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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

J. H. Lee, J. van Howe, C. Xu and X. Liu, "Soliton Self-Frequency Shift: Experimental Demonstrations and Applications," J. Sel. Topics in Quantum Elec., Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 713-723, 2008.

J. van Howe, J. H. Lee and C. Xu, “Generation of 3.5 nJ femtosecond pulses from a CW laser without mode-locking,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 1408-1410, 2007.

 J. H.  Lee, J. van Howe, C. Xu, S. Ramachandran, S. Ghalmi, and M. F. Yan, “Generation of femtosecond pulses at 1350 nm by  Cerenkov radiation in higher-order-mode fiber,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 1053-1055, 2007.

J. van Howe, J. Lee, S. Zhou, F. Wise, C. Xu, S. Ramachandran, S. Ghalmi, and M. F. Yan, “Demonstration of soliton self-frequency shift below 1300 nm in higher-order-mode, solid silica-based fiber,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 4, 340-342, 2007.

*J. van Howe and C. Xu, “Ultrafast optical signal processing based upon space-time dualities,” J. of Lightwave Tech., Vol. 24, No. 7, pp. 2649-2662, 2006.

J. van Howe, G. Zhu and C. Xu, “Compensation of self-phase modulation in fiber-based chirped-pulse amplification systems,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 1756-1758, 2006

J. E. Sharping, Y. Okawachi, J. van Howe, C. Xu, Y. Wang, A. E. Willner and A. L. Gaeta, “All-optical, wavelength and bandwidth preserving, pulse delay based on parametric wavelength conversion and dispersion,” Opt. Exp., Vol. 13, No. 20, pp. 7872-7877, 2005.

G. Zhu, J. van Howe, M. Durst, W. Zipfel, and C. Xu, “Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing of femtosecond pulses,” Opt. Exp., Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 2153-2159, 2005.

J. van Howe and C. Xu, “Ultrafast optical delay line using soliton propagation between a time-prism pair,” Opt. Exp., Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 1138-1143, 2005.

J. Hansryd, J. van Howe and C. Xu, “Experimental demonstration of nonlinear phase jitter compensation in DPSK modulated fiber links,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 232-234, 2005.

J. van Howe and C. Xu, “Ultrafast optical delay line using a time-prism pair,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 99-101, 2005.

J. van Howe, J. Hansryd and C. Xu, “Multiwavelength pulse generator using time-lens compression,” Opt. Lett., Vol. 29, No. 13, pp. 1470-1472, 2004.

J. Hansryd , J. van Howe, and C. Xu, “Nonlinear crosstalk and compensation in QDPASK communication systems,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 1975-1977, 2004.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

J. H. Lee (presenter), J. van Howe , C. Xu, S. Ramachandran, and  S. Ghalmi  Energetic Soliton Self-frequency Shift over a 240 nm in a Solid Silica-based Fiber,” Postdeadline Session, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2007,  Anaheim, CA, March 25-30, 2007. 

J. H. Lee (presenter), J. van Howe , C. Xu, S. Ramachandran, S. Ghalmi, and M. F. Yan  “Generation of femtosecond pulses at 1350 nm by Cerenkov radiation in higher-order-mode fiber,” Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2007,  Anaheim, CA, March 25-30, 2007. 

J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu, “Looped Time-Lens Compression for Generation of 3.5 nJ Femtosecond Pulses from a CW Laser,Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007, Baltimore, May 6-11, 2007.

J. van Howe (presenter), J. Lee, S. Zhou, F. Wise, C. Xu, S. Ramachandran, S. Ghalmi, and M. F. Yan, “Soliton self-frequency shift below 1300 nm in higher-order-mode, solid silica-based fiber,” LEOS Annual 2006, Montreal, October 29-November 2, 2006.

J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu, “Compensation of self-phase Modulation in Fiber-Based Chirped-Pulse Amplification Systems,Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006, Long Beach, May 21-26, 2006.

*J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu, “Applications of telecom technologies to optical instrumentation,” Proceedings from the SPIE, Optics East, 2006, Vol. 6388, Boston, October 1-4, 2006.

J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu, “Compensation of self-phase Modulation in Fiber-Based Chirped-Pulse Amplification Systems,Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006, Long Beach, May 21-26, 2006.

*J. van Howe, and C. Xu (presenter), “Applications of temporal imaging in optical signal processing,” Digest of the LEOS Summer  Topical Meetings, 2005, pp. 211-212, San Diego, July 25-27, 2005.

G. Zhu, J. van Howe, M. Durst, W. Zipfel, and C. Xu (presenter), “Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing of femtosecond pulses,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005, Vol. 2, pp. 1506-1508, Baltimore, May 22-27, 2005.

J. E. Sharping (presenter), Y. Okawachi, J. van Howe, C. Xu, Y. Wang, A. E. Willner and A. L. Gaeta, “All-optical, continuously tunable, nanosecond pulse delay using wavelength conversion and fiber dispersion,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005, Vol. 2, pp. 971-973, Baltimore, May 22-27, 2005.

 J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu,  Ultrafast optical delay line using soliton propagation between a time-prism pair,” Technical Digest of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005, Vol. 5, Anaheim, CA, March 6-11, 2005. 

J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu, “0.5 GHz scanning rate optical delay line,OSA annual meeting Frontiers in Optics, 2004, Rochester, NY, October 10-14, 2004.

J. van Howe (presenter), J. Hansryd, and C. Xu, “Novel multi-wavelength pulse generator for real-time WDM optical sampling,Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004, Vol. 2, San Francisco, May 16-21, 2004.

J. Hansryd, J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu, “Compensation of nonlinear phase jitter in DPSK modulated optical communications systems,Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004, Vol. 2, San Francisco, May 16-21, 2004.

* Indicates invited paper or presentation


POSTERS

J. Hansryd, J. van Howe (presenter), and C. Xu,  “Nonlinear crosstalk and compensation in quaternary differential-phase amplitude-shift-keying transmission,” Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004, Vol. 1, Feb. 23-27, 2004.

J. van Howe (presenter) and C. Xu, “Novel multi-wavelength pulse generator using time-lens compression,” Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Cornell University, 2004.


PATENTS

“A System and Method for Producing Optical Pulses of a Desired Wavelength using Cherenkov Radiations in Higher-Order Mode Fibers,” C. Xu and J. van Howe, provisional filing application number 60/896,357, 2007.

“Production of Optical Pulses at a Desired Wavelength Using Soliton Self-Frequency Shift in Higher-Order-Mode Fiber,” C. Xu and J. van Howe, provisional filing application number 60/863,082, 2006.

“Compensation of Self-Phase Modulation in Fiber-Based Chirped-Pulse Amplification Systems,” C. Xu, J. van Howe and G. Zhu,  provisional filing application number 60/795,681,  2006.