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
- 2018 Excellence in Research Award
- 2018 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
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, A. 107047 (2022)
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)
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)
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)
Y.Z. Wang, O.T.S. Schiess, R. Amezcua-Correa and C. Markos "CO2-based hollow-core fiber Raman laser with high-pulse energy at 1.95 mu m" Optics Letters, 46(20), pp. 5133-5136 (2021)
N. Cuando-Espitia, M.A. Fuentes-Fuentes, A. Velazquez-Benitez, R. Amezcua, J. Hernandez-Cordero and D.A. May-Arrioja "Vernier effect using in-line highly coupled multicore fibers" Scientific Reports, 11(1), A. 18383 (2021)
A. Cifuentes, T. Pikálek, P. Ondrácková, R. Amezcua-Correa, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, T. Cižmár and J. Trägårdh "Polarization-resolved second-harmonic generation imaging through a multimode fiber" OPTICA, 8(8), pp. 1065-1074 (2021)
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)
C.D. Moraitis, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Jeram, and S.S. Eikenberry "Demonstration of high-efficiency photonic lantern couplers for PolyOculus" Applied Optics, 60(19), pp. D93-D99 (2021)
D. Cruz-Delgado, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, M.A. Cooper, S. Wittek, C. Dobias, J. Martinez-Mercado, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, N.K. Fontaine and R. Amezcua-Correa "Photonic lantern tip/tilt detector for adaptive optics systems" Optics Letters, 46(13), pp. 3292-3295 (2021)
M.A. Eftekhar, H. Lopez-Aviles, F.W. Wise, R. Amezcua-Correa and D.N. Christodoulides "General theory and observation of Cherenkov radiation induced by multimode solitons" Communications Physics, 4(1), A. 137 (2021)
Y.Z. Wang, A.I. Adamu, M.K. Dasa, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, M.S. Habib, R. Amezcua-Correa, O. Bang and C. Markos "Noise Performance and Long-Term Stability of Near- and Mid-IR Gas-Filled Fiber Raman Lasers" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 39(11), pp. 3560-3567 (2021)
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)
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