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Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Optoelectronic Techniques for Microwave and Millimeter-wave Engineering <\/a>by William M. Robertson, Artech House, NorwoodMA (1995) <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Refereed Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    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<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Biosensing Using Surface Electromagnetic Waves in Photonic Band Gap Multilayers,Sensors and Actuators B 173, 79-84 (2012).   <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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);<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Compact acoustic\u00a0bandgap\u00a0material based on a\u00a0subwavelength\u00a0collection of detuned Helmholtz resonators J. Appl. Phys. 109, 114903 (2011); doi:10.1063\/1.3595677\u00a0[Download]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Sound beyond the speed of light: measurement of negative group velocity in an acoustic loop filter,\u00a0Appl. Phys.\u00a0Lett. 90 (2007) 014012.\u00a0[Download]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Surface plasmon-like sensor based on surface electromagnetic waves in a photonic band gap material, Sensors and Actuators B 105 (2005) 360-364.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Acoustic band gap measurements in waveguides with periodic resonant structures, Zeit. Kristallog. 220 (2005) 824-828.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Negative group velocity pulse tunneling through a coaxial photonic crystal,\u00a0Appl. Phys.\u00a0Lett. 72 (2004) 2127-2129.\u00a0[Download]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Slow electromagnetic pulse propagation through a narrow transmission band in a coaxial photonic crystal,\u00a0Appl. Phys.\u00a0Lett. 83 (2003), 1053-1056.\u00a0[Download]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Acoustic band gaps and defect modes in periodically structured waveguides, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112 (2002) 1353-1358.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Surface electromagnetic waves on one-dimensional photonic band gap arrays, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 1800-1802 (1999).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Acoustic Stop Bands in Two-Dimensional Scattering Arrays, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 104(2), 694-699 (1998).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Visualizing coherent light with an electromagnetic wave simulator, IEEE Transactions on Education, 39:1-11       (1996).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. Determination of magnetic anisotropy in Fe\/Cu multilayers: equivalence of dynamic and static measurements, Phys. Rev. B15., 52(5), 3045-3048 (1995).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. Photonic band structure calculations using a two-dimensional electromagnetic simulator, J. Mod. Opt., 41(2): 285-293 (1994).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    21. Generation of reconfigurable interconnections with a two-dimensional acoutso-optic deflector, Applied Optics, 33(11): 2140-2146 (1994).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    22. Investigation of absolute photonic band gaps in two-dimensional dielectric structures, J. Modern Opt., 41(2): 385- 393 (1994).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    23. Measurement of the photon dispersion relation in two-dimensional ordered dielectric arrays, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 10(2): 322-327 (1993).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    24. Observation of surface photons on periodic dielectric arrays, Opt. Lett., 18(7): 528-530. (1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    25. Measurement of photonic band structure in two-dimensional dielectric arrays, Phys. Rev. Lett., 68(13): 2023-2026 (1992).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    26. Effect of substrate thickness on the radiation properties of coplanar strip antennas, Electron. Lett., 28(3): 249- 250 (1992).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    27. Microwave properties of free-standing dielectric films, Electron. Lett., 28(1): 62-63 (1992).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    28. Picosecond time-domain electromagnetic scattering from conduction cylinders, IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Lett., 1(12): 379-381 (1991).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    29. Microwave reflection measurements on doped semiconductors with picosecond transient radiation, IEEE Microwave Guided Wave Lett., 1(12): 371-373 (1991).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    31. Broadband microwave dielectric properties of lithium niobate, Electron. Lett., 27(2): 175-176 (1991).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    32. Optoelectronically-pulsed antennas: characterization and applications, IEEE Antennas Propagation Magazine, 33(1): 7-11 (1991).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    33. Temperature dependence of the elastic moduli of monoclinic ZrO2, J. Am. Ceramic Soc., 74(7): 1742-1744 (1991).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    34. Magnetic properties of Fe\/Cr and Fe\/Cu superlattices, J. Appl. Phys., 69(8): 4801 (1991).=<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    35. Microwave diffraction and interference in reflection using transient radiation from optoelectronically pulsed antennas, Appl. Phys. Lett., 57(19): 1958-1960(1991).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    36. Magnons in Cu\/Ni superlattices, Superlattices Microstructures, 7(1): 47- 49 (1990).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    37. Light scattering by surface acoustic waves on corrugated metal surfaces, Phys. Rev. B, 41(8): 4986-4992 (1990).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    39. Brillouin scattering from corrugated Ag films: Surface-plasmon-mediated enhanced and relaxed wave-vector conservation, Phys. Rev. B, 40(6): 4153- 4156 (1989).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    40. Relation of anomalous Raman spectra of GaAs to metastable transitions of EL2 defects, Phys. Rev. B, 38(15): 10693- 10699 (1988).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    41. Surface-plasmon-enhanced Brillouin scattering on silver films: double resonance effect, Phys. Rev. B, 35(17): 8919-8928(1987).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    42. Surface-enhanced Brillouin scattering on silver films, Phys. Rev. B, 31(6): 3361- 3368 (1985).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Design, fabrication, and characterization of optomechanics for a hybrid four-stage free-space optical backplane demonstrator. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting (1996).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Characterization and measurement of an optical power delivery system for a free-space optical backplane demonstrator. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting (1996).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Modeling of superluminal tunneling of optical pulses through two-dimensional photonic band gap arrays. March Meeting of the American Physical Society (1996).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. Optical backplane demonstrators based on FET-SEED smart pixel arrays, Proceedings of IEEE Lasers and Electro- optics Society (LEOS ’94). (1994).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. Terahertz sources and science, NRC’s Femtosecond Workshop, Ottawa, Ont. April 7. (1994)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      10. Coherent electromagnetic transient spectroscopy: Optoelectronic techniques for broadband microwave\/millimeter wave measurements, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. March 29. (1994)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      12. Surface wave spectroscopy using optoelectronically generated electromagnetic transients, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ont. October 3-8. (1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      13. Characterization of band structures and surface modes in two-dimensional photonic crystals, SPIE Proceedings, Optics Quebec ’93, Qu\u00e9bec, Que. August 16-20, 1993. Vol. 2041. pp. 254-261. (1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      15. Broadband microwave measurements using optoelectronically pulsed antennas, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Seminar, NRC, Ottawa, Ont. October 22. (1992)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      16. Photonic band structure in periodic dielectric arrays, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que. September 17. (1992)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      18. Measurement of photonic band structure in ordered dielectric arrays using coherent microwave transient spectroscopy, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 37: 598.(1992)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      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)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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