Prof. Jalali is the Northrop-Grumman Optoelectronics Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA with joint appointments in the Biomedical Engineering Department, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and the UCLA School of Medicine Department of Surgery. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Columbia University in 1989 and was with Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey until 2002 before coming to UCLA. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the American Physical Society (APS). He is the recipient of the R.W. Wood Prize from Optical Society of America for the invention and demonstration of the first Silicon Laser. In 2005 he was elected into the Scientific American Top 50. He has published over 300 papers and holds 9 patents.

Publications

A selected list of publications:

• Keisuke Goda, Ali Ayazi, Daniel R. Gossett, Jagannath Sadasivama, Cejo K. Lonappan, Elodie Sollier, Ali M. Fard, Soojung Claire Hur, Jost Adam, Coleman Murray, Chao Wang, Nora Brackbill, Dino Di Carlo, and Bahram Jalali   High-throughput single-microparticle imaging flow analyzer PNAS, 2012; 1-6.
• Koonath P, Solli DR, Jalali B   Broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering in silicon Opt Lett, 2010; 35(3): 351-3.
• Tsia KK, Goda K, Capewell D, Jalali B   Performance of serial time-encoded amplified microscope Opt Express, 2010; 18(10): 10016-28.
• Borlaug D, Rice RR, Jalali B   Raman beam cleanup in silicon in the mid-infrared Opt Express. 2010 Jun 7;18(12):12411-4, 2010; 18(12): 12411-4.
• Jalali, B. Solli, D. R. Gupta, S.   Silicon’s time lens Nature Photonics, 2009; 3(1): 8-10.
• Tsia KK, Goda K, Capewell D, Jalali B   Simultaneous mechanical-scan-free confocal microscopy and laser microsurgery Opt Lett, 2009; 34(14): 2099-101.
• Dimitropoulos D, Jalali B   Stochastic differential equation approach for waves in a random medium Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 2009; 79(3 pt. 2): .
• Ballato, J. Hawkins, T. Foy, P. Yazgan-Kokuoz, B. Stolen, R. McMillen, C. Hon, N. K. Jalali, B. Rice, R.   Glass-clad single-crystal germanium optical fiber Optics Express, 2009; 17(10): 8029-8035.
• Goda, K. Tsia, K. K. Jalali, B.   Serial time-encoded amplified imaging for real-time observation of fast dynamic phenomena Nature, 2009; 458(7242): 1145-U80.
• Chou, J. Rose, T. S. Conway, J. A. Valley, G. C. Jalali, B.   Time-gated filter for sideband suppression Optics Letters, 2009; 34(7): 869-871.
• Hon, N. K. Tsia, K. K. Solli, D. R. Jalali, B.   Periodically poled silicon Applied Physics Letters, 2009; 94(9): -.
• Gupta, S. Jalali, B.   Time stretch enhanced recording oscilloscope Applied Physics Letters, 2009; 94(4): -.
• Solli, D. R. Ropers, C. Jalali, B.   Active control of rogue waves for stimulated supercontinuum generation Phys Rev Lett, 2008; 101(23): 233902.
• Gupta, S. Jalali, B.   Time-warp correction and calibration in photonic time-stretch analog-to-digital converter Opt Lett, 2008; 33(22): 2674-6.
• Tsia, K. K. Fathpour, S. Jalali, B.   Electrical control of parametric processes in silicon waveguides Opt Express, 2008; 16(13): 9838-43.
• Ayazi A, Hsu RC, Houshmand B, Steier WH, Jalali B   All-dielectric photonic-assisted wireless receiver Opt Express. 2008 Feb 4;16(3):1742-7, 2008; 16(3): 1742-7.
• D.R. Solli, J. Chou, and B. Jalali   Amplified wavelength-time transformation for real-time spectroscopy Nature Photonics, 2008; 2: 48-51.
• Solli, D. R. Ropers, C. Koonath, P. Jalali, B.   Optical rogue waves Nature, 2007; 450(7172): 1054-7.
• B. Jalali   A cooler Raman laser Nature Photonics, 2007; 1: 691-92.
• Raghunathan V, Borlaug D, Rice RR, Jalali B   Demonstration of a Mid-infrared silicon Raman amplifier Opt Express, 2007; 15(22): 14355-62.
• J. Chou, O. Boyraz, D. Solli, and B. Jalali   Femtosecond real-time single-shot digitizer Applied Physics Letters, 2007; 91(16): 161105-07.
• Koonath P, Jalali B   Multilayer 3-D photonics in silicon Opt Express, 2007; 15(20): 12686-91.
• Raghunathan V, Renner H, Rice RR, Jalali B   Self-imaging silicon Raman amplifier Opt Express, 2007; 15(6): 3396-408.
• B. Jalali   Teaching silicon new tricks Nature Photonics, 2007; 1(4): 193-195.
• B. Jalali   Making Silicon Lase Scientific American, 2007; 58-65.
• A. Tarighat, R. Hsu, A. Sayed, B. Jalali   Digital Signal Processing Removes Laser Phase Noise from Received Data, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2006; 24(3): 1269-1276 .
• K. K. Tsia, S. Fathpour, B. Jalali   Energy Harvesting in Silicon Raman Amplifiers Group IV Photonics Conference, 2006; 89(6): .
• Fathpour S, Jalali B   Energy harvesting in silicon optical modulators Opt Express, 2006; 14(22): 10795-9.
• Tsia KK, Fathpour S, Jalali B   Energy harvesting in silicon wavelength converters Opt Express, 2006; 14(25): 12327-33.
• T. Indukuri, P. Koonath, B. Jalali   Photonics: Silicon Goes Underground, Applied Physics Letters, 2006; 88(12): 121108 .
• B. Jalali   Silicon Lasers, APS News, 2006; 15(3): 5.
• V. Raghunathan, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   20dB On-off Raman amplification in silicon waveguides CLEO , 2005; .
• A. Shah and B. Jalali.   Adaptive equalisation for broadband predistortion linearization of optical transmitters IEEE Proceedings Optoelectronics, 2005; 152(1): 16-32.
• J. Chou, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   Adaptive optical post distortion linearization Optics Express, 2005; 13(15): 5711-18.
• J. Basak and B. Jalali.   Adaptive post-distortion for photodetector linearization, GOMAC, 2005; Paper #11.2: .
• D. Dimitripoulos, R. Jhaveri, R. Claps, J. C. S. Woo and B. Jalali   Carrier Lifetime in Silicon Raman Laser, Applied Physics Letters, 2005; 86: .
• B. Jalali, C.J. Hsu, and A. Shah   Coherent optical MIMO SPIE Defense and Security Symposium on “Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications”, 2005; 5814: 121-7.
• A. Shah, C.J. Hsu, and B. Jalali   Coherent optical multiple-input multiple-output communication, Contemporary Photonics Conference (CPT 2005), , 2005; pp. 31-2.
• Y. Han and B. Jalali   Continuous-time time-stretched analog-to-digital converter array implemented using virtual time gating Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 2005; 52(8): 1502-07.
• Boyraz O, Jalali B   Demonstration of directly modulated silicon Raman laser Opt Express, 2005; 13(3): 796-800.
• O. Boyraz and B. Jalali   Demonstration of pulsed silicon Raman laser NSTI Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTech2005), , 2005; 3: 324-326.
• O. Boyraz and B. Jalali   Direct electronic modulation of Silicon Raman Laser demonstrated, Optics Express, 2005; 13(3): 796-800.
• V. Raghunathan, R. Claps, D. Dimitropoulos, and B. Jalali   Dispersion properties of scaled silicon waveguides CLEO/Europe-EQEC, , 2005; .
• D. Dimitropoulos, S. Fathpour, and B. Jalali   Fundamental Limits of Si Raman Laser in the Near Infrared Identified, Applied Physics Letters, 2005; 87: 261108.
• B. Jalali and S. Fathpour   Have silicon lasers come of age? Photonics Spectra, 2005; 39(11): 62-67.
• A. Shah, C.J. Hsu, and B. Jalali.   ISI equalization for a coherent optical MIMO (COMIMO) system CLEO 2005, 2005; .
• B. Jalali, S. Fathpour, O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropulos, and V. Raghunathan   Light generation in silicon, JSAP-MicroOptics Conference, , 2005; (E1, ): pp. 1-4.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, P. Koonath, V. Raghunathan, D. Dimitropoulos, and T. Indukuri   Nonlinear optical devices in silicon LEOS Annual Meeting, , 2005; pp. 561-62,.
• Y. Han, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   One tera sample-per-second single-shot digitizer American Physical Society Conference (APS 2005), 15E (Abstract), Los Angeles, CA, 2005; .
• Y. Han and B. Jalali   One tera-sample/sec real-time transient digitizer Proceedings of the Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IMTC), , 2005; 1: 507-509.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, P. Koonath, V. Raghunathan, T. Indukuri, and D. Dimitropoulos   Optical continuum generation on a silicon chip SPIE Int’l Symposium on Optics & Photonics, 2005; 5931: 197-205.
• V. Raghunathan, R. Claps, D. Dimitropoulos, and B. Jalali   Parametric Raman wavelength conversion in scaled silicon waveguides Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2005; 23(6): 2094-2102.
• J. Basak and B. Jalali   Photodetector linearization using adaptive electronic post-distortion Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), , 2005; .
• Claps R, Raghunathan V, Boyraz O, Koonath P, Dimitropoulos D, Jalali B   Raman amplification and lasing in SiGe waveguides Opt Express, 2005; 13(7): 2459-66.
• L. Sirleto, M. Ferrara, L. Moretti, I. Rendina, A. Rossi, E. Santamato, and B. Jalali   Raman emission in porous silicon at 1.5 micron: A possible approach Proceedings of WFOPC, IEEE/LEOS Workshop on Fiber and Optical Passive Components, , 2005; 103-108.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropoulos, V. Raghunathan, and R. Claps   Raman-based silicon photonics: Technology and applications, Conference on Optical Microsystems, , 2005; 74.
• Jason Chou, Yan Han, and Bahram Jalali   Real time chemical detection using time-wavelength spectroscopy technique IMS Workshop on Measurement Systems for Homeland Security, 2005; ( March): 77-80.
• I. Poberezhskiy, B. Bortnik, J. Chou, B. Jalali, and H. Fetterman   Serrodyne frequency translation of continuous optical signals using ultra-wideband electrical sawtooth waveforms, Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2005; 41(12): 1533-39.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropoulos, and V. Raghunathan   Si Raman laser Integrated Photonics and Research and Applications Conference (IPRA), #1TuC1, 2005; .
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropoulos, V. Raghunathan, R. Claps, and P. Koonath   Silicon Raman amplifiers, lasers, and their applications Group IV Photonics Conference, , 2005; pp. 42-44.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropoulos, and V. Raghunathan   Silicon Raman laser, amplifier, and wavelength converter, Microtechnologies for the New Millennium (Photonic Materials, Devices, and Applications), , 2005; 5840: pp. 16-28.
• O. Boyraz, V. Raghunathan, D. Dimitropoulos, P. Koonath, T. Indukuri, and B. Jalali   Silicon and GeSi Raman lasers and amplifiers LEOS Annual Meeting, , 2005; 666-67.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropoulos, and V. Raghunathan   Silicon and silicon-germanium Raman laser, OSA Annual Meeting, , 2005; .
• L. Sirleto, M.A. Ferrara, L. Moretti, I. Rendina, A. Rossi, E. Santamato, and B. Jalali   Spontaneous Raman emission and tunable stokes shift in porous silicon Group IV Photonics Conference,, 2005; 81-83.
• Y. Han, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   Tera-sample-per-second real-time waveform digitizer Applied Physics Letters, 2005; 87(241116): 1-3.
• Y. Han, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   Ultra-wideband signal detection using photonic signal preprocessing LEOS Summer Topicals, 2005; MC1.3, : .
• Y. Han, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   Ultrawide-band photonic time-stretch A/D converter employing photonic phase diversity Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2005; 53(4): 1404-08.
• P. Koonath, T. Indukuri, and B. Jalali   Vertically-coupled cascaded microdisk resonators in silicon, JSAP MicroOptics Conference, D3, 2005; .
• O. Boyraz and B. Jalali   Electronically switched silicon Raman lasers CLEO/Europe-EQEC, CB7-4, 2005; .
• R. Claps, V. Raghunathan, O. Boyraz, P. Koonath, D. Dimitripoulos and B. Jalali   First SiGe optical amplifier and laser demonstrated, Optics Express, 2005; 13(7): 2459-2466.
• Bahram Jalali   Terasample per second Digitizer demonstrated, Electronic News, 2005; .
• Y. Han, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   480 GSample/s time stretch transient digitizer Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement, 2004; 49-53.
• Boyraz O, Koonath P, Raghunathan V, Jalali B   All optical switching and continuum generation in silicon waveguides Opt Express, 2004; 12(17): 4094-102.
• R. Hsu, A. Shah and B. Jalali   Coherent Optical MIMO demonstrated IEICE Electron Express, 2004; 1(13): 392-297.
• C.J. Hsu, A. Shah, and B. Jalali   Coherent optical multiple-input multiple-output communication over multimode fiber, Int’l Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2004), 2004; 5-7.
• O. Boyraz and B. Jalali   Demonstration of 11 dB fiber-to-fiber gain in a silicon Raman amplifier IEICE Electronics Express, 2004; 1(14): 429-34.
• O. Boyraz and B. Jalali   Demonstration of a silicon Raman laser Optics Express, 2004; 12(21): 5269-73.
• O. Boyraz and B. Jalali   First Silicon Laser demonstrated, Optics Express, 2004; 12(21): 5269-5273 .
• I. Poberezhskiy, B. Bortnik, J. Chou, B. Jalali, and H. Fetterman   GHz-range serrodyne frequency shifting of continuous optical signals LEOS 2004, , 2004; 278-9, .
• O. Boyraz, D. Dimitropoulos, and B. Jalali   Observation of simultaneous Stokes and anti-Stokes emission in a silicon Raman laser IEICE Electronics Express, 2004; 1(14): 435-41.
• B. Jalali, O. Boyraz, Y. Han, and A. Nuruzzaman   Phase diversity and continuous-time operation in time stretch A/D converter LEOS, 2004; 1: 268-9.
• Y. Han, O. Boyraz, and B. Jalali   Real-time A/D conversion at 480 GsSample/s using the phase-diversity photonic time-stretch system, Int’l Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2004), TC-2, 2004; (October): 186-9.
• J. Chou, I. Poberezhskiy, B. Bortnik, H. Fetterman, and B. Jalali   Ultra-wideband continuous sawtooth generation using RF-photonic technique Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement, , 2004; pp. 141-3.
• Dimitropoulos, D. Houshmand, B. Claps, R. Jalali, B.   Coupled-mode theory of the Raman effect in silicon-on-insulator waveguides Opt Lett, 2003; 28(20): 1954-6.
• R. Sadhwani, J. Basak, and B. Jalali.   Adaptive electronic linearization of fiber optic links Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2003), 2003; 2: 477-479.
• Y. Han and B. Jalali   Photonic time-stretched analog-to-digital converter: Fundamental concepts and practical considerations Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2003; 21(12): 3085-3103.