International REU Publications

Presentations and Publications

resulting from REU projects in the US and Europe
**Indicates Undergraduate Student
2004

"Thermo-optical coefficients of sol-gel ZrO2 thin films," Ziyad Elalamy, Emmanuel Drouard, Theresa McGovern**, Ludovic Escoubas, Jean-Jacques Simon and François Flory, Optics Communications 235 4-6, (2004), Pages 365-372

"Preparation of Oxysulfide Glass by Sulfination Heat Treatment of Germanium-based Oxide Glasses," L. Petit, K. Richardson, B. Campbell**, G. Orveillon, T. Cardinal, F. Guillen, C. Labrugere, P. Vinatier, M. Couzi, W. Li and S. Seal, submitted Phys. Chem. Glasses, (2004)

"Femtosecond ablation scaling for different materials," P. Gonzales**, R. Bernath*, J. Duncan, T. Olmstead, M. Richardson, Proc. SPIE Euro-Photonics (Strasburg, April 2004) to be published

"Ultrafast nonlinear intersub-band absorption of radiatively coupled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells" T. Shih**, Klaus Reimann, Michael Woerner, Thomas Elsaesser, Ines Waldmuller, Andreas Knorr,R. Hey, Klaus Ploog, paper #IMB7, 2004 CLEO Conference.

"New Germanium-Based Sulfide Glasses for Telecommunication Applications", N. Carlie, B. Campbell**, L. Petit, K. Richardson, T. Cardinal, M. Couzi, F. Guillen, P. Vinatier, 2004 UCF Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) Competition, UCF, Orlando, FL, April 9, 2004

2003

"Physical and optical properties of sol-gel nano-silver doped silica film on glass substrate as a function of heat-treatment temperature," W. Li, S. Seal, E. Megan, J. Ramsdell, K. Scammon, G. Lelong**, L. Lachal, and K. A. Richardson, J. Appl. Phys. 93 12 7102 (2003)

"Multiple Light Scattering in Translucent Glass Ceramics," Desirae Leipply** and Martin Letz Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Symposium of Undergraduate Research, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2003

B. Campbell**, G. Orveillon, L. Petit, T. Cardinal. "Elaboration and Characterization of Oxysulfide Glasses," Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Symposium of Undergraduate Research, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2003

"Thermo-optical coefficients of sol-gel ZrO2 thin films," Ziyad Elalamy, Emmanuel Drouard, Theresa McGovern**, Ludovic Escoubas, Jean-Jacques Simon and François Flory, Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Symposium of Undergraduate Research, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2003

"Nonlinear Absorption of Intersub-band Transitions in GaAs/Al0.35Ga0.65As Quantum Wells," T. Shih**, K. Reimann, T. Elsaesser, I. Walmuller, A. Knorr, R. Hey, K. Ploog, Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Symposium of Undergraduate Research, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2003

"Oxyflouride tellurite glasses doped by erbium: thermal analysis, structural organization and spectral properties," V. Nazabal, S. Todoroki, A. Nukui, T. Matsumoto, S. Suehara, T. Hondo, T. Araki, S. Inoue, C. Rivero** and T. Cardinal, J. Non-Cryst. Sols. 325 85-102 (2003)

"Anion exchange of Oxygen by Sulfur in GeO2-based Glasses," J. Norrel**, M. DeCastro**, L. Petit, T. Cardinal, F. Guillen, K. Richardson, P. Vinatier and M. Couzi, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices VII, Proc. SPIE vol. 4990-31, San Jose CA (2003)

R. Bernath, J. Duncan, P. Gonzales**, A. Zoubir, N. Vorobiev, T. Olmstead, C. W. Siders, & M. Richardson, "Burst-mode femtosecond ablation of materials", Proc. 2003 ICALEO Mtg. Jacksonville Oct. 2003. (to be published)

2002

"Polymer Microring Lasers with Longitudinal Optical Pumping", Alexander Potter**, Joseph Zyss, S.X. Dou, E. Toussaere, T. Ben Messaoud, D. Josse, and G. Dranzelbinder, Applied Physics Letter, January 14th (2002).

"Evolution Des Proprietes Optiques De Guides D’Ondes Planaires En Sol-Gel Avec La Temperature", Jeremy Munday**, Emmanuel Drouard, Pascal Huguet-Chantome, Ludovic Escoubas and Francois Flory, Les Journees D’Optique Guidee Conference, September (2002)

"Evaluation of Electro-Optics, Elasto-Optic, Piezoelectric and Elastic Coefficients of Ba0,77Ca0,23TiO3 (BCT) through Orientation Dependent Photorefractive Beam Couplings", S. Bernhardt, L. Mize**, Ph. Delaye, and G. Roosen, J. of Appl. Phys., 92, 10, 6139 (2002)

"Oxyfluoride Tellurite Glasses Doped by Erbium: Thermal Analysis, Structual Organization and Spectral Properties", V. Nazabal, S. Todoroki, A. Nukui, T. Matsumoto, S. Suehara, T. Hondo, T. Araki, S. Inoue, C. Rivero**, and T. Cardinal, J. of Non-Cryst. Sols. 325 (2003) 85–102

"Structure-Property Relationships in As-S-Se glasses for waveguide applications probed by Waveguide Raman Spectroscopy, C. Rivero**, A. Schulte and K.A. Richardson in Optoelectronic Materials and Technology in the Information Age, Ceramic Transactions, 126 79-85 (2002)

"Optimization of processing and characterization of bulk chalcogenide glasses used for waveguide applications," C. Lopez, K..A.Richardson, S. Seal, D.K. Verma, A. Graham, A. Villeneuve, T. V.Gastian, K. Turcotte, A. Saliminia, J. Laniel, M. deCastro**, A. Schulte, and C. Rivero, J. Amer. Cer. Soc., 85 (6) 1372-1377 (2002)

"Dipyrromethene Complexes of Iron", Seth M. Cohen and Sara R. Halper**, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 341, 12 (2002)

"Thermally activated silver diffusion in chalcogenide thin films," J. Fick, C. Wilson**, B. Nicolas**, C. Rivero, K. Elshot, K. A. Richardson, M. Fischer, R. Vallée, J. Non-Cryst. Sols. 418 215-221 (2002)

2001

"Silver Doping of Chalcogenide Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Fabrication", J. Fick, C. Wilson**, C. Lopez, K.A. Richardson, V. Hamel, R. Vallee and A. Villeneuve, CLEO, Baltimore, May (2001)

"Characterization Photorefractive Du Ba0.77Ca0.23TiO3 ", S. Bernhardt, Ph. Dalaye, H. Veenhuis, L. Mize**, O.F. Schrimer, D. Rytz and G. Roosen, (Poster Presentation) Ecole Thematique De La SFT Elaboration Et Caracterisation Des Cristaux Massifs Et En Couches Minces Pour 1 Optique Les Houches, 23-27 April (2001)

"Structure-Property Relationships in As-S-Se glasses for waveguide applications probed by Waveguide Raman Spectroscopy, C. Rivero**, A. Schulte and K.A. Richardson, presented at the 103rd Ann. Mtg. Of the American Ceramic Society, paper #A2E-03-2001 (April 2001)

"Structural Analysis of Chalcogenide Waveguides using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy (RBS)," C. Rivero**, P. Sharek, G. Nootz, C. Lopez, K.A. Richardson and A. Schulte, Engineering Thin Films with Ion Beams, Nanoscale Diagnostics, and Molecular Manufacturing, Proc. SPIE vol. 4468 San Diego CA (August 2001)

"Orientation Dependence of Photorefractive Gain in BCT : Determination of Electrooptic Coefficients", S. Bernhardt, L. Mize**, Ph. Delaye, R. Pankrath, O.F. Schirmer and G. Roosen, 8th Topical meeting on Photorefractive Materials, Effects and Devices, Lake Lawn Lodge, Wisconsin, 8-12 July (2001) AND OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics, Advances in Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices, TOPS62, 504-511 (2001)

2000

"Realization of Bragg Gratings by Direct Photolithography on Ion Exchange Glass Waveguides", R. Rimet, A. Fall, C. Behr**, J.L. Bigeon 1, and G. Wurtz1, poster presented at CLEO-2000, in Nice, France (2000).

"Near-infrared Raman Spectroscopy of Chalcogenide Waveguide Materials," A. Schulte, M. Marchevie, K. Zollinger, C. Rivero**, A. Graham, C. Lopez, K.A. Richardson, K. Turcotte and A. Villeneuve, Proc. Of the XVIIth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, (ICORS), vol. 17, pp. 616 (2000)

1999

"Guides D'Ondes Sol-Gel Pour Les Tolocommunications Optiques et Leurs Applications en Optiques Non Linoaires" A.C. LeDuff, M. Canva, Y. Lovy, A. Brun, F. Chaput, J.P. Boilot, S. Andrasik**, T. Pliska and G. Stegeman, Rounion du GDR Matoraiux et Fonctions de l’Optique Non Linoaire, St. Martin Vosubie, 13-15 October (1999).

"Doped Planar and Channel Sol-Gel Waveguides for Nonlinear Devices Operating at Telecommunications Wavelengths", A.C. LeDuff, M. Canva, Y. Lovy, A. Brun, F. Chaput, J.P. Boilot, S. Andrasik**, T. Pliska and G. Stegeman, International Conference on Organic Nonlinear Optics, ICONO 5, Davos, 12-16 March (1999).

"Dispersion Functions for Optical Spectroscopy", D.J. Masiello**, S.A. MacDonald, C.R. Schardt, S.A. McCullough, and J.H. Simmons, American Journal of Physics, September (1999).

"Dispersion Analysis of FTIR Reflection Measurements in Silicate Glasses", S.A. MacDonald, C.R. Schardt, D.J. Masiello**, J.H. Simmons, J. of Non-Cryst. Sols., 275, 1-2, 72-82, (2000).

"Structural characterization of chalcogenide planar waveguide materials using near-infrared Raman spectroscopy," K. A. Richardson, K. Zollinger, J. Evans, M. Marchivie**, A. Schulte, C. Meneghini, K. LeFoulgoc, A. Saliminia, T. Galstian and A. Villeneuve, Infrared Optical Fibers and their Applications, Proc. SPIE vol. 3849, San Diego CA (1999)