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Dr Maziar P. Nezhad

Reader in Nano-Opto-Mechanics

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Dr Maziar Nezhad a senior lecturer at the School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University. He received his PhD from the University of California San Diego (2007, Photonics), where he investigated the photonic properties of metallo-dielectric structures, including some of the earliest work on the mitigation of losses in plasmonic devices using gain compensation.

After graduation, he continued research in this area at UCSD's Qualcomm Institute (formerly CalIT), which culminated in demonstrating the first 3D subwavelength nanolaser operating at room temperature. In parallel he worked on optical interconnects and resonant devices in silicon photonic systems, including developing processes for fabricating extremely low-loss optical waveguides in silicon.

From 2011-2013 he was a visiting research scientist in the Integrated Photonics Laboratory at RWTH Aachen where he continued work on silicon-based interconnects, ultra-high Q resonators and silicon photonic devices including strained silicon modulators.

His current research activities include nanophotonics, nan-optomechanics, plasmonics, group IV photonics (silicon, germanium, diamond), nanofabrication and the application of photonics in other disciplines.

More information about his research can be found at: http://nanophotonics.bangor.ac.uk

Dr Maziar P. Nezhad

View Dr Maziar P. Nezhad’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Several projects in the areas of combined nanophotonic and MEMS devices for telecommunications and sensing are available. While funded PhD positions may be available on a case by case basis, in general potential PhD students should have an external source for funding thier PhD study.

Publications

2020

  • PublishedHybrid Diamond/Silicon Suspended Integrated Photonic Platform using SF6 Isotropic Etching
    Abdou, A., Richter, J., Thomas, E. L. H., Mandal, S., Ren, Z., Pedersen, R. H., Williams, O. A., Witzens, J., Nezhad, M. P. & Panduranga, P., 9 Apr 2020, 2019 IEEE 2nd British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP). London: IEEE
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2019

  • PublishedIsotropic silicon etch characteristics in a purely inductively coupled SF6 plasma
    Panduranga, P., Abdou, A., Pedersen, R. H., Ren, Z. & Nezhad, M., 30 Nov 2019, In : Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. 37, 6, 061206.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2018

  • PublishedAir-clad suspended nanocrystalline diamond ridge waveguides
    Abdou, A., Panduranga, P., Richter, J., Thomas, E. L. H., Mandal, S., Williams, O. A., Witzens, J. & Nezhad, M., 15 May 2018, In : Optics Express. 26, 11, p. 13883-13890
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedHigh-Q inverted silica microtoroid resonators monolithically integrated into a silicon photonics platform
    Richter, J., Nezhad, M. P., Hadam, B., Taubner, T., Knoch, J., Merget, F., Moscoso-Mártir, A. & Witzens, J., 15 Oct 2018, In : Optics Express. 26, 21, p. 27418-27440
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2016

  • PublishedCO2 laser micromachining of nanocrystalline diamond films grown on doped silicon substrates
    Richter, J., Abdou, A., Williams, O. A., Witzens, J. & Nezhad, M. P., 23 Nov 2016, In : OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS. 6, 12, p. 3916-3926
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2015

  • PublishedMonolithically integrated waveguide-coupled silica microtoroids
    Nezhad, M., Richter, J., Nezhad, M. P. & Witzens, J., 28 Jul 2015, p. 1-3.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedOn the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon
    Nezhad, M., Azedeh, S. S., Merget, F., Nezhad, M. P. & Witzens, J., 15 Apr 2015, In : Optics Letters. 40, 8, p. 1877-1880
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2014

  • PublishedNanoscale Metallo-Dielectric Coherent Light Sources
    Nezhad, M., Nezhad, M. P., Simic, A., Mizrahi, A., Lee, J. H., Kats, M., Bondarenko, O., Gu, Q., Lomakin, V., Slutsky, B., Fainman, Y., De La Rue, R. M. (ed.), Siyuan, Y. (ed.) & Lourtioz, J. M. (ed.), 25 Apr 2014, Compact Semiconductor Lasers. 2014 ed. Wiley, p. 1-32
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedSilicon nanophotonics integration for chip-scale optical communication
    Nezhad, M., Grieco, A., Tan, D. T., Ikeda, K., Nezhad, M. P., Puckett, M. & Fainman, Y., 8 Mar 2014, p. 898908.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedSubwavelength semiconductor lasers for dense chip-scale integration
    Nezhad, M., Gu, Q., Smalley, J. S., Nezhad, M. P., Simic, A., Lee, J. H., Katz, M., Bondarenko, O., Slutsky, B., Mizrahi, A., Lomakin, V. & Fainman, Y., 31 Mar 2014, In : Advances in Optics and Photonics. 6, 1, p. 1-56
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2013

  • PublishedPurcell effect in sub-wavelength semiconductor lasers
    Gu, Q., Slutsky, B., Vallini, F., Smalley, J. S. T., Nezhad, M. P., Frateschi, N. C. & Fainman, Y., 1 Jul 2013, In : Optics Express. 21, 13, p. 15603-15617 15 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedSilicon nanophotonic devices for chip-scale optical communication applications
    Nezhad, M., Fainman, Y., Nezhad, M. P., Tan, D. T., Ikeda, K., Bondarenko, O. & Grieco, A., 1 Feb 2013, In : Applied Optics. 52, 4, p. 613-624
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2012

  • PublishedOptical Bistability in a Silicon Waveguide Distributed Bragg Reflector Fabry-Perot Resonator
    Grieco, A., Slutsky, B., Tan, D. T. H., Zamek, S., Nezhad, M. P. & Fainman, Y., 15 Jul 2012, In : Journal of Lightwave Technology. 30, 14, p. 2352-2355 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2011

  • PublishedElectrically pumped sub-wavelength metallo-dielectric pedestal pillar lasers
    Lee, J. H., Khajavikhan, M., Simic, A., Gu, Q., Bondarenko, O., Slutsky, B., Nezhad, M. P. & Fainman, Y., 24 Oct 2011, In : Optics Express. 19, 22, p. 21524-21531 8 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedEtch-free low loss silicon waveguides using hydrogen silsesquioxane oxidation masks
    Nezhad, M. P., Bondarenko, O., Khajavikhan, M., Simic, A. & Fainman, Y., 26 Sep 2011, In : Optics Express. 19, 20, p. 18827-18832 6 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedNear-field measurement of amplitude and phase in silicon waveguides with liquid cladding
    Ayache, M., Nezhad, M. P., Zamek, S., Abashin, M. & Fainman, Y., 15 May 2011, In : Optics Letters. 36, 10, p. 1869-1871 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedThird-order nonlinearity in silicon beyond 2350 nm
    Gholami, F., Zlatanovic, S., Simic, A., Liu, L., Borlaug, D., Alic, N., Nezhad, M. P., Fainman, Y. & Radic, S., 22 Aug 2011, In : Applied Physics Letters. 99, 8
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedWafer Bonded Subwavelength Metallo-Dielectric Laser
    Bondarenko, O., Simic, A., Gu, Q., Lee, J. H., Slutsky, B., Nezhad, M. P. & Fainman, Y., 26 Jun 2011, In : IEEE Photonics Journal. 3, 3, p. 608-616 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedWide bandwidth, low loss 1 by 4 wavelength division multiplexer on silicon for optical interconnects
    Tan, D. T. H., Ikeda, K., Zamek, S., Mizrahi, A., Nezhad, M. P., Krishnamoorthy, A. V., Raj, K., Cunningham, J. E., Zheng, X., Shubin, I., Luo, Y. & Fainman, Y., 31 Jan 2011, In : Optics Express. 19, 3, p. 2401-2409 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2010

  • PublishedCompact chip-scale filter based on curved waveguide Bragg gratings
    Zamek, S., Tan, D. T. H., Khajavikhan, M., Ayache, M., Nezhad, M. P. & Fainman, Y., 15 Oct 2010, In : Optics Letters. 35, 20, p. 3477-3479 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedPolarization weighting of Fano-type transmission through bi-dimensional metallic gratings
    Tetz, K., Lomakin, V., Nezhad, M. P., Pang, L. & Fainman, Y., 1 Apr 2010, In : Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 27, 4, p. 911-917 7 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedRoom-temperature subwavelength metallo-dielectric lasers
    Nezhad, M., Simic, A., Bondarenko, O., Slutsky, B., Mizrahi, A., Feng, L., Lmakin, V. & Fainman, Y., 1 Jun 2010, In : Nature Photonics. 4, 6, p. 395-399
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2008

  • PublishedLow threshold gain metal coated laser nanoresonators
    Mizrahi, A., Lomakin, V., Slutsky, B. A., Nezhad, M. P., Feng, L. & Fainman, Y., 1 Jun 2008, In : Optics Letters. 33, 11, p. 1261-1263 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedWavelength selective coupler with vertical gratings on silicon chip
    Ikeda, K., Nezhad, M. & Fainman, Y., 23 May 2008, In : Applied Physics Letters. 92, 20
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2007

  • PublishedContinuous-wave band translation between the near-infrared and visible spectral ranges
    Jiang, R., Saperstein, R. E., Alic, N., Nezhad, M., McKinstrie, C. J., Ford, J. E., Fainman, Y. & Radic, S., 1 Jan 2007, In : Journal of Lightwave Technology. 25, 1, p. 58-66 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2006

  • PublishedParametric wavelength conversion from conventional near-infrared to visible band
    Jiang, R., Saperstein, R., Alic, N., Nezhad, M., McKinstrie, C., Ford, J., Fainman, Y. & Radic, S., 1 Dec 2006, In : IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 18, 21-24, p. 2445-2447 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2005

  • PublishedExcitation and direct imaging of surface plasmon polariton modes in a two-dimensional grating
    Tetz, KA., Rokitski, R., Nezhad, M. & Fainman, Y., 14 Mar 2005, In : Applied Physics Letters. 86, 11
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedForm-birefringence structure fabrication in GaAs by use of SU-8 as a dry-etching mask
    Pang, L., Nezhad, M., Levy, U., Tsai, CH. & Fainman, Y., 20 Apr 2005, In : Applied Optics. 44, 12, p. 2377-2381 5 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedImplementation of a graded-index medium by use of subwavelength structures with graded fill factor
    Levy, U., Nezhad, M., Kim, HC., Tsai, CH., Pang, L. & Fainman, Y., 1 Apr 2005, In : Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 22, 4, p. 724-733 10 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2004

  • PublishedGain assisted propagation of surface plasmon polaritons on planar metallic waveguides
    Nezhad, MP., Tetz, K. & Fainman, Y., 23 Aug 2004, In : Optics Express. 12, 17, p. 4072-4079 8 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Projects

  • Mid-IR Diamond Integrated Photonics

    01/03/2020 – 30/04/2021 (Active)

  • Light Actuated Microrobots

    25/06/2018 – 31/07/2021 (Active)

  • Light Actuated Microrobots

    25/06/2018 – 24/01/2022 (Active)

  • Chip-Scale Optical Microresonators with MEMS tunability

    01/11/2014 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

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