CIAN - Center for Integrated Access Networks ERC
University Contributors
Dr. Ewan M. Wright
Super Course Faculty
Faculty Affiliation: OSC Professor Research Specialty: Optical Physics Professor of Optical Sciences Professor of Physics Email Address: ewan.wright@optics.arizona.edu Education: Ph.D., Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom), 1983 B.Sc., Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom), 1980
Research Summary:
My research is theoretical and computational in nature and is in the general area of optical physics. Recent research highlights include propagation of light strings in gases, theory and simulation of high-harmonic generation in optical cavities, proposal of an optical spring mirror for quantum optomechanics.
Dr. Ivan Djordjevic
Super Course Faculty
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona Dr. Djordjevic is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. His current research interests include optical networks, error control coding, constrained coding, coded modulation, turbo equalization, OFDM applications, and quantum error correction. He is an author/co-author of OFDM for Optical Communications (Elsevier, Oct. 2009) and Coding for Optical Channels (Springer, Mar.2010). Dr. Djordjevic is also an author of over 100 journal publications and over 100 conference papers. Email: ivan@email.arizona.edu
Module 13: Forward Error Correction
- Introduction
- 13.1 Channel Coding Preliminaries
- 13.2 Linear Block Codes
- 13.3 Cyclic Codes
- 13.4 Reed-Solomon (RS) Codes, Concatenated Codes, And Product Codes
- 13.5 Concluding Remarks
- Reference
Dr. George C. Papen
Super Course Faculty
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,University of California at San Diego George C. Papen is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. His research is in systems applications of optics in computing and communication. Current research topics include the development of robust optical interconnects for applications within computing systems and developing coding techniques to mitigate signal impairments in optical communication systems. Email: gpapen@ucsd.edu
Module 1: System Overview
- 1.1 Digital Communication Systems
- 1.1.1 Layer Models
- 1.1.2 Physical Layer
- 1.2 Lightwave Communication Systems
- 1.3 Lightwave Signals
- 1.3.1 Optical Sensing
- 1.4 Modulation and Demodulation
- 1.4.1 Amplitude Modulation
- 1.4.2 Noncoherent Carriers
- 1.5 Lightwave Channel Models
- 1.6 Coded Modulation
- 1.7 Multiplexing
- 1.8 Channel Capacity
- 1.9 Historical Perspective
- 1.10 References
- 1.11 Problems
Dr. Raymond K. Kostuk
Super Course Faculty
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona Dr. Raymond K. Kotsuk is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Arizona. His areas of research include holographic techniques, systems, and materials, ion exchange waveguide devices - interfacing to polymer and PBG layers, fiber optic systems including OCDMA, error-correction codes, all-optical network issues, medical imaging sensors including OCT and holographic filtering of coherent image data. Email: kostuk@ece.arizona.edu
Module 8: Optical Detectors
- Optical Detectors
- Introduction
- 8.1 Optical Detectors
- 8.2 p-n Junctions
- 8.3 Other Detectors used in Communication Systems
- 8.4 Noise Sources and Characterization
Module 9: Receivers
- Receivers
- Introduction
- 9.1 Performance of p-i-n photodiodes
- 9.2 Detector Circuit Model
- 9.3 Receiver Sensitivity
Dr. Franko Kueppers
Super Course Faculty
Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences
Affiliation:
Darmstadt University of Technology (Germany)
Module 12: System Architecture & Design
- Introduction
- 12.1 Telecommunications Network Framework
- 12.2 Modulation formats
- 12.3 System limitations
Dr Nasser Peyghambarian
Center Director , CIAN
Director of ERC NSF Center for Integrated Access Networks Dr. Nasser Peyghambarian is a Professor of Optical Sciences in the University of Arizona. His areas of research include optical telecommunication, fiber optics, fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers, integrated optics including waveguide amplifiers, lasers, modulators. Femtosecond laser spectroscopy and dynamics of optical phenomena in semiconductors and organic materials. Nonlinear photonics and high speed optical switching. Characterization of optical materials in terms of speed and nonlinearities. Polymer optoelectronics, photorefractive polymers, organic light emitting diodes and lasers. Email: nnp@u.arizona.edu
Nasser Peyghambarian is a Professor of the College of Optical Sciences and also the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Arizona. He is the Chair of Photonics and Lasers at the University of Arizona as well as Director of the Photonics Initiative. He is also the Director of the newly created National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Integrated Access Networks (CIAN). He is Chairman of the Board and Founder of NP Photonics, Inc. and TIPD, LLC. He is the recipient of the U of A 2007 Technology Innovation Award, International Francqui Chair, Belgium 1998-1999, TRW Young Faculty Award, and 3M Company's Young Faculty Award. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Society for optical engineers (SPIE) and the American Physical Society (APS). His research interests include optical networks, silicon photonics, optical subsystems and components, nanophotonics, waveguide and fiber optics, fiber lasers and amplifiers, glass-organic hybrid materials and devices, plastic optoelectronics, nonlinear photonics, semiconductor optics, and 3D displays.
Website:
Photonics Science and Technology Group
Photonics Science and Technology Group Videos
National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Integrated Access Networks
Technology and Research Initiative Funding Photonics
Office Location:
Meinel 537
Mailing Address:
College of Optical Sciences
The University of Arizona
1630 E. University Blvd.
P.O. Box 210094
Tucson, AZ 85721-0094
Phone Number:
621-4649
Fax: 621-9610
Education:
- Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982
- M.S., Indiana University, 1979
- B.S., Pahlavi University (Iran), 1976
Employment:
- Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 1991-present
- Professor: The University of Arizona, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 1993-present
- Director: National Science Foundation, Engineering Research Center for Integrated Access Networks, 2008-present
- Chief Executive Officer: NP Photonics Inc., 1998-2002
- Adjunct Professor: University of California, San Diego, 2007-present
- Associate Director: National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Center for Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research, 2006-present
- Chairman of the Board: NP Photonics Inc., 2002-2012
- Founder: NP Photonics Inc., 1998
- Founder: TIPD, LLC., 2006
- Director: Photonics Initiative (Arizona Proposition 301), 2001-present
- Co-Director: The University of Arizona, Center for Advanced Multifunctional Nonlinear Optical Polymers and Molecular Assemblies, 1995-2001
- Director: The University of Arizona, Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Interconnects and Packaging, 1995-2004
- Chair of Photonics and Lasers: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 1994-present
- Director: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Optoelectronic Materials Center, Arizona Group, 1993-1996
- Visiting Professor: NNT (Japan), 1990
- Director: The University of Arizona, Optical Circuitry Cooperative, 1991-1995
- Associate Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1988-1991
- Assistant Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1985-1988
- Assistant Research Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1983-1985
- Postdoctoral Fellow: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1982-1983
- Postdoctoral Fellow: Indiana University, 1981-1983
- Research Assistant: Indiana University, 1977-1981
Professional Affiliations and Activities:
- American Physical Society: Fellow
- The Optical Society (OSA): Fellow
- SPIE: Fellow
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: Fellow
- IEEE: Member
- Member of the international editorial board of the Display and Imaging Materials and Systems (DMS) journal 2012
- Member of the program committee for the Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging (DH) meeting, April 29 - May 2, 2012 in Miami, Florida.
- Program Chair of FILAS, Fiber Laser and Applications, February 1-3, 2012.
- Chair of the OSA Incubator Meeting on 3D Display, 2011-12.
- Member of the American Institute of Physics Ad Hoc Committee to review Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics 2009-2010.
- Applied Optics Division Editor for Lasers and Photonics for the Optical Society of America, 2008-2010.
Awards and Honors:
- The University of Arizona: Technology Innovation Award, 2007
- Francqui Foundation (Belgium): International Francqui Chair, 1998-1999
- Beam Co.: Golden Alligator Award, 2005
- TRW: Young Faculty Award, 1989-1990
- 3M Co.: Young Faculty Award, 1987-1989
- Indiana University: Physics Department, Outstanding Graduate Student in Research, 1981
Specific Research Interests:
- Optical networks and optical communication
- Fiber optics, fiber lasers and amplifiers
- Organic photonics
- 3-D holographic display and 3-D telepresence
- Nonlinear photonics
- Optical modulators and switches
- Laser spectroscopy
- Nanostructures and quantum dots
Affiliated Faculty
Research Staff
Technical Staff
Current Students
Administrative Staff
Adjunct Collaborators
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Andre Persoons
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Arkady Bablumyan
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Arturo Chavez-Pirson
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Axel Schulzgen
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M. Kuwata Gonokami
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Sandalphon Sandalphon
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Seppo Honkanen
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Shibin Jiang
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Stephan Koch
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Wei Shi
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Yeshaiahu Fainman
Visiting Collaborators
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Alex Maslov
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Lei Ding
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Takefumi Ota
Books Authored
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Introduction to Semiconductor Optics
Nasser Peyghambarian, Stephan W. Koch and Andre Mysyrowicz
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Nonlinear Photonics
Hyatt M. Gibbs, Galina Khitrova and Nasser Peyghambarian
Books Edited
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Optical Bistability III
Hyatt M. Gibbs, Paul Mandel, Nasser Peyghambarian and S. Desmond Smith
Patents
Dr Yeshaiahu Fainman
Deputy Director CIAN
Professor Fainman joined the faculty at UCSD in July 1990 following a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan. Current research interests in his group include the investigation of artificial dielectric properties of nanostructures; polarization selective computer generated holograms and their applications for image processing, transparent photonic switching fabric and networks, and packaging optoelectronic devices and systems; programmable diffractive optical elements; 3-D holographic optical storage; diffractive optics with multifunctionality; optical information processing with femtosecond laser pulses; nonconventional 3-D imaging and displays; quantum cryptography for photonic network security and privacy.
Dr. Alan Kost
Super Course Faculty
Associate Research Professor of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona Dr. Alan Kost is an Associate Research Professor of Optical Sciences in the University of Arizona. His areas of research include optical data storage, optical communications, integrated optics, nano-optics. Email: akost@arizona.edu
Module 6: Device Physics
- Device Physics - M6
- Introduction
- 6.1 Radiative Processes
- 6.2 Semiconductors
- 6.3 Non-Radiative Processes
- 6.4 Three Main Components of a Laser
- 6.5 Semiconductor Lasers
- 6.6 Types of Semiconductor Lasers
Module 7: Optical Sources and Transmitters
- Optical Sources and Transmitters
- Introduction
- 7.1 Source Design Concerns
- 7.2 Output Modulation
- 7.3 Transmitter Design
Module 10: Optical Amplifiers
- Optical Amplifiers
- Introduction
- 10.1 Amplifier Types
- 10.2 EDFA Properties
- 10.3 EDFA as a Receiver Pre-Amplifier
- 10.4 Optical Fiber Amplifier Design
- 10.5 Raman Amplifiers
Module 11: Fiber Optic Networks and the Internet
- Introduction to Fiber Optic Networks
- 11.1 Network Topology
- 11.2 Time Division Multiplexing and SONET
- 11.3 Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- 11.4 The Optical Network Hierarchy
- Further Reading and References
Dr. B. G Potter
Super Course Faculty
Dr. B.G. Potter Professor, Material Science and Engineering Dept, University of Arizona Dr. B.G.Potter is a Professor of Material Science and Engineering in the University of Arizona. Research activity within Dr. Potter's group is centered on the synthesis and study of glass, ceramic, and molecular hybrid materials for photonic and electronic applications. Active research and ongoing programs include: optically driven molecular assembly strategies, nanostructured photovoltaic energy conversion materials, photoactivated phenomena in glass and hybrid thin films, solution and physical vapor phase deposition of thin films and nanocomposites (oxides, inorganic-organic hybrids), thermal stability of complex oxide optical materials, environmental sensing, optical behavior of rare-earth-doped matrices, semiconductor quantum-dot ensembles, and optical spectroscopy. Email: bgpotter@mse.arizona.edu
Module 2: Optical Fiber Materials - M2
- Optical Fiber Materials
- Introduction
- 2.1 Optical Properties
- 2.2 Thermal Properties
- 2.3 Mechanical Properties
- 2.4 Chemical Properties
- 2.5 Optical Fiber Geometry
- 2.6 Perform Fabrication Techniques
- 2.7 Double-crucible technique
- 2.8 Optical Fiber Drawing
- 2.9 Cabling
Module 3: Attenuation - M3
- Introduction
- 3.1 Optical Absorption
- 3.2 Optical Scattering
- 3.3 Bending Losses
- 3.4 Core and Cladding Loss
Dr. Masud Mansuripur
Super Course Faculty
Dr. Masud Mansuripur Chair of Optical Data Storage, University of Arizona Dr. Masud Mansuripur is the Chair of Optical Data Storage and Professor of Optical Sciences in the University of Arizona. His areas of research include optical data storage; magneto-optics; optics of polarized light in systems of high numerical aperture; magnetic and magneto-optical properties of thin solid films; magnetization dynamics, integrated optics for optical heads (data storage systems); information theory, optical signal processing, biological data storage, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers. Email: masud@u.arizona.edu
Module 4: Foundations of the Classical Maxwell-Lorentz Theory of Electrodynamics
- Introduction
- 4.1 Sources of Electromagnetic Fields
- 4.2 Maxwell's Equations
- 4.3 Energy in Electromagnetic Systems
- 4.4 Momentum Density of the Electromagnetic Field
Module 5: Dispersion and Dispersion Mitigation
- Dispersion and Dispersion Mitigation
- Introduction
- 5.1 Pulse propagation in an isotropic, homogeneous, dispersive medium
- 5.2 Dispersion mitigation in optical fibers
- 5.3 Polarization mode dispersion