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2787
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to diffractive optical systems
  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2005 - OSA Fellows For contributions to the development of theoretical electromagnetic models as well as the design and experimental validation of micro- and nano-photonic optical elements and devices
  • 2004 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Dennis W. Prather is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy, with particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's publications are concentrated in several prominent venues, including:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • IEEE Access
  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Key research topics covered by their work include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Shouyuan Shi
  • Garrett J. Schneider
  • Janusz Murakowski
  • Peng Yao
  • Andrew Mercante

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dennis W. Prather include:

  • "Subvolt electro-optical modulator on thin-film lithium niobate and silicon nitride hybrid platform," 2020, Optics Letters
  • "High-efficiency lithium niobate modulator for K band operation," 2020, APL Photonics
  • "Thin Film Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Modulator for 1064 nm Wavelength," 2021, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • "Integrated Lithium Niobate Intensity Modulator on a Silicon Handle With Slow-Wave Electrodes," 2022, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • "Fourier-Optics Based Opto-Electronic Architectures for Simultaneous Multi-Band, Multi-Beam, and Wideband Transmit and Receive Phased Arrays," 2023, IEEE Access

Dennis W. Prather has received several recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2020 for contributions to diffractive optical systems. They were also named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017. Earlier honors include being named an OSA Fellow in 2005 for contributions related to theoretical electromagnetic models and experimental validation of micro- and nano-photonic optical elements and devices, and being named an SPIE Fellow in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Modified Compact Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for 4–50-GHz UWB Application

    Jian Bai;Shouyuan Shi;D W Prather

  • Multichannel wavelength division multiplexing with photonic crystals

    Ahmed Sharkawy;Shouyuan Shi;Dennis W. Prather

  • Thin film lithium niobate electro-optic modulator with terahertz operating bandwidth.

    Andrew J. Mercante;Shouyuan Shi;Peng Yao;Linli Xie

  • Myths and rumours of silicon photonics

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Thierry Pinguet;Patrick Lo Guo-Qiang;Steven Danziger

  • FORMULATION AND APPLICATION OF THE FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF AXIALLY SYMMETRIC DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS

    Dennis W. Prather;Shouyuan Shi

  • Thin film solar cell design based on photonic crystal and diffractive grating structures.

    James G. Mutitu;Shouyuan Shi;Caihua Chen;Timothy Creazzo

  • Electro-optical switching using coupled photonic crystal waveguides

    Dennis W. Prather;Ahmed Sharkawy;Shouyun Shi;Richard A. Soref

  • Dispersion-based optical routing in photonic crystals.

    Dennis W. Prather;Shouyuan Shi;David M. Pustai;Caihua Chen

  • Plane-wave expansion method for calculating band structure of photonic crystal slabs with perfectly matched layers

    Shouyuan Shi;Caihua Chen;Dennis W. Prather

  • Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional silicon tapers

    Anita Sure;Thomas Dillon;Janusz Murakowski;Chunchen Lin

  • Radiofrequency signal-generation system with over seven octaves of continuous tuning

    Garrett J. Schneider;Janusz A. Murakowski;Christopher A. Schuetz;Shouyuan Shi

  • Boundary integral methods applied to the analysis of diffractive optical elements

    Dennis W. Prather;Mark S. Mirotznik;Joseph N. Mait

  • Self-collimation in photonic crystal structures: a new paradigm for applications and device development

    Dennis W. Prather;Shouyuan Shi;Janusz Murakowski;Garrett J. Schneider

  • Development of a digital-micromirror-device-based multishot snapshot spectral imaging system.

    Yuehao Wu;Iftekhar O. Mirza;Gonzalo R. Arce;Dennis W. Prather

  • Three-Dimensional Subwavelength Imaging by a Photonic-Crystal Flat Lens Using Negative Refraction at Microwave Frequencies

    Zhaolin Lu;Janusz A. Murakowski;Christopher A. Schuetz;Shouyuan Shi

  • 110 GHz CMOS compatible thin film LiNbO3 modulator on silicon.

    Andrew J. Mercante;Peng Yao;Shouyuan Shi;Garrett Schneider

  • Higher-order computational model for coded aperture spectral imaging

    Henry Arguello;Hoover Rueda;Yuehao Wu;Dennis W Prather

  • High-efficiency coupling structure for a single-line-defect photonic-crystal waveguide

    Dennis W. Prather;Janusz Murakowski;Shouyuan Shi;Sriram Venkataraman

  • Analysis of splitters for self-collimated beams in planar photonic crystals

    David M. Pustai;Shouyuan Shi;Caihua Chen;Ahmed Sharkawy

  • Subvolt electro-optical modulator on thin-film lithium niobate and silicon nitride hybrid platform.

    Abu Naim R. Ahmed;Sean Nelan;Shouyuan Shi;Peng Yao

  • Polymer-Based Photonic Crystals

    Peng Yao;Caihua Chen;Shouyuan Shi;Garrett J. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Shouyuan Shi
Shouyuan Shi University of Delaware
Michael Hochberg
Michael Hochberg Luminous Computing
Liuqing Yang
Liuqing Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Tom Baehr-Jones
Tom Baehr-Jones Luminous Computing
Ran Ding
Ran Ding Jilin University
Axel Scherer
Axel Scherer California Institute of Technology
Samit K. Ray
Samit K. Ray Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson University of Central Florida
Larry R. Dalton
Larry R. Dalton University of Washington

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