Ultrafast Optics and Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory

Jun. 2023

Suparna Seshadri receives the SPIE Optics and Photonics Education scholarship

Seshadri awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship 2023 || SPIE.ORG

Suparna Seshadri has been awarded a 2023 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. The scholarship is awarded for demonstrating potential to make long-term contributions to the optics and photonics community.

May. 2023

AJ Metcalf selected for the Arthur S. Flemming Award and the early career Stellar Award

2022 Arthur S. Flemming Awards Recognize Outstanding Federal Employees || gwu.edu
2023 Stellar Winner Press Release || Rotary National Award for Space

Alumnus AJ Metcalf (research scientist at Air Force Research Laboratory – US Space Force) has been selected for both the Arthur S. Flemming Award and an early career Stellar Award.
The Arthur S. Flemming Award honors exceptional early career public servants from a variety of federal agencies. Dr. Metcalf received the award in recognition of his application of quantum and communications technologies to develop a new generation of global positioning system and communication capabilities.
The Stellar Award is granted by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation to honor the dedication of space workers. Dr. Metcalf received an early career Stellar Award for his outstanding contributions in developing new spacecraft Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and communication technologies and capabilities.

Mar. 2023

Optica Names Andrew Weiner the 2023 Charles Hard Townes Medal Recipient

Optica Names Andrew Weiner the 2023 Charles Hard Townes Medal Recipient || optica.org
Optica Names 17 Recipients for 2023 Awards and Medals || optica.org

Prof. Andrew Weiner is the 2023 recipient of the Charles Hard Townes Medal. Weiner is recognized for ground-breaking work bringing optical frequency combs to the quantum world and developing innovative applications spanning several fields, including coherent control, generation and line-by-line manipulation of frequency combs, and ultrabroadband radio-frequency photonics. The Charles Hard Townes Medal recognizes an individual or group for outstanding experimental or theoretical work, discovery or invention in the field of quantum electronics.

Vernier microcombs for high-frequency carrier envelope offset and repetition rate detection,
K. Wu, N.P. O’Malley, S. Fatema, C. Wang, M. Girardi, M.S. Alshaykh, Z. Ye, D.E. Leaird, M. Qi, A.M. Weiner.
Optica 10(5), 626-633 (May 2023)    doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.486755

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Time-resolved Hanbury Brown–Twiss interferometry of on-chip biphoton frequency combs using vernier phase modulation,
K.V. Myilswamy, S. Seshadri, H.-H. Lu, M.S. Alshaykh, J. Liu, T.J. Kippenberg, A.M. Weiner, J.M. Lukens.
Physical Review Applied 19, 034019 (Mar 2023)    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.034019

Architecture for integrated RF photonic downconversion of electronic signals ,
N. P. O’Malley, K. A. McKinzie, M. S. Alshaykh, J. Liu, D. E. Leaird, T. J. Kippenberg, J. D. McKinney, A. M. Weiner.
Optics Letters 48(1), 159-162 (Jan 2023)    doi: 10.1364/OL.474710

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