2009

Research Activities
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics
A C A D E M I C S • R E S E A R C H • PA R T N E R S H I P S

UCF
www.creol.ucf.edu
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CREOL, THE COLLEGE OF OPTICS & PHOTONICS
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INTRODUCTION......................................................................... 1
RESEARCH AT CREOL, THE COLLEGE OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS.............................................. 2
CREOL FACULTY/TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION................................................................................ 3
SUMMARY OF CREOL RESEARCH LABORATORIES AND FACILITIES................................................ 4
CREOL BUILDING MAP............................................................................................................................. 38

FACULTY – RESEARCH SUMMARIES

Dr. Ayman Abouraddy.................................................................................................................................. 10
Dr. Michael Bass......................................................................................................................................... 10
Dr. Glenn D. Boreman................................................................................................................................. 11
Dr. Demetrios Christodoulides.................................................................................................................... 11
Dr. Peter J. Delfyett..................................................................................................................................... 12
Dr. Dennis Deppe........................................................................................................................................ 12
Dr. Aristide Dogariu..................................................................................................................................... 13
Dr. Sasan Fathpour..................................................................................................................................... 13
Dr. Leonid B. Glebov................................................................................................................................... 14
Dr. David J. Hagan...................................................................................................................................... 14
Dr. James E. Harvey.................................................................................................................................... 15
Dr. Aravinda Kar.......................................................................................................................................... 15
Dr. Pieter Kik............................................................................................................................................... 16
Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler............................................................................................................................... 16
Dr. Guifang Li.............................................................................................................................................. 17
Dr. Patrick L. LiKamWa............................................................................................................................... 17
Dr. M. G. “Jim” Moharam............................................................................................................................. 18
Dr. Martin C. Richardson............................................................................................................................. 18
Dr. Nabeel A. Riza....................................................................................................................................... 19
Dr. Bahaa Saleh.......................................................................................................................................... 19
Dr. Winston Schoenfeld.............................................................................................................................. 20
Dr. Axel Schülzgen...................................................................................................................................... 20
Dr. William Silfvast....................................................................................................................................... 21
Dr. M.J. Soileau........................................................................................................................................... 21
Dr. George I. Stegeman.............................................................................................................................. 22
Dr. Eric W. Van Stryland.............................................................................................................................. 22
Dr. Shin-Tson Wu........................................................................................................................................ 23
Dr. Boris Y. Zeldovich.................................................................................................................................. 23

JOINT AND COURTESY APPOINTMENT FACULTY – RESEARCH SUMMARIES

Dr. Larry C. Andrews................................................................................................................................... 26
Dr. Kevin D. Belfield.................................................................................................................................... 26
Dr. Louis Chow............................................................................................................................................ 27
Dr. Alfred Ducharme.................................................................................................................................... 27
Dr. Andre Gesquiere.................................................................................................................................... 28
Dr. Florencio Eloy Hernandez..................................................................................................................... 28
Dr. David Kaup............................................................................................................................................ 29
Dr. Michael Leuenberger............................................................................................................................. 29
Dr. Robert E. Peale..................................................................................................................................... 30
Dr. Ronald L. Phillips................................................................................................................................... 30
Dr. Kathleen A. Richardson........................................................................................................................ 31
Dr. Jannick Rolland..................................................................................................................................... 31
Dr. Mubarak A. Shah................................................................................................................................... 32
Dr. Alfons Schulte....................................................................................................................................... 32
Dr. Arthur Weeks......................................................................................................................................... 33
Dr. Cynthia Young....................................................................................................................................... 33

ADDITIONAL TEAM CONTACTS – THE COLLEGE OF OPTICS & PHOTONICS

Dr. James Pearson...................................................................................................................................... 36
Dr. Martin Stickley........................................................................................................................................ 36
Mr. Mark Wagenhauser.............................................................................................................................. . 37
Ms. Rachel Franzetta.................................................................................................................................. 37
Ms. Denise Whiteside................................................................................................................................... 37

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 THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

The University of Central Florida is one of the most dynamic universities in the country. Offering 223 degree programs, it has be-
come an academic and research leader in numerous fields, including optics and photonics, modeling and simulation, engineering
and computer science, business administration, education, science, hospitality management and digital media.

UCF’s 1,415-acre main campus provides modern facilities, including a new events arena and a football stadium. The University
now has 12 colleges, including the newly established College of Medicine and College of Graduate Studies. In addition, UCF has
10 nationally and internationally recognized research institutes, including CREOL, devoted to research and development. More
than 50,000 students attend classes on UCF’s main campus and its 11 regional campuses located throughout Central Florida,
making UCF the 6th largest university in the US in total enrollment. UCF recently granted its 171,659th degree in its 39th year of
offering classes.

With its strong emphasis on leading-edge research as an integral part of education, UCF receives over $120M annually from
federal, state and industry partners. With a commitment to mutually beneficial partnerships, including innovative policies on intel-
lectual policy and technology transfer, in 2008 the University of Central Florida joined prestigious research universities such as the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University in the top 10 of the 2008 “Patent Scorecard,” which ranks technol-
ogy innovations gained from patents. In fact, UCF jumped from 21st to eighth to surpass Harvard University and the University of
Wisconsin in the top 10. No other top 10 university realized a greater increase in ranking. The “Patent Scorecard” determines the
strength of a university’s patents as measured by how frequently they are cited in subsequent patents. The rankings were pub-
lished in the September 2008 issue of Intellectual Property Today. UCF also ranked third in the industry impact category, which
measures the role a university’s patents play in serving as a foundation for other patents and technologies. The ranking signals
Central Florida’s emergence as a key intellectual capital contributor in the US and major component of the Florida High-Tech
Corridor and as the new hub for high-tech innovation in the 21st century.

More information on UCF and its programs is available on the UCF website at www.ucf.edu.

Other useful websites include the following:

• UCF Office of Research and Commercialization: www.research.ucf.edu

• UCF’s award-winning Incubation Program, now with 6 sites including a Photonics Incubator in the
CREOL building: www.incubator.ucf.edu/Locations/index.html
• Listing and links to UCF Research Institutes and Centers: www.research.ucf.edu/Centers
• Main campus map and directions to the campus: http://campusmap.ucf.edu/flash/index.php

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RESEARCH AT CREOL, THE COLLEGE OF OPTICS & PHOTONICS
CREOL
The College
of Optics & Photonics

Formed in 1986 as the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL), CREOL, The College of Optics &
Photonics at the University of Central Florida (UCF) is internationally recognized as one of the top academic and research
programs in optics and photonics in the nation. The College is the first program in optics and photonics to have achieved the
status of a full College, headed by a Dean. As a graduate college for optical science and engineering education and research,
the mission of the College is to:

• Provide the highest quality education in optical science and engineering

• Conduct scholarly fundamental and applied research
• Aid in the development of technology-based industries throughout Florida and the nation.

The College offers interdisciplinary graduate programs leading to MS and Ph.D. degrees in Optics. CREOL, the Florida Photonics
Center of Excellence (FPCE), and the Townes Laser Institute, are research centers within the College. Through these research
centers, the College fulfills its mandate to be an international center of excellence in optics and lasers, in both research and
education, and to act as an intellectual, scientific and technical resource to the laser, optics, and photonics industries.

The College has grown rapidly and now has 40 faculty members and faculty with joint appointments, 69 research scientists and
146 graduate students with research activities covering all aspects of optics, photonics, and lasers. Research expenditures are
~$20M annually, with ~25% of the funding coming from industrial partners, illustrating the effectiveness of the commitment to
partnerships that is a foundational value of the College.

The research activities of the College faculty span the spectrum from basic science to prototype development, and the fac-
ulty vigorously pursue joint research projects with industry, academia, and government laboratories. The main facilities of the
College are housed in a state-of-the-art 104,000 ft2 building dedicated to optics and photonics research and education. A
portion of the building functions as the UCF Photonics Incubator, an extension of the award-winning UCF Incubation Program.

The College faculty collaborate closely with other UCF research units, including the NanoScience Technology Center (NSTC),
the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC), the Institute for
Simulation and Training (IST), the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), and the UCF College of Medicine. Several College faculty
hold joint appointments in these and other UCF departments, which facilitates access to the outstanding facilities in these units
and encourages interdisciplinary research.

This booklet contains summary information on the research interests of the College faculty along with their contact coordinates
and a brief description of the laboratories and research facilities utilized by College researchers and their partners. Additional
information is available from the faculty members and from the College’s website: http://www.creol.ucf.edu/

For further information, contact:

Dr. Bahaa Saleh Dr. David J. Hagan Dr. James E. Pearson

Dean and Director Assoc. Dean, Academic Programs Director, Research & Admin.
besaleh@creol.ucf.edu hagan@creol.ucf.edu jpearson@creol.ucf.edu
(407) 882-3326 (407) 823-6817 (678) 455-3459

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 CREOL, THE COLLEGE OF OPTICS & PHOTONICS
CONTACT INFORMATION

FACULTY

Dr. Ayman F. Abouraddy CREOL A116 407-823-6809 raddy@creol.ucf.edu

Dr. Michael Bass CREOL 160 407-823-6977 bass@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Glenn D. Boreman CREOL A110 407-823-6815 boreman@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Demetrios Christodoulides CREOL 210 407-882-0074 demetri@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Peter J. Delfyett CREOL 272 407-823-6812 delfyett@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Dennis Deppe CREOL 172 407-823-6870 ddeppe@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Aristide Dogariu CREOL 116 407-823-6839 adogariu@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Sasan Fathpour CREOL A212 407-823-6961 fathpour@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Leonid B. Glebov CREOL 285 407-823-6983 lbglebov@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. David J. Hagan CREOL 208 407-823-6817 hagan@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. James E. Harvey CREOL 122 407-823-6818 harvey@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Aravinda Kar CREOL 284 407-823-6921 akar@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Pieter Kik CREOL 270 407-823-4622 kik@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Stephen Kuebler CH 221 407-823-3720 kuebler@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Guifang Li CREOL 278 407-823-6811 li@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Patrick L. LiKamWa CREOL 224 407-823-6816 patrick@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. M. G. “Jim” Moharam CREOL 221 407-823-6833 moharam@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Martin C. Richardson CREOL 126 407-823-6819 mcr@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Nabeel A. Riza CREOL 290 407-823-6829 riza@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Bahaa Saleh CREOL 206 407-882-3326 besaleh@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Winston Schoenfeld CREOL 232 407-823-6898
(DEAN) winston@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Axel Schülzgen CREOL A107 407-823-1746 axel@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. William Silfvast CREOL 129 407-823-6855 silfvast@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. M.J. Soileau MH 243 407-823-5538 mj@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. George I. Stegeman CREOL 215 407-823-6915 george@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Eric W. Van Stryland CREOL 271 407-823-6835 ewvs@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Shin-Tson Wu CREOL 280 407-823-4763 swu@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Boris Y. Zeldovich CREOL 234 407-823-6831 boris@creol.ucf.edu

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 FACULTY JOINT & COURTESY APPOINTMENTS

Dr. Larry C. Andrews 125 Math & Physics 407-823-2418 landrews@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Kevin D. Belfield 222 Chemistry Bldg 407-823-1028 kbelfiel@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Kurt Busch Univ. of Karlsruhe 49-721-608-6054 kurt@tfp.uni-karlsruhe.de
Dr. Bruce Chai Crystal Photonics 407-328-9111 x15 chai@crystalphotonics.com
Dr. Louis Chow 219 Engineering Bldg 407-823-3666 lchow@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Alfred Ducharme 118 Engineering Bldg 407-823-0770 ducharme@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Andre Gesquiere Nanoscience Tech.Ctr. 407-882-2842 andre@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Steve Guch Mount Dora, FL 352-735-4259 steveguch@aol.com
Dr. Florencio E. Hernandez 224 Chemistry Bldg 407-823-0843 florenzi@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Hans Jenssen AC Materials 727-937-4135 h.jenssen@ac-materials.com
Dr. Eric Johnson UNC Charlotte 704- 687-8123 egjohnso@email.uncc.edu
Dr. David Kaup 202C Math & Physics 407-823-2795 kaup@ucf.edu
Dr. Michael Leuenberger 12424 Research Pkwy 407-882-2846 mleuenbe@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Robert E. Peale 404 Math & Physics 407-823-5208 rep@physics.ucf.edu
Dr. Ronald L. Phillips Florida Space Inst. 407-685-5599 phillips@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Kathleen A. Richardson Clemson University 864-656-0549 richar3@clemson.edu
Dr. Jannick Rolland Univ. of Rochester 585-273-4040 rolland@optics.rochester.edu
Dr. Alfons Schulte 427 Math & Physics 407-823-5196 afs@physics.ucf.edu
Dr. Mubarak A. Shah 238 Comp. Science 407-823-5077 shah@cs.ucf.edu
Dr. Craig W. Siders Lawrence Livermore 321-277-7092 prof.craig.siders@gmail.com
Dr. Arthur Weeks 453 Engineering 407-823-0767 weeks@mail.ucf.edu
Dr. Emil Wolf Univ of Rochester 585-275-4397 ewlupus@pas.rochester.edu
Dr. Cynthia Young Math & Physics 231G 407-823-5987 cyyoung@mail.ucf.edu

ADDITIONAL TEAM CONTACTS

Dr. James Pearson CREOL 207 407-451-2199 jpearson@creol.ucf.edu
Dr. Martin Stickley CREOL A120 407-823-6803 stickley@creol.ucf.edu
Mr. Mark Wagenhauser CREOL 109 407-823-6878 markw@creol.ucf.edu
Ms. Rachel Franzetta CREOL 209 407-823-6986 rfranzet@creol.ucf.edu
Ms. Denise Whiteside CREOL 205 407-823-6834 dwhitesi@creol.ucf.edu

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 LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics
FPCE and Townes Laser Institute

The research activities of CREOL, The College of Optics and

Photonics faculty span the spectrum from basic science and physics
of optics, photonics, and related phenomena, to prototype develop-
ment and demonstration of feasibility in applications. The faculty vig-
orously pursue joint research projects with industry, academia, and
government laboratories. The main facilities of the College are housed
in a state-of-the-art 104,000 sq. ft. building dedicated to optics and
photonics research and education. A sampling of laboratories in this
facility is as follows:
• Florida Photonics Center of Excellence (FPCE) The FPCE was established with a $10 million grant from
the State of Florida to create a new center of excellence within The College of Optics and Photonics at the Uni-
versity of Central Florida. The focus of the initial FPCE research and education work is on the technologies
of nanophotonics, biophotonics, advanced imaging and 3D displays, and ultra-high bandwidth communications.

• Townes Laser Institute (TLI) The TLI was established as a new initiative within the FPCE in 2007 with a $4.5M grant
from the State of Florida plus matching funds from UCF for 5 faculty positions and $3M in start-up and infrastructure funds. The
primary goal of the TLI is to make UCF the premier institution in advanced laser technology in the United States by providing needed
faculty and facilities in laser science and the next generation of laser technologies for medicine, advanced manufacturing tools and
defense. The TLI formally got underway in May 2007, when it was dedicated as the Townes Laser Institute, recognizing the inven-
tor of the laser and the maser, Dr Charles Hard Townes, 1964 Nobel Laureate for Physics. Dr. Martin Richardson is the Principal
Investigator.

• Northrop Grumman EUV Photonics Laboratory, conducting research on X-Ray and EUV optics and sources,
X-Ray microscopy, laser-aided material processing, and laser-generated plasmas. Also referred to as the “Laser Plasma Labora-
tory”, the Laboratory is led by Dr. Martin Richardson. Further information on the work in this lab is available at http://lpl/default.
asp?page=research.htm.

• Optical Diagnostics and Applications Laboratory, conducting interdisciplinary basic and applied research in novel
optical instrumentation for 3D imaging and visualization with an emphasis on head-worn displays that enable mobile applications,
physics-based modeling, image analysis, and assessment methodology. Applications include medical research and augmented
reality. Led by Dr. Jannick Rolland Director (rolland@optics.rochester.edu, 585-273-4040 ), and co-directed by Dr. Anand
Santhanam, Associate Director (asanthan@creol.ucf.edu, 407/823-5288), of the UCF-ODALab (asanthan@creol.ucf.edu, 407/823-
5288). Further information on the work in this lab is available at http://www.odalab-spectrum.org

• Infrared Systems Laboratory, conducting research on infrared detector and focal-plane analysis, optics of random
media, infrared scene projection, and transfer-function techniques. Led by Dr. Glenn Boreman, further information on the work in
this lab is available via links from http://ir.optics.ucf.edu/.

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• Ultrafast Photonics Laboratory, conducting research on ultrafast high power optical pulses from semiconductor diode
lasers, for applications in applied photonic networks and laser-induced materials modification. Led by Dr. Peter Delfyett, further
information on the work in this lab is available at http://up.creol.ucf.edu/

• Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Matter Laboratory, is focused upon developing and using a broad spectrum of ultra-
short (femtosecond to picosecond) tools to study matter on its natural scales. The lab is led by Dr. Martin Richardson.

• Optical Design & Image Analysis Laboratory, conducting research on Optical Design and Image Analysis, Simulation
and Modeling of Optical Systems, and characterization of optical phenomena. Led by Dr. James Harvey, further information on the
work in this lab is available at http://imaging.creol.ucf.edu/.

• Nanophotonics Systems Fabrication Laboratory, a 3,000 ft2 multi-user facility containing Class 100 and Class 1000
clean rooms and a Leica 5000+ e-beam lithography instrument capable of 10nm resolution. For information on the Leica instru-
ment, visit http://sharepoint.creol.ucf.edu/ebeam/default.aspx These facilities are used for fabrication and study of nano-structured
materials and nanophotonic integrated circuits. The Laboratory is designed and operated as a multi-user facility, with availability
to companies and other outside users. Further information on the work in this lab is available by contacting Dr. Patrick LiKamWa,
(407)823-6816, Patrick@creol.ucf.edu.

• Nonlinear Optics Laboratories, conducting research on a variety of nonlinear optical effects, materials, and devices
including nonlinear interactions in waveguides, nonlinear signal processing, optical power limiting, and characterizing materials
response at picosecond and nanosecond scales. Led by Drs. Eric Van Stryland and David Hagan, further information on the work
in this lab is available at http://nlo.optics.ucf.edu/.

• Laser Aided Materials Processing Laboratories, investigating understanding of the interaction of lasers with absorbing
and non-absorbing materials, growth, solidification, and plasma effects; laser CVD; laser ablation, laser drilling, cutting, welding;
developing process-monitoring and diagnostic techniques. Led by Drs Stephen Kuebler and Martin Richardson, further informa-
tion on the work in this lab is available at http://www.cas.ucf.edu/chemistry/index.php?URL=faculty/kuebler and http://lpl/default.
asp?page=research.htm.

• Diffractive and Holographic Optics Laboratory, conducting rigorous analysis, design, and demonstration of diffractive
and holographic optical elements, subwavelength grating structures and their applications, E-M theory of grating diffraction, holo-
graphic optical information processing and storage, volume holography. Led by Dr. Leonid Glebov, further information on the work
in this lab is available at http://ppl.creol.ucf.edu/.http://www.creol.ucf.edu/research/default.asp?programID=5

• Photonic Information Processing Systems Laboratory, exploring the principles of optics and information processing
for solving important problems in system science relevant to academia, government, and industry. Led by Dr. Nabeel Riza, further
information on the work in this lab is available at http://pips.optics.ucf.edu/.

• Photonics & Display Laboratories, investigating liquid crystal displays, up-conversion processes in dielectric materi-
als, all-optical 2- and 3-D displays, wearable displays for virtual and augmented reality. Led by Dr. Shin-Tson Wu and Dr. Jannick
Rolland, further information on the work in this lab is available at http://lcd.creol.ucf.edu/ and at http://odalab.creol.ucf.edu/pages/
research.php.

• Laser System Development Laboratories, developing new solid-state lasers, external cavity semiconductor lasers and
amplifiers, seeding lasers, laser-induced damage, far infrared semiconductor lasers, high-average-power solid state lasers, semi-
conductor and solid state volume Bragg lasers, high power laser beam combining, ultra-high-intensity femtosecond lasers, new
solid state lasers and materials development (crystals & glasses). Activities in this area are led by Dr. Michael Bass, Dr. Martin
Richardson, Dr. Peter Delfyett, and Dr. Leonid Glebov. Further information is available at http://www.creol.ucf.edu/research/default.
asp?programID=4

• Optical Glass Sciences & Photo-Induced Processing Laboratory, conducting studies of new materials for high-effi-
ciency, robust holographic optical elements; high power laser beam combining, glass spectroscopy, refractometry and interferom-
etry; photo-induced processes in glasses; technology of optical quality and high-purity glasses. Led by Dr. Leonid Glebov, further
information on the work in this lab is available at http://ppl.creol.ucf.edu/

Further information on the research areas and the faculty involved in each of them is available on the CREOL website via links from
http://www.creol.ucf.edu/research/

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 CREOL Faculty
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Ayman Abouraddy
Assistant Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 2003
Contact
raddy@creol.ucf.edu
(407)823-6809
Research
Multi-material Optical Fiber Devices Group: http://multi-
OFD.ucf.edu/
Optical fibers
• Fabrication of multi-material micro-structured optical
fibers
• Hollow-core photonic band gap fibers
• Optical, thermal, electric, and magnetic sensing using
fibers
• Fiber nonlinear optics and quantum optics
• Two- and three-dimensional fiber sensor arrays
• Biomedical applications of optical fibers Quantum
optics and quantum information
• Quantum entanglement
• Optical generation of entangled states
• Quantum-enhanced optical sensing and imaging
Other Experience
• Postdoctoral Fellow 2003-2005; Research Scientist
2005-2008, Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Activities
• Program committee member for SPIE Defense,
Security + Sensing (2009)
• Referee for the Journal of the Optical Society B,
Optics Letters, Optics Communications, Optics Ex
press, Optical Engineering (SPIE), Physical Review
Letters, and Physical Review A.
Honors & Awards
• Boston University PUGF (Presidential University
Graduate Fellowship), 1997
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Michael Bass
Professor of Optics, Physics & ECE
Professor Emeritus of Optics
PhD, Physics; University of Michigan 1964
Contact
bass@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6977
Research
Bass Group: http://bass.optics.ucf.edu/
• Display Technologies
• Up-Conversion Processes in Dielectric Materials
• All-Optical 2- and 3-Dimensional Displays
• Laser System Development
• Solid State Laser Design
• Models for High-Average-Power Solid State Lasers
• Pump Requirements, Performance Potentials and
Limitations
• Spray Cooling of Diode Laser Bars
• Thermal Management of Diode Laser Array Pump
Sources for Solid State Lasers
Other Experience
• Senior Research Scientist, Raytheon 1966-73
• Director, Center for Laser Studies, USC 1977-84
• Chair, EE Electrophysics, USC 1984-87
• Vice President for Research, UCF 1988-93
• Consultantships - including: Los Alamos National Lab,
Exxon Nuclear Corp., Naval Weapons Center,
Aerospace Corp., Newport Corp.
Professional Activities
• Associate Editor, Optics Express
• Editor-in-Chief “Handbook of Optics, 2nd Ed” OSA
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA)
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
(IEEE)
• Fellow, Laser Institute of America
 CREOL Faculty

Glenn D. Boreman Demetrios Christodoulides

Trustee Chair Professor of Optics, EE & Physics Provost Distinguished Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Optical Sciences; University of Arizona, 1984 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University, 1986
Contact
boreman@creol.ucf.edu Contact
407-823-6815 demetri@creol.ucf.edu
407-822-0074
Research
IR Group: http://ir.optics.ucf.edu/ Research
Non-linear Waves Group
• Infrared Sensors and Systems – Nano-lithography to
extend RF concepts to IR band • Solitonic Gateless Computing
• Antenna-coupled IR Sensors • Spatial Solitons and their Applications
• Multi-color/polarization IR FPAs • Incoherent Spatial Solitons and their Applications
• IR Frequency-Selective Surfaces • Application of Organic Materials to 3D Optical Circuitry
• Tunable IR Signatures • Solitons and Localized Structures in Periodic Optically
• Infrared Targets and Tags Nonlinear Systems
• IR Scene Projection • Bose-Einstein condensates
• IR Target Projection • Optical spatial Shock Waves
• Passive and Active IR Tags • All-Optical Polaron effects in Nonlinear Lattices
• Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Technology
• Subsurface Mine Detection/Imaging Professional Activities
• Antenna-coupled Sensors • Nonlinear Optics Committee IEEE LEOS 2003
• Scene Projection • Committee on Photorefractives: CLEO/IQEC 2004
• Program Chair, Nonlinear Guided Waves and their
Other Experience Applications, 2004 (Toronto)
• Visiting Scholar: Imperial College London; Federal Insti • General Chair, Nonlinear Guided Waves and their
tute of Technology (ETH) Zürich; Defense Research Applications, 2005
Agency (FOI) Sweden; Universidad Complutense Madrid
• Consultant, Licensed Professional Engineer Honors & Awards
• Short Course Development • Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Fellow, American Physical Society (APS)
Professional Activities
• Editor-in-Chief, Applied Optics
• Co-author of Infrared Detectors & Systems
• Author of Basic Electro-Optics for EEs
• Author of Modulation Transfer Function in Optical and
Electro-Optical Systems

Honors & Awards

• Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Fellow, SPIE
• Fellow, Military Sensing Symposium
• Fellow, Laser Institute of America
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Peter J. Delfyett
Trustee Chair Professor of Optics, EE & Physics
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, City University of New York, 1988
Contact
delfyett@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6812
Research
http://up.creol.ucf.edu/
• Fundamental Ultrafast Laser Physics
• Ultrafast Pulse Semiconductor Lasers
• Stabilized Optical Frequency Combs
• Optoelectronic Device Development
• Quantum Dot Based Semiconductor Devices for Optical
Networks
• High Data Rate Photonic Networks & Systems
• Optical Clock Distribution, Synchronization, & Recovery
• Photonic ADC’s and DAC’s
• DWDM, OTDM and OCDMA Links
Other Experience
• Orlando Science Center – Presidential Science Advisory
Committee
• Research Partnerships: Alcatel- Lucent Technologies
Harris Corporation, Raydiance, Inc., Telcordia
Professional Activities
• President, National Society of Black Physicists
• OSA – Chair, Public Policy Commitee
• NAS – Cmte. on Atomic Molecular Optical Science
• NAE – NIST EEL Review Committee
• General Chair, CLEO 2006 and LEOS 2005
• General Chair, OSA’s Ultrafast Optoelectronics Meeting ‘03-’05
• Editor-in-chief, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Quantum Electronics
• Asso. Editor, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, OSA and IEEE LEOS
• UCF Pegasus Professor, 2001
• NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers
• Black Engineer of the Year, 2000
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Dennis Deppe
FPCE Eminent Scholar Chair of Nanophotonics
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1988
Contact
ddeppe@creol.ucf.edu
(407)823-6870
Research
NanoPhotonics
http://www.optics.ucf.edu/Research/
DirectoryGroup.aspx?GrpID=327
• Semiconductor devices, epitaxial crystal growth,
nano-structures, nanophotonics
Other Experience
• Chief Techn. Officer, Nanosource, Inc., 2003-2005
• President, Nanosource, Inc., 2001-2003
• ECE Department, UT Austin, 1990-2005
• Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories,
1988-1990
Professional Activities
• Guest Editor, IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum
Electronics, 1999
• Assoc Editor, IEEE Photonics Letters, 1999-2002
• Technical Program Committees, IEEE LEOS Annual
Meeting, SPIE Photonics West, IEEE
LEOS Summer Topical Meeting
• 1998 IEEE Semiconductor Laser Workshop Chair
• 1997 SPIE Conference Chair on VCSELs
• IEEE/LEOS Chair of the Semiconductor Laser
Technical Committee, 1999-2002
Honors & Awards
• IEEE LEOS Engineering Achievement Award, 2003
• IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award, 2001-2002
• IEEE Fellow, 2000
• OSA Fellow, 2000
• OSA Nicholas Holonyak Award, 1999
• NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1991
• ONR Young Inveestigator Award, 1991
• Shell Graduate Fellowship, 1985-1987
 CREOL Faculty

Aristide Dogariu Sasan Fathpour

Professor of Optics and ECE Assistant Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Engineering; Hokkaido University, Japan 1994 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Michigan, 2005
MS, Physics; University of Bucharest, Romania, 1983
Contact
Contact fathpour@creol.ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-6839 407-823-6961
FAX: (407) 823-6880
e-mail: adogariu@mail.ucf.edu Research
http://random.creol.ucf.edu • Energy efficiency in integrated optics
Reported two-photon photovoltaic effect in silicon, the
Research first demonstration in any material
• Optical physics, waves propagation and scattering, • Nonlinear optical effects in silicon photonics
electromagnetism • Electronic tuning of silicon’s optical properties
• Optical sensing • Nitride LEDs and lasers for display applications
• Condensed matter and random media characterization • Demonstrated the highest modulation bandwidth of 25
• Near field optics GHz in self-assembled quantum dot lasers
• Optical systems analysis, modeling, and design • Demonstrated temperature-invariant operation in any
semiconductor laser for the first time
Other Experience • InGaMnAs spintronic light sources and materials
• Program Chair, “Computational Optical Sensing and • Nitride Heterojunction bipolar transistors
Imaging”, OSA, 2009
• General Chair, Topical Meeting “Computational Other Experience
Optical Sensing and Imaging”, OSA, 2007. • Senior Member Research Staff, Ostendo
• Chair biosensing committee, “Topical meeting Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, 2008
Coherent Optical Technologies and Applications” • Visiting Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
OSA 2006. Department, UCLA, 2007
• Chair of Topical Meeting “Photon Correlation and • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical Engineering
Scattering 2004”, OSA, 2004. Department, UCLA, 2005-07

Professional Activities Professional Activities

• Division Editor, Applied Optics – Optical Technology • Member, OSA
• Member OSA Board of Editors • Member, IEEE-LEOS
• Editorial board: Journal of Holography and Speckle
Honors & Awards
Honors & Awards • UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research
• Fellow of American Physical Society • Featured in the 62nd Edition of Marquis Who’s Who
• Fellow of Optical Society of America in America
• Florida Photonics Center of Excellence Professorship • International Graduate Student Fellowship, University
of Michigan, 2000

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Leonid B. Glebov David J. Hagan

Research Professor Associate Professor of Optics; Associate Dean
Ph.D. Physics; State Optical Institute, Leningrad, 1976 for Academic Programs
Ph.D., Physics; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 1985
Contact
lbglebov@creol.ucf.edu Contact
407-823-6983 hagan@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6817

Research
Photo-Induced Processing Lab: http://ppl.creol.ucf.edu/
• Optical properties of glasses, photosensitive glasses
for hologram recording, nonlinear phenomena including
laser-induced damage, holographic optical elements, high
power laser systems.
Other Experience
• Founder, Vice President and CTO of OptiGrate Corporation
Research
Nonlinear Optics Lab: http://nlo.creol.ucf.edu/
Nonlinear Optics
• Develop Ultrasensitive Techniques for Measuring
Optical Nonlinearities
• Identify Candidate NLO Materials and Thin Films
• Developing Tandem and Other Optical Limiting
Techniques
• Higher Performance Optical Limiters for Sensor
Protection
• Understanding / Characterizing Materials Response at
Picoseconds and Nanoseconds

Professional Activities Other Experience

• Member of SPIE, Optical Society of America, • Member, Center for Occupation Research and Develop
American Ceramic Society, Directed Energy Professional ment (CORD) National Photonics Education Working
Society. Group.
• NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) in Optics & Lasers.
Honors & Awards • NSF-funded Greater Orlando GK-12 Partnership
• Denis Gabor Award in Holography
• Fellow OSA and AmCerSoc Professional Activities
• Chair, OSA special Publishing Activities Committee
• OSA Publications Council
• Principal Editor, MRS Journal of Materials Research
• Co-chair for NLO, Quantum Electronics Div., OSA
Science and Engineering Council

Honors & Awards

• UCF Research Incentive Award
• Two UCF Teaching Incentive Awards

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James E. Harvey Aravinda Kar

Associate Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Optical Sciences; University of Arizona, 1976
Contact
harvey@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6818
Research
Imaging Lab: http://imaging.creol.ucf.edu/
Optical Design and Image Analysis Laboratory
• Optical Design and Image Analysis of Advanced
Optical Systems
• Simulation and Modeling of Systems Performance for
Unconventional Optical Systems
• Image Degradation due to Scattering Effects (Optical
Fabrication Errors)
• Sparse, Optical Array Configurations
• X-Ray/EUV Imaging Systems (Including Multilayers)
• Experimental Characterization of Various Optical
Phenomena, Materials & Fabrication Processes
Other Experience
• Senior Scientist, Perkin-Elmer Corp. in NASA astronomy
programs including the AXAF and FUSE projects.
Professional Activities
• Member, OSA
• Board of Directors, SPIE
• Designed the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI) for the US
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s
current geostationary operational environmental satellite
system (GOES).
Professor of Optics & MMAE
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana,
1985
Contact
akar@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6921
Research
Laser Advanced Materials Processing Group
• Ultrahigh Temperature Optical Sensing
• Novel Erosion Resistant Coating For High Temperature
Composites
• Nanoscopic Optical Sensors
• Laser-Doped Nanostructuring in SiC for Deep Green
Light Emitting Diodes
• Laser Drilling 170-Micron Diameter Holes
• Fabrication of long nanowires for integrated nanode
vice fabrication.
Other Experience
• Assoc. Director, Univ. of Illinois Center for Laser aided
Materials Processing (CLAMP), 1992-94
• Research Partnerships with: Applicote Assoc; Laser
Fare; Aerospace Manufacturing Research Center,
Univ. of the West of England at Bristol, UK.; Lynntech,
Inc.; MicroContinuum, Inc.
Professional Activities
• Memberships: American Society of Metals; Materials
Research Society; LIA
• Editorial Board Member: Journal of Laser Applications;
and Science and Technology of Welding and Joining

Honors & Awards Honors & Awards

• Fellow of SPIE, for contributions in areas of surface • Fellow, Laser Institute of America
scatter phenomena and phased telescope arrays.
• Three separate papers chosen for reprint in SPIE’s
Milestone Series. (on Scalar Diffraction Theory;
Adaptive Optics; and Surface Scatter Phenomena)

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Steven M. Kuebler Pieter Kik

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Optics Associate Professor of Optics
Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics Ph.D., Physics; FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular
D. Phil., Chemistry; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1998 Physics (AMOLF), Amsterdam, 2000

Contact Contact
kuebler@mail.ucf.edu kik@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-3720 407-823-4622

Research
Research http://kik.creol.ucf.edu/
Nanophotonic Materials Group:
www.cas.ucf.edu/chemistry/index.php?URL=faculty/kuebler • Nanophotonics and Near-field optics
• Near-field scanning optical microscopy
• Laser-aided materials processing • Nanostructured optical waveguides
• 3D nano- and microfabrication • Nanolithography
• Fabrication of nanophotonic structures and devices • Tunable Plasmon Optical nanosensors for Biochemical
• Nonlinear optical materials detection
• Numerical modeling of nanophotonic integrated circuits
Other Experience
• Asst. Staff Scientist, Dept. of Chemistry, University of
Arizona, 2001-2003 Other Experience
• Post-Doctoral Researcher, California Institute of Technology, • Post-Doctoral Researcher, California Institute of Technology,
1998-99 2001-2003

Professional Activities Professional Activities

• Member, Materials Research Society; American
Chemical Society; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation
Engineers
Honors & Awards
• Marshall Scholar, The Association of Commonwealth
Universities, UK, 1991
• Perry Medal, Tulane University, 1991
• NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1993
• Member of the Materials Research Society
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA)
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
(IEEE)
• Fellow, Laser Institute of America

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Guifang Li Patrick L. LikamWa

FPCE Professor of Optics, Physics and ECE Associate Professor of Optics and ECE
Ph.D., EE; University of Wisconsin -Madison 1991 Ph.D., EE; University of Sheffield, UK, 1987

Contact Contact
li@creol.ucf.edu patrick@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6811 407-823-6816

Research
Optical Fiber Communications Group http://ofc.optics.ucf.edu/
• Self-Pulsing Gain-Coupled DFB Lasers
• Ultrafast All-Optical Clock Recovery
• Optical 3R Regeneration
• Optical Generation of MMW Signals
• MMW Fiber-Optic Links
• All-Optical Subcarrier Links and Networks
• Fiber-Optic Transmission
• Free-Space Optical Communication
• Coherent Optical Communication
• Optical Networking
Research
Multiple Quantum Wells:
http://mqw.creol.ucf.edu/patrick/likamwa.html
• Optoelectronics
• Develop Integrated Optics Devices with Gain Using
Resonant, Multiple Quantum Well Structures
• Novel semiconductor nanostructures for advanced
optoelectronics
• Implement Monolithic All-Optical Switching Circuits
• Multi-platform integration using multilayer dielectric
films for integrated optics and MEMs with semiconductor
optoelectronics

Other Experience Other Experience

• Co-Founder, Optium Corporation • Consulting advisor for NEOS Technologies (1998)
• Consultant for Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc.
Professional Activities (1996)
• Fellow, OSA and SPIE • Co-Founder, Optium Corporation(2000)
• Associate Editor, Optical Networks(2000-2005)
• IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer (2004-8) Professional Activities
• Associate Editor, Optics Express (2007- present) • Session chair OSA (1995), CLEO (1996), NFOEC,
• Associate Editor, Photonics Technology Letters 2003
(2007-present) • Program Committee member for ILS (1997), SPIE
Aerosense (1999), CLEO (2005)
Honors & Awards • Proposal Reviewer (ARO, NSF)
• Gleason Endowed Chair in Photonics, Rochester Institute
of Technology Honors & Awards
• NSF CAREER Award • IEEE/LEOS Orlando Chapter Engineer of the Year
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (1993)
• UCF TIP Award 2003-4 • UCF Teacher Incentive Program (1999)
• UCF RIA Award 2005-6 • Senior Member IEEE/LEOS

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M.G. “Jim” Moharam
Professor of Optics and ECE
Ph.D., EE; University of British Columbia, 1978
Contact
moharam@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6833
Research
Moharam Group: http://moharam.creol.ucf.edu/
• Numerical modeling techniques for the analysis,
characterization and design of photonic crystal devices.
• Design and Fabrication of Subwavelength Structures
• Antireflective Coatings for novel IR materials
• USP Laser Applications to Biological Tissues
Extreme Semiconductor Based Chirp Pulse Amplifica-
tion Technology
Professional Activities
• Topical Editor, JOSA-A – Diffraction and Gratings
• Program Committee SPIE Europe 2004
• Session Chair SPIE Europe 2004
• Session Chair Diffractive Optics 2003, Oxford, UK
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Senior Member IEEE
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Martin C. Richardson
Northrop Grumman Professor of X-ray Photonics
Professor of Optics, Physics and ECE
Principal Investigator, Townes Laser Institute
Ph.D., Physics; London University, 1967
Contact
mcr@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6819
Research
Laser Plasma Laboratory: http://lpl.creol.ucf.edu/
• Laser System Development
• Femtosecond oscillator development
• New solid state lasers, materials, pump technology
• Solid-state laser systems development
• Tunable, High Average Power Cr:LiSrAlF6 Tripled to
290nm - Remote Sensing of CB Agents
• Ultra-High-Intensity Femtosecond Pulses
• Femtosecond Laser-Aided Materials Processing
• Laser-Induced-Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
• LIBS Research and System Development
• X-Ray Science and Technology
• Biological X-ray Microscopy - Imaging of Invivo
Biological Specimens
• Physics of Laser Plasmas - EUV Lithography
• Plasma & radiation modeling -X-ray sources
• Ultra-fast X-ray production; interaction with matter,
diffraction studies
• X-ray and EUV optics
• X-ray Source Development
• Laser plasma EUV sources for lithography
Other Experience
• Consultant, Los Alamos National Labs, 1987-90
Professional Activities
• Member, SPIE; APS; Program Committee: LEOS
• 2003; Directed Energy Consortium (UCF rep.)
• Member, Expert Review Panel – Canadian Institute for
Photonic Innovations, Canadian Govt.
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Senior Member, IEEE
 CREOL Faculty

Nabeel A. Riza Bahaa Saleh

Professor of Optics and Electrical Engineering Dean and Director: CREOL, The College of Optics and
Ph.D., EE; CALTech (California Institute of Technology), 1989 Photonics; Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Contact
riza@creol.ucf.edu Contact
407-823-6829 besaleh@creol.ucf.edu
407-882-3326
Research
Photonic Information Processing Systems Lab http://pips. Research
optics.ucf.edu/ • Quantum optics (photons entanglement and applications
in information processing and sensing and imaging)
• Photonic control systems for phased arrays • Nonlinear optics (parametric interactions in photonic micro-
• Liquid crystal devices structures)
• Acousto-optic signal processing • Coherence and statistical optics (propagation in random
• Optical communications media, noise in optical devices and systems)
• Photonic switching
• Interferometry Other Experience
• Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston
Other Experience University (1994-2007)
• Lead Scientist, General Electric, 1989-95 • Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University
of Wisconsin-Madison (1990-1994)
Professional Activities
• Senior Member, IEEE Professional Activities
• Vice-Pres, Memberships, IEEE LEOS 2002-2005 • Editor of Journal of Optical Society of America A,
• Chair, IEEE LEOS Orlando Chapter and advisor LEOS 1991-1997.
UCF Student Chapter 1996-2001 • Founding Editor, Advances in Optics and Photonics,
• Editor, SPIE Milestone Series Volume on Photonic 2008–
Control Systems for Phased Array Antennas • Author of Photoelectron Statistics, Springer-Verlag,
• Co-Editor, SPIE Milestone Series Volume on Analog 1978
Fiber-Optic Links • Co-author of Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley,
• Expert panel member for organizations including: 2nd ed, 2007
DARPA, OIDA, NIST, ONR, and NSF, nih, and Nether-
lands research Organization (NWO) Honors & Awards
• Optical Society of America Distinguised Service Award
Honors & Awards • 2006 Kuwait Prize for contributions to basic science (optical
• 2001 International ICO Prize & 2001 Ernst Abbe science).
Medal: Carl Zeiss Foundation, Germany • 2004 International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• Fellow, OSA and SPIE 2004 BACUS Prize for contributions to photo mask
• Laser Focus World Technical Writings Commendation technology.
Award 2004 • 1999 Optical Society of America Esther Hoffman Beller Award
• IIT Alumni Assoc. Academic Achievement Award, 1984 • Fellow IEEE, 1991
• SPIE Student Award,1988 • Fellow Optical Society of America, 1982
• GE Gold Patent Medal, 1995 • Fellow John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
• GE-CRD New Start Award for Innovative Research, 1990

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Winston V. Schoenfeld Axel Schülzgen

Associate Professor of Optics & Photonics Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Materials Science; University of California, Ph.D., Physics; Humboldt-University
Santa Barbara, 2000 Berlin, Germany, 1992

Contact Contact
winston@creol.ucf.edu axel@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6898 407-823-1746

Research Research
Nano Photonic Device Group: http://npdg.creol.ucf.edu/ Fiber Optics Lab: http://fol.creol.ucf.edu/

• MBE growth of MgCdZnO com¬pounds • Fiber Laser Devices

• MgCdZnO LEDs and Detectors for UV/Visible
• Binary cubic oxide semiconductors for solar blind
detectors
• Quantum teleportation and networks using entangle-
ment of single photons and electron spins in quantum
dot systems
• Opto-spintronic quantum dot devices
• Comprehensive modeling of nanowire emitters (optical
and electrical)
• Solid state neutron detection and imaging
• Smart LED backlighting architectures for AMLCD dis
plays in military craft
• Radiation effects in quantum dot lasers
• Fiber Optic Sensors
• Linear and Nonlinear Light Propagation in Fiber
• Nanostructured and Functionalized Fiber
• Design and Fabrication of Specialty Optical Fiber
• Advanced Optical Materials
Other Experience
• College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, 1996-2009
• Department of Physics, Trinity College,
Dublin, Ireland, 1995
• Department of Physics, Humboldt-University
Berlin, Germany, 1991-1995

Other Experience Professional Activities

• President/CEO, Medical Lighting Solutions, 2003-2004
• Device Manager, Uniroyal Optoelectronics, 2000-2003
Professional Activities
• Principal Editor, Journal of Materials Research
• Chair, Florida Chapter of AVS (FL-AVS)
• Co-Chair, MOEMS/MEMS Conference – Photonics
West
• Member: SPIE, MRS, and AVS
Honors & Awards
• UCF Presidential Award – 2006
• Rhines-Tarr Award, University of Florida – 1995
• Associate Editor, Applied Optics - Ultrafast lasers
and Optics
• Member, Optical Society of America
• Member, Materials Research Society
• Member, German Physical Society
Honors & Awards
• Habilitation Fellowship, German Research Foundation,
1993
• Carl-Ramsauer-Award, AEG Corporation, 1992
• Heinrich-Gustav-Magnus-Award, Humboldt-University
Berlin, 1988

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 CREOL Faculty

William Silfvast M.J. Soileau

Emeritus Professor of Optics UCF Vice President for Research & Commercialization
Ph.D., Physics; University of Utah, 1965 and Professor of Optics, ECE and Physics
Ph.D., Quantum Electronics; Univ. of Southern California,
Contact 1979
silfvast@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6855 Contact
mj@mail.ucf.edu
Research 407-823-5538
• X-Ray Science and Technology
• EUV Lithography and Microscopy Research
• X-ray Theory - X-ray Lasers • Nonlinear optical properties of materials
• Laser-induced damage
Other Experience
• Chair, UCF Dept. of Physics, 1994-1997 Other Experience
• Distinguished Member Technical Staff, ATT-Bell Labs, • Captain, US Air Force, Air Force Weapons Lab Laser
1994-1997 Div., 1971
• Physicist, Naval Weapons Center Physics Div, China
Professional Activities Lake, CA 1973-1980
• Co-Chair CLEO, 1983 • Professor of Physics, North Texas State University,
• Board of Directors, OSA 1986-1992 1980-87
• Program Committee Member, LEOS 1994-2000 • Director, School of Optics/CREOL, 1987-1999
• Author, Textbook: “Laser Fundamentals,” Cambridge • Chair of the Board, Orlando Science Center, 2002
University Press • Governing Board, Metro Orlando EDC

Honors & Awards Professional Activities

• Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Fellow, IEEE
• Guggenheim Fellow, Stanford University
• Distinguished Member Technical Staff, ATT-Bell Labs,
1983
• NATO Postdoctoral Fellow
• Researcher of the Year, University of Central Florida
2000
• Member, SPIE, OSA, IEEE LEOS, LIA, ASEE,
• President, SPIE, 1997
• International Advisory Committee on Coherent and
Nonlinear Optics, 2001
• Co-Chair, OSA/SPIE Joint Task Force, 1998-99
Honors & Awards
• Director’s Award, SPIE 1999
• Fellow, OSA
• Fellow, IEEE
• Fellow, SPIE
• Senior Member, Laser Institute of America
• Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Outstanding Engineer Award –State of Florida,’94
• Air Force Commendation Medal, 1969

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George I. Stegeman
Cobb Family Eminent Scholar Chair and Emeritus
Professor of Optics, Physics & ECE
Ph.D., Physics; University of Toronto 1969
Contact
george@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6915
Research
Soliton Group: http://soliton.creol.ucf.edu/
Nonlinear Optics
• Develop New Applications of NLO Effects
• Investigate Nonlinear Interactions in Waveguides
• New materials for Raman Gain
• Novel spatial solitons
• Discrete optics, linear and nonlinear, solitons
• Light at the discrete-continuous medium interface
Other Experience
• Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto
• Collaborative Research: OFS Fitel, LLC
• Co-PI for European Commission research program
on ‘Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing in Engineered
Quadratic Nonlinear Waveguides” NSF funded 2001-2004
Professional Activities
• Member, IEEE
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the OSA B
• Board of Editors, OSA
• Ives Medal Award committee, OSA 2004
• Proposal Reviewer: NSF, DoD, NSERC
Honors & Awards
• Cobb Family Chair in Optical Sciences and Engineering
• Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Hertzberg Medal for Achievement in Physics
• R. Woods Prize of the Optical Society of America
• Researcher of the Year at UCF
• Twice selected Teacher of the Year by students
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Eric W. Van Stryland
Director: CREOL, The College
of Optics and Photonics
Professor of Optics and Fellow of the IEEE LEOS
Ph.D., Physics; Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1976
Contact
ewvs@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6835
Research
Nonlinear Optics Lab: http://nlo.creol.ucf.edu/
Nonlinear Optics (NLO)
• Develop NLO Spectroscopic Techniques
• Develop Ultrasensitive Techniques for Measuring
Material Nonlinearities
• Identify Candidate NLO Materials and Thin Films
• Develop NLO Devices
• Characterize NLO Response from Femtoseconds to
Nanoseconds
• Model and Understand NLO Material
Other Experience
• Director, School of Optics/CREOL, 1999-2004
• Honorary Prof., University of Saint Andrews
• Visiting Prof. of Physics, Heriot-Watt Univ., 1985
• Chairman, Center for Applied Quantum Electronics,
U. of North Texas, 1983-86
Professional Activities
• Member, OSA, IEEE-LEOS, APS, SPIE, MRS
• Board of Directors, OSA 1998-2001
• Co-Chair, OSA Science and Engineering Council
• Topical Editor, Optics Letters, 1994-98
• Senior Member LIA, Board of Governors 1991-93
Honors & Awards
• OSA -President, (2006); Vice President (2004)
• The Pegasus Award, UCF 2003
• Fellow, OSA, SPIE, and IEEE/LEOS
• Researcher of the Year, UCF 1990
• Co-Winner R&D 100 Award, 2001
 CREOL Faculty
Shin-Tson Wu
PREP Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Physics; University of Southern California, 1981
Contact
swu@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-4763
Research
Liquid Crystal Displays Lab: http://lcd.creol.ucf.edu/
• Investigation of nanoscale LC devices for bio-inspired
optics and optometry.
• Properties of bacteriorhodopsin and new applications
for optical switching, information processing, optical
information storage, and adaptive optics.
• Dynamic foveated imaging to mimic human vision.
• Broadband optical phased arrays for laser beam steer
ing and free-space communications
• Fast-response and large dynamic range variable optical
attenuator for telecom applications
• UV stable, high birefringence (Δn>0.4) and low viscos
ity liquid crystals for laser beam steering, telecom and
display applications
• High birefringence & low viscosity dual-freq. LCs
• High performance liquid crystals for display applications
• Development of new transflective displays with high
light efficiency.
• New wide viewing angle devices possessing fast re
sponse and weak color dispersion for LCD TVs.
• Optimization of liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS) panel
designs for projection displays
Other Experience
• Senior Research Scientist, Hughes Research Laboratories
1983-2001
Professional Activities
• Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Display Technology
Honors & Awards
• Fellow: IEEE, OSA, SID, and SPIE
• 2008 SPIE G. G. Stokes Award
• 2008 SID Jan Rajchman Prize
• Hughes Team Achievement Award
Boris Y. Zeldovich
Professor of Optics
Ph.D., Physics; Institute of Theoretical and Experimental
Physics, Moscow, 1969
D. Sc., Optics, Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 1980
Contact
boris@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6831
Research
Zeldovich Group
• Physical Optics and Propagation
• Wave Propagation in Multimode Optical Waveguides
and Irregularly Inhomogeneous Media
• Beam clean-up and combining via nonlinear-optical
processes.
• Nonlinear Optics, including Liquid Crystals
Other Experience
• Vice President, Beam Engineering for Advanced Mea-
surements Co. Winter Park, FL
• Head of Joint Nonlinear Optics Laboratory, Electro
physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
and Chelyabinsk Technical University, Russia 1987-
1994
• Principal Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute for
Problems in Mechanics, Moscow 1981-87
• Lecturer on Nonlinear & Statistical Optics, Moscow
Institute for Physics and Technology 1969-1987
Professional Activities
• Editorial Board Member, Optics communications;
Pure & Applied Optics; Optical and Quantum Electronics;
International Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics
& Materials
• Topical Editor, Journal of Optical Society of America B
Honors & Awards
• Max Born Award, OSA 1997
• Fellow, OSA
• Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• USSR State Prize for the discovery of optical phase
conjugation, 1983
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Joint & Courtesy
Creating the Future of Optics and Photonics
 CREOL Faculty
Larry C. Andrews
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, UCF ECE & Optics
2o Joint Appointment - College of Optics and Photonics
Ph.D., Engineering (Applied Mathematics, Mechanics);
Michigan State University, 1970
Contact
landrews@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-2418
Research
• Propagation of laser beams through random media
• Multiple Aperture Coherent Array Systems
• Photon Spacecraft
• Laser communications and laser radar
• Study of Wavelengths for Multi-Spectral Imaging LR
Other Experience
• Mathematician, Antisubmarine Warfare Operation,
Magnavox Co. 1969-72
• Technical Consultant: Lincoln Laboratory; Lockheed
Martin Information Systems; Hughes Research Labs;
ARGO Systems; Martin-Marietta Corp; NTEC, Human
Factors Lab;
• Project Consultant, PM TRADE, US Army
• Mathematical Modeling Consultant, Army Research
Laboratory – White Sands, NM, 1991-96
Professional Activities
• Member, OSA; SPIE
• Co-Editor, Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering
• Author, Field Guide to Atmospheric Optics, SPIE
Optical Engineering Press, 2004
• Co-Author, Laser Beam Propagation Through Random
Media, SPIE Optical Eng. Press, 1998
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, SPIE
• UCF Teaching Excellence Award 1996-97;2002-03
• UCF Professorial Excellence Award 1996-97
• Researcher of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences,
UCF 1984
• Member, Eta Kappa Nu; Member, Pi Mu Epsilon
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Joint & Courtesy
Kevin D. Belfield
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry
2º Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics
Ph. D. Chemistry, Syracuse University
Contact
belfield@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 823-1028
Research
• Multiphoton absorbing photonic materials
• 3D optical data storage and optical switching
• Probes for multiphoton fluorescence bioimaging
• Linear and nonlinear photophysics and photochemistry
• Functional polymeric materials, nanocomposites
and nanoparticles
• Alternative energy using organic and biomaterials
Other Experience
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1990-92
• Fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University, 1991-92
• Senior Research Scientist, Ciba-Geigy, 1988-89
• Associate Professor, University of Detroit Mercy,
1996-98
• U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Faculty
Fellow, 1997-98
Professional Activities
• Chair, Orlando Section of the American Chemical
Society, 2009
• Member, ACS, OSA, SPIE, AAAS, CRC
 CREOL Faculty Joint & Courtesy

Louis Chow Alfred Ducharme

Professor, UCF Mechanical Engineering
2o Joint Appointment - College of Optics & Photonics
Ph.D., ME; University of California, Berkeley, 1978
A.B., Physics; University of California, Berkeley, 1972
Contact
lchow@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-3666
Assistant Professor. UCF Engineering Technology
Courtesy Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics
Ph.D., EE; University of Central Florida, 1994
Contact
ducharme@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-0770

Research Research
• Heat Transfer Issues in Electro-Optics, Computing • Applied photonics
and Power Systems • Infrared Systems
• Thermal Control in Aircraft and Spacecraft • Image systems testing
• Spray Cooling and Thin-Film Evaporation • Solid-State Lighting
• Thermal Management of Laser Diode Arrays
• Miniature Refrigerator
• Miniature Cryocooler Other Experience
• R&D Manager, Color Kinetics, 1999-2001
Other Experience • Manager - New Product Development, Visidyne
• Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Computer 1996-1999
Science, UCF, 2003-2004 • Principle Research Scientist, PSI, 1995-1996
• Chair, MMAE, UCF, 1995-2000
• Visiting Scientist, AFRL, Dayton 2001-02, 1991-92,
1986-87 Professional Activities
• Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA, Houston, 1985 • Coordinator, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Senior Engineer, Bechtel Power Corp, SF, 1980 Technology Photonics Program
• Executive Director, Florida Photonics Cluster
Professional Activities
• Committee on Aerospace Heat Transfer, ASME
• Editor, Experimental Heat Transfer Honors & Awards
• 1995 SPIE Kingslake Medal
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, ASME
• Associate Fellow, AIAA
• ASME Best Paper Award, 2001

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Andre Gesquiere
Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Technology Center
and Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. Chemistry; University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium,
December 2001
Contact
bass@creol.ucf.edu
407-882-2842
Research
• Nanoscale Optoelectronic Materials and Devices for
Energy Conversion
• Nanobiology: imaging and biophysical studies
• Nanoscience, nanotechnology, the physical chemistry
of organic materials, optical and electronic processes
in materials for energy conversion, supramolecular
chemistry and self-assembly of functional organic
materials, scanning probe microscopy, biophysics, and
biophotonics.
Other Experience
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Department of
Chemistry and Center for Nano- and Molecular Science
and Technology (06/2002 – 07/2005), University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Department of
Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (01/2002-
06/2002), Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven,
The Netherlands
• Outreach program of the Center for Nano- and Molecular
Science and Technology
Professional Activities
• Associate Editor, Optics Express
• Editor-in-Chief “Handbook of Optics, 2nd Ed” OSA
Honors & Awards
• Fellowship from the Institute for the Promotion of Innova-
tion by Science and Technology in Flanders (1999-2001)
• Fellowship from the Institute for the Promotion of Innova-
tion by Science and Technology in Flanders (1997-1999)
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Florencio Eloy Hernandez
Assistant Professor, UCF Chemistry and Optics
2o Joint Appointment-College of Optics & Photonics
D. Sc., Universidad Central de Venezuela & Unversité
Franche-Comté,1996
Contact
florenzi@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-0843
Research
http://www.cas.ucf.edu/chemistry/index php?URL=hernandez
• Physical Chemistry, Nonlinear Optics, Nanotechnology
& Material Characterization
• Structure-Property Relationships for New Nonlinear
Optical Materials with High Photon Absorption Cross-
Sections
• Functionalized Metal Nanostructures to Enhance High
Order Nonlinear Absorption Processes in Fluoro
phores Via SPR
• Radiative Decay Engineering on New Hybrid Systems
• Development of new highly selective and sensitive
biological and chemical sensing systems using metal
nanoparticles.
• Applying Liquid Crystal’s Optical Properties in Design
ing New Optical Devices (Polara )
Other Experience
• Visiting Research Scientist, School of Optics/CREOL,
1998-2002
• Postdoctoral Research Venezuelan Institute for Scien-
tific Research (IVIC), 1997-99
Professional Activities
• Member, OSA ; IEEE; ACS
• Member, Societe Francaise D’Optique Member
Honors & Awards
• 2004-American Chemical Society (Orlando Section)
Outstanding Chemist Award
• 2001-Excellence in Technical Communications Award,
Laser Focus World 2001
• 1992-CONICIT-BID Fellowship for Ph.D. in science
 CREOL Faculty Joint & Courtesy

David Kaup Michael Leuenberger

Provost Distinguished Research Professor, UCF Assistant Professor, UCF Physics
Department of Mathematics NanoScience Technology Center
Joint Apppointment - Institute for Simulation & Training Joint Appointment in Optics
2o Joint Appointment - College of Optics & Photonics Ph.D., Theoretical Physics; University of Basel,
Ph.D., Physics, Mathematics; University of Maryland, 1967 Switzerland 2002

Contact Contact
kaup@ucf.edu mleuenbe@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-2795 NanoScience Tech Center
2424 Research Parkway, Suite 428
Research Orlando, FL 32826
http://math.ucf.edu/~kaup/ 407-882-2846

• Nonlinear Waves and Modeling Research

• Soliton Theory
• Nonlinear Optics
• Relativistic Non-neutral Plasmas
• Ionospheric Plasmas
• Math. Modeling of Group Behavior
• Modeling with Variational Approximations
Other Experience
• Joint Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science
and Physics, Clarkson Univ. 1967-2001
• Consultant, Geo-Radar Technology, Inc. 1992-98
• Consultant, Varian Beverly 1985-1993
Professional Activities
• Member, APS; OSA; AMS; IEEE; SIAM
• Conference Chair, SIAM/SIAG “Nonlinear Waves and
Coherent Structures”, Orlando 2004
• Member Scientific Committee for “Frontiers of Nonlinear
Physics”, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 2004
• Quantum information: quantum computing, quantum
teleportation, and quantum error correction
• Quantum mechanics: quantum entanglement and
measurement theory
• Quantum electrodynamics
• Spintronics and opto-spintronics
• Nonlinear optical phenomena
• Semiconductor physics: quantum dots and quantum
wells
• Molecular magnets
• Quantum many-body physics
Other Experience
• Post-Doctoral Research with Michael E. Flatte at the
University of Iowa from 2002 to 2004
• Post-Doctoral Research with Lu J. Sham at the University
of California San Diego from 2004 to 2005
Professional Activities
• Member, American Physical Society

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Robert E. Peale
Professor, UCF Physics
Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics
Ph.D., Physics; Cornell University 1990
Contact
rep@physics.ucf.edu
407-823-5208
Research
http://phy.physics.ucf.edu/~rep/
• Defects In Semiconductors
• Spectroscopic And Optical Instrumentation
• Rare-Earth Activated Optical Materials
• Far-Infrared Semiconductor Lasers
Gain , Power, and duty enhancement for the Far-infrared
p-GE Laser by Neutron Transmutation Doping
• Terahertz Devices: Tunable and Mode-locked p-GE
Terahertz Laser
• Nuclear Waste Remediation
Other Experience
• Founder, President and CEO, Zaubertek, Inc.
• Graduate Coordinator, UCF Physics Dept. 2000-
Professional Activities
• Member, APS; OSA; American Assoc. for the
Advancement of Science
• Conference Session Chair, SPIE Photonics West,
Terahertz spectroscopy and applications, “Direct
Detectors of THz radiation,” 1998.
• Conference Session Chair, OSA Conference on
Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Their Applica-
tions, “Quantum Cascade and Interband IR Lasers,”
1999.
• Session Chair, Gordon Conference on Vibrational
Spectroscopy, “THz spectroscopy,” 2000.
Honors & Awards
• Research Incentive Award, UCF 2002
• NASA/AESS Summer Faculty Fellowship, awarded
three times.
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Joint & Courtesy
Ronald L. Phillips
Emeritus UCF Professor of ECE, Mathematics & Optics
Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics
Ph.D., Engineering; Arizona State University 1971
Contact
phillips@mail.ucf.edu
321-452-9834
Research
http://fsi.ucf.edu/research.html
• Optical Wave Propagation Through Random Media
• Laser Beam Propagation Through Atmospheric Turbulence
• Random Field Theory
• Detection Theory and Math Modeling
• Space Communication Systems
• Laser Communications to a Space Satellite
Other Experience
• Visiting Scholar Faculty, ECE University of California,
San Diego 1987-88
• Founding Director for Engineering, CREOL, UCF,
1984-87
• NATO Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow in Science, 1977
Professional Activities
• Member, IEEE
• Member, SPIE
• Member, AIAA
• Member, OSA
• President of Florida Section, OSA 1974-75
• National Board of Directors, Eta Kappa Nu, 1976-78
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, SPIE
• Researcher of the Year, UCF, 1985
• Outstanding Contributions to Science Medal, American
Society of Engineering Education SE Section, 1983
• Professional Excellence Award, UCF 1997
• Faculty Leadership Award, UCF 1997
• Eta Kappa Nu; Phi Kappa Phi Tau Beta Pi
 CREOL Faculty
Kathleen A. Richardson
Director and Professor, School of Materials Science &
Engineering, Clemson University
Courtesy Appointment, Associate Professor of
Optics; UCF College of Optics and Photonics
Ph.D., Ceramics, Alfred University, 1992
Contact
richar3@clemson.edu
864-656-0549
Research
Glass Processing and Characterization
• Development of new non-oxide glasses for use in
integrated optical systems
• Computer-automated fabrication of IR optics:
Processing and manufacturing issues
• Chemo-mechanical planarization of semiconductor
materials and photo-induced crystallization processes
in glasses for holographic storage, & other apps.
Other Experience
• Associate Professor of Optics, Chemistry, MMAE, &
AMPAC; UCF, 1998-2004
• Manager, R&D Materials, R&D Technology Groups,
Schott North America Regional R&D, 2002-03
• Co-PI, NSF-funded Research Experience for Under-
graduates Program (REU)
• Coordinator, International US/France REU Program at
UCF College of Optics and Photonics, 2004
Professional Activities
• Chair-elect, Glass and Optical Materials Division
(GOMD) of the American Ceramic Society (2004)
• Chair, Society of Glass Technology, North America
• Program Chair, XIV International Symposium on Non-• •
Oxide Glasses. 2004
• Advisory Committees: Society of Glass Technology;
1st International Workshop on Glass and the Photonics
Revolution, 2002; XIII International Symposium on
Non-Oxide Glasses 2002
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, Society of Glass Technology, UK
• Research Incentive Award, UCF 2001
• Co-recipient IR-100 Award: 1989
• Million Dollar Club (Funding/Yr.), UCF 2000
Joint & Courtesy
Jannick Rolland
Professor of Optics and Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design
and Engineering, University of Rochester
M.S. Diplome Ingenieur SupOptique, France, 1984
Ph.D., Optical Sciences; University of Arizona, 1990
Contact
rolland@optics.rochester.edu
585-273-4040
Research
Optical Diagnostics and Applications Lab:
http://www.odalab-spectrum.org
• Biomedical Optics and 3D Imaging
• Optical Coherence Imaging
• Image Quality Assessment
• Shape Extraction
• Curvature Sensor
• Free-Form Optics
• Aberration theory
• Nodal Aberration Theory
• Alignment of Optical Systems
• Design of Free-form Optics
• Virtual Environment and 3D Visualization
• Optics Technology for Head-worn Displays
• Perception Quantification
• Augmented Reality
Professional Activities
• Guest Editor, Special Issue of JDT 2008
• Associate Editor, Optical Engineering 1999-2004
• Associate Editor, Journal of Presence (MIT Press)
• Program Chair ISMAR ‘04
• Program Chair of OFT 2008-2010
• Conference Chair ISMAR 2009
Honors & Awards
• Fellow of the SPIE since 2008
• Senior Member of IEEE since 2008
• Fellow, Optical Society of America since 2004
• Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award UCF 2004
• Distinguished Researcher of the Year 2001
• NIH First-Award 1997
• ONR Young Investigator Award, 1995-1999
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Mubarak A. Shah
Professor, UCF Computer Science
Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics
Ph.D., Computer Science; Wayne State Univ., 1986
Contact
shah@cs.ucf.edu
407-823-5077
Research
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~vision/
• Visual Tracking
• Night Time Surveillance
• Human Detection and Tracking Algorithms
• Contour Based Object Tracking
• Video Understanding\
• Video Registration
• Video Categorization and Segmentation
• Video Synthesis
• Active Contours and Shape from Shading
Other Experience
• Video Technology Research Staff, Harris Corp.
Information Systems Div. 1998-99
Professional Activities
• Project Director, NSF- funded REU Research
Experience for Undergraduates in Computer Vision
1987-2005
• Director, Computer Vision Lab, UCF
• Series Editor, Video Computing, International book
Series, Kluwer 2000-
• Editor-in-Chief, Machine Vision & Applications
• Associate Editor, Pattern Recognition
Honors & Awards
• Fellow, IEEE
• UCF Research Incentive Award, 2003
• IEEE Distinguished Visitors Program Speaker,
1997-2000
• Engineering Achievement Award, Harris Corporation
Information Systems Div., 1999
• Outstanding Engineering Educator, IEEE 1997
• UCF TIP Award, 1996, 2003
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Alfons Schulte
Professor, UCF Physics & Optics
Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics
Dr. rer. Nat. (Summa Cum Laude) Condensed Matter Physics,
Technical University of Munich, 1985
Contact
afs@physics.ucf.edu
407-823-5196
Research
http://www.physics.ucf.edu/faculty_schulte.php
• Protein Dynamics
• Near-infrared Raman spectroscopy & Instrumentation
• Raman and Micro-spectroscopy of Novel Materials
• Materials Physics, particularly Glasses
Other Experience
• Professor, Dept of Physics, Technical University of Munich,
2001-2002
• Visiting Scholar, Univ. of Illinois- Urbana; Los Alamos
National Lab; 1997-98
• Visiting Scientist, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose
1989-90
Professional Activities
• Member, American Physical Society
• Member, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
• Member, Biophysical Society
• Member, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
• Member, OSA
Honors & Awards
• UCF Research Incentive Award, 2003
• IBM World Trade Fellowship, 1989-90
• Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
 CREOL Faculty Joint & Courtesy

Arthur Weeks Cynthia Young

Associate Professor, UCF ECE and Optics Associate Professor of Mathematics
Joint Appointment in College of Optics & Photonics Ph.D., Applied Mathematics; University of Washington, 1996
Ph.D. EE, Univ. of Central Florida, 1987
Contact
Contact cyyoung@mail.ucf.edu
arw@ece2.engr.ucf.edu 407-823-5987
407-823-0767, -5762
Research
Research Mathematical Modeling of Laser Propagation through
http://people.cecs.ucf.edu/weeks/ Random Media

• Biomedical Sensors • Developing Analytical Models for Scintillation of

• Patient Monitoring Propagating Gaussian Beams
• Tele Healthcare • Developing Atmospheric Spectra for the Marine
• Color and Adaptive Image Processing Environment
• Nonlinear Digital Filters • Laser Communications Systems
• Wireless Computing • Laser Radar Target Identification Systems

Other Experience
• Vice President of Corporate Technology, Invivo Other Experience
Research Inc, Orlando, FL • Graduate Intern, Kennedy Space Center (1994 and
• Vsiting Research Professor, Royal Signal and Radar 1995)
Establishment, Malvern, England 1987-88 • Boeing Space and Defense, Summer Faculty Fellow
• Senior Engineer, Martin Marietta Aerospace Orlando, (1997)
FL 1983-86 • Naval Research Laboratory Sabbatical (2005)

Professional Activities
• Consulting: Engineering Technologies, Inc. Professional Activities
• Navel Air Training System Center, Orlando FL • Member, SPIE
• Imath Inc. • Chair, Atmospheric Propagation (2002 – 2007)
• National Consortium for Technology in Business • Association of Women Mathematicians
• Chair, Electronic Imaging Working Grp., SPIE
• Editor, Tutorial Text Series, SPIE, 1998-2005
• Associate Editor, Journal of Electronic Imaging: Color Honors & Awards
Image Processing, SPIE PRESS, 1995-2001 • Fellow, SPIE 2007
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2001)
Honors & Awards
• TAU BETA PI
• ETA KAPPA NU
• Nomination, IEEE : Outstanding Engineer of the Year,
1996-97
• Teaching Incentive Award, UCF 1995-96

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Additional Contacts
Creating the Future of Optics and Photonics
 CREOL Additional Team Contacts
James Pearson
Director, Research & Administration
Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research
& Commercialization (ORC)
PhD, EE & Physics; California Institute of Technology; 1972
Contact
jpearson@creol.ucf.edu
office: (678) 455-3459
cell: (407) 451-2199
Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with
corporations and other organizations, including devel-
oping and managing the Industrial Affiliates program of
The College of Optics and Photonics
• Develop and oversee fund-raising activities for The
College of Optics and Photonics
• Assist with marketing and public relations activities for
The College of Optics and Photonics
• Manage selected projects for ORC and The College of
Optics and Photonics as assigned
• Serve as Executive Director for the Florida Photonics
Cluster
Professional Activities
• SPIE: Fellows Committee, 2004-2007; Secretary and
member of the Board of Directors, 1989, 1993; Executive
Director, 1993-1999
• Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives:
President, 2001-2002; Board of Directors, 1995-2003
• Florida High Technology and Industry Council, Electro-
Optics and Lightwave Subcommittee; Chairman, 1986-
1991
• American Association of Engineering Societies, Board
of Directors, 1995-1999. Finance committee; membership
committee
• Coalition for Photonics and Optics, Secretary, 1996–1999
• Florida Photonics Cluster, Executive Director, 2006-2008
Honors & Awards
• Fellow & Life Member, SPIE
• Fellow, Optical Society of America
• Senior Member, IEEE
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C. Martin Stickley
Special Assist. to the VP for Research & Commercialization
BSEE, U of Cincinnati, 1957; MSEE, MIT, 1958; PhD EE,
Northeastern University, 1964
Contact
stickley@creol.ucf.edu
(407) 252-6920
Responsibilities
• Provide guidance to faculty in program and proposal
development, especially to agencies of the Department
of Defense (e.g. DARPA, ONR)
Other Experience
• Two tours at DARPA.. Created and led national efforts on:
triggering of nuclear isomers, low energy nuclear reactions,
micro-antenna arrays for IR sensing, super high efficiency
laser diode arrays, architectural approaches for all-diode
high power lasers, 2.8 Å x-ray traveling wave lasers , new
solid state laser materials, high transmittance IR optical
materials for high power laser windows, and codes for
designing and producing silicon ICs with high yield.
• First Associate Director of CREOL for Industrial and
Government Partnerships; led multi-faculty program to
develop phased arrays of coherent sources to overcome
laser speckle in lidar systems
• Obtained Congressional authorization of the NOVA laser
at LLNL as the 1st Director of the Office of Laser Fusion in
the US Dept of Energy
• Built the first laser in the US Air Force as a 1st Lt (1960)
and first identified thermal distortion as cause for high
beam divergence in solid state lasers and demonstrated
how to correct it
Professional Activities
• Program committee for multiple IEEE/LEOS and CLEO
meetings (1968-1995); Co-Chair, Conference on Lasers
and Electro-Optics (1971), IEEE/LEOS VP for Membership
in North America (1995), Session Organizer for Directed
Energy Prof Society (2007)
Honors & Awards
• Life Fellow, IEEE; Fellow, OSA; Office of Secretary of
Defense (OSD) Meritorious Civilian Service Award; OSD
Award for Exceptional Public Service Award at DARPA
 CREOL Additional Team Contacts

Mark Wagenhauser Rachel Franzetta

Senior Admissions Specialist
Business Manager
Contact
Contact rfranzet@creol.ucf.edu
markw@creol.ucf.edu 407-823-6986
407-823-6878
Responsibilities
Responsibilities Coordination of Admissions and Academic Program Services
Financial Operations; Facilities Management;
Management of Administrative Staff

Denise Whiteside
Assistant to the Dean

Contact
dwhitesi@creol.ucf.edu
407-823-6834

Responsibilities
Assistant to the Dean and administrator of The Industrial
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