Ph.D. and M.S. awards for 2008

The past year the following students were awarded EO M.S. and Ph.D. degrees

Ph.D.

Two Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Anisotropic Constituents and Their Propagation Characteristics.
Mohammad Siraj Dec-08 Advisor: Joseph Haus

Cascaded crystal optical parametric amplifier model using measured complex beam profiles and its experimental validation.
Anup Pandey May-08 Advisor: Joseph Haus / Peter Powers

Femtosecond Laser Micromachining Technology and Materials Processing and Evaluation.
G. Logan DesAutels May-08 Advisor: Peter Powers

M.S.

A Scanning Microscope Platform for High Resolution Nonlinear Imaging and Laser Direct Writing.
Shuangyang Yang Dec-08 Advisor: Qiwen Zhan / Peter Powers

Fluorescence Enhancement Using one Dimensional Photonic Band Gap Multi-Layer Structure.
Jian Gao Dec-08 Advisor: Qiwen Zhan

Theoretical and Experimental Study of Terahertz Wave Generation Via Optical Rectification.
Wenzao Li Aug-08 Advisor: Peter Powers / Qiwen Zhan

Restoration of Imagery from Incoherently Illuminated Imaging Systems with Modeled Point Spread functions and Wiener Filters.
Mark Burky Aug-08 Advisor: Russell Hardie

Novel Wiregrid Micropolarizers for Infrared Imaging Polarimetry.
Zhi Wu Aug-08 Advisor: Qiwen Zhan / Andrew Sarangan

Modulation Instabiities in Media with Relaxational Nonlinearities and Applications to Optical Limiting in a Photonic Bandgap Structure.
Xue Liu May-08 Advisor: Peter Powers

A compatative study of SIO2 Thin Film Deposition Techniques and the Fabrication of Unltr Low Refractive Index Nano-Porous Si02 Thin Film.
Mengshu Pan May-08 Advisor: Andrew Sarangan / Qiwen Zhan

Nonlinear Materials Characterizaton With Femtosecond Laser Pulses.
Geoffrey Jenkins May-08 Advisor: Peter Powers

Characterization of Periodically Poled Nonlinear Matrerials Using Digital Image Processing.
James Alverson May-08 Advisor: Peter Powers

Characterization of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Semiconductor Materials.
Vincent Cowan May-08 Advisor: Peter Powers



CONGRATULATIONS!