Biography
Konstantin L. Vodopyanov obtained his MS from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (“Phys-Tech”) and his PhD and DSc (Habilitation) from the Oscillations Lab. of Lebedev Physical Institute (later General Physics Inst.), led by Nobel Prize winner Alexander Prokhorov. Konstantin served an assistant professor at the Moscow Phys-Tech (1985-90), an Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow at the University of Bayreuth in Germany (1990-92), and as a Royal Society postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Imperial College, London, UK (1992-98). In 1998, he moved to the United States and became head of the laser group at Inrad, Inc., NJ (1998-2000), and later director of mid-IR systems at Picarro, Inc.,CA (2000-2003). His other industry experience includes co-founding and providing technical guidance for several US and European companies. In 2003 he returned to Academia (Stanford University, 2003-2013) and is now a 21st Century Scholar Chair & Professor of Optics at CREOL, College of Optics & Photonics, Univ. Central Florida. Dr. Vodopyanov is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), Optical Society of America (OSA), SPIE – International Society for Optical Engineering, UK Institute of Physics (IOP). He has > 350 technical publications and is member of program committees for several major laser conferences including CLEO (most recent, General Chair in 2010) and Photonics West (Conference Chair). His research interests include nonlinear optics, mid-IR and terahertz-wave generation, ultra broadband frequency combs and their spectroscopic and biomedical applications.
Awards & Honors
- American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
- International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Fellow
- Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
- United Kingdom’s Institute of Physics (IOP) Fellow
- 2023 CREOL Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
Research Group
Broadband mid-IR (λ > 2.5 µm) frequency combs based on subharmonic optical parametric oscillators. Trace molecular sensing. Biomedical applications of mid-IR combs. Supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide fibers. Photonic THz wave generation. Nano-IR spectroscopy.Scientists
Students
Publications
T. Kawamori, P. G. Schunemann, V. Gruzdev, and K.L. Vodopyanov "High-order (N=4–6) multiphoton absorption and mid-infrared Kerr nonlinearity in GaP, ZnSe, GaSe, and ZGP crystals" APL Photonics, 7, 086101 (2022). (2022)
K. L. Vodopyanov "Ultra-broadband mid-infrared frequency combs produced by optical subharmonic generation" Quantum Electronics 52, 307-312 (2022)
M.N. Polyanskiy, I.V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, K.L. Vodopyanov and M.A. Palmer "Post-compression of long-wave infrared 2 picosecond sub-terawatt pulses in bulk materials" Optics Express, 29(20), pp. 31714-31725 (2021)
M.N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I.V. Pogorelsky, R. Kupfer, K.L. Vodopyanov and M.A. Palmer "Single-shot measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of air at 9.2 mu m with a picosecond terawatt CO2 laser" Optics Letters, 46(9), pp. 2067-2070 (2021)
Q. Ru, T. Kawamori, P.G. Schunemann, S. Vasilyev, S.B. Mirov and K.L. Vodopyanov "Two-octave-wide (3 2 mu m) subharmonic produced in a minimally dispersive optical parametric oscillator cavity" Optics Letters, 46(4), pp. 709-712 (2021) PDF
E.V. Karlovets, I.E. Gordon, D. Konnov, A.V. Muraviev and K.L. Vodopyanov "Dual-comb laser spectroscopy of CS2 near 4.6 mu m" Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 256, A. 107269 (2020)
A.V. Muraviev, D. Konnov and K.L. Vodopyanov "Broadband high-resolution molecular spectroscopy with interleaved mid-infrared frequency combs" Scientific Reports, 10(1), A. 18700 (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) PDF
Z.E. Loparo, E. Ninnemann, Q.T. Ru, K.L. Vodopyanov, and S.S. Vasu "Broadband mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator for dynamic high-temperature multi-species measurements in reacting systems" Optics Letters, 45(2), pp. 491-494 (2020) PDF
D. Martyshkin, V. Fedorov, T. Kesterson, S. Vasilyev, H.R. Gu, J.Q. Liu, W.L. Weng, K.L. Vodopyanov, T.J. Kippenberg, and S. Mirov "Visible-near-middle infrared spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguide" Optical Materials Express, 9(6), pp. 2553-2559 (2019) PDF
T. Kawamori, Q. Ru, and K.L. Vodopyanov "Comprehensive model for randomly phase-matched frequency conversion in zinc-blende polycrystals and experimental results for ZnSe" Physical Review Applied, 11, 054015 (2019) PDF
S. Vasilyev, I. Moskalev, V. Smolski, J. Peppers, M. Mirov, A. Muraviev, K.L. Vodopyanov, S. Mirov, and V. Gapontsev "Multi-octave visible to long-wave IR femtosecond continuum generated in Cr:ZnS-GaSe tandem" Optics Express, 27(11), pp. 16405-16413 (2019) PDF
T. Tomberg, A. Muraviev, Q. Ru, and K.L. Vodopyanov "Background-free broadband absorption spectroscopy based on interferometric suppression with a sign-inverted waveform" Optica, 6(2), pp. 147-151 (2019) PDF
S. Vasilyev, I.S. Moskalev, V.O. Smolski, J.M. Peppers, M. Mirov, A.V. Muraviev, Z. Zawilski, P.G. Schunemann, S.B. Mirov, K.L. Vodopyanov, and V.P. Gapontsev "Super-octave longwave mid-infrared coherent transients produced by optical rectification of few-cycle 2.5-mu m pulses" Optica, 6(1), pp. 111-114 (2019) PDF
V. Smolski, S. Vasilyev, I. Moskalev, M. Mirov, Q. Ru, A. Muraviev, P. Schunemann, S. Mirov, V. Gapontev, and K.L. Vodopyanov "Half-Watt average power femtosecond source spanning 3-8 A mu m based on subharmonic generation in GaAs" Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, 124(6), pp. 101 (2018) PDF
A.V. Muraviev, V.O. Smolski, Z. E. Loparo, and K.L. Vodopyanov "Massively parallel sensing of trace molecules and their isotopologues with broadband subharmonic mid-infrared frequency combs" Nature Photonics, 12(4), pp. 209-215 (2018) PDF
Z.E. Loparo, J.G. Lopez, S. Neupane, W.P. Partridge Jr., K.L. Vodopyanov, and S.S. Vasu "Fuel-rich n-heptane oxidation: A shock tube and laser absorption study" Combustion and Flame 185, pp. 220–233 (2017) PDF
Q. Ru, Z. E. Loparo, X. Zhang, S. Crystal, S.S. Vasu, P. G. Schunemann, and K.L. Vodopyanov "Self-referenced octave-wide subharmonic GaP optical parametric oscillator centered at 3 µm and pumped by an Er-fiber laser" Optics Letters, 42(1), pp. 4756-4759 (2017) PDF
F. Gou, F. Peng, Q. Ru, Y.-H. Lee, H. Chen, Z. He, T. Zhan, K.L. Vodopyanov, and S.T. Wu "Mid-wave infrared beam steering based on high-efficiency liquid crystal diffractive waveplates" Optics Express, 25(19), pp. 22404-22410 (2017) PDF
Q. Ru, N. Lee, X. Chen, K. Zhong, G. Tsoy, M. Mirov, S. Vasilyev, S. B. Mirov, and K.L. Vodopyanov "Optical parametric oscillation in a random polycrystalline medium" Optica, 4(6), pp. 617-618 (2017) PDF
Alumni
PhD
Taiki Kawamori, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2021Zachary Loparo, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Spring 2020
Qitian Ru, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2019
MS
Suyuan Chen, Optics M.S., Fall 2020Jia Xu, Optics M.S., Summer 2015