Optical Communications Group

The Optical Communications Group performs research on advanced communication techniques for a variety of optical transmission media, including single-mode fiber, multi-mode fiber, and free-space links. Experiments are performed in a state-of-the-art facility in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Laboratory

Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Room 230
(650) 725-2263

Research Areas

  • Overview of Current Research
  • Single-Mode Fiber Communications
  • Multi-Mode Fiber Communications
  • Multi-Mode Fiber Microscopy and Sensing
  • Free-Space Optical Communications
  • Multi-Input Multi-Output Radio Communications

    Group Leader

  • Joseph M. Kahn (Professor of Electrical Engineering)

    Visitors

  • Ivana Gasulla (Visiting Scholar)
  • Jeffrey P. Wilde (Visiting Scholar)

    Current Ph.D. Students

  • Sercan Arik
  • Daulet Askarov
  • Reza Nasiri Mahalati
  • Milad Sharif

    Former Ph.D. Students

  • Malik D. Audeh
  • Daniel J. F. Barros (Qualcomm)
  • John R. Barry (Georgia Institute of Technology, Professor)
  • Jeffrey B. Carruthers (Boston University, Associate Professor)
  • Gwang-Hyun Gho (Qualcomm)
  • Keang-Po "Ricky" Ho (Silicon Image)
  • John S. Hoch
  • Ezra Ip (NEC Laboratories America)
  • Alan P. T. Lau (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Assistant Professor)
  • David C.M. Lee (Broadcom)
  • Wei Mao (Bosch Research)
  • Gene W. Marsh (Qualcomm)
  • Rahul A. Panicker (Embrace)
  • Mahdieh Bagher Shemirani
  • Da-Shan Shiu (National Taiwan University, Associate Professor)
  • Jin Wang (AT&T)
  • Roy You (Royal Bank of Scotland)
  • Lixia Zhou (Qualcomm)
  • Xiaoming Zhu (ZTE)

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    Last modified: February 14, 2012.