Robert T. Deck (Nonlinear Optics)

 

       Emeritus Professor of Physics

 Ph.D., 1961, University of Notre Dame

 

  The communications superhighway in the U.S. is only one of the consequences of the growing field of optical communications.

More broadly, the field covers the entire range of phenomena in which signals are carried by light waves rather than electrical currents. Central to the success of optical communications is the ability to develop suitably miniaturized light switching devices that can rapidly transfer light waves between channels. Dr. Deck, in collaboration with

                                                   

Dr. Bagley and their graduate students at the University of Toledo, are involved in researching the theory of such light switching devices. The basic elements in these devices are linear and nonlinear directional couplers consisting of side-by-side miniaturized waveguides. The correct fabrication of an array of waveguides requires computation of the design characteristics needed to produce appropriate coupling lengths and switching intensities. In addition to developing an improved theory of the nonlinear directional coupler, Dr. Deck and his collaborators have added to the theory of bending losses in waveguides, and designed filtering and gating devices based on all straight waveguides to simplify the fabrication of signal processing elements.

Work on these projects is continuing.

 

    In addition Dr. Deck continues his theoretical work related to the foundations of quantum theory.

 

More Recent PhD Students:

 

Chula Mapalagama, 1992

    ("Theory of Pulsed Laser Operated Nonlinear Directional Coupler")

    Present Position:

    Associate Professor of Physics, University of Sri Jpura,  Nupegoda, Sri Lanka

Xiangshan Li, 1995 (

    "Optical Integrated Circuit Theory and Design")

    Present Position: Optical Systems Designer, Austin TX. 

Andrei Piryatinskii, 1997

    ("Nonlinear Absorption and Luminescence in Organic Molecular Crystals")

    Present Position: Research Scientist, Los Alamos Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Anca Sala, 1998

    ("Propagation and Switching of Light in Rectangular Waveguiding Structure")

    Present Position: Chair of Engineering Dept. Baker College, Flint MI. 

Mirko Mirkov, 1998 (Thesis Co-directed with B.G. Bagley)

    ("Design and Analysis of Optical Waveguide Elements in Planar Geometry")  

    Present Position: Senior Scientist, Cynosure, Inc., Chelmsford, MA. 

Yuri Sikororski, 2000 (Thesis Co-directed with B.G. Bagley)

    Present Position: Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Kettering University, 

    Flint, MI. 

Igor Anisimov, 2003 (Thesis Co-directed with B.G. Bagley)

    ("Photonic Integrated Circuits: Trimming, Tuning and Characterization")  

    Present Position: Physicist, Anteon Corporation, Wright-Patterson Air Force

    Base, Dayton, OH. 

Richard Andaloro, 2003 (Thesis Co-directed with H. J. Simon)

    ("Refractometry Using Beam Profile Reshaping with Surface Waves and

     Application to Bioassay")

    Present Position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Urbana College, Urbana OH. Guangzhou (Ed) Chen, 2005 (Thesis Co-directed with B.G. Bagley)

     ("Analysis and Design of Planar Waveguide Elements for Use in Filters and

      Sensors")

     Present Position: Senior Systems Engineer, Link-Quest Inc. San Diego, CA. Diana Stachowiak, (Thesis in Progress Co-directed with Edwyn Smith) 

 

Selected Publications:

 

ÒModified theory of three-channel Kerr-type nonlinear directional couplerÓ Mapalagama, C., and Deck, R.T. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 9: 2258-2264, 1992.

 

ÒImproved theory of nonlinear directional couplerÓ, Deck, R.T., Mapalagama, C.

Internat. Jour. of Nonlinear Optical Phys. 2:43-77, 1993.

 

"A Simple Diffractive Theory of Enhanced Backscattering,"

R. T. Deck and H. J. Simon, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10, 1000-1005 (1993).

 

"Temporal Pulse Reshaping with Surface Waves,"

R. V. Andaloro, H. J. Simon, and R. T. Deck, Applied Optics 33, 6340 (1994).

 

"Can an Observable with Discrete Eigenvalues be Conjugate to a Continuun Observable,"

R. T. Deck and N. Ozturk, Foundations of Physics Letters, 7, 419-436 (1994).

 

"Light Polarizer Based on Antiresonant Reflecting Layers in a Directional Coupler," X. Li and R.T. Deck, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 130 (1995).

 

"Evaluation of the Eigenvalues of Multiple Quantum-Well Potentials,"

R.T. Deck and X. Li,  Am. J. Phys. 63, 920 (1995).

 

"Two-photon Photoluminescence from Organic Donor-Acceptor Crystals with Intermolecular Charge Transfer,"  R.T. Deck, A. Yu. Piraytinskii, Yu. P. Piraytinskii, and E.S. Repetski, Tec. Phys. Lett. 22, 19-20 (1996).

 

"Limitations on the Precision of Atomic Meanlife Measurements,"

L.J. Curtis, R.T. Deck and D.G., Ellis, Physics Letters A, (1997). 

 

"Excimer States and Enhanced Two-photon Absorption in Intramolecular Charge Transfer Crystals,"

A.   Piryantinskii and R.T. Deck. Chem. Phys. Lett. 269, 150-160 (1997).

 

"Derivation of Dimensional and Material Requirements for Propagation/Processing of Temporal Optical Solitons in Planar Geometry Channel Waveguides,"

A.   Sala, M.G. Mirkov, B.G. Bagley and R.T. Deck,

Appl. Opt. 39, 7846-7852 (1997). 

 

"Nonlinear Luminescence from a System of Interacting Frenkel Excitons," A. Piryatinskii, R.T. Deck and A.M. Yarenko, Phys. Rev. A 57, 3867-3878 (1998).

 

"Determination of Bending Losses in Rectangular Waveguides,"

R.T. Deck, M.G. Mirkov, and B.G. Bagley,

Journal of Lightwave Technology 16, 1703-1714 (1998). 

 

"Chromatic Dispersion in Rectangular Geometry Waveguides,"

A.L. Sala, M.G. Mirkov, R.T. Deck and B.G. Bagley,

Journal of Optical Engineering 38, 175-180 (1999). 

 

"Temporal Soliton Switching in a Rectangular Nonlinear Direction Coupler,"

A.L. Sala, B.G. Bagley and R.T. Deck, Applied Optics 38, 5133-5142, (1999).

 

"Analysis of Crosstalk Between Single Mode Rectangular Optical Waveguides," Yuri Sikorski, R.T. Deck, A. Sala, and B.G. Bagley,

Optical Engineering 39, 2015-2020 (2000). 

 

"Use of Depressed Index Cladding Layers to Tailor the chromatic Dispersion and Birefringence of Planar Geometry Waveguides," Anca L. Sala, R.T. Deck and B.G. Bagley, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 12, 305-307, (2000). 

 

"The Connection between Spin-Statistics,"

R.T. Deck and J. Walker, Physica Scripta 63, 7-14 (2001). 

 

"Design of Multichannel Optical Splitter Without Bends,"

M.G. Mirkov, B.G. Bagley and R.T. Deck,

Fiber and Integrated Optics 20, 241-255 (2001). 

 

"Loss in a Rectangular Optical Waveguide Induced by a Crossing Waveguide," R.T. Deck, A. Sala, Yuri Sikorski, and B.G. Bagley,

Optics & Laser Technology 34, 351-356 (2002). 

 

"Design of single wavelength or polarization filter/combinerÓ,

G. Chen, Anca Sala, Y. Sikorski, R.T. Deck and B.G. Bagley,

Fiber and Integrated Optics 24, 1-23 (2005).

 

ÒNuclear size corrections to the energy levels of single-electron and muon atomsÓ, R.T. Deck and J. G. Amar, J. Phys. B 38, 2173-2186 (2005). 

 

ÒOptical interference pattern resulting from excitation of surface mode with diverging beamÓ,

R. Andaloro, R.T. Deck and H.J. Simon,

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 1512-1518 (2005).

 

"Comment on 'Why the Sum is so Large'Ó,

R.T. Deck, American Journal of Physics 74, 938, (2006). 

 

"All-Optical Combiner/Splitter and Gating Devices based on Straight Waveguides" M. Wescott, G. Chen. Y. Zhand, B.G. Bagley and R.T. Deck, to appear in Applied Optics (2007).