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Michael J. Withford

Michael J. Withford

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
9957
World Ranking
2007
National Ranking
68

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Michael Withford Macquarie University, Australia For pioneering work developing novel 3-D optical chips, and on translating scientific research to end-users in the industry and university sectors.

Overview

Michael J. Withford is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research includes a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, and the study of Ceramics and Composites.

The scientist's work covers several topics, including photonic and optical devices, laser material processing techniques, advanced fiber laser technologies, glass properties and applications, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, and optical coherence tomography applications.

Withford's recent papers include: Scalable photonic-based nulling interferometry with the dispersed multi-baseline GLINT instrument (2021, Nature Communications), Designer Glasses-Future of Photonic Device Platforms (2021, Advanced Functional Materials), Revisiting ultrafast laser inscribed waveguide formation in commercial alkali-free borosilicate glasses (2020, Optics Express), Thermally stable high numerical aperture integrated waveguides and couplers for the 3 μm wavelength range (2022, APL Photonics), and Experimental Demonstration of a Petabit per Second SDM Network Node (2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology).

The frequent collaborators who have co-authored multiple publications with Withford are:

  • Simon Gross
  • Toney Teddy Fernandez
  • Karen Privat
  • Barnaby Norris
  • Peter Tuthill

The scientist has published several papers in key venues, notably:

  • Optics Express
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • APL Photonics

Awards received by Michael J. Withford include the SPIE Fellow designation in 2018 and the OSA Fellowship in 2015, the latter recognizing work on developing novel 3-D optical chips and efforts translating scientific research to industry and academic end-users.

Best Publications

  • Slit beam shaping method for femtosecond laser direct-write fabrication of symmetric waveguides in bulk glasses

    Martin Ams;G. D. Marshall;D. J. Spence;M. J. Withford

  • Laser written waveguide photonic quantum circuits

    Graham D. Marshall;Alberto Politi;Jonathan C. F. Matthews;Peter Dekker

  • Point-by-point written fiber-Bragg gratings and their application in complex grating designs

    Graham David Marshall;Robert J. Williams;Nemanja Jovanovic;M. J. Steel

  • Laser written circuits for quantum photonics

    Thomas Meany;Thomas Meany;Markus Gräfe;René Heilmann;Armando Perez-Leija

  • Direct laser written waveguide-Bragg gratings in bulk fused silica.

    Graham D Marshall;Martin Ams;Michael J Withford

  • Ultrafast laser written active devices

    Martin Ams;Graham D. Marshall;Peter Dekker;James A. Piper

  • Ultrafast-laser-inscribed 3D integrated photonics: challenges and emerging applications

    S. Gross;M. J. Withford

  • Investigation of Ultrafast Laser--Photonic Material Interactions: Challenges for Directly Written Glass Photonics

    M. Ams;G.D. Marshall;P. Dekker;M. Dubov

  • High aspect ratio taper-free microchannel fabrication using femtosecond Bessel beams

    M. K. Bhuyan;F. Courvoisier;P.-A. Lacourt;M. Jacquot

  • Two-photon quantum walks in an elliptical direct-write waveguide array

    J. O. Owens;M. A. Broome;D. N. Biggerstaff;M. E. Goggin;M. E. Goggin

  • Low bend loss waveguides enable compact, efficient 3D photonic chips

    Alexander Arriola;Simon Gross;Nemanja Jovanovic;Ned Charles

  • Fifty percent internal slope efficiency femtosecond direct-written Tm 3+:ZBLAN waveguide laser

    D. G. Lancaster;S. Gross;H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem;K. Kuan

  • Three-dimensional ultra-broadband integrated tapered mode multiplexers

    Simon Gross;Nicolas Riesen;Nicolas Riesen;John D. Love;Michael J. Withford

  • Cladding mode coupling in highly localized fiber Bragg gratings: modal properties and transmission spectra

    Jens Thomas;Nemanja Jovanovic;Ria G. Becker;Graham D. Marshall

  • Efficient diode double-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser operating at 1342nm.

    Hamish Ogilvy;Michael J. Withford;Peter Dekker;James A. Piper

  • Hybrid photonic circuit for multiplexed heralded single photons

    Thomas Meany;Lutfi A. Ngah;Matthew J. Collins;Alex S. Clark

  • Directly written monolithic waveguide laser incorporating a distributed feedback waveguide-Bragg grating

    Graham D. Marshall;Peter Dekker;Martin Ams;James A. Piper

  • Laser induced nanogratings beyond fused silica - periodic nanostructures in borosilicate glasses and ULE™

    Sören Richter;Christopher Miese;Sven Döring;Felix Zimmermann

  • Femtosecond laser modification of fused silica: the effect of writing polarization on Si-O ring structure

    Douglas J. Little;Martin Ams;Peter Dekker;Graham D. Marshall

  • Study of the influence of femtosecond laser polarisation on direct writing of waveguides

    M. Ams;G. D. Marshall;M. J. Withford

  • A Directly-Written Monolithic Waveguide-Laser Incorporating a DFB Waveguide-Bragg Grating

    Graham D. Marshall;Peter Dekker;Martin Ams;James A. Piper

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem University of Adelaide
Tanya M. Monro
Tanya M. Monro University of South Australia
Siyuan Yu
Siyuan Yu Sun Yat-sen University
Benjamin J. Eggleton
Benjamin J. Eggleton University of Sydney
John Canning
John Canning University of Technology Sydney
Yoshinari Awaji
Yoshinari Awaji National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Naoya Wada
Naoya Wada National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Nicolas K. Fontaine
Nicolas K. Fontaine Nokia (United States)
Han Zhang
Han Zhang Shenzhen University
Fabian Rotermund
Fabian Rotermund Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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