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
K. Pang, K.H. Zou, Z. Zhao, H. Song, Y.Y. Zhou, M. Karpov, M. Yessenov, A. Shiri, H.Q. Song, R.Z. Zhang, H.B. Zhou, X.Z. Su, N.Z. Hu, A. Minoofar, T.J. Kippenberg, R.W. Boyd, A.F. Abouraddy, M. Tur and A.E. Willner "Experimental demonstration of dynamic spatiotemporal structured beams that simultaneously exhibit two orbital angular momenta by combining multiple frequency lines, each carrying multiple Laguerre-Gaussian modes" Optics Letters, 47(16), pp. 4044-4047 (2022)
A. Shiri, S. Webster, K.L. Schepler and A.F. Abouraddy "Propagation-invariant space-time supermodes in a multimode waveguide" Optica, 9(8), pp. 913-923 (2022)
M. Harling, V. Kelkar, C. Okoro, M. Diouf, A.F. Abouraddy and K.C. Toussaint "Reversible inter-degree-of-freedom optical-coherence conversion via entropy swapping" Optics Express, 30(16), pp. 29584-29597 (2022)
A. Shiri and A.F. Abouraddy "Spatial resolution of omni-resonant imaging" Optics Letters, 47(15), pp. 3804-3807 (2022)
M. Yessenov, Z.Z. Chen, M.P.J. Lavery and A.F. Abouraddy "Vector space-time wave packets" Optics Letters, 47(16), pp. 4131-4134 (2022)
A. Shiri and A.F. Abouraddy "Severing the Link between Modal Order and Group Index Using Hybrid Guided Space-Time Modes" ACS Photonics (2022)
K. Pang, K.H. Zou, H. Song, M. Karpov, M. Yessenov, Z. Zhao, A. Minoofar, R.Z. Zhang, H.Q. Song, H.B. Zhou, X.Z. Su, N.Z. Hu, T.J. Kippenberg, A.F. Abouraddy, M. Tur, and A.E. Willner "Synthesis of near-diffraction-free orbital-angular-momentum space-time wave packets having a controllable group velocity using a frequency comb" Optics Express, 30(10), pp. 16712-16724 (2022)
M. Yessenov, S. Faryadras, S. Benis, D.J. Hagan, E.W. Van Stryland and A.F. Abouraddy "Refraction of space–time wave packets in a dispersive medium" Optics Letters, 47(7), pp. 1630-1633 (2022)
L.A. Hall, M. Yessenov and A.F. Abouraddy "Arbitrarily accelerating space-time wave packets" Optics Letters, 47(3), pp. 694-697 (2022)
L.A. Hall and A.F. Abouraddy "Consequences of non-differentiable angular dispersion in optics: tilted pulse fronts versus space-time wave packets" Optics Express, 30(4), pp. 4817-4832 (2022)
M. Piccardo, V. Ginis, A. Forbes, S. Mahler, A.A. Friesem, N. Davidson, H.R. Ren, A.H. Dorrah, F. Capasso, F.T. Dullo, B.S. Ahluwalia, A. Ambrosio, S. Gigan, N. Treps, M. Hiekkamaki, R. Fickler, M. Kues, D. Moss, R. Morandotti, J. Riemensberger, T.J. Kippenberg, J. Faist, G. Scalari, N. Picque, T.W. Hansch, G. Cerullo, C. Manzoni, L.A. Lugiato, M. Brambilla, L. Columbo, A. Gatti, F. Prati, A. Shiri, A.F. Abouraddy, A. Alu, E. Galiffi, J.B. Pendry, and P.A. Huidobro "Roadmap on multimode light shaping" Journal of Optics, 24(1), A. 013001 (2022)
L.A. Hall and A.F. Abouraddy "Realizing normal group-velocity dispersion in free space via angular dispersion" OPTICS LETTERS, 46(21), pp. 5421-5424 (2021)
M. Diouf, M. Harling, M. Yessenov, L.A. Hall, A.F. Abouraddy and K.C. Toussaint "Space-time vector light sheets" OPTICS EXPRESS, 29(23), pp. 37225-37233 (2021)
M. Yessenov, B. Bhaduri and A.F. Abouraddy "Refraction of space-time wave packets: I. theoretical principles" Journal of the Optical Society of America A - Optics Image of Science and Vision, 38(10), pp. 1409-1422 (2021)
M. Yessenov, A.M.A. Motz, B. Bhaduri and A.F. Abouraddy "Refraction of space-time wave packets: II. experiments at normal incidence" Journal of the Optical Society of America A - Optics Image Science and Vision, 38(10), pp. 1450-1461 (2021)
M. Yessenov, A.M.A. Motz, B. Bhaduri and A.F. Abouraddy "Refraction of space-time wave packets: III. experiments at oblique incidence" Journal of the Optical Society of America A - Optics Image Science and Vision, 38(10), pp. 1462-1470 (2021)
M. Yessenov, L.A. Hall and A.F. Abouraddy "Engineering the Optical Vacuum: Arbitrary Magnitude, Sign, and Order of Dispersion in Free Space Using Space-Time Wave Packets" ACS Photonics, 8(8), pp. 2274-2284 (2021)
L.A. Hall and A.F. Abouraddy "Free-space group-velocity dispersion induced in space-time wave packets by V-shaped spectra" Physical Review A, 104(1), A. 013505 (2021)
L.A. Hall, S. Ponomarenko and A.F. Abouraddy "Temporal Talbot effect in free space" Optics Letters, 46(13), pp. 3107-3110 (2021)
A.M.A. Motz, M. Yessenov and A.F. Abouraddy "Isochronous space-time wave packets" Optics Letters, 46(10), pp. 2260-2263 (2021)
Alumni
PhD
Murat Yessenov, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2022Felix Tan, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2019
Ali 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
MS
Massimo (Maximilian) Villinger, Optics M.S., Spring 2015Rafael Avila Gil, Mechanical Engineering M.S., Unknown
Taylor Meehan, Mechanical Engineering M.S., Unknown