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Photonics & Fiber-Optics

Laser, photonics, and fiber-optics consulting for telecommunications, DWDM networks, cellular backhaul, high-frequency trading, homeland security, public safety, and R&D — from link budgets on aging fiber plant to published quantum-imaging experiments.

  • DWDM link budgets
  • PMD & dispersion measurement
  • Fiber plant qualification
  • Free-space optics
  • Laser systems
  • Quantum optics R&D

Representative work

From installed fiber to entangled photons.

Quantum entanglement optical bench experiment

Quantum entanglement experiments

SPDC from a type II beta-barium-borate crystal pumped with a 406 nm UV laser — entangled light produced at the intersection of orthogonal polarization rings.

Ghost image produced with entangled light

Ghost imaging

Quantum-entangled ghost images including the first published ghost image in reflection mode — work published with Boeing co-authors in APS, OSA, and IQEC proceedings.

Titanium sapphire crystal pumped by an argon laser

Laser systems

Hands-on work with Ti:Sapphire and Argon laser systems, including Coherent’s mode-locked Mira.

Chart of PMD statistics for a fiber network

PMD measurement & statistics

Polarization-mode-dispersion statistics across a service provider’s network — 15-year-old fibers included — to qualify plant for higher modulation rates.

Chart of maximum fiber distance versus PMD and data rate

Distance vs. PMD & data rate

Calculated maximum fiber distance versus PMD and data rate, assuming no external PMD compensation.

Chromatic dispersion versus DWDM wavelength curve fits

Dispersion & attenuation curves

Measured chromatic dispersion and attenuation versus DWDM wavelength, curve-fit for direct inclusion in fiber link budgets.

Free-space optics installation on a rooftop

FSO deployments

Free-space-optics installations in Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Rio de Janeiro — and the NY–NJ disaster-recovery link after 9/11.

Chart of hybrid MMW FSO availability

Hybrid MMW / FSO modeling

Distance-versus-availability modeling for hybrid millimeter-wave / FSO links, including FSO up-time share when MMW is primary.

Have a photonics problem?

Describe the wavelength, the fiber, or the experiment — we'll come back with an engineering answer, not a sales call.

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