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Axel Schülzgen

Axel Schülzgen

Professor of Optics & Photonics
CREOL A115
407-920-8509
axel@creol.ucf.edu
Fiber Optics

Biography

Axel Schülzgen received his PhD in Physics from Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. Since 2009 he is Professor of Optics at CREOL, University of Central Florida. He also holds an Adjunct Research Professor position at the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. His research interests include optical fiber devices, components, materials, and structures with applications in fiber laser systems, fiber optic sensing, and optical communications. Professor Schulzgen is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE and the German Physical Society.

Awards & Honors

  • Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
  • International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Fellow
  • 2020 Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award
  • 2019 Research Incentive Award
  • 2017 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
  • 2015 UCF Innovator 2013, 2014
  • 2015 Excellence in Research Award, CREOL
  • 2014 UCF Millionaire’s club 2014
  • 1993 Habilitation Fellowship, German Research Foundation
  • 1992 Carl-Ramsauer-Award, AEG Corporation
  • 1988 Heinrich-Gustav-Magnus-Award, Humboldt-University Berlin

Research Group

Research in fiber fabrication technology, nano-structured fibers, nonlinear fiber materials, fiber lasers, and fiber sensing applications.

Scientists

Jose Enrique Antonio-Lopez
Jose Enrique Antonio-Lopez
jealopez@creol.ucf.edu
Jian Zhao
Jian Zhao

Students

James Anderson
James Anderson
Optics Ph.D.
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Youyou Cheng
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Stefan Gausmann
Stefan Gausmann
Optics Ph.D.
Xiaowen "Steven" Hu
Xiaowen "Steven" Hu
Optics Ph.D.
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Alberto Rovera
Visiting Student, Politechnico di Torino, Italy
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Rebecca Venegas
Optics MS
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Joseph Wahlen
Optics M.S.

Publications

J. Amorebieta, A. Ortega-Gomez, G. Durana, R. Fernandez, E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schulzgen, J. Zubia, R. Amezcua-Correa and J. Villatoro "Compact omnidirectional multicore fiber-based vector bending sensor" Scientific Reports, 11(1), A. 5989 (2021)

M. Gebhardt, T. Heuermann, R. Klas, C. Liu, A. Kirsche, M. Lenski, Z. Wang, C. Gaida, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schulzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa, J. Rothhardt and J. Limpert "Bright, high-repetition-rate water window soft X-ray source enabled by nonlinear pulse self-compression in an antiresonant hollow-core fibre" Light-Science & Applications, 10(1), A. 36 (2021)

Xiaowen Hu, Jian Zhao, Jose Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Shengli Fan, Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, Axel Schülzgen "Robust imaging-free object recognition through anderson localizing optical fiber" Journal of Lightwave Technology 39(4) (2020)

J. Amorebieta, A. Ortega-Gomez, G. Durana, R. Fernandez, E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, J. Zubia, R. Amezcua-Correa and J. Villatoro "Highly sensitive multicore fiber accelerometer for low frequency vibration sensing" Scientific Reports, 10(1), A. 16180 (2020)

J. Amorebieta, A. Ortega-Gomez, G. Durana, R. Fernández, J. E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, J. Zubia, R. Amezcua-Correa, and J. Villatoro "High-performance vector bending and orientation distinguishing curvature sensor based on asymmetric coupled multi-core fibre" Scientific Reports, 10, 14058 (2020)

J. Villatoro, J. Amorebieta, A. Ortega-Gomez, E. Antonio-Lopez, J. Zubia, A. Schülzgen and R. Amezcua-Correa "Composed multicore fiber structure for direction-sensitive curvature monitoring" APL Photonics, 5(7), 070801 (2020)

Z. Liu, D. Zheng, J. Madrigal, J. Villatoro, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa, X. Zou, W. Pei, and S. Sales "Strongly coupled multicore fiber with fbgs for multipoint and multiparameter sensing" Optical Fiber Technology, 58, 102315 (2020)

X. Hu and A. Schülzgen "Design of hollow core negative curvature fiber based on reinforcement learning" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 38(7), pp. 1959-1965 (2020)

N. Wang, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, M.S. Habib, H. Wen, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, P. Sillard, A. Amezcua-Correa, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa and G.F. Li "Mode-selective few-mode Brillouin fiber lasers based on intramodal and intermodal SBS" Optics Letters, 45(8), pp. 2323-2326 (2020)

S. Gausmann, J. Enrique Antonio-Lopez, J. Anderson, S. Wittek, Z. Sanjabi Eznaveh, H. J. Jang, J. Cook, Md. S. Habib, M. C. Richardson, R. Amezcua-Correa, and A. Schülzgen "S2 measurements showing suppression of higher order modes in confined rare earth doped large core fibers" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 38(7), pp. 1953-1958 (2020)

G. Salceda-Delgado, A. Van Newkirk, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Martinez-Rios, A. Schülzgen, and R. Amezcua-Correa "Optical capillary fiber mode interferometer for pressure sensing" IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(5), pp. 2253-2260 (2020)

J. Zhao, Y. Sun, H. Zhu, Z. Zhu, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Schülzgen "Deep-learning cell imaging through Anderson localizing optical fiber" Advanced Photonics, 1(6), 066001 (2019)

A. Mafi, J. Ballato, K.W. Koch, and A. Schülzgen "Disordered anderson localization optical fibers for image transport-A review" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(22), pp. 5652-5659 (2019)

J. Zhao, M. Peysokhan, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, Y. Sun, B. Abaie, A. Mafi, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Schülzgen "A path to high-quality imaging through disordered optical fibers: a review" Applied Optics, 58(13), pp. D50-D60 (2019)

S. Pang and A. Schülzgen "Optics at CREOL: Introduction to the feature issue" Applied Optics, 58(13), UCF1 (2019)

J. Amorebieta, G. Durana, A. Ortega-Gomez, R. Fernández, J. Velasco, I. Sáez de Ocáriz, J. Zubia, J.E. Antonio-López, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa, and J. Villatoro "Packaged multi-core fiber interferometer for high-temperature sensing" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(10), pp. 2328-2334 (2019)

I. Divliansky, F. Kompan, E. Hale, M. Segall, A. Schülzgen, and L.B. Glebov "Wavefront shaping optical elements recorded in photo-thermo-refractive glass" Applied Optics, 58(13), pp. D61-D67 (2019)

A.I. Adamu, M.S. Habib, C.R. Petersen, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, B. Zhou, A. Schülzgen, M. Bache, R. Amezcua-Correa, O. Bang, and C. Markos "Deep-UV to mid-IR supercontinuum generation driven by mid-IR ultrashort pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber" Scientific Reports, 9, 4446 (2019)

M.S. Habib, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, C. Markos, A. Schülzgen, and R. Amezcua-Correa "Single-mode, low loss hollow-core anti-resonant fiber designs" Optics Express, 27(4), pp. 3824-3836 (2019)

N. Wang, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, Z.S. Eznaveh, C. Gonnet, P. Sillard, S. Leon-Saval, A. Schülzgen, G.F. Li, and R. Amezcua-Correa "Transverse mode-switchable fiber laser based on a photonic lantern" Optics Express, 26(25), pp. 32777-32787 (2018)

Alumni

PhD

Jian Zhao, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2019
Amy Van Newkirk, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2016
Clémence Jollivet, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2014

MS

Rebecca Venegas, Optics M.S., Spring 2020
Naman Anilkumar Mehta, Optics M.S., Summer 2016
Aniket Patil, Optics M.S., Summer 2014
Alexander Bermudez, Optics M.S., Spring 2011

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