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Peter R. Herman

Peter R. Herman

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
43
Citations
7357
World Ranking
3909
National Ranking
182

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Peter R. Herman is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics focus on advanced technologies and applications such as Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Laser Material Processing Techniques, Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics, as well as Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

Peter R. Herman has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • In-Fiber Switchable Polarization Filter Based on Liquid Crystal Filled Hollow-Filament Bragg Gratings, 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Laser nano-filament explosion for enabling open-grating sensing in optical fibre, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Ultracompact Lens-Less "Spectrometer in Fiber" Based on Chirped Filament-Array Gratings, 2020, Advanced Photonics Research
  • Inhibition and enhancement of linear and nonlinear optical effects by conical phase front shaping for femtosecond laser material processing, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • High Throughput Omnidirectional Printing of Tubular Microstructures from Elastomeric Polymers, 2022, Advanced Healthcare Materials

Frequent co-authors of Peter R. Herman include Abdullah Rahnama, Keivan Mahmoud Aghdami, Erdem Yigit Ertorer, Jianzhao Li, and Ehsan Alimohammadian.

The scientist has published multiple works in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Photonics Research, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, and the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (AP) 2020.

Peter R. Herman was recognized as a SPIE Fellow in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Heat accumulation effects in femtosecond laser-written waveguides with variable repetition rate.

    Shane M. Eaton;Haibin Zhang;Peter R. Herman;Fumiyo Yoshino

  • Transition from thermal diffusion to heat accumulation in high repetition rate femtosecond laser writing of buried optical waveguides

    Shane M Eaton;Haibin Zhang;Mi Li Ng;Jianzhao Li

  • Burst-ultrafast laser machining method

    Peter R. Herman;Robin Marjoribanks;Anton Oettl

  • Waveguide writing in fused silica with a femtosecond fiber laser at 522 nm and 1 MHz repetition rate

    Lawrence Shah;Alan Y. Arai;Shane M. Eaton;Peter R. Herman

  • Laser shaping of photonic materials: deep-ultraviolet and ultrafast lasers

    P.R Herman;R.S Marjoribanks;A Oettl;K Chen

  • Visually Imperceptible Liquid-Metal Circuits for Transparent, Stretchable Electronics with Direct Laser Writing

    Chengfeng Pan;Kitty Kumar;Jianzhao Li;Eric J. Markvicka

  • Inscription of optical waveguides in crystalline silicon by mid-infrared femtosecond laser pulses

    Amir H. Nejadmalayeri;Peter R. Herman;Jonas Burghoff;Matthias Will

  • Single-step writing of Bragg grating waveguides in fused silica with an externally modulated femtosecond fiber laser

    Haibin Zhang;Shane M. Eaton;Peter R. Herman

  • Microfabricated system for parallel single-cell capillary electrophoresis.

    Nigel R Munce;Jianzhao Li;Peter R Herman;Lothar Lilge

  • Design and holographic fabrication of tetragonal and cubic photonic crystals with phase mask: toward the mass-production of three-dimensional photonic crystals

    Y. Lin;P. R. Herman;K. Darmawikarta

  • Stress induced birefringence tuning in femtosecond laser fabricated waveguides in fused silica

    Luís A. Fernandes;Jason R. Grenier;Peter R. Herman;J. Stewart Aitchison

  • Femtosecond laser written optofluidic sensor: Bragg grating waveguide evanescent probing of microfluidic channel

    Valeria Maselli;Jason R. Grenier;Stephen Ho;Peter R. Herman

  • Chemical-assisted femtosecond laser writing of lab-in-fibers.

    Moez Haque;Kenneth K. C. Lee;Stephen Ho;Luís A. Fernandes

  • Low-loss Type II waveguide writing in fused silica with single picosecond laser pulses

    Haibin Zhang;Shane M Eaton;Peter R Herman

  • Ultrafast laser waveguide writing: lithium niobate and the role of circular polarization and picosecond pulse width

    Amir H. Nejadmalayeri;Peter R. Herman

  • Femtosecond laser fabrication of birefringent directional couplers as polarization beam splitters in fused silica.

    Luís A. Fernandes;Jason R. Grenier;Peter R. Herman;J. Stewart Aitchison

  • Telecom-Band Directional Coupler Written With Femtosecond Fiber Laser

    S.M. Eaton;W. Chen;L. Zhang;H. Zhang

  • Temperature-compensated fiber-optic 3D shape sensor based on femtosecond laser direct-written Bragg grating waveguides

    Kenneth K.C. Lee;Adrian Mariampillai;Moez Haque;Beau A. Standish

  • Rapid thermal annealing in high repetition rate ultrafast laser waveguide writing in lithium niobate

    Amir H Nejadmalayeri;Peter R Herman

  • Fabrication of submicron gratings in fused silica by F 2 -laser ablation

    J. Ihlemann;S. Müller;S. Puschmann;D. Schäfer

  • Broadband directional couplers fabricated in bulk glass with high repetition rate femtosecond laser pulses.

    Wei-Jen Chen;Shane M. Eaton;Haibin Zhang;Peter R. Herman

  • High refractive index contrast in fused silica waveguides by tightly focused, high-repetition rate femtosecond laser

    Shane M. Eaton;Mi Li Ng;Tariq Rafique;Peter R. Herman

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Qian
Li Qian University of Toronto
Vladimir Kitaev
Vladimir Kitaev Wilfrid Laurier University
Geoffrey A. Ozin
Geoffrey A. Ozin University of Toronto
Joyce K. S. Poon
Joyce K. S. Poon University of Toronto
José Azaña
José Azaña Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Roberto Morandotti
Roberto Morandotti Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Arkadi Rosenfeld
Arkadi Rosenfeld Max Planck Society
Carmel Majidi
Carmel Majidi Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Moskovits
Martin Moskovits University of California, Santa Barbara

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