Publication List for Dr. William M. Robertson

Book

1. Optoelectronic Techniques for Microwave and Millimeter-wave Engineering by William M. Robertson, Artech House, NorwoodMA (1995) 

Refereed Publications

1. Loop filters as resonant elements   for acoustic metamaterials and stop band structures, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 124903 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4797501
2. Biosensing Using Surface Electromagnetic Waves in Photonic Band Gap Multilayers,Sensors and Actuators B 173, 79-84 (2012).   
3. Acoustic impulse response method as a source of undergraduate research projects and advanced laboratory experiments J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 131, Issue 3, pp. 2488-2494 (2012);
4. Compact acoustic bandgap material based on a subwavelength collection of detuned Helmholtz resonators J. Appl. Phys. 109, 114903 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3595677 [Download]
5. Sound beyond the speed of light: measurement of negative group velocity in an acoustic loop filter, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007) 014012. [Download]
6. Surface plasmon-like sensor based on surface electromagnetic waves in a photonic band gap material, Sensors and Actuators B 105 (2005) 360-364.
7. Acoustic band gap measurements in waveguides with periodic resonant structures, Zeit. Kristallog. 220 (2005) 824-828.
8. Slow group velocity propagation of sound via defect coupling in a one-dimensional acoustic band gap array, Am. J. Phys. 72 (2004) 255-257.
9. Negative group velocity pulse tunneling through a coaxial photonic crystal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72 (2004) 2127-2129. [Download]
10. Slow electromagnetic pulse propagation through a narrow transmission band in a coaxial photonic crystal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (2003), 1053-1056. [Download]
11. Acoustic band gaps and defect modes in periodically structured waveguides, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112 (2002) 1353-1358.
12. Breaking the sound barrier: tunneling of acoustic waves through the forbidden transmission region of a one-dimensional acoustic band gap array, Am. J. Phys. 70, 689-693 (2002).
13. Experimental measurement of the effect of termination on surface electromagnetic waves in one-dimensional photonic band gap arrays, J. Lightwave Tech. 17, 2013-2017 (1999).
14. Surface electromagnetic waves on one-dimensional photonic band gap arrays, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 1800-1802 (1999).
15. Acoustic Stop Bands in Two-Dimensional Scattering Arrays, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 104(2), 694-699 (1998).
16. Transmission line matrix modeling of superluminal electromagnetic pulse tunneling through the forbidden gap in two-dimensional photonic band structures.  J. Opt. Soc. Am. 14(5), 1066-1073 (1997).
17. Visualizing coherent light with an electromagnetic wave simulator, IEEE Transactions on Education, 39:1-11       (1996).
18. An optical backplane demonstrator system based on FET-SEED smart pixel arrays and diffractive lenslet arrays, Photonics Technology Letters 7(9) 1057- 1059 (1995).
19. Determination of magnetic anisotropy in Fe/Cu multilayers: equivalence of dynamic and static measurements, Phys. Rev. B15., 52(5), 3045-3048 (1995).
20. Photonic band structure calculations using a two-dimensional electromagnetic simulator, J. Mod. Opt., 41(2): 285-293 (1994).
21. Generation of reconfigurable interconnections with a two-dimensional acoutso-optic deflector, Applied Optics, 33(11): 2140-2146 (1994).
22. Investigation of absolute photonic band gaps in two-dimensional dielectric structures, J. Modern Opt., 41(2): 385- 393 (1994).
23. Measurement of the photon dispersion relation in two-dimensional ordered dielectric arrays, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 10(2): 322-327 (1993).
24. Observation of surface photons on periodic dielectric arrays, Opt. Lett., 18(7): 528-530. (1993)
25. Measurement of photonic band structure in two-dimensional dielectric arrays, Phys. Rev. Lett., 68(13): 2023-2026 (1992).
26. Effect of substrate thickness on the radiation properties of coplanar strip antennas, Electron. Lett., 28(3): 249- 250 (1992).
27. Microwave properties of free-standing dielectric films, Electron. Lett., 28(1): 62-63 (1992).
28. Picosecond time-domain electromagnetic scattering from conduction cylinders, IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Lett., 1(12): 379-381 (1991).
29. Microwave reflection measurements on doped semiconductors with picosecond transient radiation, IEEE Microwave Guided Wave Lett., 1(12): 371-373 (1991).
30. Microwave dielectric measurements of zirconia-alumina ceramic composites: a test of the Clausius-Mossotti mixture equations, J. Appl. Phys., 70(12): 7648- 7650 (1991).
31. Broadband microwave dielectric properties of lithium niobate, Electron. Lett., 27(2): 175-176 (1991).
32. Optoelectronically-pulsed antennas: characterization and applications, IEEE Antennas Propagation Magazine, 33(1): 7-11 (1991).
33. Temperature dependence of the elastic moduli of monoclinic ZrO2, J. Am. Ceramic Soc., 74(7): 1742-1744 (1991).
34. Magnetic properties of Fe/Cr and Fe/Cu superlattices, J. Appl. Phys., 69(8): 4801 (1991).=
35. Microwave diffraction and interference in reflection using transient radiation from optoelectronically pulsed antennas, Appl. Phys. Lett., 57(19): 1958-1960(1991).
36. Magnons in Cu/Ni superlattices, Superlattices Microstructures, 7(1): 47- 49 (1990).
37. Light scattering by surface acoustic waves on corrugated metal surfaces, Phys. Rev. B, 41(8): 4986-4992 (1990).
38. Reexamination of the surface-plasma- wave technique for determining the dielectric constant and thickness of metal films, J. Opt. Am. B, 6(8): 1584-1589 (1989).
39. Brillouin scattering from corrugated Ag films: Surface-plasmon-mediated enhanced and relaxed wave-vector conservation, Phys. Rev. B, 40(6): 4153- 4156 (1989).
40. Relation of anomalous Raman spectra of GaAs to metastable transitions of EL2 defects, Phys. Rev. B, 38(15): 10693- 10699 (1988).
41. Surface-plasmon-enhanced Brillouin scattering on silver films: double resonance effect, Phys. Rev. B, 35(17): 8919-8928(1987).
42. Surface-enhanced Brillouin scattering on silver films, Phys. Rev. B, 31(6): 3361- 3368 (1985).

Presentations

1. Design, fabrication, and characterization of optomechanics for a hybrid four-stage free-space optical backplane demonstrator. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting (1996).
2. Characterization and measurement of an optical power delivery system for a free-space optical backplane demonstrator. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting (1996).
3. Modeling of superluminal tunneling of optical pulses through two-dimensional photonic band gap arrays. March Meeting of the American Physical Society (1996).
4. Free-space optical interconnect based on FET-SEED modulators and receivers, Proceedings of the 10th Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference, Dallas, Texas. October 2-7, 1994. p. 87. (1994).
5. A FET-SEED based optical backplane demonstrator, Proceedings of the 10th Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference, Dallas, Texas. October 2-7, 1994. p. 62. (1994).
6. Design of a Lenslet array based free- space optical backplane demonstrator, Technical Digest of the International Conference on Optical Computing, Edinburgh, Scotland. August 22-25, 1994. p. 267-268. (1994).
7. Optical backplane demonstrators based on FET-SEED smart pixel arrays, Proceedings of IEEE Lasers and Electro- optics Society (LEOS ’94). (1994).
8. A FET-SEED based optical backplane demonstrator, Technical Digest of the International Conference on Optical Computing ’94, Edinburgh, Scotland. August 22-25, 1994. pp. 377-378. (1994)
9. Terahertz sources and science, NRC’s Femtosecond Workshop, Ottawa, Ont. April 7. (1994)
10. Coherent electromagnetic transient spectroscopy: Optoelectronic techniques for broadband microwave/millimeter wave measurements, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. March 29. (1994)
11. Measurement of band structures of photonic bandgap materials by picosecond optoelectronic techniques, Proceedings of IEEE LEOS ’93 Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA. November 15- 18. (1993)
12. Surface wave spectroscopy using optoelectronically generated electromagnetic transients, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ont. October 3-8. (1993)
13. Characterization of band structures and surface modes in two-dimensional photonic crystals, SPIE Proceedings, Optics Quebec ’93, Québec, Que. August 16-20, 1993. Vol. 2041. pp. 254-261. (1993)
14. Surface modes and quantized states in photonic crystals probed by picosecond transient spectroscopy, Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics, 1993, Baltimore, MD. May 2-7, 1993. 1993 OSA Technical Digest Series. Volume 11. p. 114. (1993)
15. Broadband microwave measurements using optoelectronically pulsed antennas, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Seminar, NRC, Ottawa, Ont. October 22. (1992)
16. Photonic band structure in periodic dielectric arrays, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que. September 17. (1992)
17. Exploration of photonic band structure in ordered dielectric arrays using picosecond transient spectroscopy, 1992 Technical Digest Series, Anaheim, CA. May 10-15, 1992. Volume 13. pp. 148- 149. (1992)
18. Measurement of photonic band structure in ordered dielectric arrays using coherent microwave transient spectroscopy, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 37: 598.(1992)
19. Optoelectronic measurement of the broadband microwave dielectric properties of polymer films, Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Photonic Networks Components and Applications, Photonics 92, Montebello, P.Q. March 9-11, 1992. Edited by J. Chrostowski and J. Terry. OCRI Publications 1992, Ottawa, Ont. pp. 3.2.1 – 3.2.5 (1992)
20. Microwave and millimeter-wave dielectric measurements with picosecond optoelectronics, Proceedings of LEOS 1991 Summer Topical Meeting on Optical millimeter-wave interactions: Measurements, Generation, Transmission, and Control, Newport Beach, CA. July 24-26. (1991)
21. Broadband microwave reflection spectroscopy using transient radiation from optoelectronically pulsed antennas, 1991 Technical Digest Series, Conference on Lasers and Electro- Optics, Baltimore, MA. May 12-17, 1991. Vol. 10. pp. 482-484. (1991)
22. Measurement of photonic band structure using coherent microwave transient spectroscopy, 1991 Technical Digest Series, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA. November 3-8, 1991. Vol. 17. (1991) p. 759. (1991)
23. Broadband microwave dielectric properties of polymers , Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium, Boston, MA. November 26 -December 1, 1990. Vol. 214. pp. 87-93. (1990)
24. Broadband microwave reflection experiments with picosecond transient radiation, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, Ultrafast Phenomena VII, Monterey, CA. May 14- 17, 1990. In, Springer Series in Chemical Physics. Edited by C.B.Harris,E.P. Ippen, G.A. Mourou, and A.H. Zewail. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1990. Vol. 53. pp. 215-217. (1990)
25. Surface plasmon-surface acoustic wave interactions on thin silver films, Electro- magnetic Surface Excitations, Edited by R. Wallis, Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1986. p. 136. (1986)
26. Surface plasmon scattering by surface acoustic waves on thin silver films, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Phonon Physics, Budapest. August 26-31, 1985. Edited by J. Kollar, N. Kroo, N. Menyhard, T. Siklos, World Scientific, Singapore 1985. pp. 647-649. (1985)