Prof. Curtis R. Menyuk Profile

Prof. Curtis R. Menyuk

Professor at Univ of Maryland Baltimore County

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (23)

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2024 Presentation

Multicolor, broad-bandwidth solitons in microresonators

Curtis Menyuk, Pradyoth Shandilya, Logan Courtright, Grégory Moille, Kartik Srinivasan

Proceedings Volume PC13110, PC1311007 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3027272

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Microresonators, Frequency combs, Signal processing, Optical parametric oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 1 October 2024 Presentation + Paper

Thermal characterization of modified uni-traveling carrier photodetectors: insights into temperature-dependent performance metrics

Ergun Simsek, Curtis Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 13129, 131290C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3025230

KEYWORDS: Photodetectors, Quantum efficiency, Temperature distribution, Indium gallium arsenide, Electric fields, Electrical conductivity, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 7 June 2024 Poster + Paper

Comparison of nano holes and nano pillars moth eye structures for mid-wave infrared

Rachit Sood, Chaoran Tu, Joel Hensley, Douglas Bamford, David Woolf, Narsingh Singh, Curtis Menyuk, Fow-Sen Choa

Proceedings Volume 13030, 130300H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013933

KEYWORDS: Eye, Gallium arsenide, Scanning electron microscopy, Mid infrared, Reflection, Solar cells, Contamination, Refractive index, Lithography, Fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

AC Kerr-induced synchronization

Grégory Moille, Usman Javid, Michal Chojnacky, Pradyoth Shandilya, Curtis Menyuk, Kartik Srinivasan

Proceedings Volume PC12871, PC1287107 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001896

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Microresonators, Optical coherence, Microwave radiation, Laser frequency, Laser resonators, Teeth, Solitons

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Self-balancing of a cavity soliton in the Kerr-induced synchronization regime for efficient carrier envelope detection

Pradyoth Shandilya, Gregory Moille, Michal Chojnacky, Usman Javid, Curtis Menyuk, Kartik Srinivasan

Proceedings Volume PC12871, PC1287106 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002533

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Teeth, Terahertz radiation, Cesium, Telecommunications, Silicon nitride, Repetition frequency, Phase matching, Microrings, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 4 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Designing silicon-germanium photodetectors with numerical optimization: the tradeoffs and limits

Ergun Simsek, Curtis Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 12647, 126470L (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676137

KEYWORDS: Photodetectors, Quantum efficiency, Doping, Design and modelling, Silicon, Mathematical optimization, Particle swarm optimization, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 4 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Attention mechanisms for broadband feature prediction for electromagnetic and photonic applications

Ergun Simsek, Masoud Soroush, Gregory Moille, Kartik Srinivasan, Curtis Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 12675, 126750B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676135

KEYWORDS: Education and training, Neural networks, Design and modelling, Terahertz radiation, Data modeling, Interpolation, Waveguides, Resonators, Performance modeling, Mathematical optimization

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Proceedings Article | 27 March 2023 Poster

Limitations of the power threshold for fiber amplifiers with both the Brillouin and transverse mode instabilities

Josh Young, Curtis Menyuk, Jonathan Hu

Proceedings Volume 12400, 124001T (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650747

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Bismuth, Rayleigh scattering, Scattering, Phonons, Light scattering, Laser scattering, Fiber lasers, Acoustics

Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Interwoven multi-color solitons from their elastic collision in an integrated microring resonator

Gregory Moille, Curtis Menyuk, Kartik Srinivasan

Proceedings Volume PC12407, PC124070B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649889

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Resonators, Microrings, Microresonators, Particles, Frequency combs, Teeth, Pulsed laser operation, Optical clocks, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Two-dimensional frequency comb from cascaded nonlinear mixing of a multi-color soliton in an integrated microresonator

Gregory Moille, Pradyoth Shandilya, Curtis Menyuk, Avik Dutt, Yanne Chembo, Kartik Srinivasan

Proceedings Volume PC12407, PC124070A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2648900

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Frequency combs, Microresonators, Microrings, Resonators, Phase velocity, Terahertz radiation, Superposition, Ranging, Phase shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 2 November 2022 Presentation + Paper

Stability and noise in frequency combs: efficient and accurate computation using dynamical methods

Curtis Menyuk, Shaokang Wang

Proceedings Volume 12273, 1227304 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644162

KEYWORDS: Frequency combs, Pulsed laser operation, Monte Carlo methods, Systems modeling, Solitons, Latex, Laser development, Fiber lasers, Laser systems engineering, Doping

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2021 Presentation

Accurate and efficient modeling of the transverse mode instability in high-energy laser amplifiers using the phase-matched model

Curtis Menyuk, Joshua Young, Jonathan Hu, Andrew Goers, David Brown, Michael Dennis

Proceedings Volume 11867, 118670B (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2603809

KEYWORDS: Laser amplifiers, Wave propagation, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Numerical simulations, Laser development, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 31 January 2020 Paper

Reproducible array image translation and recreation in nano photolithography

Rachit Sood, Chaoran Tu, Douglas Bamford, Joel Hensley, David Woolf, C. Menyuk, Fow-Sen Choa

Proceedings Volume 11288, 1128824 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2550387

KEYWORDS: Photomasks, Optical lithography, Fourier transforms, Antireflective coatings, Lithography, Nanolithography, Photoresist materials, Near field diffraction, Ultraviolet radiation, Gallium arsenide

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2017 Presentation + Paper

Chalcogenide negative curvature fibers

Curtis Menyuk, Chengli Wei, R. Joseph Weiblen, Jonathan Hu, Rafael Gattass, L. Brandon Shaw, Jasbinder Sanghera

Proceedings Volume 10435, 104350I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2279958

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Chalcogenides, Optical simulations, Silica, Carbon dioxide lasers, Photonic crystal fibers, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2017 Presentation

Distinguishing between whole cells and cell debris using surface plasmon coupled emission (Conference Presentation)

Muhammad Talukder, Curtis Menyuk, Yordan Kostov

Proceedings Volume 10068, 100680D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250342

KEYWORDS: Surface plasmons, Life sciences, Fluorescent markers, Cameras, Digital imaging, Biological research, Tissues, Current controlled current source

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 August 2014

Aberrated beam propagation through turbulence and comparison of Monte Carlo simulations to field test measurements

Nelofar Mosavi, Charles Nelson, Brian Marks, Bradley Boone, Curtis Menyuk

OE, Vol. 53, Issue 08, 086108, (August 2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.53.8.086108

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Turbulence, Beam propagation method, Atmospheric propagation, Atmospheric propagation engineering, Atmospheric turbulence, Laser beam propagation, Scintillation, Statistical analysis, Gaussian beams

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 2014 Paper

Simulation of partially spatially coherent laser beam and comparison with field test data for both terrestrial and maritime environments

N. Mosavi, C. Nelson, B. Marks, B. Boone, C. Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 9080, 908015 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053883

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Scintillation, Monte Carlo methods, Optical simulations, Laser beam propagation, Turbulence, Spatial coherence, Beam propagation method, Receivers, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 6 March 2014 Paper

Optical beam spreading in the presence of both atmospheric turbulence and quartic aberration

N. Mosavi, B. Marks, B. Boone, C. Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 8971, 897103 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033561

KEYWORDS: Digital signal processing, Monte Carlo methods, Atmospheric turbulence, Turbulence, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric propagation, Gaussian beams, Solids, Free space optical communications, Laser beam propagation

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2013 Paper

Maximizing the bandwidth while minimizing the spectral fluctuations using supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal chalcogenide fibers

C. Menyuk, R. Weiblen, J. Hu, L. Shaw, J. Sanghera, I. Aggarwal

Proceedings Volume 8898, 88980C (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2031967

KEYWORDS: Chalcogenides, Supercontinuum generation, Photonic crystals, Solitons, Visible radiation, Mid-IR, Silica, Four wave mixing, Dispersion, Raman spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 29 February 2012 Paper

Potentials and challenges for the optoelectronic oscillator

Weimin Zhou, Olukayode Okusaga, Etgar Levy, James Cahill, Andrew Docherty, Curtis Menyuk, Gary Cater, Moshe Horowitz

Proceedings Volume 8255, 82551N (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.913933

KEYWORDS: Oscillators, Photodetectors, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Optoelectronics, Data modeling, Rayleigh scattering, Optical fibers, Interference (communication), Modulators

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2008 Paper

Turbulent thermal blooming

K. Petrowski, Diane Limsui, C. Menyuk, R. Joseph, M. Thomas, W. Torruellas

Proceedings Volume 6951, 695104 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777577

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Thermal blooming, Atmospheric optics, Turbulence, Laser beam propagation, Distortion, Atmospheric modeling, Refractive index, Atmospheric turbulence, Thermography

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Proceedings Article | 15 April 2008 Paper

Parametric generation in optical fibers in the 900-950nm spectral band

W. Torruellas, M. Dennis, J. Warren, J. Hu, C. Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 6952, 695206 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782852

KEYWORDS: Silica, Crystals, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Dispersion, Optical fibers, Laser sources, Nonlinear crystals, Laser crystals, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1993 Paper

Simulations of spectral broadening by cross-phase modulation (XPM) with chaotic light pulses

Mark Henesian, Sham Dixit, Chien-Jen Chen, Ping-Kong Wai, Curtis Menyuk

Proceedings Volume 1870, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154481

KEYWORDS: Raman scattering, Modulation, Polarization, Raman spectroscopy, Birefringence, Oscillators, Dispersion, Terahertz radiation, Optical simulations, Laser optics

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