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  • 2018 - OSA Fellows Sasan Fathpour Univ. of Central Florida, USA For pioneering contributions to the field of integrated photonics, particularly heterogeneous integration in silicon photonics for second- and third-order nonlinear optics and mid-infrared wavelengths applications.

Overview

Sasan Fathpour is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States, with research focusing primarily on integrated photonics and nonlinear optics. Their work spans multiple fields including Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with specific subfields in Atomic and Molecular Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to photonics and optics. These include:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications

Fathpour has published extensively in several peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Advanced Photonics Research
  • Optics Express
  • IEEE Photonics Journal
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Sasan Fathpour are:

  • "Rejuvenating a Versatile Photonic Material: Thin-Film Lithium Niobate," 2020, Laser & Photonics Review
  • "Applications of thin-film lithium niobate in nonlinear integrated photonics," 2022, Advanced Photonics
  • "Tunable dual-channel ultra-narrowband Bragg grating filter on thin-film lithium niobate," 2021, Optics Letters
  • "Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Optical Modulators with an Extrapolated Bandwidth of 170 GHz," 2022, Advanced Photonics Research
  • "Linear isolators using wavelength conversion," 2020, Optica

Frequent coauthors include Milad G. Vazimali, Farzaneh Arab Juneghani, Kamal Abdelsalam, Ehsan Ordouie, and Gregory S. Kanter, with multiple collaborations reflected in the count of joint publications.

Award recognition includes being named an OSA Fellow in 2018 for contributions to integrated photonics, particularly in heterogeneous integration in silicon photonics related to second- and third-order nonlinear optics and mid-infrared wavelength applications.

Best Publications

  • Silicon Photonics

    B. Jalali;S. Fathpour

  • The role of Auger recombination in the temperature-dependent output characteristics (T0=∞) of p-doped 1.3 μm quantum dot lasers

    S. Fathpour;Z. Mi;P. Bhattacharya;A. R. Kovsh

  • Heterogeneous lithium niobate photonics on silicon substrates

    Payam Rabiei;Jichi Ma;Saeed Khan;Jeff Chiles

  • High-performance and linear thin-film lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulators on silicon up to 50 GHz.

    Ashutosh Rao;Aniket Patil;Payam Rabiei;Amirmahdi Honardoost

  • High-speed 1.3μm tunnel injection quantum-dot lasers

    Z. Mi;P. Bhattacharya;S. Fathpour

  • High-speed quantum dot lasers

    S Fathpour;Z Mi;P Bhattacharya

  • Heterogeneous microring and Mach-Zehnder modulators based on lithium niobate and chalcogenide glasses on silicon.

    Ashutosh Rao;Aniket Patil;Jeff Chiles;Marcin Malinowski

  • Compact Lithium Niobate Electrooptic Modulators

    Ashutosh Rao;Sasan Fathpour

  • Actively-monitored periodic-poling in thin-film lithium niobate photonic waveguides with ultrahigh nonlinear conversion efficiency of 4600 %W-1cm-2.

    Ashutosh Rao;Kamal Abdelsalam;Tracy Sjaardema;Amirmahdi Honardoost

  • Mid-infrared integrated waveguide modulators based on silicon-on-lithium-niobate photonics

    Jeff Chiles;Sasan Fathpour

  • Rejuvenating a Versatile Photonic Material: Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

    Amirmahdi Honardoost;Kamal Abdelsalam;Sasan Fathpour

  • Silicon-on-nitride waveguides for mid- and near-infrared integrated photonics

    Saeed Khan;Jeff Chiles;Jichi Ma;Sasan Fathpour

  • Prospects for Silicon Mid-IR Raman Lasers

    B. Jalali;V. Raghunathan;R. Shori;S. Fathpour

  • Second-harmonic generation in periodically-poled thin film lithium niobate wafer-bonded on silicon.

    Ashutosh Rao;Marcin Malinowski;Amirmahdi Honardoost;Javed Rouf Talukder

  • Electronically tunable silicon photonic delay lines

    Saeed Khan;Mohammad Amin Baghban;Sasan Fathpour

  • Emerging heterogeneous integrated photonic platforms on silicon

    Sasan Fathpour

  • High-contrast, all-silicon waveguiding platform for ultra-broadband mid-infrared photonics

    Jeff Chiles;Saeed Khan;Jichi Ma;Sasan Fathpour

  • Miniaturized Silicon Photonics Devices for Integrated Optical Signal Processors

    Min Teng;Sasan Fathpour;Reza Safian;Leimeng Zhuang

  • Limitations of active carrier removal in silicon Raman amplifiers and lasers

    D. Dimitropoulos;S. Fathpour;B. Jalali

  • Second-harmonic generation in periodically-poled thin film lithium niobate wafer-bonded on silicon

    Ashutosh Rao;Marcin Malinowski;Amirmahdi Honardoost;Javed Rouf Talukder

  • Low-loss, submicron chalcogenide integrated photonics with chlorine plasma etching

    Jeff Chiles;Marcin Malinowski;Ashutosh Rao;Spencer Novak;Spencer Novak

  • Energy harvesting in silicon wavelength converters.

    Kevin K. Tsia;Sasan Fathpour;Bahram Jalali

  • Mid-infrared integrated waveguide modulators based on silicon-on-lithium-niobate

    Jeff Chiles;Sasan Fathpour

Frequent Co-Authors

Bahram Jalali
Bahram Jalali University of California, Los Angeles
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson University of Central Florida
Ming C. Wu
Ming C. Wu University of California, Berkeley
Peter J. Delfyett
Peter J. Delfyett University of Central Florida
Jacob B. Khurgin
Jacob B. Khurgin Johns Hopkins University
Pallab Bhattacharya
Pallab Bhattacharya University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Zetian Mi
Zetian Mi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
D.L. Pulfrey
D.L. Pulfrey University of British Columbia
Igor Luzinov
Igor Luzinov Clemson University

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