Vahala, Kerry

Combined from CaltechTHESIS committee

• Li, Melissa (2025) Atomically Thin Spatial Light Modulators with Excitonic Nanomaterials; 10.7907/5khv-t042
• Gao, Maodong (2025) Physics and Applications of Compact Optical Frequency Comb; 10.7907/ck74-m354
• Li, Gordon Han Ying (2025) Ultrafast Computing with Nonlinear Photonics; 10.7907/g8re-9a27
• Xie, Tian (2025) Scalable On-Chip Platforms for Quantum Microwave-Optical Interface with Solid-State Ensembles; 10.7907/03kg-x059
• Wood, Steven Andrew (2024) Quantum Microwave to Optical Transduction with Light-Robust Superconducting Circuits; 10.7907/kkbj-ex94
• Zheng, Tianzhe (2024) Reconfigurable Metasurfaces in Nanoelectromechanical and Silicon-Organic Systems; 10.7907/2kmq-da15
• Wu, Lue Leo (2024) Greater Than One Billion Optical Q Factor for On-Chip Microresonators; 10.7907/n1cn-tn34
• Zhang, Yang (2024) Understanding the Plasma Universe through Laboratory Experiments and Related Models; 10.7907/gc8w-6n85
• Yuan, Zhiquan (2024) Physics and Applications of Optical Nonlinearity in High-Q Microresonators; 10.7907/vj6e-wr82
• Leefmans, Christian Richard (2024) Topological Phenomena in Time-Multiplexed Resonator Networks; 10.7907/2dp5-eb41
• Roberts, Gregory David (2024) Design, Realization, and Applications of 3D Multifunctional Nanophotonics; 10.7907/1r1w-0234
• Kim, Areum (2024) Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation; 10.7907/16x8-7x89
• Roy, Arkadev (2023) Parametrically-Driven Nonlinear Optical Resonators and their Networks for Sensing and Computing; 10.7907/xsyc-6668
• Ledezma, Luis M. (2023) Towards Universal Integrated Laser Sources with Nonlinear Photonics; 10.7907/ag5t-r511
• Banker, Jash Haren (2022) Photonic and Phononic Band Gap Engineering for Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Transduction; 10.7907/jrf3-gx27
• Ferreira, Vinicius Thaddeu dos Santos (2022) Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics with Superconducting Slow-Light Waveguide Circuits; 10.7907/y4vk-a827
• Khachaturian, Aroutin (2021) Large-Scale Photonics Integration: Data Communications to Optical Beamforming; 10.7907/xjby-xn13
• Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh (2021) Electro-Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of Light; 10.7907/m554-as73
• Fatemi, Seyed Mohammadreza (2021) Active Flat Optics Wavefront Manipulation for Imaging, Ranging, and Sensing; 10.7907/7e5p-9r23
• Kim, Taeyong (2021) Investigation of Transport Phenomena of Thermal Acoustic Excitations in Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Materials Using Transient Grating Spectroscopy; 10.7907/k364-ga14
• Wang, Heming (2021) Kerr Solitons and Brillouin Lasers in Optical Microresonators; 10.7907/g1kf-5t57
• Shen, Boqiang (2021) Applications and Integration of Optical Frequency Combs; 10.7907/p5z5-n346
• Zhang, Zhewei (2021) Hybrid Si/III-V Lasers for Next-generation Coherent Optical Communication; 10.7907/y85t-nj39
• Luan, Xingsheng (2020) Towards Atom Assembly on Nanophotonic Structures with Optical Tweezers; 10.7907/08q5-0w11
• Tokpanov, Yury (2020) Towards Next Generation of Optoelectronics: from Quantum Plasmonics and 2D Materials to Advanced Optimization Techniques of Nanophotonic Devices; 10.7907/tg1b-hn35
• Craiciu, Ioana (2020) Quantum Storage of Light Using Nanophotonic Resonators Coupled to Erbium Ion Ensembles; 10.7907/yn6n-7x40
• Luo, Jie (2020) Integrating Quantum Optical and Superconducting Circuits with Quantum Acoustics for Scalable Quantum Network and Computation; 10.7907/P0YC-CQ43
• Wang, Chuting (2020) On-Chip Photonic Devices for Coupling to Color Centers in Silicon Carbide; 10.7907/m2p0-6t37
• Marshall, Ryan Scott (2020) Developing Plasma Spectroscopy and Imaging Diagnostics to Understand Astrophysically-Relevant Plasma Experiments: Megameters, Femtometers, and Everything in Between; 10.7907/gfcd-4q50
• Mitskovets, Anna (2020) Using DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for Single-Photon Emitters; 10.7907/kqaj-ex65
• Brouillet, Jeremy Jean (2019) Graphene-Mediated Light-Matter Interaction; 10.7907/VRFE-ZY57
• Arbabi, Ehsan (2019) Metasurfaces: Beyond Diffractive and Refractive Optics; 10.7907/EQEY-KZ52
• Kalaee, Mahmoud (2019) Superconducting Electromechanical and Nanophotonic Devices for Quantum Measurement and Conversion; 10.7907/3PMX-2Y88
• Yang, Qifan (2019) Nonlinear Physics in Soliton Microcombs; 10.7907/DWMX-S056
• Peng, Lucas Sky (2019) Clocked Atom Delivery to a Photonic Crystal Waveguide: Simulations and Experiments; 10.7907/KDQ6-3S79
• Lai, Yu-Hung (2019) Microresonator Brillouin Laser Gyroscope; 10.7907/10XE-G776
• Kindem, Jonathan Miners (2019) Quantum Nanophotonics with Ytterbium in Yttrium Orthovanadate; 10.7907/Q40T-8907
• Papadakis, Georgia Theano (2018) Optical Response in Planar Heterostructures: From Artificial Magnetism to Angstrom-Scale Metamaterials; 10.7907/Z97H1GS1
• Horie, Yu (2018) Controlling the Flow of Light Using High-Contrast Metastructures; 10.7907/Z94X5604
• Oh, Dong Yoon (2018) Integrated Nonlinear Photonic Devices; 10.7907/Z95H7DGT
• Yang, Kiyoul (2018) Integrated Ultra-High-Q Nonlinear Photonic Platform for On-Chip Optoelectronic Systems; 10.7907/Z96T0JTQ
• McClung, Andrew Corby (2017) Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Integration into an Atomic Physics Experiment; 10.7907/Z9154F3G
• Ding, Ding (2017) Nanoscale Thermal Transport with Photons and Phonons; 10.7907/Z94Q7RZ0
• Yi, Xu (2017) Physics and Applications of Microresonator Solitons and Electro-optic Frequency Combs; 10.7907/Z9FT8J22
• Miyazono, Evan Tsugio (2017) Nanophotonic Resonators for Optical Quantum Memories based on Rare-Earth-Doped Materials; 10.7907/Z98K773F
• Suh, Myoung-Gyun (2017) Nonlinear Optics in Chip-based Microresonators and their Applications; 10.7907/Z92F7KG8
• Kim, Seyoon (2017) Electronically Tunable Light Modulation with Graphene and Noble Metal Plasmonics; 10.7907/Z9ZW1HXJ
• Brown, Ana Maii (2016) Classical and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals; 10.7907/Z9QV3JHT
• Blasius, Timothy Dobson (2016) Optomechanical Inertial Sensors and Feedback Cooling; 10.7907/Z9NK3BZS
• Saeedi, Saman (2016) Holistic Design In High-Speed Optical Interconnects; 10.7907/Z9K935HH
• Meenehan, Sean Michael (2015) Cavity Optomechanics at Millikelvin Temperatures; 10.7907/Z92J68S7
• Zhai, Xiang (2015) Experimental, Numerical and Analytical Studies of the MHD-Driven Plasma Jet, Instabilities and Waves; 10.7907/Z90G3H3Q
• Vilenchik, Yaakov (2015) Narrow-Linewidth Si/III-V Lasers: a Study of Laser Dynamics and Nonlinear Effects; 10.7907/Z9513W57
• Krause, Alexander Grey (2015) Acceleration Sensing, Feedback Cooling, and Nonlinear Dynamics with Nanoscale Cavity-Optomechanical Devices; 10.7907/Z98K771J
• Wollman, Emma Edwina (2015) Quantum Squeezing of Motion in a Mechanical Resonator; 10.7907/Z9CR5R97
• Bowers, Steven Michael (2014) Dynamically Controllable Integrated Radiation and Self-Correcting Power Generation in mm-Wave Circuits and Systems; 10.7907/Z9MP518K
• Su, Tsu-Te Judith (2014) Label-free Detection of Single Molecule Using Microtoroid Optical Resonators; 10.7907/EHWP-DH17
• Vasilyev, Arseny (2013) The Optoelectronic Swept-Frequency Laser and Its Applications in Ranging, Three-Dimensional Imaging, and Coherent Beam Combining of Chirped-Seed Amplifiers; 10.7907/YD38-BT07
• Burgos, Stanley P. (2013) Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging; 10.7907/N2JK-5318
• Alton, Daniel James (2013) Interacting Single Atoms with Nanophotonics for Chip-Integrated Quantum Network; 10.7907/Q8MQ-JC47
• Li, Jiang (2013) Nonlinear Optics in Planar Silica-on-Silicon Disk Resonators; 10.7907/20G7-EM85
• Safavi-Naeini, Amir Hossein (2013) Quantum Optomechanics with Silicon Nanostructures; 10.7907/VZW9-1Z52
• Hill, Jeffrey Thomas (2013) Nonlinear Optics and Wavelength Translation Via Cavity-Optomechanics; 10.7907/DKW6-TF64
• Chen, Tong (2013) Ultralow-Loss Silica Resonators and Waveguides on a Silicon Chip; 10.7907/QBR4-3980
• Jang, Min Seok (2013) Plasmonics and Electron Optics in Graphene; 10.7907/59RB-9653
• Liu, Hsi-Chun (2012) Theory and Experiment of Slow-Light Coupled-Resonator Structures; 10.7907/GVBF-4T29
• Miller, Gerald Matthew (2012) Electron Transport in Silicon Nanocrystal Devices: From Memory Applications to Silicon Photonics; 10.7907/FAZ1-XZ98
• Chan, Jasper (2012) Laser Cooling of an Optomechanical Crystal Resonator to Its Quantum Ground State of Motion; 10.7907/ZRFK-2W24
• Suh, Junho (2011) Coupled Dynamics of a Nanomechanical Resonator and Superconducting Quantum Circuits; 10.7907/99JV-AF45
• Satyan, Naresh (2011) Optoelectronic Control of the Phase and Frequency of Semiconductor Lasers; 10.7907/24DM-VW62
• Sun, Xiankai (2010) Supermode Si/III-V Lasers and Circular Bragg Lasers; 10.7907/6797-0136
• Eichenfield, Matthew S. (2010) Cavity Optomechanics in Photonic and Phononic Crystals: Engineering the Interaction of Light and Sound at the Nanoscale; 10.7907/8Q52-8C38
• Rosenberg, Jessie C. (2010) Applications of Micro/Nanoscale Optical Resonators: Plasmonic Photodetectors and Double-Disk Cavity Optomechanics; 10.7907/GA8B-F134
• Michael, Christopher Paul (2009) Optical Material Characterization Using Microdisk Cavities; 10.7907/G2P2-DY72
• Dionne, Jennifer Anne (2009) Flatland Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic Architectures; 10.7907/3DCC-CZ57
• Johnson, Thomas James (2009) Silicon Microdisk Resonators for Nonlinear Optics and Dynamics; 10.7907/SBDK-7J52
• Dicken, Matthew James (2009) Active Oxide Nanophotonics; 10.7907/WPBT-C144
• Ostby, Eric Paul (2009) Photonic Whispering-Gallery Resonators in New Environments; 10.7907/ER2J-WT93
• Perahia, Raviv (2009) Investigation and Application of Microscale Semiconductor Lasers and Cavities; 10.7907/TVHA-6D03
• Miller, Russell Lowell (2009) Characterization and Control of a Strongly-Coupled Atom-Cavity System; 10.7907/HZB5-MM65
• Connolly, Elizabeth Wilcut (2009) Experiments with Toroidal Microresonators in Cavity QED; 10.7907/78XV-CS35
• Liang, Wei (2008) Study of Optical Phase Lock Loops and the Applications in Coherent Beam Combining and Coherence Cloning; 10.7907/YHBF-KW11
• Grudinin, Ivan Sergeevich (2008) Crystalline Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators for Quantum and Nonlinear Optics; 10.7907/3J52-QW65
• Bargatin, Igor (2008) High-Frequency Nanomechanical Resonators for Sensor Applications; 10.7907/CGMH-CZ67
• Zhu, Lin (2008) Photonic Crystal Bragg Lasers: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization; 10.7907/7MMN-7Q15
• Richardson, Christine Esber (2007) Low-Temperature Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Films for Large-Grained Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices; 10.7907/GG0F-1775
• Poon, Joyce Kai See (2007) Active and Passive Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides; 10.7907/MX8K-9V82
• Fingler, Jeffrey Paul (2007) Motion Contrast Using Optical Coherence Tomography; 10.7907/8W4X-Z041
• Zhang, Zhaoyu (2007) Towards Functional Miniaturized Lasers; 10.7907/C2WY-TG62
• Masmanidis, Sotirios Konstantinos (2007) Piezoelectric and Magnetoelastic Strain in the Transduction and Frequency Control of Nanomechanical Resonators; 10.7907/85NX-A673
• Li, Mo (2007) Very High Frequency Nanoelectromechanical Resonators and their Chemical Sensing Applications; 10.7907/0KB4-H204
• Ruglovsky, Jennifer Lynn (2007) Correlating Microscopic Ferroelectric Properties and Macroscopic Thin Film Device Performance; 10.7907/K3BG-N315
• Walters, Robert Joseph (2007) Silicon Nanocrystals for Silicon Photonics; 10.7907/TKXK-8930
• Barclay, Paul Edward (2007) Fiber Coupled Nanophotonic Devices for Nonlinear Optics and Cavity QED; 10.7907/JKP4-SC05
• Chou, Chin-wen (2006) Towards a Quantum Network with Atomic Ensembles; 10.7907/ANAH-0961
• Min, Bumki (2006) Ultrahigh–Q Microtoroid On-Chip Resonators for Low Threshold Microlasers; 10.7907/KGE9-J792
• Rokhsari Azar, Hossein (2006) High-Q Microcavities: Optomechanical Nonlinearities, Measurement Techniques and Applications; 10.7907/CVT6-8J70
• Srinivasan, Kartik (2006) Semiconductor Optical Microcavities for Chip-Based Cavity QED; 10.7907/0QW0-1R58
• Baehr-Jones, Tom Wetteland (2006) Novel Modulation and Detection Mechanisms in Silicon Nanophotonics; 10.7907/SRA3-F079
• Neal, Terrell Demetris (2006) Surface Plasmon Enhanced Light Emission from Organic Light Emitters; 10.7907/DH6C-2C59
• Wang, Feiyu (2006) Design and Analysis of High-Efficiency L-Band Power Amplifiers; 10.7907/CJGR-TF04
• Borselli, Matthew Gregory (2006) High-Q Microresonators as Lasing Elements for Silicon Photonics; 10.7907/2EF5-QD36
• Yang, Lan (2005) Fabrication and Characterization of Microlasers by the Sol-Gel Method; 10.7907/HHQ8-VC25
• Armani, Deniz Karapetian (2005) Ultra-High-Q Planar Microcavities and Applications; 10.7907/EZHA-VY23
• Paloczi, George T. (2005) Polymer Integrated Optics: Device Architectures and Fabrication Methods; 10.7907/W41G-2374
• Centurion Mac Lean, Martin (2005) Study of the Nonlinear Propagation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses; 10.7907/AZNE-B514
• Kippenberg, Tobias Jan August (2004) Nonlinear Optics in Ultra-High-Q Whispering-Gallery Optical Microcavities; 10.7907/T5B6-9R14
• Spillane, Sean Michael (2004) Fiber-Coupled Ultra-High-Q Microresonators for Nonlinear and Quantum Optics; 10.7907/MKYH-WV47
• Aparicio Joo, Roberto (2004) Frequency Generation Techniques for Integrated Applications; 10.7907/S2EP-3A93
• Cheung, Chun Tung (2003) Waveguide Packaging of Quasi-Optical Grid Amplifiers; 10.7907/KSGC-3G92
• Yang, Yunping (2003) Holographic Recording and Dynamic Range Improvement in Lithium Niobate Crystals; 10.7907/V631-NJ22
• Preisler, Edward James (2003) Investigation of Novel Semiconductor Heterostructure Systems: I. Cerium Oxide/Silicon Heterostructures. II. 6.1 Å Semiconductor-Based Avalanche Photodiodes; 10.7907/59X1-WQ68
• Cartoixà Soler, Xavier (2003) Theoretical Methods for Spintronics in Semiconductors with Applications; 10.7907/0YTD-VC11
• Maier, Stefan Alexander (2003) Guiding of Electromagnetic Energy in Subwavelength Periodic Metal Structures; 10.7907/TKPX-3H40
• Panotopoulos, Georgios (2003) Holographic Information Systems; 10.7907/P6B7-VR22
• Liu, Zhiwen (2002) Optical Information Storage and Processing; 10.7907/EVK8-H316
• Ragan, Regina (2002) Direct Energy Bandgap Group IV Alloys and Nanostructures; 10.7907/1WKJ-RZ66
• Liu, Zhiwen (2002) Optical Information Storage and Processing; 10.7907/EVK8-H316
• Halverson, Nils William (2002) A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Angular Power Spectrum with DASI; 10.7907/BEJN-HQ49
• Bhardwaj, Ashish Ishwar Singh (2001) All-Optical Logic Circuits Based on the Polarization Properties of Non-Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing; 10.7907/CMAB-WF06
• Chen, Claudine Minnie (2001) Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films for Photovoltaics; 10.7907/fgh9-ze28
• Cai, Ming (2001) Optical Fiber Taper Coupled Glass Microsphere Resonators; 10.7907/JB4C-VR78
• Boer, Elizabeth A. (2001) Synthesis, Passivation and Charging of Silicon Nanocrystals; 10.7907/ZB66-SN79
• Painter, Oskar Jon (2001) Optical Nanocavities in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Planar Waveguides; 10.7907/y7hm-zq23
• Chen, Claudine Minnie (2001) Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films for Photovoltaics; 10.7907/fgh9-ze28
• Tong, Xiaolin (1998) Properties and applications of potassium lithium tantalate niobate; 10.7907/Y1N1-2V86
• Marshall, William K. (1997) Dynamics of Amplitude and Phase in Semiconductor Lasers and Effects of Propagation in Dispersive Optical Fibers; 10.7907/amwv-x166
• Shcheglov, Kirill Vadim (1997) Synthesis, optical and electronic properties of group IV semiconductor nanocrystals; 10.7907/59ar-ek67
• Lee, Robert Bumju (1997) All-Optical Wavelength Conversion by Four-Wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier; 10.7907/4yye-5f58
• Lie, Yu-Chun Donald (1996) Ion implantation in epitaxial GexSi1-x on Si(100); 10.7907/6GA1-F433
• Orlov, Sergei S. (1996) Holographic storage dynamics, phase conjugation, and nonlinear optics in photorefractive materials; 10.7907/RYVB-3254
• Lie, Yu-Chun Donald (1996) Ion implantation in epitaxial GexSi1-x on Si(100); 10.7907/6GA1-F433
• Marquardt, Ronald R. (1995) Quantum magnetotransport studies of semiconductor heterostructure devices; 10.7907/P7Z1-T478
• Marquardt, Ronald R. (1995) Quantum magnetotransport studies of semiconductor heterostructure devices; 10.7907/P7Z1-T478
• Brady, David Jones (1990) Photorefractive Volume Holography in Artificial Neural Networks; 10.7907/1YB6-SE42
• Chen, Howard ZeHua (1990) GaAs/AlₓGa₁₋ₓAs Quantum Well Lasers Grown on GaAs and Si by Molecular Beam Epitaxy; 10.7907/thfh-4627
• Chen, Howard ZeHua (1990) GaAs/AlₓGa₁₋ₓAs Quantum Well Lasers Grown on GaAs and Si by Molecular Beam Epitaxy; 10.7907/thfh-4627
• Brady, David Jones (1990) Photorefractive Volume Holography in Artificial Neural Networks; 10.7907/1YB6-SE42
• Miles, Richard Henry (1989) Structural and Optical Properties of Strained-Layer Superlattices; 10.7907/042y-d234
• Lu, Lun-Tseng (1989) Dynamics, Noise Properties, and Spectral Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers with External Coupling; 10.7907/frs6-t936
• Lu, Lun-Tseng (1989) Dynamics, Noise Properties, and Spectral Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers with External Coupling; 10.7907/frs6-t936
• Tomita, Yasuo (1989) Modal Dispersal of Information and Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Crystals for Information Retrieval, Processing and Sensing; 10.7907/vjga-q464
• Tomita, Yasuo (1989) Modal Dispersal of Information and Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Crystals for Information Retrieval, Processing and Sensing; 10.7907/vjga-q464
• Johnson, Matthew Bruce (1989) Ultrafast Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Studies of GaAs; 10.7907/9WE7-AP87
• Johnson, Matthew Bruce (1989) Ultrafast Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Studies of GaAs; 10.7907/9WE7-AP87
• Derry, Pamela Louise (1989) Properties of Buried Heterostructure Single Quantum Well (Al,Ga)As Lasers; 10.7907/WSZC-4R60
• Derry, Pamela Louise (1989) Properties of Buried Heterostructure Single Quantum Well (Al,Ga)As Lasers; 10.7907/WSZC-4R60
• Mittelstein, Michael (1989) Theory and Experiments on Unstable-Resonator and Quantum Well GaAs/GaAlAs Lasers; 10.7907/p3k2-pp58
• Mittelstein, Michael (1989) Theory and Experiments on Unstable-Resonator and Quantum Well GaAs/GaAlAs Lasers; 10.7907/p3k2-pp58
• Miles, Richard Henry (1989) Structural and Optical Properties of Strained-Layer Superlattices; 10.7907/042y-d234
• Wu, Yu-shu George (1988) Electronic Properties of II-VI Superlattices and III-V Tunnel Structures; 10.7907/7sag-9t91
• Wu, Yu-shu George (1988) Electronic Properties of II-VI Superlattices and III-V Tunnel Structures; 10.7907/7sag-9t91
• Crouch, David Dale (1988) A Theoretical Study of the Generation of Squeezed-State Light via Degenerate Parametric Amplification; 10.7907/55jn-f921
• Wengler, Michael James (1988) Heterodyne Detection with Superconducting Tunnel Diodes; 10.7907/TYQQ-RZ71
• Yu, Jeffrey Winston (1988) Optical Processing Using Photorefractive Crystals; 10.7907/q49d-bb74
• Lam, Wayne W. (1987) Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Schottky Diode-Grid Phase Shifter; 10.7907/CGD0-XA98
• Hauenstein, Robert Joseph (1987) Investigations of Single-Crystal Silicide/Silicon Structures; 10.7907/8hdm-m814
• Hauenstein, Robert Joseph (1987) Investigations of Single-Crystal Silicide/Silicon Structures; 10.7907/8hdm-m814
• Rakuljic, George Anthony (1987) Photorefractive Properties and Applications of Barium Titanate and Tungsten Bronze Ferroelectrics; 10.7907/8w0w-ea37
• Lam, Wayne W. (1987) Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Schottky Diode-Grid Phase Shifter; 10.7907/CGD0-XA98