Biography
2002 BS Engineering Sciences (Lasers and Optics), GIK Institute, Pakistan
2004 MS Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2007 MS Optical Science, CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando
2012 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando
Awards & Honors
2012
UCF Innovator Award
2012
CREOL Student of the Year Finalist
2011
Travel grants (from IEEE Photonics Society, UCF, CREOL)
2011
IEEE Outstanding Engineering Graduate Student Award
2011
$1000 IEEE Scholarship (Orlando Section)
2011
Who's Who Among Students Scholarship
2010
Outstanding presentation award at CREOL Industrial Affiliates Day
2009
$2000 SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering
2006
$1500 UCF Graduate Research Fellowship
2005
Plaque for Intel's first continuous wave Silicon Raman Laser
Recent Publications
2012
P. J. Delfyett, D. Mandridis, M. Piracha, D. Nguyen,
"Chirped pulse laser sources and applications"
Progress in Quantum Electronics, 36(4–6), pp. 475–540, July–November (INVITED REVIEW PAPER)
2012
S. Shabahang, M. P. Marquez, G. Tao, M. U. Piracha, D. Nguyen, P. J. Delfyett, and A. F. Abouraddy
"Octave-spanning infrared supercontinuum generation in robust chalcogenide nano-tapers using picosecond pulses"
Optics Letters 37, pp. 4639-4641
2012
D. Nguyen, M. U. Piracha, and P. J. Delfyett
"Transform Limited Pulses for Chirped Pulse Amplification Systems Utilizing an Active Feedback Pulse Shaping Technique Enabling Five Times Increase in Peak Power"
Optics Letters, 37(23) pp. 4913-4915, DOI 10.1364/OL.37.004913
Dat Nguyen, Mohammad Umar Piracha, and Peter J. Delfyett
"Transform-limited pulses for chirped-pulse amplification systems utilizing an active feedback pulse shaping technique enabling five time increase in peak power"
Optics Letters 37(23), pp.4913-4915
I. Ozdur, D. Mandridis, M. U. Piracha, M. Akbulut, N. Hoghooghi, and P. J. Delfyett
"Optical frequency stability measurement using an etalon based optoelectronic oscillator"
IEEE Photonics Technical Letters 23(4), pp. 263-265
2011
M. Piracha, D. Nguyen, I. Ozdur, and P. J. Delfyett
"Simultaneous ranging and velocimetry of fast moving targets using oppositely chirped pulses from a mode-locked laser"
Optics Express 19(12), pp.11213-11219
I. Ozdur, M. Akbulut, N. Hoghooghi, D. Mandridis, M.U. Piracha, P.J. Delfyett
"Optoelectronic Loop Design with 1000 Finesse Fabry-Perot Etalon"
Optics Letters 35(6), pp. 799-801
2010
M.U. Piracha, D. Nguyen, D. Mandridis, T. Yilmaz, I. Ozdur, S. Ozharar, P.J. Delfyett
"Range Resolved Lidar for Long Distance Ranging with Sub-Millimeter Resolution"
Optics Express 18(7), pp. 7184-7189
