# Publications

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newest first. Entries are added as they are published.

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> EMode [Software] from EMode Photonix. Available at [emodephotonix.com](https://www.emodephotonix.com).

## Papers

[1] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.589921).

[2] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.596082).

[3] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079411).

[4] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3088466).

[5] 

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](https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2608.03950).

[6] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.553404).

[7] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.555573).

[8] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.554862).

[9] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1109/siphotonics64386.2025.10985391).

[10] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263179).

[11] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53144-7).

[12] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.517190).

[13] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.529487).

[14] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.523615).

[15] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/quantum.2024.qw3a.31).

[16] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2024.fm5e.2).

[17] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2024.fm5e.3).

[18] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799695).

[19] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799908).

[20] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.488065).

[21] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1364/quantum.2023.qth4c.2).

[22] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc57732.2023.10360732).

[23] 

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](https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2023.1324648).

[24] 

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](https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2022.904651).

[25] 

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](https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581674).