Dr. Siamak Forouhar Profile

Dr. Siamak Forouhar

Deputy Director Microdevices Lab at Jet Propulsion Lab

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Conference Chair | Author | Editor

Publications (18)

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 10, 2016

Regrowth-free mid-infrared distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers with sub-watt power consumption

Proc. SPIE. 9767, Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XV

KEYWORDS: Target detection, Mid-IR, Continuous wave operation, Waveguides, Spectrometers, Dielectrics, Laser development, Quantum cascade lasers, Infrared lasers, Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared radiation, Absorption spectroscopy, Laser damage threshold, Semiconducting wafers, Absorption

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 7, 2016

First demonstration of single-mode distributed feedback type-I GaSb cascade diode laser emitting near 2.9 um

Proc. SPIE. 9767, Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XV

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Waveguides, Sensors, Copper, Gallium antimonide, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Heterojunctions, Gallium indium arsenide antimonide phosphide, Absorption

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 17, 2011

Type-I GaSb based single lateral mode diode ridge lasers operating at room temperature in 3.1-3.2 μm spectral region

Proc. SPIE. 7953, Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers X

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Waveguides, Metals, Dielectrics, Laser processing, Gallium antimonide, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Near field optics

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 24, 2011

Compact spectroscopic sensor for air quality monitoring in spacecrafts

Proc. SPIE. 7945, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices VIII

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Molecules, Gases, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Space operations, Carbon monoxide, Absorption

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 24, 2011

Low power consumption lasers for next generation miniature optical spectrometers for trace gas analysis

Proc. SPIE. 7945, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices VIII

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Spectrometers, Quantum efficiency, Reliability, Laser development, Quantum cascade lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Chemical analysis, Space operations, Absorption

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | September 26, 2007

High-reliability pump module for non-planar ring oscillator laser

Proc. SPIE. 6681, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring VIII

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Oscillators, Lasers, Fiber Bragg gratings, Reliability, Laser development, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber coupled lasers

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 12, 2005

Semiconductor lasers beyond the fiber optics telecommunication wavelength

Proc. SPIE. 5653, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environmental Monitoring V

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Continuous wave operation, Electrons, Laser applications, Laser development, Quantum cascade lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Telecommunications, Active optics, Pulsed laser operation

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 14, 1999

Semiconductor laser linewidth measurements for space interferometry applications

Proc. SPIE. 3626, Testing, Packaging, Reliability, and Applications of Semiconductor Lasers IV

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Metrology, Interferometry, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Space telescopes, Collimation, Solids, Chlorine, Optical isolators

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | November 3, 1998

Recent results with the coupled opto-electronic oscillator

Proc. SPIE. 3463, Photonics and Radio Frequency II

KEYWORDS: Spectrum analysis, Oscillators, Mode locking, Interference (communication), Modulators, Semiconductor lasers, Optoelectronics, Picosecond phenomena, Microwave radiation, Pulsed laser operation

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | August 19, 1998

Semiconductor laser-based optoelectronics oscillators

Proc. SPIE. 3547, Semiconductor Lasers III

KEYWORDS: Spectrum analysis, Oscillators, Mode locking, Interference (communication), Modulators, Semiconductor lasers, Optoelectronics, Photonics, Picosecond phenomena, Pulsed laser operation

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | August 19, 1998

Monolithically integrated InGaAsP/InP laser/modulator using identical layer approach for opto-electronic oscillator

Proc. SPIE. 3547, Semiconductor Lasers III

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Oscillators, Aerospace engineering, Modulation, Cladding, Laser applications, Modulators, Semiconductor lasers, Optoelectronics, Microwave radiation

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | August 19, 1998

Multiwavelength arrays of mode-locked lasers for WDM applications

Proc. SPIE. 3547, Semiconductor Lasers III

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Mode locking, Laser applications, Interference (communication), Wavelength division multiplexing, Fiber lasers, Telecommunications, Picosecond phenomena, Time division multiplexing, Single sideband modulation

SPIE Conference Volume | August 19, 1998

Semiconductor Lasers III

SPIE Conference Volume | September 24, 1996

Semiconductor Lasers II

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 1, 1996

InP-based ridge waveguide lasers for wavelength division multiplexing applications

Proc. SPIE. 2690, Wavelength Division Multiplexing Components

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Waveguides, Etching, Wavelength division multiplexing, Control systems, Semiconductor lasers, Semiconducting wafers, Waveguide lasers, Tolerancing, Heterojunctions

SPIE Journal Paper | June 1, 1994

Optical links for cryogenic focal plane array readout

Johnston, Alan , Liu, Duncan , Forouhar, Siamak , Lutes, George , Maserjian, Joseph , Fossum, Eric

OE Vol. 33 Issue 06

KEYWORDS: Modulators, Staring arrays, Waveguides, Modulation, Cryogenics, Receivers, Interference (communication), Interfaces, Fiber optics, Analog electronics

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 20, 1993

Optical links for cryogenic focal plane array readout

Proc. SPIE. 1946, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation

KEYWORDS: Staring arrays, Modulation, Waveguides, Sensors, Interfaces, Interference (communication), Receivers, Modulators, Signal detection, Cryogenics

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 1, 1991

High-power single-element pseudomorphic InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs single-quantum-well lasers for pumping Er-doped fiber amplifiers

Proc. SPIE. 1418, Laser Diode Technology and Applications III

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Quantum wells, Waveguides, Quantum efficiency, Reliability, Laser applications, Reflectivity, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Optical pumping

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Conference Committee Involvement (9)

Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XIV

29 January 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States

Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XIII

14 February 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States

Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices XII

8 February 2015 | San Francisco, California, United States

Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices XI

2 February 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States

Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices X

3 February 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States

Showing 5 of 9 published special sections

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