D3  THz and Photonic Devices, Circuits, and Applications

Friday, January 11  08:20-12:00  Room 151

Session Chairs:  Zoya Popovic, Jamesina Simpson

08:20  D3-1  DESIGN OF MICRO-OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS BASED ON THIRD-ORDER NONLINEARITY

Xiaoge Zeng*, Milos Popovic

ECEE, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder


08:40  D3-2  CIRCUIT MODELING OF AC PERFORMANCE OF GRAPHENE NANODEVICES

Pai-Yen Chen*, Andrea Alu

University of Texas at Austin, Austin


09:00  D3-3  SYNTHESIS OF HIGH-Q LINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MICROCAVITIES BASED ON A REAL-K BAND STRUCTURE SOLVER

Chris Poulton*, Xiaoge Zeng, Milos A. Popovic

University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO


09:20  D3-4  CHARACTERIZATION OF A QUANTUM DOT MODE LOCKED LASER FUNCTIONING AS A PHOTONIC MICROWAVE SOURCE

Georgios Atmatzakis*1, David Murell2, Christos G. Christodoulou1, Luke F. Lester2

1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2Center for High Technology Materials, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM


09:40  D3-5  POLE-ZERO MICRORING-RESONATOR FILTERS FOR DENSE WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED LINKS IN ON-CHIP INTERCONNECTS

Mark Wade*, Milos Popovic

ECEE, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO


10:20  D3-6  INJECTION LOCKING PROPERTIES OF A PHOTONIC MICROWAVE OSCILLATOR BASED ON A QUANTUM DOT MODE LOCKED LASER

Georgios Atmatzakis*1, David Murell2, Christos G. Christodoulou1, Luke F. Lester2

1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2Center for High Technology Materials, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM


10:40  D3-7  EFFICIENT, FIBER-TO-CHIP COUPLING AND OPTICAL THROUGH-SILICON VIAS FOR MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC-PHOTONIC CIRCUITS

Kareem Nammari*, Cale Gentry, Milos Popovic

Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO


11:00  D3-8  LIGHTSABERS (LASER SWORDS) FOR IMPROVING PHOTODETECTOR SPEED AND RESPONSIVITY

I. M. Mehdi Hasan*, Jamesina J Simpson

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah


11:20  D3-9  CIRCULAR WIGGLER: A NOVEL CONTACTED MICROCAVITY WITH SUPPRESSED RADIATION LOSS BASED ON IMAGINARY FREQUENCY SPLITTING

Yangyang Liu*, Jeffrey M. Shainline, Milos Popovic

Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO


11:40  D3-10  DESIGN OF OPTO-ELECTRONIC NANO-STRUCTURES, CAPABILITY FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENT SOLAR CELLS

Ahmadreza Ghahremani*, Aly E. Fathy

EECS, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN