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Volker J. Sorger is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple fields of study, including Engineering and Computer Science, with focused subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics covered by Volker J. Sorger largely concentrate on Photonic and Optical Devices, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Optical Network Technologies, 2D Materials and Applications, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • 2022 Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics, 2022, Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento)
  • Strain-engineered high-responsivity MoTe2 photodetector for silicon photonic integrated circuits, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • A Chirality-Based Quantum Leap, 2022, ACS Nano
  • Generation of helical topological exciton-polaritons, 2020, Science
  • Sub-wavelength GHz-fast broadband ITO Mach-Zehnder modulator on silicon photonics, 2020, Optica

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Hamed Dalir, Mario Miscuglio, Rishi Maiti, Yaliang Gui, and Rubab Amin.

The most common venues for Volker J. Sorger's publications include arXiv (Cornell University), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Nanophotonics, Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, and the 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC).

Best Publications

  • Plasmon lasers at deep subwavelength scale

    Xiang Zhang;Volker Jendrik Sorger;Rupert Francis Maximillian Oulton;Ren-Min Ma

  • A hybrid plasmonic waveguide for subwavelength confinement and long-range propagation

    R. F. Oulton;V. J. Sorger;D. A. Genov;D. F. P. Pile

  • Room temperature sub-diffraction-limited plasmon laser by total internal reflection

    Renmin Ma;Rupert Oulton;Volker Sorger;Guy Bartal

  • Room temperature plasmon laser by total internal reflection

    Ren-Min Ma;Rupert F Oulton;Volker J Sorger;Xiang Zhang

  • High- Q surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery microcavity

    Bumki Min;Bumki Min;Bumki Min;Eric Ostby;Volker Sorger;Erick Ulin-Avila

  • Ultra-compact silicon nanophotonic modulator with broadband response

    Volker J. Sorger;Norberto D. Lanzillotti-Kimura;Ren-Min Ma;Xiang Zhang;Xiang Zhang

  • Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics

    Galan Moody;Volker J Sorger;Daniel J Blumenthal;Paul W Juodawlkis

  • Toward integrated plasmonic circuits

    Volker J. Sorger;Rupert F. Oulton;Ren-Min Ma;Xiang Zhang

  • Plasmon lasers: coherent light source at molecular scales

    Ren-Min Ma;Rupert F. Oulton;Rupert F. Oulton;Volker J. Sorger;Xiang Zhang;Xiang Zhang

  • Photonic tensor cores for machine learning

    Mario Miscuglio;Volker J. Sorger

  • Strain-engineered high-responsivity MoTe2 photodetector for silicon photonic integrated circuits

    R. Maiti;C. Patil;M. A. S. R. Saadi;T. Xie

  • Indium-Tin-Oxide for High-performance Electro-optic Modulation

    Zhizhen Ma;Zhuoran Li;Ke Liu;Ke Liu;Chenran Ye

  • Experimental demonstration of low-loss optical waveguiding at deep sub-wavelength scales

    Volker J. Sorger;Ziliang Ye;Rupert F. Oulton;Yuan Wang

  • Review and perspective on ultrafast wavelength-size electro-optic modulators

    Ke Liu;Ke Liu;Chen Ran Ye;Sikandar Khan;Volker J. Sorger

  • All-optical nonlinear activation function for photonic neural networks [Invited]

    Mario Miscuglio;Armin Mehrabian;Zibo Hu;Shaimaa I. Azzam

  • Plasmonic Fabry-Pérot nanocavity.

    Volker J. Sorger;Rupert F. Oulton;Jie Yao;Guy Bartal

  • A Chirality-Based Quantum Leap.

    Clarice D. Aiello;Muneer Abbas;John M. Abendroth;Andrei Afanasev

  • Generation of helical topological exciton-polaritons

    Wenjing Liu;Zhurun Ji;Yuhui Wang;Gaurav Modi

  • Massively parallel amplitude-only Fourier neural network

    Mario Miscuglio;Zibo Hu;Shurui Li;Jonathan K. George

  • ITO-based Electro-absorption Modulator for Photonic Neural Activation Function

    R. Amin;J. K. George;S. Sun;T. Ferreira de Lima

  • Multiplexed and Electrically Modulated Plasmon Laser Circuit

    Ren-Min Ma;Xiaobo Yin;Rupert F. Oulton;Volker J. Sorger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamed Dalir
Hamed Dalir University of Florida
Tarek El-Ghazawi
Tarek El-Ghazawi George Washington University
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Rupert F. Oulton
Rupert F. Oulton Imperial College London
Ray T. Chen
Ray T. Chen The University of Texas at Austin
Jacob B. Khurgin
Jacob B. Khurgin Johns Hopkins University
Ritesh Agarwal
Ritesh Agarwal University of Pennsylvania
Paul R. Prucnal
Paul R. Prucnal Princeton University
Bhavin J. Shastri
Bhavin J. Shastri Queen's University
Xiaobo Yin
Xiaobo Yin University of Hong Kong

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