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  • 2013 - OSA Fellows For research and development of fiber gratings applied to communication and sensors.

Overview

Stephen J. Mihailov is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and physics, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering and atomic and molecular physics, particularly optics.

The researcher specializes in several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics

Stephen J. Mihailov has published numerous papers in notable venues. Among these:

  • "Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications," 2021, Sensors
  • "Fiber Bragg Grating Wavelength Drift in Long-Term High Temperature Annealing," 2021, Sensors
  • "High-Efficiency Random Fiber Laser Based on Strong Random Fiber Grating for MHz Ultrasonic Sensing," 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal
  • "Strain measurement range enhanced chirped pulse φ-OTDR for distributed static and dynamic strain measurement based on random fiber grating array," 2020, Optics Letters
  • "Stabilizing Brillouin random laser with photon localization by feedback of distributed random fiber grating array," 2022, Optics Express

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Mihailov include:

  • Cyril Hnatovsky
  • Ping Lü
  • Huimin Ding
  • Xiaoyi Bao
  • Robert B. Walker

The primary publication venues for their work feature:

  • Optics Letters
  • Sensors
  • Optics Express
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • APL Photonics

Stephen J. Mihailov's research fields encompass:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Subfields of study include:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Materials Chemistry

Award recognition includes the title of OSA Fellow awarded in 2013, cited for research and development of fiber gratings applied to communication and sensors.

Best Publications

  • Fiber Bragg grating sensors for harsh environments.

    Stephen J. Mihailov

  • Fiber bragg gratings made with a phase mask and 800-nm femtosecond radiation.

    Stephen J. Mihailov;Christopher W. Smelser;Ping Lu;Robert B. Walker

  • Formation of Type I-IR and Type II-IR gratings with an ultrafast IR laser and a phase mask.

    Christopher W. Smelser;Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic

  • Sapphire fiber Bragg grating sensor made using femtosecond laser radiation for ultrahigh temperature applications

    D. Grobnic;S.J. Mihailov;C.W. Smelser;Huimin Ding

  • Bragg gratings written in all-SiO/sub 2/ and Ge-doped core fibers with 800-nm femtosecond radiation and a phase mask

    S.J. Mihailov;C.W. Smelser;D. Grobnic;R.B. Walker

  • Long-term thermal stability tests at 1000 °C of silica fibre Bragg gratings made with ultrafast laser radiation

    D Grobnic;C W Smelser;S J Mihailov;R B Walker

  • Generation of pure two-beam interference grating structures in an optical fiber with a femtosecond infrared source and a phase mask.

    C. W. Smelser;D. Grobnic;S. J. Mihailov

  • Fabrication of refractive microlens arrays by excimer laser ablation of amorphous Teflon.

    Stephen Mihailov;Sylvain Lazare

  • Extreme Environment Sensing Using Femtosecond Laser-Inscribed Fiber Bragg Gratings

    Stephen J Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Cyril Hnatovsky;Robert B Walker

  • Ultrafast femtosecond-laser-induced fiber Bragg gratings in air-hole microstructured fibers for high-temperature pressure sensing.

    Charles M. Jewart;Qingqing Wang;John Canning;Dan Grobnic

  • Bragg grating inscription in various optical fibers with femtosecond infrared lasers and a phase mask

    Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Christopher W. Smelser;Ping Lu

  • High-temperature multiparameter sensor based on sapphire fiber Bragg gratings.

    Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Christopher W. Smelser

  • Fiber Bragg gratings with suppressed cladding modes made in SMF-28 with a femtosecond IR laser and a phase mask

    D. Grobnic;C.W. Smelser;S.J. Mihailov;R.B. Walker

  • Variable-attenuation tunable optical router

    Koichi Abe;Gary Stephen Duck;Mark Farries;Jinghui Li

  • Dependence of the damage and transmission properties of fused silica fibers on the excimer laser wavelength.

    Rod S. Taylor;Kurt E. Leopold;Robert K. Brimacombe;Stephen Mihailov

  • Highly sensitive fiber random-grating-based random laser sensor for ultrasound detection.

    Yanping Xu;Liang Zhang;Song Gao;Ping Lu

  • Multiple-beam interference patterns in optical fiber generated with ultrafast pulses and a phase mask

    Christopher W. Smelser;Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic;Ping Lu

  • Plane-by-Plane Inscription of Grating Structures in Optical Fibers

    Ping Lu;Stephen J. Mihailov;Huimin Ding;Dan Grobnic

  • Characterization of the Birefringence in Fiber Bragg Gratings Fabricated With an Ultrafast-Infrared Laser

    Ping Lu;D. Grobnic;S.J. Mihailov

  • Femtosecond IR laser fabrication of Bragg gratings in photonic crystal fibers and tapers

    S.J. Mihailov;D. Grobnic;Huimin Ding;C.W. Smelser

  • Multi-Wavelength Brillouin Random Fiber Laser via Distributed Feedback From a Random Fiber Grating

    Liang Zhang;Yanping Xu;Ping Lu;Stephen Mihailov

  • Hydrogen loading for fiber grating writing with a femtosecond laser and a phase mask

    Christopher W. Smelser;Stephen J. Mihailov;Dan Grobnic

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoyi Bao
Xiaoyi Bao University of Ottawa
Kevin P. Chen
Kevin P. Chen University of Pittsburgh
Jianping Yao
Jianping Yao University of Ottawa
Ming-Jun Li
Ming-Jun Li Corning (United States)
John Canning
John Canning University of Technology Sydney
Eric Magi
Eric Magi University of Sydney
Benoit Simard
Benoit Simard National Research Council Canada
Benjamin J. Eggleton
Benjamin J. Eggleton University of Sydney
Anbo Wang
Anbo Wang Virginia Tech
John Ballato
John Ballato Clemson University

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