Vahala, Kerry J.

Committee Member — 161 thesises

• Sonar, Sameer Anil — A High-Efficiency, Low-Noise Platform for Microwave-to-Optical Quantum Transduction (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Halverson, Nils William — A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Angular Power Spectrum with DASI (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Crouch, David Dale — A Theoretical Study of the Generation of Squeezed-State Light via Degenerate Parametric Amplification (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krause, Alexander Grey — Acceleration Sensing, Feedback Cooling, and Nonlinear Dynamics with Nanoscale Cavity-Optomechanical Devices (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poon, Joyce Kai See — Active and Passive Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fatemi, Seyed Mohammadreza — Active Flat Optics Wavefront Manipulation for Imaging, Ranging, and Sensing (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dicken, Matthew James — Active Oxide Nanophotonics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bhardwaj, Ashish Ishwar Singh — All-Optical Logic Circuits Based on the Polarization Properties of Non-Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Robert Bumju — All-Optical Wavelength Conversion by Four-Wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Boqiang — Applications and Integration of Optical Frequency Combs (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosenberg, Jessie C. — Applications of Micro/Nanoscale Optical Resonators: Plasmonic Photodetectors and Double-Disk Cavity Optomechanics (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Melissa — Atomically Thin Spatial Light Modulators with Excitonic Nanomaterials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seah, Samuel Kai Wen — Black Phosphorus Nanodevices for Active Polarization Control (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meenehan, Sean Michael — Cavity Optomechanics at Millikelvin Temperatures (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eichenfield, Matthew S. — Cavity Optomechanics in Photonic and Phononic Crystals: Engineering the Interaction of Light and Sound at the Nanoscale (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Russell Lowell — Characterization and Control of a Strongly-Coupled Atom-Cavity System (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Ana Maii — Classical and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peng, Lucas Sky — Clocked Atom Delivery to a Photonic Crystal Waveguide: Simulations and Experiments (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Horie, Yu — Controlling the Flow of Light Using High-Contrast Metastructures (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruglovsky, Jennifer Lynn — Correlating Microscopic Ferroelectric Properties and Macroscopic Thin Film Device Performance (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suh, Junho — Coupled Dynamics of a Nanomechanical Resonator and Superconducting Quantum Circuits (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burgos, Stanley P. — Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grudinin, Ivan Sergeevich — Crystalline Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators for Quantum and Nonlinear Optics (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Feiyu — Design and Analysis of High-Efficiency L-Band Power Amplifiers (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roberts, Gregory David — Design, Realization, and Applications of 3D Multifunctional Nanophotonics (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marshall, Ryan Scott — Developing Plasma Spectroscopy and Imaging Diagnostics to Understand Astrophysically-Relevant Plasma Experiments: Megameters, Femtometers, and Everything in Between (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bridger, Paul Martin — Development of Apertureless Microscopy and Force Microscopy of GaN and CeO₂ (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ragan, Regina — Direct Energy Bandgap Group IV Alloys and Nanostructures (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bowers, Steven Michael — Dynamically Controllable Integrated Radiation and Self-Correcting Power Generation in mm-Wave Circuits and Systems (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marshall, William K. — Dynamics of Amplitude and Phase in Semiconductor Lasers and Effects of Propagation in Dispersive Optical Fibers (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Lun-Tseng — Dynamics, Noise Properties, and Spectral Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers with External Coupling (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thureja, Prachi — Electrically Reconfigurable Optical Metasurfaces for Universal Wavefront Shaping (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sisler, Jared — Electrically Tunable Optical Active Metasurfaces in Space and Time (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh — Electro-Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of Light (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Gerald Matthew — Electron Transport in Silicon Nanocrystal Devices: From Memory Applications to Silicon Photonics (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Yu-shu George — Electronic Properties of II-VI Superlattices and III-V Tunnel Structures (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Seyoon — Electronically Tunable Light Modulation with Graphene and Noble Metal Plasmonics (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Yiran — Emerging Directions in Active and Multi-Layer Meta-Optics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhai, Xiang — Experimental, Numerical and Analytical Studies of the MHD-Driven Plasma Jet, Instabilities and Waves (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Connolly, Elizabeth Wilcut — Experiments with Toroidal Microresonators in Cavity QED (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Lan — Fabrication and Characterization of Microlasers by the Sol-Gel Method (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barclay, Paul Edward — Fiber Coupled Nanophotonic Devices for Nonlinear Optics and Cavity QED (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spillane, Sean Michael — Fiber-Coupled Ultra-High-Q Microresonators for Nonlinear and Quantum Optics (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dionne, Jennifer Anne — Flatland Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic Architectures (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aparicio Joo, Roberto — Frequency Generation Techniques for Integrated Applications (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Bohan — Frequency Stabilization and Frequency Conversion in High-Q Silicon Nitride Microresonators (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Howard ZeHua — GaAs/AlₓGa₁₋ₓAs Quantum Well Lasers Grown on GaAs and Si by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brouillet, Jeremy Jean — Graphene-Mediated Light-Matter Interaction (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Lue Leo — Greater Than One Billion Optical Q Factor for On-Chip Microresonators (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maier, Stefan Alexander — Guiding of Electromagnetic Energy in Subwavelength Periodic Metal Structures (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wengler, Michael James — Heterodyne Detection with Superconducting Tunnel Diodes (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bargatin, Igor — High-Frequency Nanomechanical Resonators for Sensor Applications (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rokhsari Azar, Hossein — High-Q Microcavities: Optomechanical Nonlinearities, Measurement Techniques and Applications (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Borselli, Matthew Gregory — High-Q Microresonators as Lasing Elements for Silicon Photonics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saeedi, Saman — Holistic Design In High-Speed Optical Interconnects (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Panotopoulos, Georgios — Holographic Information Systems (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Yunping — Holographic Recording and Dynamic Range Improvement in Lithium Niobate Crystals (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Orlov, Sergei S. — Holographic storage dynamics, phase conjugation, and nonlinear optics in photorefractive materials (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Zhewei — Hybrid Si/III-V Lasers for Next-generation Coherent Optical Communication (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gurses, Baris Volkan — Information Technologies at the Fundamental Physical Limits (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oh, Dong Yoon — Integrated Nonlinear Photonic Devices (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Kiyoul — Integrated Ultra-High-Q Nonlinear Photonic Platform for On-Chip Optoelectronic Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Jie — Integrating Quantum Optical and Superconducting Circuits with Quantum Acoustics for Scalable Quantum Network and Computation (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alton, Daniel James — Interacting Single Atoms with Nanophotonics for Chip-Integrated Quantum Network (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perahia, Raviv — Investigation and Application of Microscale Semiconductor Lasers and Cavities (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Xiao-chang — Investigation of New Devices and Characterization Techniques in the III-V Semiconductor System (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Preisler, Edward James — Investigation of Novel Semiconductor Heterostructure Systems: I. Cerium Oxide/Silicon Heterostructures. II. 6.1 Å Semiconductor-Based Avalanche Photodiodes (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Taeyong — Investigation of Transport Phenomena of Thermal Acoustic Excitations in Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Materials Using Transient Grating Spectroscopy (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hauenstein, Robert Joseph — Investigations of Single-Crystal Silicide/Silicon Structures (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lie, Yu-Chun Donald — Ion implantation in epitaxial GexSi1-x on Si(100) (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Heming — Kerr Solitons and Brillouin Lasers in Optical Microresonators (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Tsu-Te Judith — Label-Free Detection of Single Molecule Using Microtoroid Optical Resonators (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khachaturian, Aroutin — Large-Scale Photonics Integration: Data Communications to Optical Beamforming (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chan, Jasper — Laser Cooling of an Optomechanical Crystal Resonator to Its Quantum Ground State of Motion (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Richardson, Christine Esber — Low-Temperature Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Films for Large-Grained Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sendonaris, Elina Maria — Measuring and Characterizing Ultrafast Quantum States Using Nanophotonic Optical Parametric Amplifiers (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arbabi, Ehsan — Metasurfaces: Beyond Diffractive and Refractive Optics (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lai, Yu-Hung — Microresonator Brillouin Laser Gyroscope (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lam, Wayne W. — Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Schottky Diode-Grid Phase Shifter (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tomita, Yasuo — Modal Dispersal of Information and Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Crystals for Information Retrieval, Processing and Sensing (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fingler, Jeffrey Paul — Motion Contrast Using Optical Coherence Tomography (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baspinar, Ayse Bilgehan — Multilayer Meta-Optics for Next-Generation Multifunctional Photonics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Ramon — Nanophotonic Lightsail Optomechanics for Long-Range Optical Manipulation and Interstellar Exploration (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miyazono, Evan Tsugio — Nanophotonic Resonators for Optical Quantum Memories based on Rare-Earth-Doped Materials (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ding, Ding — Nanoscale Thermal Transport with Photons and Phonons (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vilenchik, Yaakov — Narrow-Linewidth Si/III-V Lasers: a Study of Laser Dynamics and Nonlinear Effects (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hwang, Emily Yoonju — Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in Lithium Niobate Nanophotonic Circuits for Quantum Spectroscopy (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, Jeffrey Thomas — Nonlinear Optics and Wavelength Translation Via Cavity-Optomechanics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suh, Myoung-Gyun — Nonlinear Optics in Chip-based Microresonators and their Applications (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jiang — Nonlinear Optics in Planar Silica-on-Silicon Disk Resonators (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kippenberg, Tobias Jan August — Nonlinear Optics in Ultra-High-Q Whispering-Gallery Optical Microcavities (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Qifan — Nonlinear Physics in Soliton Microcombs (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baehr-Jones, Tom Wetteland — Novel Modulation and Detection Mechanisms in Silicon Nanophotonics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Chuting — On-Chip Photonic Devices for Coupling to Color Centers in Silicon Carbide (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cai, Ming — Optical Fiber Taper Coupled Glass Microsphere Resonators (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ji, Qingxin — Optical Frequency Division Using High-Q Integrated Photonics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Zhiwen — Optical Information Storage and Processing (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Michael, Christopher Paul — Optical Material Characterization Using Microdisk Cavities (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Painter, Oskar Jon — Optical Nanocavities in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Planar Waveguides (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Jeffrey Winston — Optical Processing Using Photorefractive Crystals (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Papadakis, Georgia Theano — Optical Response in Planar Heterostructures: From Artificial Magnetism to Angstrom-Scale Metamaterials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Satyan, Naresh — Optoelectronic Control of the Phase and Frequency of Semiconductor Lasers (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blasius, Timothy Dobson — Optomechanical Inertial Sensors and Feedback Cooling (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roy, Arkadev — Parametrically-Driven Nonlinear Optical Resonators and their Networks for Sensing and Computing (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Banker, Jash Haren — Photonic and Phononic Band Gap Engineering for Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Transduction (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Lin — Photonic Crystal Bragg Lasers: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McClung, Andrew Corby — Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Integration into an Atomic Physics Experiment (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ostby, Eric Paul — Photonic Whispering-Gallery Resonators in New Environments (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rakuljic, George Anthony — Photorefractive Properties and Applications of Barium Titanate and Tungsten Bronze Ferroelectrics (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brady, David Jones — Photorefractive Volume Holography in Artificial Neural Networks (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Maodong — Physics and Applications of Compact Optical Frequency Comb (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yi, Xu — Physics and Applications of Microresonator Solitons and Electro-optic Frequency Combs (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yuan, Zhiquan — Physics and Applications of Optical Nonlinearity in High-Q Microresonators (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Masmanidis, Sotirios Konstantinos — Piezoelectric and Magnetoelastic Strain in the Transduction and Frequency Control of Nanomechanical Resonators (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jang, Min Seok — Plasmonics and Electron Optics in Graphene (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Claudine Minnie — Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films for Photovoltaics (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Paloczi, George T. — Polymer Integrated Optics: Device Architectures and Fabrication Methods (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Areum — Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Xiaolin — Properties and applications of potassium lithium tantalate niobate (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Derry, Pamela Louise — Properties of Buried Heterostructure Single Quantum Well (Al,Ga)As Lasers (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marquardt, Ronald R. — Quantum magnetotransport studies of semiconductor heterostructure devices (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wood, Steven Andrew — Quantum Microwave to Optical Transduction with Light-Robust Superconducting Circuits (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kindem, Jonathan Miners — Quantum Nanophotonics with Ytterbium in Yttrium Orthovanadate (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Safavi-Naeini, Amir Hossein — Quantum Optomechanics with Silicon Nanostructures (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wollman, Emma Edwina — Quantum Squeezing of Motion in a Mechanical Resonator (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Craiciu, Ioana — Quantum Storage of Light Using Nanophotonic Resonators Coupled to Erbium Ion Ensembles (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xie, Tian — Scalable On-Chip Platforms for Quantum Microwave-Optical Interface with Solid-State Ensembles (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Srinivasan, Kartik — Semiconductor Optical Microcavities for Chip-Based Cavity QED (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Thomas James — Silicon Microdisk Resonators for Nonlinear Optics and Dynamics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walters, Robert Joseph — Silicon Nanocrystals for Silicon Photonics (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miles, Richard Henry — Structural and Optical Properties of Strained-Layer Superlattices (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liang, Wei — Study of Optical Phase Lock Loops and the Applications in Coherent Beam Combining and Coherence Cloning (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Centurion Mac Lean, Martin — Study of the Nonlinear Propagation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kalaee, Mahmoud — Superconducting Electromechanical and Nanophotonic Devices for Quantum Measurement and Conversion (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Xiankai — Supermode Si/III-V Lasers and Circular Bragg Lasers (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Neal, Terrell Demetris — Surface Plasmon Enhanced Light Emission from Organic Light Emitters (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shcheglov, Kirill Vadim — Synthesis, optical and electronic properties of group IV semiconductor nanocrystals (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boer, Elizabeth A. — Synthesis, Passivation and Charging of Silicon Nanocrystals (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vasilyev, Arseny — The Optoelectronic Swept-Frequency Laser and Its Applications in Ranging, Three-Dimensional Imaging, and Coherent Beam Combining of Chirped-Seed Amplifiers (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cartoixà Soler, Xavier — Theoretical Methods for Spintronics in Semiconductors with Applications (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Hsi-Chun — Theory and Experiment of Slow-Light Coupled-Resonator Structures (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mittelstein, Michael — Theory and Experiments on Unstable-Resonator and Quantum Well GaAs/GaAlAs Lasers (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leefmans, Christian Richard — Topological Phenomena in Time-Multiplexed Resonator Networks (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chou, Chin-wen — Towards a Quantum Network with Atomic Ensembles (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luan, Xingsheng — Towards Atom Assembly on Nanophotonic Structures with Optical Tweezers (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Zhaoyu — Towards Functional Miniaturized Lasers (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tokpanov, Yury — Towards Next Generation of Optoelectronics: from Quantum Plasmonics and 2D Materials to Advanced Optimization Techniques of Nanophotonic Devices (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ledezma, Luis M. — Towards Universal Integrated Laser Sources with Nonlinear Photonics (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hatipoğlu, Utku — Tuning Hybrid Optomechanics for Remote Entanglement (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Armani, Deniz Karapetian — Ultra-High-Q Planar Microcavities and Applications (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Gordon Han Ying — Ultrafast Computing with Nonlinear Photonics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gray, Robert Matthew — Ultrafast Quadratic Nonlinear Dynamics and Soliton Formation in Parametric Amplifiers and Oscillators (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Williams, James Anthony — Ultrafast Quantum State Generation and Measurement in Nonlinear Nanophotonics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Matthew Bruce — Ultrafast Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Studies of GaAs (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Min, Bumki — Ultrahigh–Q Microtoroid On-Chip Resonators for Low Threshold Microlasers (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Tong — Ultralow-Loss Silica Resonators and Waveguides on a Silicon Chip (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Yang — Understanding the Plasma Universe through Laboratory Experiments and Related Models (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitskovets, Anna — Using DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for Single-Photon Emitters (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Mo — Very High Frequency Nanoelectromechanical Resonators and their Chemical Sensing Applications (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheung, Chun Tung — Waveguide Packaging of Quasi-Optical Grid Amplifiers (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ferreira, Vinicius Thaddeu dos Santos — Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics with Superconducting Slow-Light Waveguide Circuits (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))