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3737 Watt Way
Powell Hall of Engineering 430
University of Southern California
Los Angles, CA 90089
e-mail: wkuang@usc.edu
 

 

Journal Publications

  1. Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, Sang-Jun Choi, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, " Modified Suspended Membrane Photonic Crystal D3 Laser Cavity with Improved Side Mode Suppression Ratio", Photonics Technology Letters 17, (2005), to be published
  2. 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, (2005), to be published

  3. J. R. Cao, Zhi-Jian Wei, Wan Kuang, Sang-Jun Choi, Haixia Yu, John D. O’Brien, and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Sapphire-Bonded Photonic Crystal Microcavity Lasers and Their Far-Field Radiation Patterns”, Photonics Technology Letters 17(1), 4-6, (2005)

  4. 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(4), 460-2 (2004)

  5. 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), 860-862 Apr 15 (2004)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. 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)

Conference and Proceedings <top>

  1. Zhi-Jian Wei, J. R. Cao, Yuanming Deng, Sang-Jun Choi, Wan Kuang, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, “Room temperature 1.55 µm photonic crystal lasers integrated with AlGaAs oxide aperture,” FMK4, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XX Conference (the 88th annual meeting), Rochester, New York (October 2004)

  2. Wan Kuang, J. D. O’Brien, “Photonic Crystal Devices,” The International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology: SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, paper 5554-28, Denver, Colorado (Aug. 2004)

  3. J. O’Brien, J.-R. Cao, A. Stapleton, M.-H. Shih, Wan Kuang, W. J. Kim, Z.-J. Wei, S. –J. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “Characterization of Photonic Crystal Structures,” session III, Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements (SOFM 2004), Boulder, Colorado (September 2004) (Invited)

  4. 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 (2004)

  5. 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 6 th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM’04), Kagoshima, Japan (2004)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. 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)

  11. 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).

  12. John O’Brien, Jiang-Rong Cao, Wan Kuang, Min-Hsiung Shih, Woo Jun Kim, Cheolwoo Kim, Po-Tsung Lee, Sang-Jun Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “Photonic Crystal Devices,” JWC3, Optics in Computing 2003, Washington D.C. (Invited)

  13. 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).

  14. 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)

Book Chapters <top>

  1. John O’Brien, Wan Kuang, “Photonic Crystal Lasers, Cavities, and Waveguides”, invited contribution to the Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Elsevier

  2. John O’Brien, Wan Kuang, Jiang-Rong Cao, “Nanophotonic Semiconductor Lasers,” invited contribution to the Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Devices, American Scientific Publishers

  3. John O’Brien, Wan Kuang, P.T. Lee, J.R. Cao, W. Kim, C. Kim, “Photonic Crystal Lasers,” Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, edited by H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers