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  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the understanding of nonlinear propagation in periodic structures, nonlinear dynamics of laser arrays, and polarization instabilities in birefringent optical fibers
  • 1994 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the understanding of nonlinear optical instabilities in semiconductor laser arrays, periodic structures, and birefringent optical fibers.

Overview

Herbert G. Winful is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans across Physics and Astronomy and Engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their work covers topics such as Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

Recent publications by Herbert G. Winful and collaborators include:

  • Surpassing soliton compression limits in anomalous dispersion high-power erbium fiber comb, 2021, Optica
  • Erratum: Relation between quantum tunneling times for relativistic particles [Phys. Rev. A 70, 052112 (2004)], 2023, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Frequency Comb Spectroscopy with Coherent Frequency Combs Generated by Diode Lasers, 2020, Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science
  • Supplementary document for Surpassing soliton compression limits in anomalous dispersion high power erbium fiber comb - 5236786.pdf, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Herbert G. Winful has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Gengji Zhou
  • Yu Yun
  • Jie Jiang
  • M. E. Fermann
  • Kevin F. Lee

The frequent venues where their work has been published include:

  • Optica
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Herbert G. Winful has received professional recognition such as being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2002, with a citation noting contributions to the understanding of nonlinear propagation in periodic structures, nonlinear dynamics of laser arrays, and polarization instabilities in birefringent optical fibers.

They were also named an IEEE Fellow in 1994 for contributions related to nonlinear optical instabilities in semiconductor laser arrays, periodic structures, and birefringent optical fibers.

Best Publications

  • Theory of bistability in nonlinear distributed feedback structures

    Herbert G. Winful;J. H. Marburger;E. Garmire

  • Physical origin of the Gouy phase shift.

    Simin Feng;Herbert G. Winful

  • Tunneling time, the Hartman effect, and superluminality: A proposed resolution of an old paradox

    Herbert G. Winful

  • Synchronized chaos and spatiotemporal chaos in arrays of coupled lasers.

    Herbert G. Winful;Lutfur Rahman

  • Generation of narrow-band terahertz radiation via optical rectification of femtosecond pulses in periodically poled lithium niobate

    Y.-S. Lee;T. Meade;V. Perlin;H. Winful

  • Polarization instabilities in birefringent nonlinear media: application to fiber-optic devices

    Herbert G. Winful

  • Optimal design of flat-gain wide-band fiber Raman amplifiers

    V.E. Perlin;H.G. Winful

  • Delay Time and the Hartman Effect in Quantum Tunneling

    Herbert G. Winful

  • Dynamics of phase-locked semiconductor laser arrays

    S. S. Wang;H. G. Winful

  • Stability of phase locking in coupled semiconductor laser arrays

    H. G. Winful;S. S. Wang

  • Pulse compression in optical fiber filters

    Herbert G. Winful

  • Self‐induced polarization changes in birefringent optical fibers

    Herbert G. Winful

  • Nonlinear Schrödinger solitons in a periodic structure

    John E. Sipe;Herbert G. Winful

  • Self‐pulsing and chaos in distributed feedback bistable optical devices

    Herbert G. Winful;Gene D. Cooperman

  • Nonlinear guided wave applications

    C. T. Seaton;Xu Mai;G. I. Stegeman;H. G. Winful

  • Nature of "superluminal" barrier tunneling.

    Herbert G. Winful

  • Gouy shift and temporal reshaping of focused single-cycle electromagnetic pulses

    Simin Feng;Herbert G. Winful;Robert W. Hellwarth

  • On distributed Raman amplification for ultrabroad-band long-haul WDM systems

    V.E. Perlin;H.G. Winful

  • Transient response of hybrid bistable optical devices

    E. Garmire;J. H. Marburger;S. D. Allen;H. G. Winful

  • Direct Observation of the Gouy Phase Shift with Single-Cycle Terahertz Pulses

    A. B. Ruffin;J. V. Rudd;J. F. Whitaker;S. Feng

  • All-Glass Large-Core Leakage Channel Fibers

    Liang Dong;Tsai-wei Wu;H.A. McKay;Libin Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven T. Cundiff
Steven T. Cundiff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Almantas Galvanauskas
Almantas Galvanauskas University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Simin Feng
Simin Feng Tsinghua University
Theodore B. Norris
Theodore B. Norris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
J. Nathan Kutz
J. Nathan Kutz University of Washington
George I. Stegeman
George I. Stegeman University of Central Florida
Colin T. Seaton
Colin T. Seaton University of Arizona
Mohammed N. Islam
Mohammed N. Islam University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Raman Kashyap
Raman Kashyap Polytechnique Montréal
Linda P. B. Katehi
Linda P. B. Katehi Texas A&M University

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