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Papers
L. C. Ahler, L. Wang, L. Thiel, P. H. Godoy, A. Qarar, J. Castro, X. Li, Y. Pang, M. Meunier, J. E. Bowers, K. L. Silverman, R. P. Mirin, E. J. Stanton, N. Volet, G. Moody, and E. Z. Ulsig. Low-loss InGaP-on-insulator waveguides for high-efficiency entangled pair generation and nonlinear photonics. Optica, 13(8):1447, 2026. doi:10.1364/optica.589921.
J. C. Loft, A. B. Gardner, K. B. Gravesen, P. Tønning, E. J. Stanton, N. Volet, and E. Z. Ulsig. Visible light propagation loss of LPCVD Si₃N₄ thin films and waveguides: impact of high-temperature annealing. Optics Letters, 51(8):2332, 2026. doi:10.1364/ol.596082.
E. J. Stanton, A. Spott, and M. A. Stanton. Nonlinear and quantum photonics design with numerical modeling. In Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXXIV. 2026. doi:10.1117/12.3079411.
P. U. Tønning, A. B. Gardner, K. B. Gravesen, E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, and N. Volet. Integrated nonlinear conversion of visible diode laser to UV light. In Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXXIV. 2026. doi:10.1117/12.3088466.
A. Z. Leger, E. Z. Ulsig, S. E. Fontaine, D. V. Reddy, E. J. Stanton, L. K. Shalm, R. P. Mirin, M. J. Stevens, J. E. Sipe, N. Volet, and D. R. Hamel. Joint spectral characterization of SPDC photon pairs near 2 µm in (Al)GaAs-on-insulator waveguides. arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.03950, 2026. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.03950.
A. B. Gardner, K. B. Gravesen, J. C. Loft, P. Tønning, E. J. Stanton, E. Z. Ulsig, and N. Volet. Robust and broadband UV laser utilizing Čerenkov phase matching on a hybrid photonic chip. Optics Express, 33(9):19330, 2025. doi:10.1364/oe.553404.
L. C. Ahler, E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, P. H. Godoy, S. C. Weight, N. Nader, A. Z. Leger, I. Degli-Eredi, R. P. Mirin, and N. Volet. Second-order nonlinear frequency conversion in InGaP-on-insulator waveguides. Optics Letters, 50(11):3652, 2025. doi:10.1364/ol.555573.
N. Nader, E. J. Stanton, G. M. Brodnik, N. Jahan, S. C. Weight, L. M. Williams, A. Eshaghian Dorche, K. L. Silverman, S. W. Nam, S. B. Papp, and R. P. Mirin. Heterogeneous tantala photonic integrated circuits for sub-micron wavelength applications. Optica, 12(5):585, 2025. doi:10.1364/optica.554862.
L. C. Ahler, E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, P. H. Godoy, M. A. Stanton, S. K. Weight, A. Z. Leger, N. Nader, I. Degli-Eredi, D. R. Hamel, R. P. Mirin, and N. Volet. High-Efficiency InGaP-on-Silicon Frequency Downconversion for Quantum Communication Applications at 1550 nm. In 2025 IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference (SiPhotonics). 2025. doi:10.1109/siphotonics64386.2025.10985391.
L. C. Ahler, L. Thiel, P. H. Godoy, A. Qarar, X. Li, J. Castro, Y. Pang, M. Meunier, L. Wang, E. J. Stanton, J. E. Bowers, G. Moody, N. Volet, and E. Z. Ulsig. InGaP-on-insulator Waveguides for Entangled Pair Generation. In 2025 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC). 2025. doi:10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263179.
E. J. Stanton, P. Tønning, E. Z. Ulsig, S. Calmar, M. A. Stanton, S. T. Thomsen, K. B. Gravesen, P. Johansen, and N. Volet. Continuous-wave second-harmonic generation in the far-UVC pumped by a blue laser diode. Scientific Reports, 14(1):3238, 2024. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-53144-7.
K. B. Gravesen, A. Brimnes Gardner, E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, M. Torrild Hansen, S. T. Thomsen, L. Ahler, and N. Volet. Nonlinear Schrödinger equation for integrated photonics. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 41(6):1451, 2024. doi:10.1364/josab.517190.
S. R. Sørensen, E. Z. Ulsig, F. E. Philip, F. R. B. Sørensen, M. L. Madsen, A. B. Gardner, P. Tønning, S. T. Thomsen, K. B. Gravesen, E. J. Stanton, and N. Volet. Open-source toolbox for photographic characterization of optical propagation. Optics Letters, 49(15):4098, 2024. doi:10.1364/ol.529487.
E. Z. Ulsig, M. L. Madsen, E. J. Stanton, D. V. Reddy, A. Z. Leger, S. R. Sørensen, P. H. Godoy, I. Degli-Eredi, M. J. Stevens, D. R. Hamel, L. K. Shalm, R. P. Mirin, and N. Volet. Efficient and widely tunable mid-infrared sources using GaAs and AlGaAs integrated platforms for second-order frequency conversion. Optics Express, 32(21):36986, 2024. doi:10.1364/oe.523615.
A. Z. Leger, E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, D. V. Reddy, N. Volet, L. K. Shalm, M. J. Stevens, D. R. Hamel, and R. P. Mirin. Joint Spectral Characterization of Photon Pairs Generated in (Al)GaAs-on-insulator Waveguides. In Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition, QW3A.31. 2024. doi:10.1364/quantum.2024.qw3a.31.
N. Nader, E. J. Stanton, G. M. Brodnik, N. Jahan, S. C. Weight, A. E. Dorche, L. M. Williams, K. L. Silverman, S. W. Nam, S. B. Papp, and R. P. Mirin. Heterogeneous integration of single-frequency lasers at 980 nm. In Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2024, FM5E.2. 2024. doi:10.1364/fio.2024.fm5e.2.
N. Jahan, S. C. Weight, E. J. Stanton, A. E. Dorche, K. L. Silverman, S. W. Nam, R. P. Mirin, and N. Nader. Heterogeneously Integrated Near-Infrared Fabry-Perot Diode Laser on Tantalum Pentoxide. In Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2024, FM5E.3. 2024. doi:10.1364/fio.2024.fm5e.3.
A. B. Gardner, K. B. Gravesen, E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, P. Tønning, and N. Volet. Far-UVC laser based on Čerenkov frequency conversion on a silicon nitride chip. In 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC). 2024. doi:10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799695.
E. Z. Ulsig, L. C. Ahler, E. J. Stanton, M. A. Stanton, S. K. Weight, A. Z. Leger, N. Nader, I. Degli-Eredi, D. R. Hamel, R. P. Mirin, and N. Volet. InGaP-on-insulator waveguides for efficient second-order frequency conversion. In 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC). 2024. doi:10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799908.
M. L. Madsen, E. Z. Ulsig, S. Folsach, P. H. Godoy, E. J. Stanton, and N. Volet. Mid-infrared difference-frequency generation in AlGaAs-on-insulator waveguides. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 40(7):1742, 2023. doi:10.1364/josab.488065.
E. Z. Ulsig, E. J. Stanton, D. V. Reddy, K. Shalm, N. Volet, and R. Mirin. Correlated Photon Pairs Obtained by SPDC in AlGaAs-OI Waveguides. In Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition, QTh4C.2. 2023. doi:10.1364/quantum.2023.qth4c.2.
E. Z. Ulsig, M. Linnet Madsen, E. J. Stanton, D. Venkatarama Reddy, I. Degli-Eredi, R. Mirin, and N. Volet. Single-photon downconversion in GaAs, AlGaAs and InGaP-on-insulator. In 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC). 2023. doi:10.1109/ipc57732.2023.10360732.
M. T. Hansen, E. Z. Ulsig, F. Labbé, M. L. Madsen, Y. Ding, K. Rottwitt, and N. Volet. Efficient and robust second-harmonic generation in thin-film lithium niobate using modal phase matching. Frontiers in Photonics, 4:1324648, 2023. doi:10.3389/fphot.2023.1324648.
E. Z. Ulsig, I. Degli-Eredi, E. J. Stanton, and N. Volet. Efficient Low Threshold Frequency Conversion in AlGaAs-On-Insulator Waveguides. Frontiers in Photonics, 3:904651, 2022. doi:10.3389/fphot.2022.904651.
N. Volet, E. Z. Ulsig, I. Degli Eredi, P. Tønning, and E. J. Stanton. Walk-off effect in nonlinear crystals suitable for UVC generation. In Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XX. 2021. doi:10.1117/12.2581674.