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Michael Scalora is affiliated with the United States Department of the Army in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within engineering and physics, with a strong focus on materials science. The main areas of study include atomic and molecular physics, optics, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics involving plasmonic and surface plasmon research, photonic and optical devices, advanced fiber laser technologies, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, nonlinear optical materials studies, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, as well as the synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles.

Michael Scalora has published extensively in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Optics Express, APL Photonics, EPJ Web of Conferences, and Nature Communications. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Near-infrared to ultra-violet frequency conversion in chalcogenide metasurfaces (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Electrodynamics of conductive oxides: Intensity-dependent anisotropy, reconstruction of the effective dielectric constant, and harmonic generation (2020, Physical Review A)
  • All-optical tunable wavelength conversion in opaque nonlinear nanostructures (2022, Nanophotonics)
  • ENZ materials and anisotropy: enhancing nonlinear optical interactions at the nanoscale (2020, Optics Express)
  • Nonlinear spin-orbit coupling in optical thin films (2024, Nature Communications)

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as M. A. Vincenti, Domenico de Ceglia, J. Trull, C. Cojocaru, and L. Rodríguez-Suné.

Best Publications

  • The photonic band edge laser: A new approach to gain enhancement

    Jonathan P. Dowling;Michael Scalora;Mark J. Bloemer;Charles M. Bowden

  • Optical limiting and switching of ultrashort pulses in nonlinear photonic band gap materials.

    Michael Scalora;Jonathan P. Dowling;Charles M. Bowden;Mark J. Bloemer

  • Analytic expressions for the electromagnetic mode density in finite, one-dimensional, photonic band-gap structures

    J.M. Bendickson;M. Scalora;J.P. Dowling

  • Transparent, metallo-dielectric, one-dimensional, photonic band-gap structures

    M. Scalora;M. J. Bloemer;A. S. Pethel;J. P. Dowling

  • Pulsed second-harmonic generation in nonlinear, one-dimensional, periodic structures

    M. Scalora;M. J. Bloemer;A. S. Manka;J. P. Dowling

  • DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES OF FINITE, ONE-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC BAND GAP STRUCTURES : APPLICATIONS TO NONLINEAR QUADRATIC INTERACTIONS

    M Centini;C Sibilia;M Scalora;G D'Aguanno

  • The photonic band edge optical diode

    Michael Scalora;Jonathan P. Dowling;Charles M. Bowden;Mark J. Bloemer

  • Thin-film nonlinear optical diode

    Michael D. Tocci;Mark J. Bloemer;Michael Scalora;Jonathan P. Dowling

  • Third-harmonic generation and self-channeling in air using high-power femtosecond laser pulses.

    N. Aközbek;A. Iwasaki;A. Becker;M. Scalora

  • White-light continuum generation and filamentation during the propagation of ultra-short laser pulses in air

    N. Aközbek;M. Scalora;C.M. Bowden;S.L. Chin

  • ULTRASHORT PULSE PROPAGATION AT THE PHOTONIC BAND EDGE : LARGE TUNABLE GROUP DELAY WITH MINIMAL DISTORTION AND LOSS

    M. Scalora;R. J. Flynn;S. B. Reinhardt;R. L. Fork

  • Generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation for dispersive susceptibility and permeability: application to negative index materials.

    Michael Scalora;Maxim S. Syrchin;Neset Akozbek;Evgeni Y. Poliakov

  • Transmissive properties of Ag/MgF2 photonic band gaps

    Mark J. Bloemer;Michael Scalora

  • Second- and third-harmonic generation in metal-based structures

    M. Scalora;M. A. Vincenti;D. de Ceglia;V. Roppo

  • Enhancement of second-harmonic generation in a one-dimensional semiconductor photonic band gap

    Y. Dumeige;P. Vidakovic;S. Sauvage;I. Sagnes

  • Origin of second-harmonic generation enhancement in optical split-ring resonators

    Cristian Ciraci;Ekaterina Poutrina;Michael Scalora;David R Smith

  • Measurement of spontaneous-emission enhancement near the one-dimensional photonic band edge of semiconductor heterostructures

    Michael D. Tocci;Michael Scalora;Mark J. Bloemer;Jonathan P. Dowling

  • Negative refraction and sub-wavelength focusing in the visible range using transparent metallo-dielectric stacks

    Michael Scalora;Giuseppe D’Aguanno;Nadia Mattiucci;Mark J. Bloemer

  • Photonic-crystal fiber as a multifunctional optical sensor and sample collector

    Stanislav O. Konorov;Aleksei M. Zheltikov;Michael Scalora

  • Enhanced third harmonic generation from the epsilon-near-zero modes of ultrathin films

    Ting S. Luk;Domenico de Ceglia;Sheng Liu;Gordon A. Keeler

  • Photonic band gap device and method using a periodicity defect region to increase photonic signal delay

    Michael Scalora;Mark J. Bloemer;Michael D. Tocci

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Bruno
Giovanni Bruno National Research Council (CNR)
Jonathan P. Dowling
Jonathan P. Dowling Louisiana State University
Salvatore Campione
Salvatore Campione Sandia National Laboratories
Filippo Capolino
Filippo Capolino University of California, Irvine
See Leang Chin
See Leang Chin Université Laval
Wieslaw Krolikowski
Wieslaw Krolikowski Australian National University
Salvatore Baglio
Salvatore Baglio University of Catania
Isabelle Sagnes
Isabelle Sagnes Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Andrea Fiore
Andrea Fiore Eindhoven University of Technology
Michael B. Sinclair
Michael B. Sinclair Sandia National Laboratories

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