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
- 2021 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
- 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
Students
Publications
O. Arrizabalaga, Q. Sun, T. Lee, J. Zubia, J.V. Pascual, I.S. De Ocariz, A. SchÜlzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa, G. Brambilla and M. Beresna "Multi-parameter optical gauge based on mode coupling effect in asymmetric index multi-core fibres" Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 154, A. 107047 (2022)
O. Arrizabalaga, Q. Sun, T. Lee, J. Zubia, J. Velasco Pascual, I. Sáez de Ocáriz, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua Correa, G. Brambilla, and M. Beresna "Multi-Parameter Optical Gauges based on Mode Coupling Effect in Asymmetric Index Multi-Core Fibres" Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 154, 107047 (2022) PDF
D.T. Nguyen and A. Schulzgen "Editorial: Localization of Light in Randomly Disordered and Quasiperiodic Systems" Frontiers in Optics, 10, A. 858087 (2022)
D. T. Nguyen and A. Schülzgen "Localization of Light in Randomly Disordered and Quasi-Periodic Photonics Systems" Frontiers in Physics, 10, 858087 (2022) PDF
J. Amorebieta, A. Ortega-Gomez, R. Fernández, J. E. Antonio-López, A. Schülzgen, J. Zubia, R. Amezcua-Correa, G. Durana, and J. Villatoro "Sensitivity-Optimized Strongly Coupled Multicore Fiber-Based Thermometer" Optics & Laser Technology, 145, 107532 (2022) PDF
J. Zhao, X.W. Hu, S. Gausmann, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa and A. Schülzgen "Learning-Based Image Transport Through Disordered Optical Fibers With Transverse Anderson Localization" FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS, 9, A. 710351 (2021) PDF
J.A Bravo-Flores, R. Fernandez, E. Antonio-Lopez, J. Zubia, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa and J. Villatoro "Simultaneous Sensing of Refractive Index and Temperature With Supermode Interference" JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, 39(22), pp. 7351-7357 (2021) PDF
Zhiming Liu, Di Zheng, Javier Madrigal, Joel Villatoro, J. Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Xihua Zou, Wei Pan, and Salvador Sales "Temperature-insensitive curvature sensor based on Bragg gratings written in strongly coupled multicore fiber" Optics Letters, 46, 3933-3936 (2021) PDF
M.C. Alonso-Murias, D. Monzon-Hernandez, O. Rodriguez-Quiroz, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa and J. Villatoro "Long-range multicore optical fiber displacement sensor" Optics Letters, 46(9), pp. 2224-2227 (2021) PDF
J. Amorebieta, A. Ortega-Gomez, G. Durana, R. Fernandez, E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, J. Zubia, R. Amezcua-Correa and J. Villatoro "Compact omnidirectional multicore fiber-based vector bending sensor" Scientific Reports, 11, 5989 (2021) PDF
M. Gebhardt, T. Heuermann, R. Klas, C. Liu, A. Kirsche, M. Lenski, Z. Wang, C. Gaida, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, 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) PDF
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), pp. 920-926 (2021) PDF
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, 16180 (2020) PDF
O. Arrizabalaga, Q. Sun, M. Beresna, T. Lee, J. Zubia, J.V. Pascual, Idurre Sáez de Ocáriz, A. Schülzgen, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, J. Villatoro & G. Brambilla "High-performance vector bending and orientation distinguishing curvature sensor based on asymmetric coupled multi-core fibre" Scientific Reports, 10, 14058 (2020) PDF
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) PDF
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) PDF
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) PDF
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) PDF
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) PDF
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) PDF
Alumni
PhD
Xiaowen "Steven" Hu, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2022Stefan Gausmann, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2021
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 2020Naman Anilkumar Mehta, Optics M.S., Summer 2016
Aniket Patil, Optics M.S., Summer 2014
Alexander Bermudez, Optics M.S., Spring 2011