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Overview

Bill Corcoran is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and works primarily within the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as areas intersecting with Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics of their work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies, and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems. Additional research interests cover Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Corcoran has published multiple articles in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Lightwave Technology, arXiv (Cornell University), Optics Express, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021, and Preprints.org.

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably Roberto Morandotti, Sai T. Chu, David Moss, Arnan Mitchell, and Mengxi Tan.

Selected recent papers include:

  • 11 TOPS photonic convolutional accelerator for optical neural networks, 2021, Nature
  • Ultra-dense optical data transmission over standard fibre with a single chip source, 2020, Nature Communications
  • RF and Microwave Fractional Differentiator Based on Photonics, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs
  • Photonic RF Arbitrary Waveform Generator Based on a Soliton Crystal Micro-Comb Source, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Photonic Perceptron Based on a Kerr Microcomb for High-Speed, Scalable, Optical Neural Networks, 2020, Laser & Photonics Review

Best Publications

  • 11 TOPS photonic convolutional accelerator for optical neural networks

    Xingyuan Xu;Xingyuan Xu;Mengxi Tan;Bill Corcoran;Jiayang Wu

  • Status and Potential of Lithium Niobate on Insulator (LNOI) for Photonic Integrated Circuits

    Andreas Boes;Andreas Boes;Bill Corcoran;Bill Corcoran;Lin Chang;John Bowers

  • Green light emission in silicon through slow-light enhanced third-harmonic generation in photonic-crystal waveguides

    Bill Corcoran;Christelle Monat;Christian Grillet;David J Moss

  • Ultra-dense optical data transmission over standard fibre with a single chip source.

    Bill Corcoran;Mengxi Tan;Xingyuan Xu;Andreas Boes

  • Microwave and RF Photonic Fractional Hilbert Transformer Based on a 50 GHz Kerr Micro-Comb

    Mengxi Tan;Arnan Mitchell;David J. Moss;Xingyuan Xu

  • Photonic RF Phase-Encoded Signal Generation With a Microcomb Source

    Xingyuan Xu;Mengxi Tan;Jiang Wu;Andreas Boes

  • Photonic perceptron based on a Kerr microcomb for high-speed, scalable, optical neural networks

    Xingyuan Xu;Mengxi Tan;Bill Corcoran;Jiayang Wu

  • RF and Microwave Fractional Differentiator Based on Photonics

    Mengxi Tan;Xingyuan Xu;Bill Corcoran;Jiayang Wu

  • Photonic RF Arbitrary Waveform Generator Based on a Soliton Crystal Micro-Comb Source

    Mengxi Tan;Xingyuan Xu;Andreas Boes;Bill Corcoran

  • Photonic RF and Microwave Integrator Based on a Transversal Filter With Soliton Crystal Microcombs

    Xingyuan Xu;Mengxi Tan;Jiayang Wu;Andreas Boes

  • Slow light enhancement of nonlinear effects in silicon engineered photonic crystal waveguides

    Christelle Monat;Bill Corcoran;Majid Ebnali-Heidari;Christian Grillet

  • Optical signal processing on a silicon chip at 640Gb/s using slow-light

    Bill Corcoran;Christelle Monat;Mark Pelusi;Christian Grillet

  • Highly versatile broadband RF photonic fractional Hilbert transformer based on a Kerr soliton crystal microcombs

    Mengxi Tan;Xingyuan Xu;Andreas Boes;Bill Corcoran

  • Integral order photonic RF signal processors based on a soliton crystal micro-comb source

    Mengxi Tan;Xingyuan Xu;Jiayang Wu;Bill Corcoran

  • Slow Light Enhanced Nonlinear Optics in Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguides

    C. Monat;B. Corcoran;D. Pudo;M. Ebnali-Heidari

  • Investigation of phase matching for third-harmonic generation in silicon slow light photonic crystal waveguides using Fourier optics

    Christelle Monat;Christian Grillet;Bill Corcoran;David J. Moss

  • Silicon-Chip-Based Real-Time Dispersion Monitoring for 640 Gbit/s DPSK Signals

    T D Vo;B Corcoran;J Schroder;M D Pelusi

  • Four-wave mixing in slow light engineered silicon photonic crystal waveguides

    C Monat;M Ebnali-Heidari;C Grillet;B Corcoran

  • Frequency comb distillation for optical superchannel transmission

    Chawaphon Prayoonyong;Andreas Boes;Xingyuan Xu;Mengxi Tan

  • Silicon nanowire based radio-frequency spectrum analyzer

    Bill Corcoran;Trung D. Vo;Mark D. Pelusi;Christelle Monat

  • Green light emission in silicon through slow light enhanced third-harmonic generation in photonic crystal waveguides

    C. Monat;B. Corcoran;C. Grillet;D. J. Moss

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur J. Lowery
Arthur J. Lowery Monash University
David J. Moss
David J. Moss Swinburne University of Technology
Benjamin J. Eggleton
Benjamin J. Eggleton University of Sydney
Roberto Morandotti
Roberto Morandotti Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Arnan Mitchell
Arnan Mitchell RMIT University
Thach G. Nguyen
Thach G. Nguyen RMIT University
Xingyuan Xu
Xingyuan Xu Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Jiayang Wu
Jiayang Wu Swinburne University of Technology
Mark Pelusi
Mark Pelusi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Peter A. Andrekson
Peter A. Andrekson Chalmers University of Technology

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