March 21, 2019
A paper “Optical space time wave packets” by H. Esat Kondakci and Professor Ayman Abouraddy has been published in Nature Communications. Controlling the group velocity of an optical pulse typically requires traversing a material or structure whose dispersion is judiciously crafted. Alternatively, the group velocity can be modified in free space by spatially structuring the beam…
March 18, 2019
A paper “Towards an all-fiber system for detection and monitoring of ammonia” by Professor Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa and Md. Selim Habib et al was selected for the outstanding paper award at SPIE Photonics West 2019. Detection of ammonia based on an all-fiber configuration is reported. The system consists of a hollowcore photonic-bandgap (HC-PBG) fiber with 20μm core diameter and…
March 6, 2019
A paper titled “Supersymmetric laser arrays” published in Science by Professors Mercedeh Khajavikhan and Demetrios Christodoulides has been featured in two news articles: “Supersymmetry boosts beam quality of laser arrays” in Physics World “Single-mode lasing by selective mode pairing” in Science “UCF Researchers Develop First Supersymmetric Laser Array” in UCF Today. Stability through symmetry A…
January 23, 2019
Jose Rafael Guzman-Sepulveda Optical monitoring of blood coagulability during cardiovascular surgery via coherence-gated DLS Light scattering-based approaches have proved robust for monitoring the structural dynamics of complex media thanks to their capability to retrieve collective dynamic information through the intensity fluctuations of the light scattered. In my talk I will address the specific features of…
January 14, 2019
Professor Sasan Fathpour‘s invited paper “Heterogeneous Nonlinear Integrated Photonics” is featured on the cover of the December 2018 issue of IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. Integrated photonics has been pursued on a large variety of materials and platforms over more than half a century. In recent decades, silicon has emerged as the preferred optical and substrate…
January 14, 2019
Ph.D. Graduates William HayengaOpticsMercedeh Khajavikhan Yun-Han Lee Optics Shin-Tson Wu Alex SincoreOpticsMartin Richardson Melissa BeasonElectrical EngineeringMartin Richardson Nathan BodnarElectrical EngineeringMartin Richardson Xuan ChenMaterials ScienceRomain Gaume Thamer TabbakhElectrical EngineeringPatrick LiKamWa Rashi SharmaChemistryStephen Kuebler M.S. Optics Graduates Kamal Abdelsalam Jason Leshin Zhao Ma Dong Jin Jin Tracy Sjaardema B.S. Graduates Caleb StephanJared CozartKevin GajKyle MerrittMenashe MordachaiSamuel Nunez
January 14, 2019
Boris Zeldovich, Emeritus Professor of Optics and Photonics, and Physics, passed away on Sunday, December 16, at the age of 74. He joined the UCF faculty in 1994 and made outstanding contributions in research and education in optics and photonics and has been a great asset to the College for more than two decades. He made…
January 3, 2019
From UCF Today: The applications for this technology could include anticounterfeiting security or military tactics. See Fox 35 TV News report. What is real is not always as it appears. UCF researchers have found a way to hide information on materials and only make it visible to a person using the right tech. “We found we…
December 31, 2018
The Dean’s List is compiled in recognition of scholastic honors to degree-seeking undergraduate students who earn a minimum 3.4 GPA, complete a minimum of 12 credit hours, earn no grade less than “C” (2.0) and no “I,” “U,” “N,” “NC,” or “WF” grades during a term. We congratulate these students who have achieved this high…
December 5, 2018
Professor ST Wu has received an Honorary Professorship from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. The award was presented at a ceremony on November 29, 2018, and Dr. Wu delivered a speech for this special occasion.
November 8, 2018
Professor Axel Schülzgen has been elected Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA). Dr. Schülzgen is being recognized for fundamental contributions to fiber optics, high power and single frequency fiber lasers, fiber optic sensing technologies and very high bit rate transport of communication signals through optical fibers.
October 11, 2018
Professor Aristide Dogariu‘s research featured in UCF Today: “New Understanding of Light Allows Researchers to See Around Corners“ Covert sensing of objects around a corner may soon become a reality. Aristide Dogariu, a University of Central Florida Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics, and his colleagues published a paper in Nature Communications this month demonstrating how to passively…