Publications

Exciton-lattice polaritons in multiple-quantum-well-based photonic crystals
D. Goldberg, L. I. Deych, A. A. Lisyansky, Z. Shi, V.M. Menon, V. Tokranov, M. Yakimov and S. Oktyabrsky, Nature Photonics 3, 662 - 666 (2009).
Lunminescence from a Fibonacci photonic crystal
V. Passias, Z Shi, N. Valappil, L. Deych, A. Lisyansky, and V. M. Menon, Optics Express 17, 6636 (2009).
Investigation of steady-state and time resolved luminescence properties of InGaP colloidal quantum dots
S. Chatterjee, N. Valappil, and V. M. Menon, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1133, AA07-18 (2009).
Organic photonic bandgap microcavities doped with semiconductor nanocrystals for room-temperature single photon sources
S. G. Lukishova, L. J. Bissell, V. M. Menon, N. Valappil, M. A. Hahn, C. M. Evans, B. Zimmerman, T. D. Krauss, R. W. Boyd, C. R. Stroud, Jr,, Journal of Modern Optics 56, 167 (2009).
Lasing from quantum dots in a spin-coated flexible microcavity
V. M. Menon, M. Luberto, N. Valappil, S. Chatterjee, Optics Express 16, 19535 (2008).
Solution processed microcavity structures with embedded quantum dots
N. Valappil, M. Luberto, V.M. Menon, I. Zeylikovich, T.K. Gayen, J. Franco, B.B. Das and R.R. Alfano, Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, 5, 184 (2007).
Control of spontaneous emission from colloidal quantum dots in a polymer microcavity
V. M. Menon, N. Valappil, I. Zeylikovich, B. Das, T. Gayen and R. R. Alfano, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 959, M10-01 (2007).
Strong coupling and hybridization of Frenkel and Wannier-Mott excitons in an organic-inorganic optical microcavity
R. J. Holmes, S. Kena-Cohen, V. M. Menon, and S. R. Forrest, Phys. Rev. B 74, 235211 (2006).
Light induced symmetry breaking and related giant enhancement of nonlinear properties in CdZnTe:V crystals
S. Shwartz, R. Weil, M. Segev, E. Lakin, E. Zolotoyabko, V. M. Menon, S. R. Forrest, and U. El-Hanany, Opt. Express 14, 9385 (2006).
Photonic integration using asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) technology – II. Devices
V. M. Menon, F. Xia, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 11, 30-42 (2005).
Photonic integration using asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) technology – I. Concepts and Theory
F. Xia, V. M. Menon, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 11, 17-29 (2005).

Earlier Publications

Reduction of absorption loss in asymmetric twin waveguide laser tapers using argon plasma-enhanced quantum-well intermixing
Y. Huang, F. Xia, V. M. Menon, S. R. Forrest and M. Gokhale, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 16, 2221-2223 (2004).
Control of Q-factor and critical coupling in microring resonators through integration of semiconductor optical amplifier
V.M. Menon, W. Tong, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 16, 1343-1345 (2004).
An asymmetric twin waveguide, 8-channel polarization independent arrayed waveguide grating with an integrated photodiode array
W. Tong, V. M. Menon, F. Xia, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 16, 1170-1172 (2004).
Non-reciprocity of counter propagating signals in a monolithically integrated Sagnac interferometer
V. M. Menon, W. Tong, F. Xia, C. Li, and S. R. Forrest, Optics Letters, 29, 513-515 (2004).
Monolithic integration of a semiconductor optical amplifier and a high bandwidth p-i-n photodiode using asymmetric twin-waveguide technology
F. Xia, J. Wei, V. M. Menon, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 15, 452-454 (2003).
All optical wavelength conversion using a regrowth free monolithically integrated Sagnac Interferometer
V. M. Menon, W. Tong, C Li, F. Xia, I Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 15, 254-256 (2003).
Phonon engineered quantum cascade terahertz emission
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, W. D. Goodhue, A. S. Karakashian, A. Naweed, A. Gatesman, and J. Waldman, Physica E, 15, 197-201 (2002).
Dual frequency quantum cascade terahertz emitter
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, A. S. Karakashian, A. Naweed, J. Plant, L. R. Ram-Mohan, A. Gatesman, V. Badami, and J. Waldman, Applied Physics Letters, 80, 2454-2456 (2002). (Also published in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, 5, #15, 2002.)
Role of interface phonons in quantum cascade terahertz emitters,
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, W. D. Goodhue, A. J. Gatesman, and A. S. Karakashian, Physica B, 316-317, 212-215 (2002).
Phonon mediated lifetimes in intersubband terahertz lasers,
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, A. S. Karakashian, and L. R. Ram-Mohan, Journal of Applied Physics, 88, 5262-5267 (2000).
Waveguide design optimization for a quantum cascade laser emitting at 77 mm,
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, A. S. Karakashian, and L. R. Ram-Mohan, Physica E, 7, 52-57 (2000).
TE- and TM- polarized optoelectronic properties of HgCdTE quantum wells,
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, I. Vurgaftman, and J. R. Meyer, Journal of Electronic Materials, 29, 865-868 (2000).
Invited Presentations

Organic – Inorganic Hybrid Photonic Structures
V. M. Menon, Photonics 2006, Hyderabad, India, December 13-16, 2006.
Photonic integrated circuits for RF, analog links, WDM, and other advanced applications based on Asymmetric twin waveguide technology
V. M. Menon and S. R. Forrest, Integrated Photonics Research and Applications, San Diego, CA, April 11-13, 2005.
Photonic integrate circuits using asymmetric twin waveguide technology
V. M. Menon, and S. R. Forrest, Frontiers in Optics, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY, October 10-14, 2004.
Asymmetric twin waveguide technology for monolithic photonic integration,
V.M.Menon, Workshop on Integrated Waveguide Devices, Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February 22-27, 2004.
Monolithic integration of active and passive elements for all optical signal processing,
V. M. Menon, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Spring Colloquium Series, January 17, 2003.
Photonic integration made easy using asymmetric twin waveguide technology,
V. M. Menon, F. Xia, J. Wei, W. Tong, and S. R. Forrest, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) Annual Forum, Washington D.C, November 20-21, 2002.
If you can draw it, we can build it: Photonic integration made easy using asymmetric twin waveguide technology,
V. M. Menon, F. Xia, J. We, W. Tong, S. R. Forrest, M. R. Gokhale, P. V. Studenkov, and J. Thomson, OSA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 29-Oct 2, 2002
Self-consistent analysis of energy levels and wavefunctions for a pseudomorphic-HEMT: a route to quality assurance,
V. M. Menon, and A. S. Karakashian, Raytheon Corporation, Andover, MA, July 26, 2000.
Contributed Presentations

THz Quantum Cascade Laser Design and Application to Homeland Security,
W.D. Goodhue, J. Waldman, L.R. Ram-Mohan, V. M. Menon, T.R. Nelson, G. Lamont, B. Zhu, J. Dickinson, J. van Nostrand and J. Albrecht, International Workshop on Quantum Cascade Lasers, Sevilla, Spain, January 2004.
Manipulation of cavity Q and critical coupling in a microring resonator through integration of a semiconductor optical amplifier,
V. M. Menon, W. Tong, and S. R. Forrest, submitted to CLEO 2004.
Characterization of GaAs grown by MBE on vicinal Ge(100) substrates,
A. Wan, V.M. Menon, D. Wasserman, A. Kahn, S.R. Forrest, S.A. Lyon, American Vacuum Society International Symposium, Baltimore, MD, November 2-7, 2003.
Monolithic integration of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a high-speed waveguide p-i-n photodiode using asymmetric twin-waveguide technology,
F. Xia, J.Wei, V.M.Menon, and S. R. Forrest, Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 23-28,2003.
Monolithically integrated Sagnac Interferometer for All-Optical Wavelength Conversion,
V. M. Menon, W. Tong, C Li, F. Xia, I Glesk, P. R. Prucnal, and S. R. Forrest, IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, November 10-14, 2002.
Dual Frequency Quantum Cascade Terahertz Emitters,
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, W.D. Goodhue, A. J. Gatesman, A. Naweed, J. Waldman, and A. S. Karakashian, Annual American Physical Society Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, March 18 - 22, 2002.
Exploring Terahertz Laser Design through High Performance Computing,
P Sotirelis, T. Nelson, L. R. Ram-Mohan, V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, and J. Waldman, DOD HPCMO User Group Conference 2002.
Optical logic using asymmetric twin guide photonic integrated circuits,
V. M. Menon, F. Xia, and S. R. Forrest, Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (OIDA) Annual Forum, Washington D. C., November 28-29, 2001.
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Quantum Cascade Terahertz (THz) Emitters,
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, W.D. Goodhue, A. J. Gatesman, A. Naweed, J. Waldman, and A. S. Karakashian, North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference, Providence, RI, Oct 1-3, 2001.
Interface Phonons in Quantum Cascade THz Emitters,
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, W. D. Goodhue, A. J. Gatesman, and A. S. Karakashian, Tenth International Conference on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter, Dartmouth, NH, August 12-17, 2001.
Theoretical gain characteristics of intersubband terahertz lasers,
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, A. S. Karakashian, and L. R. Ram-Mohan, American Physical Society Annual meeting, Seattle, WA, March 12-16, 2001.
TE polarized intersubband transitions in HgCdTe quantum wells,
V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, and J. R. Meyer, U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials, Las Vegas, NV, September 22-24, 1999.
Waveguide designs for quantum cascade terahertz lasers,
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, and A. S. Karakashian 5th International Conference on Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells, Bad Ischl, Austria, September 7-11, 1999.
Design of a far-infrared quantum cascade laser emitting at 77mm,
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, A. S. Karakashian, and L.R. Ram-Mohan, American Physical Society centennial meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 20-26, 1999.
A submillimeter quantum cascade laser in the GaAs/AlGaAS system,
V. M. Menon, W. D. Goodhue, and A. S. Karakashian, Infrared Technology and Applications XXIV SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3436, part 2, 970-974, (1998).
Patents

Photonic integrated circuits,
S. R. Forrest, M. R. Gokhale, F. Xia, and V. M. Menon, US Patent Application # 20030007719, Filed June 4, 2002. (Pending and Published).
Systems and methods using phonon mediated intersubband laser,
W. D. Goodhue, L. R. Ram-Mohan, A. S. Karakashian, and V. M. Menon, US Patent Application # 20030219052, Filed May 21, 2002. (Pending and Published).