Botez, Dan

Selected List (see below attached file of the complete list of publications, patents and invited presentations)
D. Botez, S. Kumar, J. C. Shin, L. J. Mawst, I. Vurgaftman and J. R. Meyer, "Temperature Dependence of the Key Electro-Optical Characteristics for Mid-Infrared Emitting Quantum Cascade Lasers", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 97, p. 071101, Aug. 2010.
J. C. Shin, M. D-Souza, Z. Liu. J. Kirch, L. J. Mawst, D. Botez, I. Vurgaftman and J. R. Meyer, "Highly Temperature Insensitive, Deep-Well 4.8-micron Emitting Quantum Cascade Semiconductor Lasers", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 94, p. 201103, May 2009.
Shuang Li and Dan Botez, "Analysis of 2-D Surface-Emitting ROW-DFB Semiconductor Lasers for High-Power, Single-Mode Operation", IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Vol. 43, pp. 655-668, Aug. 2007.
Shuang Li, Dapeng Xu and Dan Botez, "High Power, Single-Mode Operation from Photonic-Lattice Semiconductor Lasers with Controllable Lateral Resonance", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 88, p. 091112, March 2006.
S. Li, G. Witjaksono, S. Macomber and D. Botez, "Analysis of Surface-Emitting 2nd-order Distributed Feedback Lasers with Central Grating Phaseshift", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Vol. 9, pp.1153-1165, Sept./Oct. 2003.
G. Witjaksono and D. Botez, "Surface-Emitting, Single-Lobe Operation from Second-Order Distributed-Reflector Lasers with Central Grating Phaseshift", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 78, pp. 4088-4090, June 2001.
D. Botez, "Design Considerations and Analytical Approximations for High Continuous-Wave Power, Broad-Waveguide Diode Lasers," Applied Physics Letters Vol. 76, pp. 3102-3104, May 1999.
T. Earles, L. Mawst and D. Botez, "1.1 W Continuous-Wave Narrow Spectral Width (< 0.1 nm) Emission from Broad-Stripe, Distributed-Feedback Diode Lasers (λ = 0.893 μm)", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 73, pp. 2072-2074, Oct. 1998.
D. Botez, L. J. Mawst, A. Bhattacharya, J. Lopez, J. Li, T. F. Kuech, V. P. Iakovlev, G. I. Suruceanu, A. Caliman and A. V. Syrbu, "66% CW Wallplug Efficiency from Al-Free 0.98 μm-emitting Diode Lasers", Electronics Letters Vol. 32, pp. 2012-2014, Oct. 1996
D. Botez, A. P. Napartovich and C. A. Zmudzinski, "Phase-locked Arrays of Antiguides: Analytical Theory II," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Vol. 31, pp. 244-253, Feb. 1995.
D. Botez, "Monolithic Phase-Locked Semiconductor Laser Arrays", Chapter 1 in book Diode Laser Arrays, D. Botez and D. R. Scifres eds., Cambridge University Press, July 1994.
D. Botez and A. P. Napartovich, "Phase-Locked Arrays of Antiguides: Analytical Theory", IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Vol. 30, pp. 975-980, April 1994.
C. A. Zmudzinski, D. Botez and L. J. Mawst, "Simple Description of Laterally Resonant, Distributed-Feedback-like Modes of Arrays of Antiguides", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 60, pp. 1049-1051, March 1992.
D. Botez and T. Holcomb, "Bloch-function Analysis of Antiguided Diode Lasers", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 60, pp. 539-541, Feb. 1992.
D. Botez, M. Jansen, L. J. Mawst, G. Peterson, and T. J. Roth, "Watt-range, Coherent Uniphase Powers from Phase-Locked Arrays of Antiguided Diode Lasers", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 58, pp. 2070-2072, May 1991.
D. Botez, L. J. Mawst, G. Peterson, and T. J. Roth, "Phase-Locked Arrays of Antiguides: Modal Content and Discrimination", IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Vol. 26, pp. 482-495, March 1990.
D. Botez, L. J. Mawst, G. Peterson, and T. J. Roth, "Resonant Optical Transmission and Coupling in Phase-Locked Diode-Laser Arrays of Antiguides: The Resonant-Optical-Waveguide Array", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 54, pp. 2183-2185, May 1989.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

The 2010 Nick Holonyak Jr. Award, Optical Society of America (OSA), see attached file
Fellow of the OSA, 1995
"Doctor Honoris Causa" Honorary Doctoral Degree , University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, 1995
Elected Technical Fellow of TRW Inc., 1991
TRW Chairman's Award for Innovation, 1991
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1986
Outstanding Young Engineer of the IEEE Photonics Society (IEEE Centennial), 1984
Key to the Future Award (IEEE Centennial), 1984
RCA Outstanding Achievement Award, 1979
B.S. with Highest Honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1971
Phi Beta Kappa, 1971
Associate Editor: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (2003-on)
Associate Editor: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (1996-2002)
Guest Co-Editor: Special Issue on Semiconductor Lasers, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, June 1995
Co-Founder of the IEEE International Workshop on Semiconductor Laser Device Physics (1984) and Chairman of the 1984 and 1985 workshops. The workshop is now held annually
IEEE/OSA Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - General Co-Chair : 2006-2007 - Program Co-Chair : 2004-2005 - Semiconductor Lasers Subcommittee Chair : 1997-1998; 1998-1999 - Semiconductor Lasers Subcommittee Member : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000
IEEE International Semiconductor Laser Conference - Americas Committee Chair : 2000 - Program Committee Member : 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990,1996,1998, 2000

Summary

My research interests lie in three major areas of semiconductor-laser device physics : high-power, coherent edge-emitting lasers; high-power, coherent grating surface-emitting lasers; and intersubband-transition emitters . The first two are based on one- and two-dimensional Active Photonic Crystal (APC) structures, respectively, for insuring long-range spatial coherence. The third has to do with electron transitions between the subbands of quantum-well structures or the energy levels in quantum-box structures, and is focused on achieving ultrahigh-efficiency, continuous-wave (CW) operation in the mid-infrared (IR) wavelength range : 3-5 microns

High-power coherent diode lasers have many applications such as as sources for high-speed, high-resolution laser printing; generators of blue light via harmonic conversion; and intersatellite optical communications.

Intersubband CW lasers emitting in the mid-IR have a wide range of applications from high-sensitivity spectroscopy for non-invasive medical diagnostics and/or chemical-agent detection to free-space communications and infrared countermeasures.

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