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Publications pre 2007

2006:

J60. S. Hughes, H. Gotoh and H. Kamada, Classical and quantum optical correlation effects between single quantum dots: The role of the hopping photon, Phys. Rev. B 74, 115334 (2006)

J59. H. Gotoh, H. Sanada, H. Kamada, H. Nakano, S. Hughes, H. Ando, and J. Temmyo, Detecting coupled excitons with microphotoluminescence techniques in bilayer quantum dots, Phys. Rev. B 74, 115322 (2006)

2005:

J58. E. Kuramochi, S. Hughes, A. Shinya, and M. Notomi, Si-based photonic crystal components: Relationship between performance and structural disorder, NTT Technical Review 3, 69 (2005)

J57. E. Kuramochi, M. Notomi, S. Hughes, A. Shinya, T. Watanabe, L. Ramunno, Disorder-induced scattering loss of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs, Phys. Rev. B. 72, 161318(R), (2005)

J56. S. Hughes, Modified spontaneous emission and qubit entanglement from dipole-coupled quantum dots in a photonic crystal nanocavity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 227402 (2005)

J55. S. Hughes, Quantum emission dynamics from a single quantum dot in a planar photonic crystal nanocavity, Opt. Lett. 30, 1393 (2005)

J54. S. Hughes, L. Ramunno, Jeff. F. Young, J. E. Sipe, Extrinsic optical scattering loss in photonic crystal waveguides: Role of fabrication disorder and photon group velocity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 033903 (2005)

2004:

J53. S. Hughes and H. Kamada, Single-quantum-dot strong coupling in a semiconductor photonic crystal nanocavity side coupled to a waveguide, Phys. Rev. B 70, 195313 (2004)

J52. S. Hughes, Enhanced single-photon emission from quantum dots in photonic crystal waveguides and nanocavities, Opt. Lett. 29, 2659 (2004)

J51. S. Hughes, High-field wave packets in semiconductor quantum wells: Real-space finite-difference time-domain formalism, Phys. Rev. B 69, 205308 (2004)

J50. L. Ramunno, S. Hughes, J. F. Young, J. E. Sipe, Extrinsic optical scattering loss in photonic crystal waveguides due to fabrication disorder and surface roughness, SPIE Vol. 5579, 289 (2004).

Note: Between 2001 and 2003, Prof. Hughes joined two exciting nanophotonics start-up companies, Galian Photonics Inc, and Lumerical Solutions Inc. Both of these were a fantastic experience, and Lumerical has now emerged as one of the top optical software companies in the world; in 2021, they were successfully acquired by ANSYS and now operate under Ansys Lumerical: www.lumerical.com/ansys/

J49. S. Hughes, M. Tani, K. Sakai, Vector analysis of terahertz transients generated by photoconductive antennas in near- and far-field regimes, Journal of Applied Physics 93, 4880 (2003)

J48. A. Knorr, S. Hughes, Microscopic theory of ultrashort pulse compression and break-up in a semiconductor optical amplifier, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 13, 782 (2001)

J47. S. Hughes, P. Borri, A. Knorr, F. Romstad, J.M. Hvam, Ultrashort pulse-propagation effects in a semiconductor optical amplifier: Microscopic theory and experiment, IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronic 7, 694 (2001)

J46. S. Hughes, Nonperturbative terahertz-field interactions in semiconductor quantum wires, Phys Rev B 63, 153308 (2001)

J45. D. S. Citrin and S. Hughes, Terahertz-sideband generation in a semiconductor optical amplifier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 1805 (2001)

J44. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Broadband terahertz emission through exciton trapping in a semiconductor quantum well, Opt. Lett. 26, 1 (2001)

J43. S. Hughes, Subfemtosecond soft-x-ray generation from a two-level atom: Extreme carrier-wave Rabi flopping Phys. Rev. A 62, 055401 (2000)

J42. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Electron hole scattering in a highly excited semiconductor quantum well amplifier with terahertz-field-drifted carrier distributions: applications to all-optical switching, Solid State Communications 114, 423 (2000)

J41. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect: perturbative to nonperturbative regime, Opt. Lett. 25, 493 (2000)

J40. D. S. Citrin and S. Hughes, Franz-Keldysh effect on Landau levels and magnetoexcitons in quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 61, R5105 (2000)

J39. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Interaction of terahertz transients and broadband optical pulses in quantum wells, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 17, 128 (2000)

J38. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Excitons in strong terahertz fields: Optical properties and wavepacket dynamics, Physica Status Solidi B 221, 253 (2000)

J37. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, High-Field Franz-Keldysh Effect and Exciton Ionization in Semiconductor Quantum Wires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4228 (2000)

J36. D. S. Citrin and S. Hughes, Franz-Keldysh effect on Landau levels and magnetoexcitons in quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 61, R5105 (2000)

J35. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Dynamic Franz Keldysh effect on magnetoexcitons in quantum wells: beyond perturbation theory, Solid State Communications 113, 11 (1999)

J34. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Creation of highly anisotropic wave packets in quantum wells: Dynamical Franz-Keldysh, effect in the optical and terahertz regimes, Phys. Rev. B 59, R5288 (1999)

J33. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Tunability in the terahertz regime: Charge-carrier wavepacket manipulation in quantum wells, Applied Optics 38, 7153 (1999)

J32. D. S. Citrin and S. Hughes, Circularly polarized dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect, Phys Rev B 60, 13272 (1999)

J31. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Tunable terahertz emission through multiple Rabi flopping in a dc-biased quantum well: a new strategy, Optics Letters 24, 1242 (1999)

J30. S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin, Dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect: excitonic versus free-carrier excitation schemes, Optics Letters 24, 1068 (1999)

J29. C.Z. Ning, S. Hughes, D.S. Citrin, Ultrafast modulation of semiconductor lasers through a terahertz field, Applied Physics Letters 75, 442 (1999)

J28. S. Hughes, DC Citrin, Two-pulse nondegenerate excitation of electron-hole wave packets-in quantum wells: tunable terahertz emission, Optics Letters 24, 560 (1999)

J27. S. Hughes, W. Harshawardhan, D.S. Citrin, Excitonic-state trapping and quasiadiabatic population transfer in a two-band semiconductor Physical Review B 60, 15523 (1999)

J26. S. Hughes, Breakdown of the Area Theorem: Carrier-Wave Rabi Flopping of Femtosecond Optical Pulses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3363 (1998)

J25. S. Hughes, Carrier-carrier interaction and ultrashort pulse propagation in a highly excited semiconductor laser amplifier beyond the rate equation limit, Phys. Rev. A 58, 2567 (1998)

J24. S. Hughes, D.S. Citrin, Terahertz pulse-induced switching of a quantum-well optical amplifier, Applied Physics Letters 73, 3872 (1998)

J23. S. Hughes, D.S. Citrin, Ultrafast heating and switching of a semiconductor optical amplifier using half-cycle terahertz pulses Phys Rev B 58, R15969 (1998)

J22. S. Hughes, Polarization decay in ultrafast collinear nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a semiconductor amplifier, Optics Letters 23, 948 (1998)

J21. A. Schulzgen, N. Peyghambarian, S. Hughes, Doppler-shifted self-reflection from a semiconductor, Physica Status Solidi B 206, 125 (1998)

J20. S. Hughes, G. Spruce, B.S. Wherrett, and T. Kobayashi, Comparison between the optical limiting behavior of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine and a cyanine dye, J. Appl. Phys. 81, 5905 (1997)

J19. S. Hughes, G. Spruce, J. M. Burzler, R. Rangel-Rojo, and B. S. Wherrett, Theoretical analysis of the picosecond, induced absorption exhibited by chloroaluminum phthalocyanine, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 400 (1997)

J18. S. Hughes, B. S. Wherrett, and G. Spruce, Theory and analysis of excitation-probe studies of induced-absorption three-level molecular systems, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 526 (1997)

J17. S. Hughes, A. Knorr, and S. W. Koch, Interplay of optical dephasing and pulse propagation in semiconductors, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 754 (1997)

J16. W. W. Chow, A. Knorr, S. Hughes, A. Girndt, and S. W. Kochi, Carrier correlation effects in a quantum-well semiconductor laser medium, IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 3, 136 (1997)

J15. A.P. Yang, S. Hughes, M. Kuroda, M. Shiraishi, T. Kobayashi, Stationary and time-resolved spectra of 2,2 鈥: 5 鈥,2 鈥-terthiophene, Chemical Physics Letters 280, 475 (1997)

J14. S. Hughes, JM Burzler, T Kobayashi, Modeling of picosecond-pulse propagation for optical limiting applications in the visible spectrum, J Opt Soc Am B 14, 2925 (1997)

J13. S. Hughes, Non-Markovian memory effects in GaN lasers, Solid State Communications 104, 107 (1997).

J12. S. Hughes, T Kobayashi, Ultrafast carrier-carrier scattering in wide-gap GaN semiconductor laser devices, Semiconductor Science and Technology 12, 733 (1997)

J11. S. Hughes, J.M. Burzler, Theory of Z-scan measurements using Gaussian-Bessel beams, Phys Rev A 56, R1103 (1997)

J10. S. Hughes and B.S. Wherrett, Multilevel rate-equation analysis to explain the recent observations of limitations to optical limiting dyes, Phys. Rev. A 54, 3546 (1996)

J9. S. Hughes, A novel computational technique for propagating picosecond, intense laser pulses through a multi-level system, Optics Communications 132, 236 (1996)

J8. S. Hughes, A. Knorr, and S. W. Koch, Femtosecond pulse breakup in a semiconductor amplifier, Opt. Lett. 21, 1052 (1996)

J7. S Hughes, A. Knorr , S.W. Koch, R. Binder, R. Indik, J.V. Moloney, The influence of electron-hole-scattering on the gain spectra of highly excited semiconductors, Solid. State. Commun. 100, 555, (1996)

J6. A. Knorr, S Hughes, TK Stroucken, SW Koch, Theory of ultrafast spatio-temporal dynamics in semiconductor heterostructures, Chemical Physics 210, 27 (1996)

J5. R.A. Indik, R. Binder, M. Mlejnek, J.V. Moloney, S. Hughes, A. Knorr, S.W. Koch, Role of plasma cooling, heating, and memory effects in subpicosecond pulse propagation in semiconductor amplifiers, Phys Rev A 53, 3620 (1996)

J4. S. Hughes, J. M. Burzler, G. Spruce, and B. S. Wherrett, Fast Fourier transform techniques for efficient simulation of Z-scan measurements, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 1888 (1995).

J3. J.M. Burzler, S. Hughes, B.S. Wherrett, Split-step fourier methods applied to model nonlinear refractive effects in optically thick media, Applied Physics B Laser and Optics 62, 389 (1995).

J2. S. Hughes, C.M. Ciesla, B.N. Murdin, C.R. Pidgeon, D.A. Jaroszynski, R. Prazeres, Third-order nonlinearities and coherent transient grating effects of narrow-gap semiconductors in the midinfrared, Journal of Applied Physics 78, 3371 (1995).

J1. S. Hughes, G. Spruce, B. S. Wherrett, K. R. Welford, and A. D. Lloyd, The saturation limit to picosecond, induced absorption in dyes, Opt. Commun. 100, 113 (1993).

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