Biography
Ayman F. Abouraddy received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, in 1994 and 1997, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Boston University, Boston, MA, in 2003, all in electrical engineering. In 2003 he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, as a postdoctoral fellow working with Prof. Yoel Fink (Materials Science & Engineering) and Prof. John D. Joannopoulos (Physics), and then became a Research Scientist at the Research Laboratory of Electronics in 2005. At MIT he pursued research on novel multi-material optical fiber structures, photonic bandgap fibers, nanophotonics, fiber-based optoelectronic devices, and mid-infrared nonlinear fiber optics. He has also been engaged in investigating techniques that lead to sub-diffraction-limited resolution in optical microscopy and lithography. He is the coauthor of more than 65 journal publications, 130 conference presentations, and 55 invited talks; he holds seven patents, and has three patents pending. His research also encompasses quantum optics and quantum information processing. He joined CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, at the University of Central Florida as an assistant professor in September 2008 where he has since established facilities for fabricating new classes of polymer and soft-glass fibers for applications ranging from mid-infrared optics to solar energy concentration. He also continues to pursue his research testing the foundations of quantum mechanics and implementing optical realizations of quantum computation. He was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor in August 2014.
Awards & Honors
- The Optical Society (OSA) Fellow
- 2017 Promoted to the rank of Professor
- 2015 Research Incentive Award (University)
- 2014 College of Optics and Photonics Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award
- 2014 Reach for the Stars Award
- 2013 College Excellence in Research Award
- 2010 Optimax Research Grant
- 2009 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award
Research Group
Fabrication of multi -material micro-structured optical fibers, photonic band gap fibers, optical thermal, electric, and magnetic sensing using fibers, nonlinear fiber optics, supercontinuum generation, mid-infrared fibers, chalcogenide glass fibers, fibers for solar applications, quantum optics and quantum information processing, optical generation of entangled states for sensing and imaging, nanowire and naopartide synthesis.Scientists
Students
Publications
B. Bhaduri, M. Yessenov and A.F. Abouraddy "Anomalous refraction of optical spacetime wave packets" Nature Photonics, 14(7), pp. 416+ (2020)
A. Shiri, M. Yessenov, R. Aravindakshan, and A.F. Abouraddy "Omni-resonant space-time wave packets" Optics Letters, 45(7), pp. 1774-1777 (2020)
M. Yessenov, Q.T. Ru, K.L. Schepler, M. Meem, R. Menon, K.L. Vodopyanov, and A.F. Abouraddy "Mid-infrared diffraction-free space-time wave packets" OSA Continuum 3(3), pp. 420-429 (2020)
G.M. Tao, S. Chen, S.J. Pandey, F.L.A. Tan, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, M. Molinari, A.F. Abouraddy, and R.M. Gaume "A carbon-nanofiber glass composite with high electrical conductivity" International Journal of Applied Glass Science (2020)
M.L. Villinger, A. Shiri, S. Shabahang, A.K. Jahromi, M.B. Nasr, C.H. Villinger, A.F. Abouraddy "Doubling the near-infrared photocurrent in a solar cell via omni-resonant coherent perfect absorption" https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.09276 (2020)
M. Yessenov and A.F. Abouraddy "Changing the speed of optical coherence in free space" Optics Letters, 44(21), 5125-5128 (2019)
J. Cook, F.A. Tan, A. Al Halawany, A. Sincore, L. Shah, A.F. Abouraddy, M.C. Richardson, and K.L. Schepler "Efficient coupling of a quantum cascade laser to a few-mode chalcogenide fiber" Optics Express, 27(20), pp. 27682-27690 (2019)
H.E. Kondakci, M.A. Alonso, and A.F. Abouraddy "Classical entanglement underpins the invariant propagation of space-time wave packets" Optics Letters, 44(11), pp. 2645-2648 (2019)
A.F. Abouraddy, A. Dogariu, and B.E.A. Saleh "Polarization coherence theorem: comment" Optica, 6(6), pp. 829-830 (2019)
M. Yessenov, B. Bhaduri, H.E. Kondakci, M. Meem, R. Menon, and A.F. Abouraddy "Non-diffracting broadband incoherent space-time fields" Optica, 6(5), pp. 598-607 (2019)
B. Bhaduri, M. Yessenov, D. Reyes, J. Peña, M. Meem, S. Rostami-Fairchild, R. Menon, M.C. Richardson, and A.F. Abouraddy "Broadband space-time wave packets propagating 70 m" Optics Letters, 44(8), pp. 2073-2076 (2019)
S. Shabahang, A.K. Jahromi, A. Shiri, K.L. Schepler, and A.F. Abouraddy "Toggling between active and passive imaging with an omni-resonant micro-cavity" Optics Letters, 44(7), pp. 1532-1535 (2019)
M. Yessenov, B. Bhaduri, L. Mach, D. Mardani, H.E. Kondakci, M.A. Alonso, G.A. Atia, and A.F. Abouraddy "What is the maximum differential group delay achievable by a space-time wave packet in free space?" Optics Express 27, 12443-12457 (2019)
M. Yessenov, B. Bhaduri, H.E. Kondakci, and A.F. Abouraddy "Classification of propagation-invariant space-time wave packets in free space: Theory and experiments" Physical Review A, 99(2), 023856 (2019)
H.E. Kondakci, and A.F. Abouraddy "Optical space-time wave packets having arbitrary group velocities in free space" Nature Communications, 10, 929 (2019)
D. Mardani, G. Atia, and A.F. Abouraddy "Signal reconstruction from interferometric measurements under sensing constraints" Signal Processing, 155, pp. 323-333 (2019)
B. Bhaduri, M. Yessenov, and A.F. Abouraddy "Space-time wave packets that travel in optical materials at the speed of light in vacuum" Optica, 6(2), pp. 139-146 (2019)
H.E. Kondakci, N.S. Nye, D.N. Christodoulides, and A.F. Abouraddy "Tilted-pulse-front space-time wave packets" ACS Photonics 6(2), pp. 475–481 (2019)
D. Mardani, A.F. Abouraddy, G. Atia "Interferometry-based modal analysis with finite aperture effects" Journal of The Optical Society of America-Optics Image Science and Vision, 35(11), pp. 1880-1890 (2018)
A. Sincore, J. Cook, F. Tan, A.F. Abouraddy, M.C. Richardson, and K.L. Schepler "Practical limits of power transmission through single-mode chalcogenide fibers" Optical Engineering, 57(11), #111807 (2018)
Alumni
PhD
Felix Tan, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2019Ali Kazemi Jahromi, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2018
Joshua Kaufman, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2014
Soroush Shabahang, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2014
Guang-Ming "Derek" Tao, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2014
Esmaeil "Hooman" Banaei, Electrical Engineering Ph.D., Spring 2013