Biography
Rodrigo Amezcua joined the College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL) and the Townes Laser Institute in February 2011 as an Assistant Research Professor. He obtained his PhD degree from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton. His Ph.D. was on the development of photonic crystal fibers. After completing his doctoral research, Rodrigo was employed as a post-doctoral researcher with Prof. Jonathan Knight at the University of Bath, UK. At the University of Bath, he developed novel photonic crystal fiber fabrication methods that lead to fibers with significantly improved optical properties. He has extensive experience in the design and fabrication of photonic crystal fibers for several applications; including fiber lasers, supercontinuum generation, nonlinear microscopy and sensing. Before joining CREOL, he worked at Powerlase Photonics, fabricating high-power diode pumped solid-state lasers.
Awards & Honors
- 2023 UCF Research Incentive Award
- 2023 CREOL Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
- 2018 CREOL Excellence in Research Award
- 2018 UCF Reach for the Stars Award
- 2017 Corning Student 2nd Prize at OFC for PhD Student Zahoora Sanjabi
- 2016 Corning Student Award at OFC for PhD Student Zahoora Sanjab
Microstructured Fibers and Devices
Advanced optical fiber design and fabrication, photoniccrystal fibers, fiber laser development, optical fiber devices and components, optical fiber sensors, nonlinear propagation in optical fibers, optical fiber for biomedical applications.Scientists
Students
Publications
Matthew Cooper, Joseph Wahlen, Steffen Wittek, Juan C. A. Zacarias, Daniel C. Delgado, Julian M. Mercado, Ivan Divliansky, Jose E. Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, and Rodrigo Amezcua Correa "600 W Single Mode CW Beam Delivery via Anti-Resonant Hollow Core Fiber" M. Cooper, J. Wahlen, S. Wittek, J. C. A. Zacarias, D. C. Delgado, J. M. Mercado, I. Divliansky, J. E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Schülzgen, and R. A. Correa, “600 w single mode CW beam delivery via anti-resonant hollow core fiber,” J. Dir. Energy 7 (2022). (2023)
Lukas Achatz, Lukas Bulla, Sebastian Ecker, Evelyn A. Ortega, Michael Bartokos, Juan Carlos Alvarado-Zacarias, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Martin Bohmann, Rupert Ursin & Marcus Huber "Simultaneous transmission of hyper-entanglement in three degrees of freedom through a multicore fiber " Achatz, L., Bulla, L., Ecker, S. et al. Simultaneous transmission of hyper-entanglement in three degrees of freedom through a multicore fiber. npj Quantum Inf 9, 45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-023-00700-0 (2023)
Xiaowen Hu, Jian Zhao, Jose Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Rodrigo Amezcua Correa & Axel Schülzgen "Unsupervised full-color cellular image reconstruction through disordered optical fiber" Hu, X., Zhao, J., Antonio-Lopez, J.E. et al. Unsupervised full-color cellular image reconstruction through disordered optical fiber. Light Sci Appl 12, 125 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-023-01183-6 (2023)
Vallejo-Carrillo, RG (Vallejo-Carrillo, R. G.) [1] ; Salceda-Delgado, G (Salceda-Delgado, G.) [1] ; Torres-Torres, M (Torres-Torres, M.) [1] ; Amezcua-Correa, R (Amezcua-Correa, R.) [2] ; Antonio-Lopez, JE (Antonio-Lopez, J. E.) [2] "Tuning of optical fiber laser based on super-mode interference in a seven-core fiber" Laser Physics, 33(4) (2023)
Stefan Gausmann, Xiaowen Hu, Jian Zhao, Md Selim Habib, He Cheng, JE Antonio-Lopez, Xiaoming Yu, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Axel Schülzgen "Tunable Dispersion and Supercontinuum Generation in Disordered Glass-Air Anderson Localization Fiber" S. Gausmann et al., "Tunable Dispersion and Supercontinuum Generation in Disordered Glass-Air Anderson Localization Fiber," in Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 2484-2493, 15 April15, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2022.3229000. (2022)
Monserrat Alonso-Murias, David Monzón-Hernández, Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Joel Villatoro "Hybrid optical fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer for nano-displacement sensing" Monserrat Alonso-Murias, David Monzón-Hernández, Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Joel Villatoro, Hybrid optical fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer for nano-displacement sensing, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 155, 2022, (2022)
Fontaine, NK (Fontaine, Nicolas K.) [1] ; Carpenter, J (Carpenter, Joel) [2] ; Gross, S (Gross, Simon) [3] ; Leon-Saval, S (Leon-Saval, Sergio) [4] ; Jung, YM (Jung, Yongmin) [5] ; Richardson, DJ (Richardson, David J.) [5] ; Amezcua-Correa, R (Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo) [6] "Photonic Lanterns, 3-D Waveguides, Multiplane Light Conversion, and Other Components That Enable Space-Division Multiplexing" Proceedings of the IEEE (2022)
Vanani, FG (Vanani, Fatemeh Ghaedi) [1] ; Fardoost, A (Fardoost, Alireza) [1] ; Zhang, YH (Zhang, Yuanhang) [1] ; Zhu, ZY (Zhu, Zheyuan) [1] ; Wang, N (Wang, Ning) [1] ; Alvarado-Zacarias, JC (Alvarado-Zacarias, Juan Carlos) [1] ; Amezcua-Correa, R (Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo) [1] ; Pang, S (Pang, Shuo) [1] ; Li, GF (LI, Guifang) [1] "Low-crosstalk mode-group demultiplexers based on Fabry-Perot thin-film filters" Optics Express, 30(22) pp. 39258-39268 (2022)
A. Van Newkirk, J. E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua Correa, and A. Schülzgen "Extending the transmission of a silica hollow core fiber to 4.6 mu m" Optics Continuum, 1, 2062 (2022) PDF
Norris, B (Norris, Barnaby) [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] ; Betters, C (Betters, Christopher) [1] , [2] , [3] ; Wei, J (Wei, Jin) [2] , [3] ; Yerolatsitis, S (Yerolatsitis, Stephanos) [6] ; Amezcua-correa, R (Amezcua-correa, Rodrigo) [6] ; Leon-saval, S (Leon-saval, Sergio) "Optimal broadband starlight injection into a single-mode fibre with integrated photonic wavefront sensing" Optics Express, 30(19) pp. 34908-34917 (2022)
Petry, M (Petry, Michael) [1] , [2] ; Amezcua-Correa, R (Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo) [3] ; Habib, MS (Habib, Md. Selim) [1] "Random misalignment and anisotropic deformation of the nested cladding elements in hollow-core anti-resonant fibers" Optics Express, 30(19) pp. 34712-34724 (2022)
R.S.B. Ospina, M. van den Hout, S. van der Heide, J. van Weerdenburg, R. Ryf, N.K. Fontaine, H.S. Chen, R. Amezcua-Correa, C. Okonkwo and D.A.A. Mello "MDG and SNR Estimation in SDM Transmission Based on Artificial Neural Networks " Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(15), pp. 5021-5030 (2022)
D. Cruz-Delgado, S. Yerolatsitis, N.K. Fontaine, D.N. Christodoulides, R. Amezcua-Correa and M.A. Bandres "Synthesis of ultrafast wavepackets with tailored spatiotemporal properties" Nature Photonics (2022)
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, 107047 (2022) PDF
C.H. Li, H.S. Chen, N.K. Fontaine, B. Farah, C. Bolle, R. Ryf, M. Mazur, O. Raz, C. Neumeyr, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, R. Amezcua-Correa, M. Bigot-Astruc, P. Sillard, and D.T. Neilson "Co-Packaged Optics with Multimode Fiber Interface Employing 2-D VCSEL Matrix" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(10), pp. 3325-3330 (2022)
Y.T. Huang, H.Z. Huang, H.S. Chen, J.C. Alvarado, N.K Fontaine, M. Mazur, Q.W. Zhang, R. Ryf, R. Amezcua-Correa, Y.X. Song, Y.C. Li and W. Min "Free-Space Optics Communications Employing Elliptical-Aperture Multimode Diversity Reception Under Anisotropic Turbulence" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(5), pp. 1502-1508 (2022)
G. Salceda-Delgado, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. Martinez-Rios, R. Amezcua-Correa, G. Anzueto-Sanchez, I. Torres-Gomez and V.M. Duran-Ramirez "Reconfigurable optical fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer and its applications for displacement sensing" Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 68(2), A. 021301 (2022)
Y.H. Chen, P. Sidorenko, E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa and F. Wise "Efficient soliton self-frequency shift in hydrogen-filled hollow-core fiber" Optics Letters, 47(2), pp. 285-288 (2022)
Josu Amorebieta, Angel Ortega-Gomez, Rubén Fernández, Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, Joseba Zubia, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Gaizka Durana, Joel Villatoro "Sensitivity-optimized strongly coupled multicore fiber-based thermometer" Josu Amorebieta, Angel Ortega-Gomez, Rubén Fernández, Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, Joseba Zubia, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Gaizka Durana, Joel Villatoro, Sensitivity-optimized strongly coupled multicore fiber-based thermometer, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 145, 2022 (2022)
E.A. Ortega, K. Dovzhik, J. Fuenzalida, S. Wengerowsky, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, R.F. Shiiozaki, R. Amezcua-Correa, M. Bohmann and R. Ursin "Experimental Space-Division Multiplexed Polarization-Entanglement Distribution through 12 Paths of a Multicore Fiber" PRX Quantum, 2(4), A. 040356 (2021)
Alumni
PhD
Juan Carlos Alvarado Zacarias, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2020Steffen Wittek, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2020
Zeinab 'Zahoora' Sanjabi Eznaveh, Physics Ph.D., Spring 2017
MS
Fei Jia, Optics M.S., Summer 2018Yangyang Qin, Optics M.S., Spring 2017
Da Zhang, Optics M.S., Spring 2017
Weibin Zhu, Optics M.S., Spring 2017