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Overview

Nikola Alic is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, focusing particularly on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Materials Chemistry. The work is concentrated in advanced photonic technologies and silicon-based material science.

Their published papers include detailed studies of silicon-rich nitride materials and their optical properties. Notable publications are:

  • Silicon-Rich Nitride Refractive Index as a Degree of Freedom to Maximize Nonlinear Wave Mixing in Nanowaveguides, 2024, Advanced Photonics Research
  • Dynamics of Nonlinear Optical Losses in Silicon-Rich Nitride Nano-Waveguides, 2024, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Large Bidirectional Refractive Index Change in Silicon-rich Nitride via Visible Light Trimming, 2025, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Large Bidirectional Refractive Index Change in Silicon-rich Nitride via Visible Light Trimming, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Nikola Alic include Dmitrii Belogolovskii, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Andrew Grieco, Md. Masudur Rahman, and Karl Johnson. These collaborations indicate a multidisciplinary approach within the field of photonics and optical materials.

Their research has been disseminated primarily through the following venues:

  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Advanced Photonics Research
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

The main topics of Nikola Alic's work cover:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

This body of work reflects a consistent focus on nanophotonics and nonlinear optical phenomena in silicon-rich materials, with applications that likely intersect advanced photonic device engineering and materials science. The combination of experimental and theoretical approaches within these topics supports multidisciplinary progress in photonics and optical engineering.

Best Publications

  • Thermal and Kerr nonlinear properties of plasma-deposited silicon nitride/ silicon dioxide waveguides.

    Kazuhiro Ikeda;Robert E Saperstein;Nikola Alic;Yeshaiahu Fainman

  • 50-Gb/s Silicon Optical Modulator

    D. J. Thomson;F. Y. Gardes;J-M Fedeli;S. Zlatanovic

  • Mid-infrared wavelength conversion in silicon waveguides using ultracompact telecom-band-derived pump source

    Sanja Zlatanovic;Jung S. Park;Slaven Moro;Jose M. Chavez Boggio

  • Overcoming Kerr-induced capacity limit in optical fiber transmission

    E. Temprana;E. Myslivets;B.P.-P. Kuo;L. Liu

  • Generation of wideband frequency combs by continuous-wave seeding of multistage mixers with synthesized dispersion

    Evgeny Myslivets;Bill P.P. Kuo;Nikola Alic;Stojan Radic

  • Ultrahigh Count Coherent WDM Channels Transmission Using Optical Parametric Comb-Based Frequency Synthesizer

    Vahid Ataie;Eduardo Temprana;Lan Liu;Evgeny Myslivets

  • Spectral linewidth preservation in parametric frequency combs seeded by dual pumps

    Zhi Tong;Andreas O. J. Wiberg;Evgeny Myslivets;Bill P. P. Kuo

  • Wideband Parametric Frequency Comb as Coherent Optical Carrier

    Bill P.-P Kuo;Evgeny Myslivets;Vahid Ataie;Eduardo G. Temprana

  • Spectrally Equalized Frequency Comb Generation in Multistage Parametric Mixer With Nonlinear Pulse Shaping

    Vahid Ataie;Evgeny Myslivets;Bill P-P Kuo;Nikola Alic

  • Bandwidth-efficient phase modulation techniques for stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression in fiber optic parametric amplifiers.

    J. B. Coles;B. P.-P. Kuo;N. Alic;S. Moro

  • Ultra-broadband multimode 3dB optical power splitter using an adiabatic coupler and a Y-branch.

    Liangshun Han;Bill P.-P. Kuo;Nikola Alic;Stojan Radic

  • Wavelength Multicasting via Frequency Comb Generation in a Bandwidth-Enhanced Fiber Optical Parametric Mixer

    B. P.-P Kuo;E. Myslivets;N. Alic;S. Radic

  • Coherent Filterless Wideband Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Channelizer Based on Broadband Parametric Mixers

    A. O. J. Wiberg;D. J. Esman;L. Liu;J. R. Adleman

  • Wavelength Multicasting of 320-Gb/s Channel in Self-Seeded Parametric Amplifier

    C.-S. Bres;A. Wiberg;B.P.-P. Kuo;N. Alic

  • Signal Statistics and Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation in Intensity Modulated Fiber Optic Links Containing a Single Optical Pre-amplifier.

    Nikola Alić;George C. Papen;Robert E. Saperstein;Laurence B. Milstein

  • Time-domain waveform processing by chromatic dispersion for temporal shaping of optical pulses

    Robert E. Saperstein;Nikola Alić;Dmitriy Panasenko;Rostislav Rokitski

  • 155-nm Continuous-Wave Two-Pump Parametric Amplification

    J. Boggio;S. Moro;E. Myslivets;J.R. Windmiller

  • 730-nm optical parametric conversion from near- to short-wave infrared band.

    J M Chavez Boggio;J R Windmiller;M Knutzen;R Jiang

  • Subnoise detection of a fast random event

    V. Ataie;D. Esman;B. P.-P. Kuo;N. Alic

  • Nonlinearity Cancellation in Fiber Optic Links Based on Frequency Referenced Carriers

    N. Alic;E. Myslivets;E. Temprana;B. P.-P. Kuo

  • Spatial Equalization of Zero-Dispersion Wavelength Profiles in Nonlinear Fibers

    E. Myslivets;C. Lundstrom;J.M. Aparicio;S. Moro

  • Optical Demultiplexing of 320 Gb/s to 8 $\, imes\,$ 40 Gb/s in Single Parametric Gate

    C.-S. Bres;A.O.J. Wiberg;B.P.-P. Kuo;J.M. Chavez-Boggio

Frequent Co-Authors

Stojan Radic
Stojan Radic University of California, San Diego
Yeshaiahu Fainman
Yeshaiahu Fainman University of California, San Diego
Peter A. Andrekson
Peter A. Andrekson Chalmers University of Technology
Joseph E. Ford
Joseph E. Ford University of California, San Diego
Alan H. Gnauck
Alan H. Gnauck Nokia (United States)
Kazuhiro Ikeda
Kazuhiro Ikeda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Goran Z. Mashanovich
Goran Z. Mashanovich University of Southampton
Peter J. Winzer
Peter J. Winzer Nokia (United States)
Graham T. Reed
Graham T. Reed University of Southampton
J-M. Fedeli
J-M. Fedeli CEA LETI

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