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  • 2016 - OSA Fellows José Azaña INRS–Energie Materiaux et Telecom, Canada For contributions to the advancement of ultrafast photonics in fiber optics and integrated-waveguide technologies for applications in high-speed communications, information processing and computing.

Overview

José Azaña is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work spans several key topics related to photonics and optical technologies. These include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators

José Azaña has published extensively in a variety of venues that reflect their multidisciplinary approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optics Letters
  • Laser & Photonics Review

Some of the recent scholarly papers authored include:

  • Compact optical convolution processing unit based on multimode interference, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Scalable and effective multi-level entangled photon states: a promising tool to boost quantum technologies, 2021, Nanophotonics
  • Real-time gap-free dynamic waveform spectral analysis with nanosecond resolutions through analog signal processing, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Versatile metal-wire waveguides for broadband terahertz signal processing and multiplexing, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Optical signal denoising through temporal passive amplification, 2021, Optica

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, reflecting a networked research environment. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Benjamin Crockett
  • Roberto Morandotti
  • Luis Romero Cortés
  • Saket Kaushal
  • Piotr Roztocki

In 2016, José Azaña was recognized as an OSA Fellow for contributions to the advancement of ultrafast photonics in fiber optics and integrated-waveguide technologies for applications in high-speed communications, information processing, and computing.

Best Publications

  • On-chip generation of high-dimensional entangled quantum states and their coherent control

    Michael Kues;Christian Reimer;Piotr Roztocki;Luis Romero Cortés

  • On-chip CMOS-compatible all-optical integrator

    M. Ferrera;Y. Park;L. Razzari;L. Razzari;B. E. Little

  • Sub-picosecond phase-sensitive optical pulse characterization on a chip

    Alessia Pasquazi;Marco Peccianti;Marco Peccianti;Yongwoo Park;Brent E. Little

  • Efficient wavelength conversion and net parametric gain via four wave mixing in a high index doped silica waveguide

    Alessia Pasquazi;Yongwoo Park;José Azaña;François Légaré

  • Temporal self-imaging effects: theory and application for multiplying pulse repetition rates

    J. Azana;M.A. Muriel

  • Real-time Fourier transformer based on fiber gratings.

    Miguel A. Muriel;José Azaña;Alejandro Carballar

  • Real-time optical spectrum analysis based on the time-space duality in chirped fiber gratings

    J. Azana;M.A. Muriel

  • Nonreciprocal waveguide Bragg gratings.

    Mykola Kulishov;Jacques M. Laniel;Nicolas Bélanger;José Azaña

  • Ultrafast all-optical differentiators

    Radan Slavík;Yongwoo Park;Mykola Kulishov;Roberto Morandotti

  • Temporal differentiation of optical signals using a phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating.

    Naum K. Berger;Boris Levit;Baruch Fischer;Mykola Kulishov

  • All-optical 1st and 2nd order integration on a chip

    Marcello Ferrera;Yongwoo Park;Luca Razzari;Brent E. Little

  • Integrated waveguide Bragg gratings for microwave photonics signal processing

    Maurizio Burla;Luis Romero Cortés;Ming Li;Xu Wang

  • Technique for multiplying the repetition rates of periodic trains of pulses by means of a temporal self-imaging effect in chirped fiber gratings.

    José Azaña;Miguel A. Muriel

  • Compact optical convolution processing unit based on multimode interference

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  • Photonic temporal integrator for all-optical computing

    Radan Slavík;Yongwoo Park;Nicolas Ayotte;Serge Doucet

  • Long-period fiber gratings as ultrafast optical differentiators

    Mykola Kulishov;José Azaña

  • Complex Quantum State Generation and Coherent Control Based on Integrated Frequency Combs

    Piotr Roztocki;Stefania Sciara;Christian Reimer;Luis Romero Cortes

  • All-optical Hilbert transformer based on a single phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating: design and analysis

    Mohammad H. Asghari;José Azaña

  • Generation and processing of complex photon states with quantum frequency combs

    Stefania Sciara;Piotr Roztocki;Cristina Rimoldi;Mario Chemnitz

  • Ultrafast all-optical first- and higher-order differentiators based on interferometers.

    Y Park;J Azaña;R Slavík

  • Picosecond and sub-picosecond flat-top pulse generation using uniform long-period fiber gratings.

    Y. Park;M. Kulishov;R. Slavík;J. Azaña

  • Wideband dynamic microwave frequency identification system using a low-power ultracompact silicon photonic chip

    Maurizio Burla;Xu Wang;Ming Li;Lukas Chrostowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Morandotti
Roberto Morandotti Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
David J. Moss
David J. Moss Swinburne University of Technology
Sophie LaRochelle
Sophie LaRochelle Université Laval
Lawrence R. Chen
Lawrence R. Chen McGill University
David V. Plant
David V. Plant McGill University
Radan Slavik
Radan Slavik University of Southampton
Jianping Yao
Jianping Yao University of Ottawa
Lukas Chrostowski
Lukas Chrostowski University of British Columbia
Luca Razzari
Luca Razzari Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Michael J. Strain
Michael J. Strain University of Strathclyde

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