Mailing Address:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0407
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0407
Ph. D., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1983
M. Sc., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1979
B. Sc., M. Sc Lvov Polytech. Inst., USSR, 1970
Research Interests:
Applied Optics and Photonics
Optical Communications and Interconnections; Nanophotonics;
Ultrafast Optics; Optical Information Processing Systems;
Nonlinear and Diffractive Optics; Coherence Properties
of Optical Field Scattered
from a Moving Phase Screen; Photonic Networks; Optical
Storage
Professor Fainman joined the faculty at UCSD in July 1990
following a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan.
Current research interests in his group include the investigation
of artificial dielectric properties of nanostructures; polarization
selective computer generated holograms and their applications
for image processing, transparent photonic switching fabric
and networks, and packaging optoelectronic devices and systems;
programmable diffractive optical elements; 3-D holographic
optical storage; diffractive optics with multifunctionality;
optical information processing with femtosecond laser pulses;
nonconventional 3-D imaging and displays; quantum cryptography
for photonic network security and privacy.
Honors and Distinctions:
Honors Diploma (1970)
Miriam and Aharon Gutvirt Prize, Technion, (1982)
Topical Editor of Optical Signal Processing and Imaging
Science for JOSA:A (1995)
Fellow of the Optical Society of America (1995)
Pragram
Selected Recent Publications:
Beom-hoan O, Chul-Hyun Choi, Soo-Beom Jo, Min-Woo Lee,
Dong-Gue Park, Byeong-Gwon Kang, Sun-Hyung Kim, Rong Liu, Yang
Yang Li, Sailor MJ, Fainman Y. Novel form birefringence modeling
for an ultracompact sensor in porous silicon films using
polarization interferometry. [Journal Paper] IEEE Photonics
Technology Letters, vol.16, no.6, June 2004, pp.1546-8. Publisher:
IEEE, USA.
Alic N, Fainman Y. Data-dependent phase coding for suppression
of ghost pulses in optical fibers. [Journal Paper] IEEE Photonics
Technology Letters, vol.16, no.4, April 2004, pp.1212-14.
Publisher: IEEE, USA.
Levy U, Fainman Y. Dispersion properties of inhomogeneous
nanostructures. [Journal Paper] Journal of the Optical Society of
America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.21, no.5, May 2004, pp.881-9.
Publisher: Opt. Soc. America, USA.
Beom-hoan O, Rong Liu, Yang Yang Li, Sailor MJ, Fainman
Y. Vapor sensor realized in an ultracompact polarization
interferometer built of a freestanding porous-silicon
form birefringent film. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters,
vol.15, no.6, June 2003, pp.834-6.
L. Pang, W. Nakagawa, and Y. Fainman, 'Fabrication
of Optical Structures Using SU-8 photoresist and Chemically
Assisted Ion Beam Etching', Optical Engineering, Vol.
42, No. 10, 2003.
L. Pang, W. Nakagawa, and Y. Fainman, 'Fabrication
of 2-D photonic crystals with controlled defects by
use of multiple exposures and direct-write', Applied
Optics, Vol. 42, No.24, 2003.
Rokitski R, Fainman, S. Propagation of ultrashort
pulses in multimode fiber in space and time. Optics
Express, vol. 11, no. 13 - June 30, 2003, p 1497-150
Bartsch D-U, Lijun Zhu,
Sun PC, Fainman S, Freeman WR. Retinal imaging with
a low-cost micromachined membrane deformable mirror.
Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol.7, no.3, July 2002,
pp.451-6.
Kwang Soon Kim, Marom DM, Milstein LB, Fainman Y.
Hybrid pulse position modulation/ultrashort light pulse
code-division multiple-access systems .I. Fundamental
analysis. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.50,
no.12, Dec. 2002, pp.2018-31.
Guoqiang Li, Fainman Y. Analysis of the wavelength-to-depth
encoded interference microscopy for three-dimensional
imaging. Optical Engineering, vol.41, no.6, June 2002,
pp.1281-8.
W Nakagawa, R-C Tyan, Y. Fainman, "Analysis of
enhanced second-harmonic generation in periodic nanostructures
using modified rigorous coupled-wave analysis in the
undepleted-pump approximation," JOSA A, Vol. 19
Issue 9, p1919 (September 2002)
W Nakagawa, P-C Sun, C-H Chen, Y. Fainman, "Wide-field-of-view
narrow-band spectral filters based on photonic crystal
nanocavities," Optics Letters, Vol. 27, Issue 3,
p.191 (February 2002).
D. Panasenko, P.-C. Sun, N. Alic, and Y. Fainman,
“Single shot sonogram generation using time gating of
a spectrally decomposed ultrashort laser pulse,” Applied
Optics, vol.41 no 24, p.5185
(2002)
D.Panasenko and Y.Fainman “Single-shot sonogram generation
for femtosecond laser pulse diagnostics by use of two-photon
absorption in a silicon CCD camera,” Optics Letters,
vol.27,
no.16, p.1475 (2002).
D. Panasenko,Y. Fainman “Interferometric Correlation
of infrared femtosecond Pulses with Two-Photon Conductivity
in a Silicon CCD”, Applied Optics, 41 p.3748, (2002)
Rong Liu, Schmedake TA, Yang Yang Li, Sailor MJ, Fainman
Y. Novel porous silicon vapor sensor based on polarization
interferometry. Sensors & Actuators B-Chemical,
vol.B87, no.1, 15 Nov. 2002, pp.58-62.
Marom, D.M.; Panasenko,
D.; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman, Y. Linear and nonlinear
operation of a time-to-space processor. Journal of the
Optical Society of America A (Optics, Image Science
and Vision), vol.18, (no.2), Opt. Soc. America, Feb.
2001. p.448-58
Marom DM, Panasenko D, Pang-Chen Sun, Mazurenko YT,
Fainman Y. Real-time spatial-temporal signal processing
with optical nonlinearities. IEEE Journal of Selected
Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol.7, no.4, July-Sept.
2001, pp.683-93.
W. Nakagawa, R.-C. Tyan, P.-C. Sun, F. Xu, and Y.
Fainman, "Ultrashort pulse propagation in near-field
periodic diffractive structures by use of rigorous coupled-wave
analysis," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1072-1081 (2001).
Dmitriy Panasenko, Pang-Chen Sun, Nikola Alic, and
Yeshaiahu Fainman, Ultrashort Laser Pulse Diagnostics
Using the Local Spectrum Function, OSA Trends in Optics
and Photonics Vol. 49, Ultrafast Electronics and Optoelectronics,
Y-K. Chen, Wayne Knox, and Mark Rodwell, eds. (Optical
Society of America, Washington, DC 2001), pp. 14-18
Rokitski, R.; Sun, P.-C.; Fainman, Y. "Study
of spatial-temporal characteristics of optical fiber
based on ultrashort-pulse interferometry." Optics
Letters, vol.26, (no.15), Opt. Soc. America, 1 Aug.
2001. p.1125-7. 7 references.
Oba, K.; Sun, P.-C.; Mazurenko, Y.; Fainman, Y. Optical
data storage and detection with femtosecond laser pulses.
Optical Memory & Neural Networks, vol.9, (no.4),
Allerton Press, 2000. p.287-300.
Nakagawa, W.; Rong-Chung
Tyan; Pang-Chen Sun; Fang Xu; Fainman, Y. Ultrashort
pulse propagation in near-field periodic diffractive
structures by use of rigorous coupled-wave analysis.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A (Optics,
Image Science and Vision), vol.18, (no.5), Opt. Soc.
America, May 2001. p.1072-81.
Marom, D.M.; Panasenko, D.; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y. Linear and nonlinear operation of a time-to-space
processor. Journal of the Optical Society of America
A (Optics, Image Science and Vision), vol.18, (no.2),
Opt. Soc. America, Feb. 2001. p.448-58.
Guoqiang Li; Pang-Chen Sun; Lin, P.C.; Fainman, Y.
Interference microscopy for three-dimensional imaging
with wavelength-to-depth encoding. Optics Letters, vol.25,
(no.20), Opt. Soc. America, 15 Oct. 2000. p.1505-7.
Marom, D.; Panasenko, D.; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y. Femtosecond-rate space-to-time conversion. Journal
of the Optical Society of America B (Optical Physics),
vol.17, (no.10), Opt. Soc. America, Oct. 2000. p.1759-73.
Nakagawa, W.; Rong-Chung Tyan; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y. Near-field localization of ultrashort optical pulses
in transverse 1-D periodic nanostructures. Optics Express,
vol.7, (no.3), Opt. Soc. America, 31 July 2000.
Sungdo Cha; Lin, P.C.; Lijun Zhu; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y. Nontranslational three-dimensional profilometry by
chromatic confocal microscopy with dynamically configurable
micromirror scanning. Applied Optics, vol.39, (no.16),
Opt. Soc. America, 1 June 2000. p.2605-13.
Shames, P.E.; Laut, S.; Ambs, P.; Fainman, Y. Analysis
of optoelectronic system for space variant processing.
Optical Memory & Neural Networks, vol.8, (no.3),
Allerton Press, 1999. p.165-76.
Xu, F.; Rong-Chung Tyan; Pang-Chen Sun; Ford, J.E.;
Krishnamoorthy, A.V.; Scherer, A.; Marom, D.; Shames,
P.; Fainman, Y. Multifunctional diffractive optical
elements for free space optical interconnects. Optical
Memory & Neural Networks, vol.8, (no.3), Allerton
Press, 1999. p.177-85.
Pang-Chen Sun; Oba, K.; Mazurenko, Y.T.; Fainman,
S.Y. Space-time processing with photorefractive volume
holography. Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.87, (no.12),
IEEE, Dec. 1999. p.2086-97.
Lijun Zhu; Pang-Chen Sun; Bartsch, D.-U.; Freeman,
W.R.; Fainman, Y. Wave-front generation of Zernike polynomial
modes with a micromachined membrane deformable mirror.
Applied Optics, vol.38, (no.28), Opt. Soc. America,
1 Oct. 1999. p.6019-26.
Marom, D.M.; Panasenko, D.; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y. Spatial-temporal wave mixing for space-time conversion.
Optics Letters, vol.24, (no.8), Opt. Soc. America, 15
April 1999. p.563-5.
Lijun Zhu; Pang-Chen Sun; Bartsch, D.-U.; Freeman,
W.R.; Fainman, Y. Adaptive control of a micromachined
continuous-membrane deformable mirror for aberration
compensation. Applied Optics, vol.38, (no.1), Opt. Soc.
America, 1 Jan. 1999. p.168-76.
Lijun Zhu; Bartsch, D.-U.; Freeman, W.R.; Pang-Chen
Sun; Fainman, Y. Modeling human eye aberrations and
their compensation for high-resolution retinal imaging.
Optometry and Vision Science, vol.75, (no.11), Williams
& Wilkins for American Acad. Optometry, Nov. 1998.
p.827-39.
Mazurenko, Y.T.; Fainman, Y. Cross talk of wavelength-multiplexed
quasi-infinite holograms. Optics Letters, vol.23, (no.12),
Opt. Soc. America, 15 June 1998. p.963-5.
Shames, P.E.; Pang Chen Sun; Fainman, Y. Modeling
of scattering and depolarizing electro-optic devices.
I. Characterization of lanthanum-modified lead zirconate
titanate. Applied Optics, vol.37, (no.17), Opt. Soc.
America, 10 June 1998. p.3717-25.
Slutsky, B.A.; Ramesh Rao; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y. Security of quantum cryptography against individual
attacks. Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
Physics), vol.57, (no.4), APS through AIP, April 1998.
p.2383-98.
Rong-Chung Tyan; Salvekar, A.A.; Hou-Pu Chou; Chuan-Cheng
Cheng; Scherer, A.; Pang-Chen Sun; Fang Xu; Fainman,
Y. Design, fabrication, and characterization of form-birefringent
multilayer polarizing beam splitter. Journal of the
Optical Society of America A (Optics, Image Science
and Vision), vol.14, (no.7), Opt. Soc. America, July
1997. p.1627-36.
Slutsky, B.; Sun, P.C.; Mazurenko, Y.; Rao, R.; Fainman,
Y. Effect of channel imperfection on the secrecy capacity
of a quantum cryptographic system. Journal of Modern
Optics, vol.44, (no.5), Taylor & Francis, May 1997.
p.953-61.
Sun, P.C.; Mazurenko, Y.T.; Fainman, Y. Femtosecond
pulse imaging: ultrafast optical oscilloscope. Journal
of the Optical Society of America A (Optics, Image Science
and Vision), vol.14, (no.5), Opt. Soc. America, May
1997. p.1159-70.
Fang Xu; Rong-Chung Tyan; Pang-Chen Sun; Fainman,
Y.; Chuan-Cheng Cheng; Scherer, A. Fabrication, modeling,
and characterization of form-birefringent nanostructures.
Optics Letters, vol.20, (no.24), Opt. Soc. America,
15 Dec. 1995. p.2457-9.
Sun, P.C.; Mazurenko, Y.T.; Chang, W.S.C.; Yu, P.K.L.;
Fainman, Y. All-optical parallel-to-serial conversion
by holographic spatial-to-temporal frequency encoding.
Optics Letters, vol.20, (no.16), 15 Aug. 1995. p.1728-30.
Thomas, J.A.; Fainman, Y. Programmable diffractive
optical element using a multichannel lanthanum-modified
lead zirconate titanate phase modulator. Optics Letters,
vol.20, (no.13), 1 July 1995. p.1510-12.
Richter, I.; Sun, P.-C.; Xu, F.; Fainman, Y. Design
considerations of form birefringent microstructures.
Applied Optics, vol.34, (no.14), 10 May 1995. p.2421-9.
Sun, P.C.; Mazurenko, Y.; Fainman, Y. Long-distance
frequency-division interferometer for communication
and quantum cryptography. Optics Letters, vol.20, (no.9),
1 May 1995. p.1062-4.
Fang Xu; Rao, R.; Fainman, Y. Intelligent photonic
switch based on polarization-selective birefringent
computer-generated holograms. Optics Letters, vol.20,
(no.3), 1 Feb. 1995. p.336-8.
F. Xu, J. Ford, and Y. Fainman, "Polarization
Selective Computer Generated Holograms: Design, Fabrication
and Applications," Appl. Opt. 34, 256 (1995).
F. Xu, R. Rao and Y. Fainman, "An Intelligent
Photonic Switch Using Polarization Selective Birefringent
Computer Generated Holograms," Opt. Lett. 20, 336
(1995).
H. Sasaki, J. Ma, Y. Fainman, S. H. Lee and Y. Taketomi,
"Dynamics of Composite Gratings in Photorefractive
Crystals for Memory Applications," J. Opt. Soc.
Am. 11, 2456 (1994).
