Publications - Refereed Journal Papers

1. G. P. Nordin, R. V. Johnson, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Diffraction Properties of Stratified Volume Holographic Optical Elements,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 9(12), pp. 2206-2217 (1992).

2. G. P. Nordin and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Photopolymer-Based Stratified Volume Holographic Optical Elements,” Opt. Lett. 17(23), pp. 1709-1711 (1992).

3. P. Asthana, G. P. Nordin, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., and B. Keith Jenkins, “Analysis of Weighted Fan-out/Fan-in Volume Holographic Interconnections,” Applied Optics Special Issue on Neural Networks 32(8), pp. 1441-1469 (1993).

4. G. P. Nordin and P. Asthana, “Effects of Crosstalk on Fidelity in Page-Oriented Volume Holographic Optical Data Storage,” Opt. Lett. 18(18), pp. 1553-1555 (1993).

5. R. G. Lindquist, J. H. Kulick, G. P. Nordin, J. M. Jarem, S. T. Kowel, M. Friends and T. Leslie, “High Resolution Liquid Crystal Phase Grating Formed by Fringing Fields From Interdigitated Electrodes,” Opt. Lett. 19(9), pp. 670-72 (1994).

6. G. P. Nordin, J. H. Kulick, M. Jones, P. Nasiatka, R. G. Lindquist, and S. T. Kowel, “Demonstration of a Novel 3-D Autostereoscopic Display,” Opt. Lett. 19(12), pp. 901-903 (1994).

7. J. H. Kulick, G. P. Nordin, A. Parker, S. T. Kowel, R. G. Lindquist, M. Jones, and P. Nasiatka, “Partial Pixels: A Three-Dimensional Diffractive Display Architecture,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 12(1), pp. 73-83 (1995).

8. R. G. Lindquist, G. P. Nordin, A. Thomsen, P. J. Nasiatka, J. H. Kulick, and S. T. Kowel, “Pulse Width Modulation Drive Technique for High Resolution Liquid Crystal Gratings,” Opt. Lett. 20(5), pp. 510-512 (1995).

9. A. Thomsen, R. G. Lindquist, J. H. Kulick, P. J. Nasiatka, G. P. Nordin, and S. T. Kowel, “A Pixel Scale Digital-to-Analog Converter Array for Liquid Crystal on VLSI Displays,” IEEE Trans. On Circuits & Systems I, 42(9), pp. 545-548 (1995).

10. M. W. Jones, G. P. Nordin, J. H. Kulick, R. G. Lindquist, and S. T. Kowel, “Real-Time Three-Dimensional Display Based on the Partial Pixel Architecture,” Opt. Lett. 20(12), pp. 1418-1420 (1995).

11. G. P. Nordin, J. H. Kulick, R. G. Lindquist, P. J. Nasiatka, M. W. Jones, M. Friends, S. T. Kowel, “Liquid Crystal-on-Silicon Implementation of the Partial Pixel Three-Dimensional Display Architecture,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), pp. 3756-3763 (1995).

12. G. P. Nordin, M. W. Jones, J. H. Kulick, R. G. Lindquist, and S. T. Kowel, “A 3-D Display Utilizing a Diffractive Optical Element and an Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display,” Opt. Eng. 35(12), pp. 3404-3412 (1996).

13. G. P. Nordin, J. T. Meier, P. C. Deguzman, and M. W. Jones, “Micropolarizer Array for Infrared Imaging Polarimetry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16(5), pp. 1184-1193 (1999).

14. D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin, “Stratified Volume Diffractive Optical Elements as High Efficiency Gratings,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16(5), pp. 1168-1174 (1999).

15. G. P. Nordin and P. C. Deguzman, “Broadband Form Birefringent Quarter-Wave Plate for the Mid-Infrared Wavelength Region,” Optics Express 5(8), pp. 163-168 (1999). http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/13698.htm

16. J. Jiang and G. P. Nordin, “A Rigorous Unidirectional Method for Designing Finite Aperture Diffractive Optical Elements,” Optics Express 7(6), pp. 737-742 (2000). http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/23164.htm.

17. M. A. Jensen and G. P. Nordin, “Finite-Aperture Wire Grid Polarizers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17(12), pp. 2191-2198 (2000).

18. H. Shah, D. Smith, Jr., J. Ballato, S. Foulger, P. Deguzman, and G. Nordin, "Direct Generation of Optical Diffractive Elements in Perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB) Polymers by Soft Lithography," IEEE Photonics Tech. Let. 12(12), 1650 (2000).

19. S. D. Mellin and G. P. Nordin, “Limits of Scalar Diffraction Theory and an Iterative Angular Spectrum Algorithm for Finite Aperture Diffractive Optical Element Design,” Optics Express 8(13), pp. 705-722 (2001). http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/32980.htm.

20. M. A. Jensen and G. P. Nordin, “Characterization of Two-Dimensional Finite-Aperture Wire Grid Polarizers by a Spectral-Domain Technique,” Appl. Opt. 40(26) pp. 4738-4745 (2001).

21. P. C. Deguzman and G. P. Nordin, “Stacked Subwavelength Gratings as Circular Polarization Filters,” Appl. Opt. 40(31), pp. 5731-5737 (2001).

22. G. P. Nordin, S. Kim, J. Cai, and J. Jiang, “Hybrid integration of conventional waveguide and photonic crystal structures,” Opt. Express 10, 1334-1341 (2002). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-10-23-1334.

23. D. M. Chambers, G. P. Nordin, and Seunghyun Kim, "Fabrication and performance of a three-layer stratified volume diffractive optical element high-efficiency grating," Opt. Express 11(1), 27-38 (2003). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-1-27

24. L. Li, G. P. Nordin, J. M. English, and J. Jiang, "Small-area bends and beamsplitters for low-index-contrast waveguides," Opt. Express 11(3), 282-290 (2003). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-3-282

25. J. Jiang, J. Cai, G. P. Nordin, and L. Li, "Parallel microgenetic algorithm design for photonic crystal and waveguide structures," Opt. Lett. 28(23), pp. 2381-2383 (2003).

26. S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Cai, and J. Jiang, "Ultracompact high-efficiency polarizing beam splitter with a hybrid photonic crystal and conventional waveguide structure," Opt. Lett. 28(23), pp. 2384-2386 (2003).

27. S. Kim, J. Cai, J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, "New ring resonator configuration using hybrid photonic crystal and conventional waveguide structures," Opt. Express 12(11), pp. 2356-2364 (2004). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-11-2356

28. J. Yan, S. T. Kowel, H. J. Cho, C. H. Ahn, G. P. Nordin, and J. H. Kulick, "Autostereoscopic 3D display based on micromirror array," Appl. Opt. 43(18) pp. 3686-3696 (2004).

29. J. Cai, G. P. Nordin, S. Kim, and J. Jiang, "3D analysis of hybrid photonic crystal/conventional waveguide 90° bend," Appl. Opt. 43(21), pp. 4244-4249 (2004).

30. B. Wang, J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, "Compact slanted grating couplers for vertical coupling between fibers and planar waveguides," Opt. Express 12(15), pp. 3313-3326 (2004). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-15-3313

31. S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Jiang, and J. Cai, "High efficiency 90 degree silica waveguide bend using an air hole photonic crystal region," IEEE Photonics Tech. Let. 16(8), pp. 1846-1848 (2004).

32. S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Jiang, and J. Cai, "Micro-genetic algorithm design of hybrid conventional waveguide and photonic crystal structures," Opt. Eng., 43 (9), pp. 2143-2149 (2004).

33. J. Cardenas, S. Kim, and G. P. Nordin, "Compact low loss single air interface bends in polymer waveguides," Opt. Express 12(22), pp. 5314-5324 (2004). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-22-5314

34. B. Wang, J. Jiang, D. M. Chambers, and G. P. Nordin, "Stratified waveguide grating coupler for normal fiber incidence," Opt. Lett., in press.

35. B. Wang, J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, "Embedded slanted grating coupler for vertical coupling between fibers and micro-size plane waveguides," submitted to IEEE Phot. Techn. Lett.

Conferences Proceedings

1. P. Asthana, H. Chin, G. P. Nordin, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., S. Piazzolla, B. K. Jenkins, and A. Madhukar, “Photonic Components for Neural Net Implementations Using Incoherent/Coherent Holographic Interconnections,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Optical Computing OC'90, Kobe, Japan, (1990).

2. P. Asthana, E. J. Herbulock, Z. Karim, C. Kyriakakis, G. P. Nordin, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Electrooptic Materials Requirements for Optical Information Processing and Computing,” in Materials For Optical Information Processing, C. Warde, J. Stamatoff, and W. Wang, Ed., Materials Research Society Proceedings, Vol. 228, pp. 123-134 (1992).

3. G. P. Nordin, P. A. Asthana, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., B. K. Jenkins, “Analysis of Weighted Fan-out/Fan-in Volume Holographic Interconnections,” in Diffractive Optics: Design, Fabrication, and Applications Technical Digest, 1992 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1992), Vol. 9, pp. 167-167.

4. P. Asthana and G. P. Nordin, “Fidelity and Throughput Limitations in Page-Oriented Volume Holographic Optical Data Storage,” Joint International Symposium on Optical Memory and Optical Data Storage, Maui, Hawaii, July 5-9, 1993.

5. G. C. Petrisor, S. Piazzolla, G. P. Nordin, B. K. Jenkins, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Volume Holographic Interconnection and Copying Architectures Based on Incoherent/Coherent Source Arrays,” 4th International Conference on Holographic Systems, Components, and Applications, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, September 13-15, 1993.

6. J. H. Kulick, S. T. Kowel, G. P. Nordin, A. Parker, and R. G. Lindquist, “ICVision - A VLSI-Based Diffractive Display for Real-Time Display of Holographic Stereograms,” in Practical Holography VIII, S. A. Benton, ed., Proc. Soc. Photo-Opt. Instrum. Eng. 2176, 2-11 (1994).

7. G. P. Nordin and P. Asthana, “Achieving a Minimum Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Angularly Multiplexed Volume Holographic Optical Data Storage Systems,” Proc. SPIE 2297, 392-401 (1994). (Invited Paper)

8. J. H. Kulick, A. Thomsen, R. G. Lindquist, P. Nasiatka, G. P. Nordin, M. Jones, and S. T. Kowel, “ICVision - Liquid Crystal Drive Electronics Design,” SPIE International Conference on Display Holography, July 1994.

9. M. W. Jones, J. H. Kulick, G. P. Nordin, R. G. Lindquist, P. Nasiatka, and S. T. Kowel, “A Liquid Crystal Display-Based Implementation of a Real-Time ICVision Holographic Stereogram Display,” in Practical Holography IX, S. A. Bention, ed., Proc. SPIE. 2406 (1995).

10. J. H. Kulick, M. W. Jones, G. P. Nordin, R. G. Lindquist, S. T. Kowel, and A. Thomsen, “Demonstration of a Real-Time Implementation of the ICVision Holographic Stereogram Display,” in International Conference on Applications of Optical Holography, Toshio Honda, ed., Proc. SPIE 2577, p. 8-19, (1995). (Invited Paper)

11. J. H. Kulick, W. E. Cohen, C. Katsinis, E. Wells, A. Thomsen, R. K. Gaede, R. G. Lindquist, G. P. Nordin, M. Abushagur, and D. Shen, “The Simultaneous Optical Multiprocessor Exchange Bus,” The Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, pp. 336-344, October 1995 (acceptance rate of 55%).

12. S. T.. Kowel, R. G. Lindquist, G. P. Nordin, M. Friends, and J. H. Kulick, “High Resolution Diffraction Gratings,” Proc. SPIE. 2651 (January 1996). (Invited Paper)

13. J. H. Kulick, G. P. Nordin, R. G. Lindquist, S. T. Kowel, M. W. Jones, “Presentation and Demonstration of a Full-Color ICVision Holographic Stereogram Display,” Proc SPIE 2652 (January 1996).

14. G. P. Nordin, M. W. Jones, R. G. Lindquist, J. H. Kulick, and S. T. Kowel, “Diffractive Optical Elements for 3-D Displays Based on the Partial Pixel 3-D Display Architecture,” in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, Vol. 5, 1996 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1996), pp. 215-218.

15. D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin, “Stratified Grating Diffractive Optic Scanner for a 2 µm Coherent Wind Lidar,” 9th Conference on Coherent Laser Radar, June 23-27, 1997, Linkoping, Sweden.

16. S. T. Kowel, J. H. Kulick, M. Jones, G. P. Nordin, and R. G. Lindquist, “Liquid Crystal Auto-Stereoscopic Real-Time Displays,” SPIE (Vol. 3143), Annual Meeting 7/27-8/1 1997. (Invited Paper)

17. G. P. Nordin, J. T. Meier, P. C. Deguzman, and M. W. Jones, “Diffractive Optical Element for Stokes Vector Measurement With a Focal Plane Array,” in Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing II, Dennis H. Goldstein, David B. Chenault, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3754, p. 169-177, (1999).

18. Yi Sun, S. T. Kowel, and G. P. Nordin, “Circular Geometry Liquid Crystal Adaptive Lens With Fresnel Lens Phase Profile,” in Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Flat Panel Displays, Ranganathan Shashidhar, Bruce Gnade, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3955, pp. 120-131 (2000).

19. Shah, H.V.; Deguzman, P.C.; Nordin, G.P.; Ballato, J.M.; Foulger, S.H.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Polym. Mater. Sci. & Eng. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. of Polym. Mat. Sci. Eng.) 83, xxxx (2000).

20. Shengrong Chen, Jaime Cardenes, Gregory P. Nordin, Christopher Topping, Jack J. Jin, Jennifer Thomson, John M. Ballato, Stephen H. Foulger, and Dennis W. Smith, Jr., “Direct micro-transfer molding of perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) polymer waveguides,” Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4805, p. xx-xx, (2002).

21. Smith, Jr., D.W.; Chen, S.; Topping, C.; Jin, J.; Nordin, G.; Cardenes, J.; Ballato, J.; Foulger, "Perfluorocyclobutyl Copolymers for Microphotonics: Thermo-optics and Wave Guide Micromolding" S. Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.), 43(2), 505, (2002).

22. L. Li, G. P. Nordin, J. M. English, and J. Jiang, "90° bends in low index contrast waveguides", in Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies VII, Yavov Sidorin and Ari Tervonen, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4987, p. 106-113, (2003).

23. G. P. Nordin, J. Jiang, S. Kim, and J. Cai "Micro-genetic algorithm-based design of combined conventional waveguide and photonic crystal devices", in Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices, Ali Adibi, Axel Scherer, and Shawn-Yu Lin, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5000, p. 152-160, (2003).

24. Yi Sun, Gregory P. Nordin, Stephen T. Kowel, and Bin Wang, "Development of liquid crystal adaptive lens with circular electrodes for imaging application", in Integrated Optics, Devices, Materials and Technologies VII, Yakov Sidorin, Airi Tervonen, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4987, pp. 209-220 (2003).

25. Gregory P. Nordin, Seunghyun Kim, Jingbo Cai, and Jianhua Jiang, "Hybrid Photonic Crystal and Conventional Waveguide Structures", in Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices, Manijeh Razeghi, Gail J. Brown, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5359, p. 324 (2004). (Invited Paper)

26. Gregory P. Nordin, Seunghyun Kim, Lixia, Li, Jingbo Cai, and Jianhua Jiang, "Photonic crystal and air trench approaches ro realize small-area bends and splitters in low index contrast waveguides", in Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials IV, Robert A. Norwood, Manfred Eich, and Mark G. Kuzyk, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5517, pp. xxx-xxx (2004). (Invited Paper)

27. Seunghyun Kim, Jingbo Cai, Jianhua Jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin, "Design and Analysis of Small-Area Air Trench Bends and Splitters," in Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits IX, Louay A. Eldada and El-Hang Lee, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol 5729, in press (2005). (Invited Paper)

28. Gregory P. Nordin, Jaime Cardenas, Seugnhyun Kim, and Jingbo Cai, "Compact Single Air Interface Bends in PFCB Polymer Waveguides," in Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies IX, Yakov Sidorin and Christoph Waechter, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol 5728, in press (2005).

29. Jaime Cardenas and Gregory P. Nordin, "Deep PFCB Polymer Etch Development for Photonic Devices," in Micromachining Technology for Microoptics and Nanooptics III, Eric Johnson, Gregory P. Nordin, and Thomas J. Suleski, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5720, pp. 130-138 (2005).

Conferences - Published Abstracts or Summaries

1. G. P. Nordin, R. V. Johnson, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Physical Characterization of Stratified Volume Holographic Optical Elements,” in OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest 1988, Vol. 13 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1988), p. 106.

2. G. P. Nordin, R. V. Johnson, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Physical Characterization of Stratified Volume Holographic Optical Elements,” Signal and Image Processing Institute Annual Research Review, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, (1989).

3. P. Asthana, H. Chin, G. P. Nordin, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., S. Piazzolla, B. K. Jenkins, and A. Madhukar, “Component Technology Development for Optical Implementations of Neural Networks,” Signal and Image Processing Institute Annual Research Review, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, (1990).

4. P. Asthana, G. P. Nordin, H. Chin, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Incoherent/Coherent Holographic Interconnections and Optoelectronic Components for Application to Optical Neural Networks,” Signal and Image Processing Institute Annual Research Review, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, (1990).

5. P. Asthana, H. Chin, S. de Mars, E. Herbulock, Z. Karim, C. Kyriakakis, G. P. Nordin, J. H. Rilum, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “The Critical Role of Dielectric Materials in Optical Information Processing and Computing Devices,” Gordon Research Conference on Dielectric Materials, Plymouth, New Hampshire, (1990); (Invited Paper).

6. P. Asthana, H. Chin, G. P. Nordin, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., S. Piazzolla, B. K. Jenkins, and A. Madhukar, “Photonic Components for Neural Net Implementations Using Incoherent/Coherent Holographic Interconnections,” International Topical Meeting on Optical Computing, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990.

7. P. Asthana, H. Chin, S. de Mars, E. Herbulock, Z. Karim, C. Kyriakakis, G. P. Nordin, J. H. Rilum, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “The Critical Role of Dielectric and Optoelectronic Materials in Optical Information Processing and Computing Devices,” DARPA Materials Research Council Meeting on Optical Computing, La Jolla, California, (1990); (Invited Paper).

8. P. Asthana, G. P. Nordin, S. Piazzolla, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., and B. K. Jenkins, “Analysis of Interchannel Crosstalk and Throughput Efficiency in Highly Multiplexed Fan-Out/Fan-In Holographic Interconnections,” in OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest 1990, Vol. 15 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1990), p. 242.

9. P. Asthana, H. Chin, G. P. Nordin, A. R. Tanguay, Jr., G. C. Petrisor, B. K. Jenkins, and A. Madhukar, “Photonic Components for Neural Net Implementations Using Incoherent/ Coherent Holographic Interconnections,” in OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest 1990, Vol. 15 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1990), p. 57.

10. C. Kyriakakis, P. Asthana, Z. Karim, G. P. Nordin, J. Rilum, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Fundamental Physical and Technological Constraints on Optical Information Processing and Computing,” in OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest 1990, Vol. 15 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1990), p. 241; (Invited Paper)

11. P. Asthana, E. J. Herbulock, Z. Karim, C. Kyriakakis, G. P. Nordin, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Electrooptic Materials Requirements for Optical Information Processing and Computing,” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1991; (Invited Paper).

12. G. C. Petrisor, S. Piazzolla, G. P. Nordin, P. Asthana, E. Herbulock, B. K. Jenkins, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Experimental Evaluation of Incoherent/Coherent Volume Holographic Interconnection Systems,” in OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest 1992, Vol. 23 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1992), p. 198-9.

13. J. H. Kulick, S. T. Kowel, G. P. Nordin, A. Parker, R. Lindquist, “ICVision—A Real-Time 3-D Display System Based on Liquid Crystal and VLSI Technologies,” IEEE/SID Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays Symposium, October 21-22, 1993.

14. J. H. Kulick, G. P. Nordin, S. T. Kowel, A. Parker, R. Lindquist, M. Jones, M. Friends, P. Nasiatka, “Partial Pixel Diffractive Display Architecture,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Vol. 8, 1994 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1994), pp.191.

15. R. Lindquist, J. H. Kulick, G. P. Nordin, J. M. Jarem, S. T. Kowel, and M. Friends, “Electro-Optic Liquid Crystal Phase Gratings for Diffractive Display Applications,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Vol. 8, 1994 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1994), pp.103.

16. J. J. Jung, G. P. Nordin, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Effect of Buffer Thickness Variations on Stratified Volume Holographic Optical Elements,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1994 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1994), p. 65.

17. G. P. Nordin, J. H. Kulick, M. Jones, P. Nasiatka, R. G. Lindquist, M. Friends, and S. T. Kowel, “Liquid Crystal Grating-Based Implementation of the Partial Pixel Architecture,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1994 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1994), p. 88.

18. A. Thomsen, R. G. Lindquist, J. H. Kulick, P. J. Nasiatka, G. P. Nordin, and S. T. Kowel, “A Pixel-Scale Digital-to-Analog Converter for Liquid Crystal on VLSI Displays,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seattle, Washington, May 3, 1995.

19. R. G. Lindquist, G. P. Nordin, M. W. Jones, J. H. Kulick, and S. T. Kowel, “Partial Pixel 3-D Display Architecture: Full-Color Display Design Considerations,” IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting on Flat Panel Display Technology, Keystone, Colorado, August 7-11, 1995.

20. S. T. Kowel, M. W. Jones, G. P. Nordin, J. H. Kukick, and R. G. Lindquist, “Image Volume of the Partial Pixel Diffractive 3-D Display Architecture,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1995 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1995), p. 111.

21. G. P. Nordin, M. W. Jones, J. H. Kulick, R. G. Lindquist, and S. T. Kowel, “Implementation of a Full-Color Partial Pixel Display,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1995 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1995), p. 111.

22. G. P. Nordin, R. G. Lindquist, J. H. Kulick, and S. T. Kowel, “3-D Displays With Motion Parallax Using the Partial Pixel Architecture,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1996 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1996), p. 189. (Invited Paper)

23. G. P. Nordin, J. T. Meier, P. Deguzman, B. Barbour, and M. W. Jones, “Arrays of infrared micropolarizers,” in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, Vol. 10, OSA Technical Digest Series, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), pp. 133-135.

24. D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin, “Stratified diffractive optic approach for creating high efficiency gratings,” in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, Vol. 10, OSA Technical Digest Series, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), pp. 43-46.

25. D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin “Design and Behavior of Stratified Diffractive Optic Gratings,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1998 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1998), p. 126.

26. S. D. Mellin and G. P. Nordin “Rigorous Electromagnetic Analysis and the Design of Finite-Aperture Diffractive Optical Elements,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1998 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1998), p. 127.

27. D. M. Chambers, G. P. Nordin, and M. J. Kavaya, “Stratified Volume Diffractive Optical Elements as Low-Mass Coherent Lidar Scanners,” presented at the 10^th Coherent Laser Radar Technology and Applications Conference 28 June – 2 July 1999, Mount Hood, Oregon.

28. S. D. Mellin and G. P. Nordin, “Rigorous Electromagnetic Analysis and the Limits of Scalar Design of Finite Aperture Diffractive Phase Optical Elements,” EOS Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics (European Optical Society Topical Meetings Digest Series: Volume 22, 1999), p. 34.

29. G. P. Nordin, P. C. Deguzman, J. T. Meier, J. Jiang, and M. W. Jones, “Array of Stacked Subwavelength Gratings for Polarization Analysis,” EOS Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics (European Optical Society Topical Meetings Digest Series: Volume 22, 1999), p. 221.

30. D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin, “Fabrication of stratified volume diffractive optical elements,” EOS Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics (European Optical Society Topical Meetings Digest Series: Volume 22, 1999), p. 50.

31. P. C. Deguzman and G. P. Nordin, “Form birefringent broadband quarterwave plate for the mid-infrared,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1999), p. 132.

32. J. Jiang and G. P. Nordin, “A rigorous design tool for finite aperture sub-wavelength diffractive optical elements,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1999), p. 132.

33. D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin, “Fabrication and performance of stratified volume diffractive optical elements,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1999), p. 76.

34. Y. Sun, S. T. Kowel, W. W. Chen, and G. P. Nordin, “Automatic feedback control system for the liquid crystal adaptive lens,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1999), p. 120.

35. Jun Yan, Stephen T. Kowel, and G. P. Nordin, “Micromirror Arrays for a Three-Dimensional, Real-Time Display,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1999), p. 81.

36. G. P. Nordin, P. Deguzman, J. Jiang, and J. T. Meier, “Polarization sensitive diffractive optics for integration with infrared photodetector arrays,” in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 88-90 (Invited Paper).

37. J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, “A rigorous unidirectional method for designing finite aperture diffractive optical elements,” in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 13-15.

38. D. Chambers, S. Kim, and G. P. Nordin, “Fabrication and evaluation of two-layer stratified volume diffractive optical elements,” Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), postdeadline paper.

39. J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, “A rigorous design algorithm for finite aperture diffractive optical elements,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2000 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2000), p. 113.

40. D. Chambers, S. Kim, and G. P. Nordin, “Fabrication and evaluation of stratified volume diffractive optical elements with three grating layers,” in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2000 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2000), p. 113.

41. G. P. Nordin, P. Deguzman, J. Jiang, and J. T. Meier, “Subwavelength grating polarization filters for integration with infrared focal plane arrays,” to be presented at the OSA Annual Meeting in October, 2001. (Invited Paper).

42. P. Nasiatka, Z. Karim, D. M. Chambers, B. Keith Jenkins, G. P. Nordin, and A. R. Tanguay, Jr., “Minimization of Spurious Diffraction Effects in Anti-Reflection-Coated High-Index Diffractive Optical Elements,” OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2001 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., October, 2001), p. 116.

43. G. P. Nordin, “The UAH Nano- and Microfabrication Facility,” Optics in the Southeast 2001, Clemson University, October 4-5, 2001.

44. D. W. Smith Jr., S. Chen, J. Jin, C. M. Topping, J. Ballato, S. Foulger, G. Nordin, J. Cardenes. “Perfluorocyclobutyl copolymers for microphotonics: Thermo-optics, electro-optics, rare earth doping, and micromolding,” accepted for presentation at the 224th American Chemical Society National Meeting August 18-22, 2002, Boston, MA.

45. G. P. Nordin, “The UAH Nano/Microfabrication Facility,” Optics in the Southeast 2002, Huntsville, Alabama, October 24-25, 2002.

46. Jamshid Nayyer, Samah Nazzal and Gregory P. Nordin, “Polarization Sensitivity of Intersecting Waveguide Type Optical Modulators/Switches at Presence of Absorption Loss,” Optics in the Southeast 2002, Huntsville, Alabama, October 24-25, 2002.

47. Lixia Li, Gregory P. Nordin, Jennifer M. English, Jianhua Jiang, “Novel Corner Mirror for Right-angle Bend in Low-index-contrast Waveguide,” Optics in the Southeast 2002, Huntsville, Alabama, October 24-25, 2002.

48. Jamie Cardenas, Gregory P. Nordin, Shengrong Chen, Dennis W. Smith, “Micromolding for polymer waveguides,” Optics in the Southeast 2002, Huntsville, Alabama, October 24-25, 2002. (post-deadline paper)

49. Seunghyun Kim, Gregory P. Nordin, Jianhua Jiang, and Jingbo Cai, "Hybrid photonic crystal and low refractive index contrast waveguide structures," in Integrated Photonics Research, OSA Technical Digest, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2003), pp. 46-48.

50. Diana Chambers, Bin Wang, Gregory P. Nordin, and Jianhua Jiang, "Stratified grating couplers for waveguide applications," in Integrated Photonics Research, OSA Technical Digest, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2003), pp. 98-100.

51. Lixia Li, Gregory P. Nordin, Jianhua Jiang, and Jennifer M. English "High efficiency, small-area bends in low index contrast waveguides," in Integrated Photonics Research, OSA Technical Digest, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2003), pp. 219-221.

52. Gregory P. Nordin, Lixia Li, Jaime Cardenas , and Jianhua Jiang, "Small-area bends and polarizing beamsplitters for compact planar lightwave circuits," in Symposium on Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications, OSA Technical Digest, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2003), pp. xxx-xxx. (Invited Paper)

53. Gregory P. Nordin, "Approaches for small-area bends and splitters in low index contrast waveguides," Paper SE 05-C1, Optics in the Southeast 2003, Orlando, Florida, November 12-13, 2003. (Invited Paper)

54. Seunghyun Kim, Jingbo Cai, Jianhua Jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin, "Low refractive index contrast waveguide 90 degree bend and a ring resonator design using hybrid photonic crystal and conventional waveguide structures," in Integrated Photonics Research Topical Meetings on CD-ROM (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2004), Presentation IthG3.

55. Jingbo Cai, Jianhua Jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin, "Ultra-short waveguide polarization converter using a sub-wavelength grating," in Integrated Photonics Research Topical Meetings on CD-ROM (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2004), Presentation IFG2.

56. Dennis W. Smith, John Ballato, and Gregory P. Nordin, "Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) polymers for photonics applications," Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering 91, 807 (2004).

57. Gregory P. Nordin, Seunghyun Kim, Lixia Li, Jingbo Cai, and Jianhua Jiang, "Air Trench and Photonic Crystal Structures for Compact Waveguide Devices in Low Index Contrast Waveguides," Paper N1 1433, 206th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, October 3-8, 2004. (Invited Paper)

58. Gregory P. Nordin, "Compact Microphotonic Devices and Applications to Chemical and Biological Sensors," Workshop on Nano and Microsystems Technology and Metrology, November 17-18, 2004, Redstone Arsenal.

59. Gregory P. Nordin, Jaime Cardenas, and Seunghyun Kim, "Compact High Efficiency Bends in Perfluorcyclobutyl Polymer Waveguides," accepted for presentation at OFC, March 2005.

60. Jianhua Jiang and Gregory P. Nordin, "Optimal Design of Sub-Wavelength Dielectric Gratings as Broadband Mirrors," accepted for presentation at OFC, March 2005.

Other Invited Presentations

1. G. P. Nordin, "Two Examples of Photonics at UAH: Polarization Filter Arrays and Photonic Crystals," College of Engineering Seminar Series, University of Cincinnati, Nov. 18, 2002.

Technical Reports

1. M. A. Jensen and G. P. Nordin, “Finite-Aperture Wire Grid Polarizers,” Technical Report No. 99-08 Brigham Young University Microwave Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory, http://www.ee.byu.edu/ee/mers/MERS_reports.html (1999).

Patents

1. Y. Sun, S. T. Kowel, and G. P. Nordin, "Liquid crystal adaptive lens with closed-loop electrodes and related fabrication methods and control methods," US Patent 6,778,246.

2. G. P. Nordin, S. Kim, J. Cai, and J. Jiang, "Waveguide including at least one photonic crystal region for directing signals propagating therethrough," US Patent 6,804,446.

3. G. P. Nordin and J. Cardenas Gonzalez, "Optical waveguide microcantilever with differential output and associated methods of cantilever sensing," Patent Application filed March 5, 2004.

4. Lixia Li, G. P. Nordin Jianhua Jiang, Jennifer M. English, "Planar lightwave circuit waveguide bends and beamsplitters," Patent Application filed October 25, 2004.

5. M. A. Abushagur, T. Ferguson, J. English, G. P. Nordin, "MEMS Micro-Translation Stage With Indefinite Linear Travel Capability," Patent Application No. 10/975,121, filed Oct. 26, 2004.