'Brien, D. G. Deppe, "InAs Quantum Dot Photonic Crystal Lasers and Their Temperature Dependence," Photon. Tech. Lett. 17, 2244-6 (2005).

Tian Yang, Samuel Lipson, J. D. O'Brien, D. G. Deppe, "Photonic Crystal Lasers with Quantum Dots Active Regions and Their Temperature Dependence," Conf. on Laser and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, Maryland, CThO4 (2005).

Quantum Dot Microdisk Lasers

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," Electron. Lett. 39, 1657-8 (2003).

T. Yang, J. Cao, P. Lee, M. Shih, R. Shafiiha, S. Farrell, J. O'Brien, O. Shchekin, D. Deppe, "Microdisks with quantum dot active regions lasing near 1300 nm at room temperature," Conf. on Laser and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, Maryland, CThO4 (2003).

InGaSb quantum well micro-cavitiy lasers on Si substrate

Tian Yang, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Ling Lu, Min-Hsiung Shih, J. D. O'Brien, D. L. Huffaker, "Room temperature InGaSb quantum well microcylinder lasers at 2 mm grown monolithically on a silicon substrate," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1622-1625 (2007); selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (September 17, 2007).

Tian Yang, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Ling Lu, Min-Hsiung Shih, J. D. O'Brien, D. L. Huffaker, "Room temperature InGaSb quantum well microcylinder lasers at 2 mm grown monolithically on a silicon substrate," in Technical Digest Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,ThB4 (2006).

Tapered fiber coupling to micro-spheres doped with carbon nanotubes

Other publications
Kenneth B. Crozier, Emre Togan, Ergun Simsek, Tian Yang, "Experimental Measurement of the Dispersion Relations of the Surface Plasmon Modes of Metal Nanoparticle Chains," submitted to Optics Express.

John O'Brien, Min-Hsiung Shi, Tian Yang, Mahmood Bagheri, W. K. Marshall, P. Daniel Dapkus, D. G. Deppe, "Photonic Crystal Devices," in Technical Digest IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Cincinnati, Ohio, S2.1, invited (2006).

M. H. Shih, W. Kuang, T. Yang, M. Bagheri, Z.-J. Wei, S.-J. Choi, L. Lu, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, "Experimental characterization of the optical loss of sapphire-bonded photonic crystal laser cavities," to appear in Photon. Tech. Lett. (2006).

M. H. Shih, W. Kuang, T. Yang, M. Bagheri, Z.-J. Wei, S. J. Choi, L. Lu, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, "Optical loss determination of sapphire-bonded photonic crystal laser cavities by varying the number of photonic crystal cladding," Integrated Photonics Research and Applications OSA Topical Meeting, San Diego, California (2005).

Wan Kuang, Jiang R. Cao, Tian Yang, Sang-Jun Choi, Po-Tsung Lee, John D. O'Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, "Classification of modes in suspended-membrane, 19-missing-hole photonic-crystal microcavities," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 1092-1099 (2005).

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," Conf. on Laser and Electro-Optics, San Francisco, California, CTuDD (2004)

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," Proceedings of SPIE Vol.4942 VCSELs and Optical Interconnects, edited by Hugo Thienpont, Jan Danckaert, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003) pp.194, (invited)

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," International Semiconductor Laser Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ThB5, (2002).

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