Integrated Optics Lab

Prof. Ray Decorby

Prof. Ray Decorby

Prof. Ray Decorby

Prof. Ray Decorby

Highlighted Publications

1. M. H. Bitarafan, R. G. DeCorby , On-Chip High-Finesse Fabry-Perot Microcavities for Optical Sensing and Quantum Information, Sensors 17, 1748 (2017)
   https://doi.org/10.3390/s17081748


2. S. Azmayesh-Fard, A. Melnyk, L. Lam, T. W. Allen, R. Fedosejevs, and R. G. DeCorby, A dynamic strategy for wavelength sensing using the diffracted orders of a grating, Lab Chip 17,1988-1995(2017)
   https://doi.org/10.1039/c7lc00259a


3. M. H. Bitarafan, C. A. Potts, and R. G. DeCorby, Cutoff-based dual-taper reflectors in on-chip hollow waveguides, Opt. Express 25, 5101-5106 (2017)
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.005101


4. W. Morrish, P. West, N. Orlando, E. Klantsataya, K. Gardner, S. Lane, R. DeCorby, A. Francois, and A. Meldrum, Refractometric micro-sensor using a mirrored capillary resonator, Opt. Express 24, 24959-24970 (2016)
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.024959


5. A. Melnyk, C. A. Potts, T. W. Allen, and R. G. DeCorby, Visible range hollow waveguides by guided buckling of Ta2O5/SiO2 multilayers, Appl. Opt. 55, 3645-3649 (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.003645


6. A. Melnyk, M. H. Bitarafan, T. W. Allen, and R. G. DeCorby, An air gap resonant tunneling bandpass filter and polarizer, Opt. Lett. 41, 1845-1848 (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.001845


7. C. A. Potts, A. Melnyk, H. Ramp, M. H. Bitarafan, D. Vick, L. J. Leblanc, J. P. Davis, and R. G. DeCorby, Tunable open-access microcavities for on-chip cavity quantum electrodynamics, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 041103 (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940715
   arXiv:1701.03093
   

Theses

• Clinton Potts (M.Sc. Thesis 2016):
  • Integrated Devices for On-Chip Quantum Optics
• Aaron Melnyk (M.Sc. Thesis, June 2016):
  
  • Fabrication of visible range hollow Bragg waveguides
• Brian Drobot (M.Sc. Thesis, June 2014):
  • Tapered air-core Bragg waveguide spectrometers for flurescence detection in lab-on-a-chip devices
• Minchang Zhang (M.Sc. Thesis, November 2013):
  • Optical tunneling in metal-dielectric multipayers and its application to optical filters
• Trevor Allen (Ph.D Thesis, September 2012):
  • Air-core microcavities and metal-dielectric filters-buildings blocks for optofluidic microsystems
• Eric Epp (Ph.D Thesis, November 2010):
  • MEMS-compatible integrated hollow waveguides fabricated by buckling self-assembly
• Florian Lenz (M.Sc. Thesis, November 2009):
  • Towards an erbium-doped waveguide amplifier sensitized by silicon nanoclusters

Publications

1. M. H. Bitarafan, R. G. DeCorby , On-Chip High-Finesse Fabry-Perot Microcavities for Optical Sensing and Quantum Information, Sensors 17, 1748 (2017)
   https://doi.org/10.3390/s17081748


2. S. Azmayesh-Fard, A. Melnyk, L. Lam, T. W. Allen, R. Fedosejevs, and R. G. DeCorby, A dynamic strategy for wavelength sensing using the diffracted orders of a grating, Lab Chip, in press. (2017)
   https://doi.org/10.1039/c7lc00259a


3. M. H. Bitarafan, C. A. Potts, and R. G. DeCorby, Cutoff-based dual-taper reflectors in on-chip hollow waveguides, Opt. Express 25, 5101-5106 (2017)
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.005101


4. W. Morrish, P. West, N. Orlando, E. Klantsataya, K. Gardner, S. Lane, R. DeCorby, A. Francois, and A. Meldrum, Refractometric micro-sensor using a mirrored capillary resonator, Opt. Express 24, 24959-24970 (2016)
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.024959


5. A. Melnyk, C. A. Potts, T. W. Allen, and R. G. DeCorby, Visible range hollow waveguides by guided buckling of Ta2O5/SiO2 multilayers, Appl. Opt. 55, 3645-3649 (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.003645


6. A. Melnyk, M. H. Bitarafan, T. W. Allen, and R. G. DeCorby, An air gap resonant tunneling bandpass filter and polarizer, Opt. Lett. 41, 1845-1848 (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.001845


7. C. A. Potts, A. Melnyk, H. Ramp, M. H. Bitarafan, D. Vick, L. J. Leblanc, J. P. Davis, and R. G. DeCorby, Tunable open-access microcavities for on-chip cavity quantum electrodynamics, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 041103 (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940715
   arXiv:1701.03093
   


8. M .H. Bitarafan, H. Ramp, C. Potts, T. W. Allen, J. P. Davis, and R. G. DeCorby, Bistability in buckled dome microcavities, Opt. Lett. 40, 5375-5378 (2015).
   https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.005375


9. M. H. Bitarafan, H. Ramp, T. W. Allen, C. Potts, X. Rojas, A. J. R. MacDonald, J. P. Davis, and R. G. DeCorby, Thermomechanical characterization of on-chip buckled dome Fabry-Perot microcavities, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 32, 1214-1220 (2015).
   https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.32.001214
   arXiv:1510.07766


10. W. D. Newman, C. L. Cortes, J. Atkinson, S. Pramanik, R. G. DeCorby, and Z. Jacob, Ferrell-Berreman modes in plasmonic epsilon-near-zero media, ACS Photonics 2, 2-7 (2015).
    https://doi.org/10.1021/ph5003297
    arXiv:1505.06180


11. C. Potts, T. W. Allen, A. Azar. A. Melnyk, C. R. Dennison, and R.G. DeCorby, Wavelength interrogation of fiber Bragg grating sensors using tapered hollow Bragg waveguides, Opt. Lett. 39, 5941-5944 (2014).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.005941


12. M. C. Zhang, T. W. Allen, B. Drobot, S. MacFarlane, A. Meldrum, and R. G. DeCorby, Transparency and stability of Ag-based metal-dielectric multilayers, Appl. Opt. 52, 7479-7485 (2013).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.007479


13. M. C. Zhang, T. W. Allen, and R.G. DeCorby, Experimental study of optimized surface-plasmon-mediated tunneling in metal-dielectric multilayers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 071109 (2013).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819098


14. S.M. Azmayesh-Fard, L. Lam, A. Melnyk, R.G. DeCorby, Design and fabrication of a planar PDMS transmission grating microspectrometer, Opt. Express 21, 11889-11900 (2013).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.011889


15. B. Drobot, A. Melnyk, M. Zhang, T.W. Allen, R.G. DeCorby, Visible-band dispersion by a tapered air-core Bragg waveguide, Opt. Express 20, 23906-23911 (2012).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.023906


16. T.W. Allen, R.G. DeCorby, Conditions for admittance-matched tunneling through symmetric metal-dielectric stacks, Opt. Express 20, A578-A588 (2012).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.00A578


17. T.W. Allen, R.G. DeCorby, Assessing the maximum transmittance of periodic metal-dielectric multilayers, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, 2529-2536 (2011).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.28.002529


18. T.W. Allen, J. Silverstone, N. Ponnampalam, T. Olsen, A. Meldrum, R.G. DeCorby, High-finesse cavities fabricated by buckling self-assembly of a-Si/SiO2 multilayers, Opt. Express 19, 18903-18909 (2011).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.018903


19. E. Epp, N. Ponnampalam, W. Newman, B. Drobot, J.N. McMullin, A.F. Meldrum, R.G. DeCorby, Hollow Bragg waveguides fabricated by controlled buckling of Si/SiO2 multilayers, Opt. Express 18, 24917-24925 (2010).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.024917


20. R.G. DeCorby, N. Ponnampalam, E. Epp, T. Allen, J.N. McMullin, Chip-scale spectrometry based on tapered hollow Bragg waveguides, Opt. Express 17, 16632-16645 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.016632


21. F. Lenz, A. Hryciw, R.G. DeCorby, A.F. Meldrum, Reversing the Temperature Dependence of Nanocrystal-Sensitized Er3+ Fluorescence, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 091909-1-3 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3220060


22. E. Epp, N. Ponnampalam, J.N. McMullin, R.G. DeCorby, Thermal tuning of hollow waveguides fabricated by controlled thin-film buckling, Opt. Express 17, 17369-17375 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.017369


23. F. Lenz, R.G. DeCorby, A.F. Meldrum, Sensitization efficiencies in Er-doped SiOx films containing amorphous or crystalline silicon nanoclusters, Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 206, 989-992 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200881309


24. T. Aoki, K. Koughia, K. Fujimoto, C. Fujihashi, R.G. DeCorby, C.J. Haugen, D.W. Hewak, D. Tonchev, S.O. Kasap, Observation of 4F3/2-4I15/2 radiative transition in Nd3+ ions in GaLaS glass using frequency-resolved PL spectroscopy, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 6, S54-S58 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.200881272


25. M.T. Taschuk, J.M. LaForge, H. Nguyen, Y.W. Sun, P. Kursa, R.G. DeCorby, M.J. Brett, Y.Y. Tsui, Absolute characterization of photoluminescence from pulsed-laser deposited, sol-gel, sputtered and evaporated ZnO thin films, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 6, S131-S134 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.200881352


26. C. Koughia, G. Soundararajan, S.O. Kasap, T. Allen, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, N. Ohrui, T. Aoki, C. Fujihashi, Characterization of optical transitions in trivalent Nd ions in GaLaS glass, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 20, S19-S22 (2009)..
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-007-9423-1


27. N. Ponnampalam, R.G. DeCorby, Out-of-plane coupling at mode cutoff in tapered hollow waveguides with omnidirectional reflector claddings, Opt. Express 16, 2894-2908 (2008).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.002894


28. N. Ponnampalam, R.G. DeCorby, Analysis and fabrication of hybrid metal-dielectric omnidirectional Bragg reflectors, Appl. Opt. 47, 30-37 (2008).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.000030


29. N. Ponnampalam, R.G. DeCorby, Self-assembled hollow waveguides with hybrid metal-dielectric Bragg claddings, Opt. Express 15, 12595-12604 (2007).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.012595


30. R.G. DeCorby, N. Ponnampalam, H.T. Nguyen, M.M. Pai, T.J. Clement, Guided self-assembly of integrated hollow Bragg waveguides, Opt. Express 15, 3902-3915 (2007)..
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.003902


31. R.G. DeCorby, N. Ponnampalam, H.T. Nguyen, T.J. Clement, Robust and flexible free-standing all-dielectric omnidirectional reflectors, Adv. Mat. 19, 193-196 (2007).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200601613


32. Z.G. Ivanova, Z. Aneva, R. Ganesan, D. Tonchev, E.S.R. Gopal, K.S.R.K. Rao, T.W. Allen, R.G. DeCorby, S.O. Kasap, Low-temperature Er3+ emission in Ge-S-Ga glasses excited by host absorption, J. Non-Crystalline Sol. 353, 1418-1421 (2007).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.10.066


33. T.J. Clement, R.G. DeCorby, N. Ponnampalam, T.W. Allen, A. Hryciw, A. Meldrum, Nanocluster sensitized erbium-doped silicon monoxide waveguides, Opt. Express 14, 12151-12162 (2006).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.012151


34. M. Munzar, K. Koughia, S.O. Kasap, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, Photoluminescence properties of Er-doped Ge-Ga-Se glasses, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 47, 220-224 (2006).
    


35. A. Meldrum, A. Hryciw, A.N. MacDonald, C. Blois, T. Clement, R. DeCorby, J. Wang, Q. Li, Interaction between rare earth ions and amorphous silicon nanoclusters produced at low processing temperatures, J. Luminescence 121, 199-203 (2006).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.07.013


36. T.J. Clement, N. Ponnampalam, H.T. Nguyen, R.G. DeCorby, Improved omnidirectional reflectors in chalcogenide glass and polymer by using the silver doping technique, Opt. Express 14, 1789-1796 (2006).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.001789


37. R.G. DeCorby, H.T. Nguyen, P.K. Dwivedi, T.J. Clement, Planar omnidirectional reflectors in chalcogenide glass and polymer, Opt. Express 13, 6228-6233 (2005).
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.006228


38. R.G. DeCorby, N. Ponnampalam, M.M. Pai, H.T. Nguyen, P.K. Dwivedi, T.J. Clement, C.J. Haugen, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, High index contrast waveguides in chalcogenide glass and polymer, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Elec. 11, 539-546 (2005).
    https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2005.845610


39. A. Hryciw, C. Blois, A. Meldrum, T. Clement, R.G. DeCorby, Q. Li, Photoluminescence from Er-doped silicon oxide microcavities, Optical Materials 28, 873-878 (2006).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2005.09.063


40. Y.W. Sun, J. Gospodyn, P. Kursa, J. Sit, R.G. DeCorby, Y.Y. Tsui, Dense and porous ZnO thin films produced by pulsed laser deposition, Applied Surface Science 248, 392-396 (2005).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.03.064


41. P.K. Dwivedi, Y.W. Sun, Y.Y. Tsui, D. Tonchev, M. Munzar, Koughia, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, Rare-earth doped chalcogenide thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition, Applied Surface Science 248, 376-380 (2005).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.03.057


42. M. Munzar, K. Koughia, D. Tonchev, S.O. Kasap, T. Sakai, K. Maeda, T. Ikari, C. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, Influence of Ga on the optical and thermal properties of Er2S3 doped stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric Ge-Ga-Se glasses, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 46, 215-219 (2005).
    


43. N. Ponnampalam, R.G. DeCorby, H.T. Nguyen, P.K. Dwivedi, C.J. Haugen, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, Small core rib waveguides with embedded gratings in As2Se3 chalcogenide glass and PAI polymer, Optics Express, vol. 12, no. 25, pp. 6270-6277, 2004.
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.006270


44. M. Munzar, C. Koughia, D. Tonchev, K. Maeda, T. Ikari, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, Optical properties of Er-doped Gax(Ge30Se70)100-x glasses, Optical Materials, vol. 28, pp. 225-230, 2005.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2004.06.007


45. K. Koughia, M. Munzar, D. Tonchev, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, Photoluminescence in Er-doped Ga-Ge-Se glasses, J. Luminescence, vol. 112, pp. 92-96, 2005.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.09.002


46. X. Chen, J.N. McMullin, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, Planar concave grating demultiplexer for coarse WDM based on confocal ellipses, Optics Communications, vol. 237, pp. 71-77, 2004.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2004.03.066


47. T. Allen, M. Hawkeye, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, D. Tonchev, S.O. Kasap, Photoluminescence measurements of Er-doped chalcogenide glasses, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 921-924, May 2004
    https://doi.org/10.1116/1.1648673


48. R.M. Bryce, H.T. Nguyen, P. Nakeeran, R.G. DeCorby, P.K. Dwivedi, C.J. Haugen, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, Direct UV patterning of waveguide devices in As2Se3 thin films, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1044-1047, May 2004.
    https://doi.org/10.1116/1.1691081


49. R.M. Bryce, H.T. Nguyen, P. Nakeeran, T. Clement, C.J. Haugen, R.R. Tykwinski, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, Polyamide-imide polymer thin films for integrated optics, Thin Solid Films, vol. 458, nos. 1-2, pp. 233-236, 2004.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2003.11.268


50. D. Tonchev, S.O. Kasap, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, T. Allen, Thermal and photoluminescence properties of Er2S3-doped (As2Se3)90(GaSe)5Ge5 glasses, J. Mat. Sci: Materials in Electronics, vol. 14, pp. 851-852, 2003.
    https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026158716575


51. T.G. Robinson, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, C.J. Haugen, S.O. Kasap, D. Tonchev, Strong Bragg gratings photoinduced by 633 nm illumination in evaporated As2Se3 thin films, Optics Letters, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 459-461, March 15, 2003.
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.000459


52. D.T. Tonchev, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap, Thermal and photoluminescence properties of Er3+-doped (GaSe)x(As2Se3)1-x glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 326&327, pp. 364-368, 2003.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3093(03)00436-8


53. C.J. Haugen, D.T. Tonchev, R.G. DeCorby, J.N. McMullin, T. Allen, K. Maeda, T. Ikari, S.O. Kasap, Photoluminescence and thermal properties of Er-doped As-Se-Ga-Ge based glasses, Nonlinear Optics, vol. 29, nos. 10-12, pp. 549-555, 2002.
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.2.001270


54. A.C. van Popta, R.G. DeCorby, C.J. Haugen, T. Robinson, J.N. McMullin, D. Tonchev, S.O. Kasap, Photoinduced refractive index changes in As2Se3 by 633 nm illumination, Optics Express, vol. 10, no. 15, pp. 639-644, July 29, 2002.
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.10.000639


55. J.N. McMullin, R.G. DeCorby, C.J. Haugen, Theory and simulation of a concave diffraction grating demultiplexer for coarse WDM systems, Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 758-765, April 2002.
    https://doi.org/10.1109/50.996601


56. A. Bakhtazad, J.N. McMullin, C.J. Haugen, R.G. DeCorby, MMI multiplexer for dual-channel erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers, Optics Express, vol. 9, no. 4, Aug. 13, 2001, pp. 178-183.
    https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.9.000178


57. R.G. DeCorby, A.J.P. Hnatiw, G. Hillier, Resonant cavity MSM photodetector employing a Burstein-shifted In0.49Ga0.51P/GaAs reflector, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, no. 9, p. 1165, September 1999.
    https://doi.org/10.1109/68.784239


58. R.G. DeCorby, R.I. MacDonald, A.J.P. Hnatiw, D.B. Boertjes, J.N. McMullin, F. Gouin, J. Noad, Packaged array of 8 MSM photodetectors with uniform 12 GHz bandwidth, Electronics Letters, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 400, February 19, 1998.
    https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19980262


59. R.G. DeCorby, R.I. MacDonald, J. Noad, F. Gouin, Large (50 μm)2 metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors with 18 GHz bandwidth at 3 V bias; reduction of hole pileup, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 73, no. 2, p. 196, July 13, 1998.
    


60. R.G. DeCorby, R.I. MacDonald, M. Beaudoin, T. Pinnington, T. Tiedje, F. Gouin, Elimination of low frequency gain in InAlAs/InGaAs MSM photodetectors by silicon nitride passivation, Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 26, p. L25, December, 1997.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-997-0063-2


61. R.G. DeCorby, R.I. MacDonald, R. Sharma, F. Gouin, J. Noad, N. Puetz, Frequency-domain demonstration of transit-time-limited, large area InGaP/InP/InGaAs MSM photodetectors, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 9, p. 985, July 1997.
    https://doi.org/10.1109/68.593374