Group Publications

  1. C. Lin and M. L. Povinelli, Optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanowire arrays with a large lattice constant for photovoltaic applications, Optics Express 17: 19371-19381 (2009).
  2. J. Ma and M. L. Povinelli, Large tuning of birefringence in two strip silicon waveguides via optomechanical motion, Optics Express 17: 17818-17828 (2009).

Pre-Group Publications

  1. S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, and S. Fan, Overcoming gain-bandwidth product constraint in slow light Raman amplification with the use of light-stopping schemes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95: 081103 (2009).
  2. C. R. Otey, M. L. Povinelli, and S. Fan, Capturing light pulses into a pair of coupled photonic crystal cavities, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94: 231109 (2009).
  3. C. R. Otey, M. L. Povinelli, and S. Fan, Capturing light pulses completely using a few dynamic microcavities, J. Lightwave Technology, 26:3784-3793 (2008).
  4. J. Pan, Y. Huo, K. Yamanaka, S. Sandhu, L. Scaccabarozzi, R. Timp, M. L. Povinelli, S. Fan, M. M. Fejer, and J. S. Harris, Aligning microcavity resonances in silicon photonic-crystal slabs using laser-pumped thermal tuning, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92: 103114 (2008).
  5. S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, and S. Fan, Stopping and time-reversing a light pulse using dynamic loss-tuning of coupled-resonator delay lines, Opt. Lett., 32: 3333 (2007).
  6. M. L. Povinelli, Microphotonics: Under pressure (News and Views), Nature Photonics 1:370 (2007).
  7. S. Fan, M. F. Yanik, M. L. Povinelli, and S. Sandhu, Dynamic photonic crystals, Optics and Photonics News, 18: 41 (2007).
  8. J.-T. Shen, M. L. Povinelli, S. Sandhu, and S. Fan, Stopping single photons in one-dimensional quantum electrodynamics systems, Phys. Rev. B, 75: 035320 (2007).
  9. S. Fan, M. F. Yanik, Z. Wang, S. Sandhu, and M. L. Povinelli, Advances in theory of photonic crystals, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24: 4493-4501 (2006).
  10. M. L. Povinelli and S. Fan, Radiation loss of coupled-resonator waveguides in photonic-crystal slabs, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89: 191114 (2006).
  11. M. L. Povinelli, Slow light: Variable Speed Limit (News and Views), Nature Physics, 2: 735-739 (2006).
  12. S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, M. F. Yanik, and S. Fan, Dynamically tuned coupled-resonator delay lines can be nearly dispersion free, Optics Letters 31: 1985-1987 (2006).
  13. Q. Xu, S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, J. Shakya, S. Fan, and M. Lipson, Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96: 123901 (2006).
  14. M. L. Povinelli, M. Loncar, M. Ibanescu, E. J. Smythe, S. G. Johnson, F. Capasso and J. D. Joannopoulos, Optical evanescent-wave bonding between microphotonic waveguides, Optics Letters 30: 3042-3044 (2005).
  15. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, M. Loncar, M. Ibanescu, E. J. Smythe, F. Capasso, and J. D. Joannopoulos, High-Q enhancement of attractive and repulsive optical forces between coupled whispering-gallery-mode resonators, Optics Express 13: 8286-8295 (2005).
  16. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Slow-light, band-edge waveguides for tunable time delays, Optics Express, 13: 7145-7159 (2005).
  17. S. G. Johnson, M. L. Povinelli, M. Soljacic, A. Karalis, S. Jacobs, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Roughness losses and volume-current methods in photonic-crystal waveguides, Appl. Phys. B 81: 283-293 (2005) (Invited).
  18. M. L. Povinelli, M. Ibanescu, S. G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Slow-light enhancement of radiation pressure in an omnidirectional-reflector waveguide, Appl. Phys.Lett. 85: 1466-1468 (2004).
  19. K. C. Huang, M. L. Povinelli, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Negative effective permeability in polaritonic photonic crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85: 543-545 (2004).
  20. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, E. Lidorikis, J. D. Joannopoulos, and M. Soljacic, Effect of a photonic band gap on scattering from waveguide disorder, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84: 3469-3641 (2004).
  21. L.G. L. Wegener, M. L. Povinelli, A. G. Green, P. P. Mitra, J. B. Stark and P. B. Littlewood, The effect of propagation nonlinearities on the information capacity of WDM optical fiber systems: cross-phase modulation and four-wave mixing, Physica D 189: 81-99 (2004).
  22. M. L. Povinelli, R. E. Bryant, S. Assefa, S.G. Johnson, S. Fan, A. A. Erchak, G. S. Petrich, E. Lidorikis, J. D. Joannopoulos, L. A. Kolodziejski, and E. P. Ippen, Design of a nanoelectromechanical, high-index-contrast, guided-wave optical switch for single-mode operation at 1.55 microns, IEEE Photonics Technology Lett. 15: 1207-1209 (2003).
  23. E. Lidorikis, M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Polarization-Independent Linear Waveguides in 3D Photonic Crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91: 023902 (2003).
  24. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, Toward photonic-crystal metamaterials: Creating magnetic emitters in photonic crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82: 1069-1071 (2003).
  25. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, S. Fan, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Emulation of two-dimensional photonic crystal defect modes in a photonic crystal with a three-dimensional photonic band gap, Phys. Rev. B 64: 075313 (2001).
  26. M. L. Povinelli, S. N. Coppersmith, L. P. Kadanoff, S. R. Nagel, and S. C. Venkataramani, Noise stabilization of self-organized memories, Phys. Rev. E 59: 4970-4982 (1999).
  27. T. Taino, K. Ishibashi, K. Maehata, S. Yoshida, M. L. Povinelli, H. Nakagawa, H. Akoh, K. Joosse, S. Takada, M. Kishimoto, and M. Katagiri, Large-area tunnel junction exhibiting two operating modes for X-ray detection, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 1 37: 25-30 Suppl. 2 (1998).
  28. E. R. Nowak, J. B. Knight, M. L. Povinelli, H. M. Jaeger, and S. R. Nagel, Reversibility and irreversibility in the packing of vibrated granular material, Powder Technology 94: 79-83 (1997).
  29. M. L. Povinelli, S. A. Korpela, and A. Chait, Solute boundary-layer on a rotating crystal, J. Cryst. Growth 144: 103-106 (1994).

Conference Proceedings

  1. M. L. Povinelli, M. Loncar, E. J. Smythe, M. Ibanescu, S. G. Johnson, F. Capasso, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Enhancement mechanisms for optical forces in integrated optics, Proc. SPIE, 6326: 632609 (2006).
  2. Q. Xu, S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, J. Shakya, S. Fan, and M. Lipson, Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically-induced transparency, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper CFC2.
  3. L. Scaccabarozzi, Y. Huo, X. Yu, M. L. Povinelli, A. Lin, S. Fan, M. M. Fejer, and J. S. Harris, Enhanced second harmonic generation in AlGaAs/AlxOy cavities embedded in submicron waveguides, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper CMK1.
  4. S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, M. F. Yanik, and S. Fan, Dynamically-tuned coupled-resonator delay lines can be nearly dispersion free, Proc. SPIE 6130: 613004 (2006).
  5. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Tunable time delays in photonic-crystal waveguides, Proc. SPIE 6128: 61280R (2006).
  6. L. Scaccabarozzi, X. Yu, M. L. Povinelli, S. Fan, M. M. Fejer, and J. S. Harris, Highly efficient birefringent second harmonic generation in submicron AlGaAs/AlxOy Waveguides, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2005), paper CPDA10.
  7. M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, High-index-contrast, photonic-band-edge waveguides for tunable time delays, Proc. SPIE 5926: 59260D (2005).
  8. E. Lidorikis, M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, M. Soljacic, M. Ibanescu, Y. Fink, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Modeling of nanophotonics, Proc. SPIE 5225: 7 (2003).
  9. M. Geis, S. Spector, R. Williamson, T. Lyszczarz, S. G. Johnson, and M. L. Povinelli, Photonic components for RF filtering and wide-band antenna nulling, Optics in Computing, A. Sawchuk, ed., Vol. 90 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optical Society of America, 2003), paper OThA2.
  10. S. G. Johnson, M. L. Povinelli, and J. D. Joannopoulos, New photonic crystal system for integrated optics, Proc. SPIE 4532: 167 (2001).

Patents

  1. R. E. Bryant, M. L. Povinelli, S. Assefa, S. G. Johnson, S. Fan, A. A. Erchak, G. S. Petrich, E. Lidorikis, J. D. Joannopoulos, L. A. Kolodziejski, and E. P. Ippen, Nanoelectromechanical, high-index-contrast, guided-wave optical switch for single-mode operation at 1.55 microns, US Patent pending.
  2. M. L. Povinelli, Steven G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Photonic Crystals as Metamaterials, US Patent 7,177,513.
  3. E. Lidorikis, M. L. Povinelli, S. G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Polarization-Independent Linear Waveguides in 3D Photonic Crystals, US Patent 7,058,242.
  4. Steven G. Johnson, M. L. Povinelli, and J. D. Joannopoulos, 3D-Periodic Dielectric Layered Structure with Omnidirectional Band Gap, US Patent 6,597,851.