Publications

• T. Borogovac, M. Rahaim, M. Tuganbayeva, and T.D.C. Little, “Lights-off’ Visible Light Communications,” Proc. IEEE Globecom 2011 2nd Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (OWC 2011), pp. 823-827, Dec. 5-9, 2011, Houston TX, USA.
• M. Rahaim, A.M. Vegni, and T.D.C. Little, “A Hybrid Radio Frequency and Broadcast Visible Light Communication System,” Proc. IEEE Globecom 2011 2nd Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (OWC 2011), pp. 818-822, Dec. 5-9, 2011, Houston TX, USA.
• M. Rahaim, A. Mirvakili, T. Borogovac, T.D.C. Little, and V. Joyner, “Demonstration of a Software Defined Visible Light Communication System,” Mobicom 2011, Poster and Demonstration Competition,
• September 2011.
• A. Mostafa, A.M. Vegni, R. Singoria, T. Oliveira, T.D.C. Little, and D.P. Agrawal, “A V2X-based approach for reduction of delay propagation in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks,” Proc. Intl. Workshop on Seamless Connectivity in Vehicular Networks (SCVN 2011), part of the 11th IEEE International Conference on ITS Telecommunications (ITST 2011), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, August 23-25, 2011.
• T.D.C. Little, A. Agarwal, J. Chau, M. Figueroa, A. Ganick, J. Lobo, T. Rich, P. Schimitsch, “Directional Communication System for Short-Range Vehicular Communications,” Proc. 2nd IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC 2010), Jersey City, December 15, 2010.
• A. Agarwal and T.D.C. Little, “Role of Directional Wireless Communication in Vehicular Networks,” in Proc. Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV’10), San Diego, CA, June 2010.
• A.M. Vegni, C. Vegni, and T.D.C. Little, “Opportunistic Vehicular Networks by Satellite Links for Safety Applications,” in Proc. of the Fully Networked Car Workshop, Geneva International Motor Show, Geneva, Switzerland, March 3-4, 2010.
• A.M. Vegni and T.D.C. Little, “A Message Propagation Model for Hybrid Vehicular Communication Protocols,” in Proc. 2nd Intl. Workshop on Communication Technologies for Vehicles (Nets4Cars), in the 7th IEEE Int. Symp. on Communication Systems, Networks and DSP, (CSNDSP 2010), Newcastle, UK, July 2010.
• Z. Wu and T.D.C. Little, “Network Solutions for the LOS Problem of New Indoor Free Space Optical System,” in Proc. IEEE, IEE Intl. Symp. on Communciations Systems, Networks, and Digital Signal Processing 2010, Newcastle, UK, July 2010.
• M. Turkmen, S. Aksu, A. E. Cetin, A. A. Yanik, H. Altug, “Multi-Resonant Metamaterials Based on UT-shaped Nano-Aperture Antennas”, Optics Express Vol. 19, pp. 7921-7928 (2011).
• A. Artar, A. A. Yanik, H. Altug, “Multi-Spectral Plasmon Induced Transparency in Coupled Meta-Atoms”, Nano Letters Vol. 11, pp. 1685-1689 (2011).
• A. E. Cetin, A. A. Yanik, C. Yilmaz, S. Somu, A. B. Busnaina, H. Altug, “Monopole Antenna Arrays for Optical Trapping, Spectroscopy and Sensing”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 98, 111110 (2011).
  Highlighted on Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
• A. A. Yanik, M. Huang, O. Kamohara, A. Artar, T. W. Giesbert, J. J. Connor and H. Altug, “An Optofluidic Nanoplasmonic Biosensor for Direct Detection of Live Viruses from Biological Media”, Nano Letters Vol. 10, pp. 4962-4969 (2010).
  Featured on many science/technology media worldwide (US, Germany, India).
• S. Aksu, A. Yanik, R. Adato, A. Artar, M. Huang, H. Altug, “High-throughput Nanofabrication of Plasmonic Infrared NanoAntenna Arrays for Vibrational Nanospectroscopy”, Nano Letters Vol. 10, pp. 2511-2518 (2010).
  Featured on Institute of Physics Nanotech web-site with a news-story.
• A. A. Yanik, M. Huang, A. Artar, T. Chang, H. Altug, “Integrated Nanoplasmonics-Nanofluidics Biosensor with Targeted Delivery of Analyte”, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 96, 021101 (2010).
  Selected as cover article of 11 January 2010 issue of Applied Physics Letters.
  Top 2 most downloaded research article in Applied Physics Letters in January 2010.
• R. Adato, A. A. Yanik, C-H Wu, G. Shvets and H. Altug, “Radiative Engineering of Plasmon Lifetimes in Embedded Nanoantenna Arrays”, Optics Express Vol. 18, pp. 4526-4537(2010).
• G. G. Daaboul, A. Yurt, X. Zhang, . M. Hwang,| B. B. Goldberg, and M. S. Unlu, “High-Throughput Detection and Sizing of Individual Low-Index Nanoparticles and Viruses for Pathogen Identification”, NanoLetters, December 2010.
• M. Rahaim, T. Borogovac and J. B. Carruthers,”CandLES: Communications and Lighting Emulation Software” WiNTECH 10: Proceedings of the Fifth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization. ACM, 2010.
• T. Borogovac, M. Rahaim and J. B. Carruthers,”Spotlighting for Visible Light Communications and Illumination“, Proceedings of the First IEEE Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications. GLOBECOM, 2010.
• A.M. Vegni and T.D.C. Little, “A Message Propagation Model for Hybrid Vehicular Communication Protocols,” in Proc. 2nd Intl. Workshop on Communication Technologies for Vehicles (Nets4Cars), in the 7th IEEE Int. Symp. on Communication Systems, Networks and DSP, (CSNDSP 2010), Newcastle, UK, July 2010.
• Z. Wu and T.D.C. Little, “Network Solutions for the LOS Problem of New Indoor Free Space Optical System,” in Proc. IEEE, IEE Intl. Symp. on Communciations Systems, Networks, and Digital Signal Processing 2010, Newcastle, UK, July 2010.
• A. Ganick, M. Figueroa, J. Lobo, P. Schimitsch, T. Rich, and T.D.C. Little, “Vehicular Networking Using Optical Transceivers,” Poster and Demonstration Program, MobiSys 2010, San Francisco, CA, June 15, 2010.
• J. Chau, K. Matarese, and T.D.C. Little, “IP-Enabled LED Lighting Supporting Indoor Mobile and Wireless Communications,” Poster and Demonstration Program, MobiSys 2010, San Francisco, CA, June 15, 2010.
• Michael Rahaim, Tarik Borogovac and Jeff Carruthers, “CandLES – Communication and Lighting Emulation Software,” CISE Technical Report # 2010-IR-0006, 9 June 2010.
• A. Agarwal and T.D.C. Little, “Role of Directional Wireless Communication in Vehicular Networks,” in Proc. Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV’10), San Diego, CA, June 2010.
• A.M. Vegni, C. Vegni, and T.D.C. Little, “Opportunistic Vehicular Networks by Satellite Links for Safety Applications,” in Proc. of the Fully Networked Car Workshop, Geneva International Motor Show, Geneva, Switzerland, March 3-4, 2010. Presentation
• E. Ozkumur, S. Ahn, A. Yalcin, C. Lopez, E. Cevik, R. Irani, C. DeLisi, M. Chiari, and M. S. Ünlü, “Label-free microarray imaging for direct detection of DNA hybridization and single-nucleotide mismatches,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 25, No. 7, 15 March 2010, pp. 1789-1795.
• P. S. Spuhler, J. Knezevic, A. Yalcin, Q. Bao, E. Pringsheim, P. Dröge, U. Rant, and M. S. Ünlü, “Platform for in situ real-time measurement of protein-induced conformational changes of DNA ,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 4 January 2010.
• A. Yalcin, F. Damin, E. Ozkumur, G. di Carlo, B. B. Goldberg, M. Chiari, and M. S. Ünlü, “Direct Observation of Conformation of a Polymeric Coating with Implications in Microarray Applications,” Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 81, 2009, pp. 625-630.
• E. Ozkumur, J. Needham, D. A. Bergstein, R. Gonzalez, M. Cabodi, J. Gershoni, B. B. Goldberg, and M. S. Ünlü, “Label-free and dynamic detection of biomolecular interactions for high-throughput microarray applications,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Vol. 105, 10 June 2008, pp. 7988-7992.
• T.D.C. Little, P. Dib, K. Shah, N. Barraford, and B. Gallagher, “Using LED Lighting for Ubiquitous Indoor Wireless Networking,” to appear at the 4th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2008) October, 2008, Avignon, France.
• T.D.C. Little and Jeff Carruthers. “Free Space Optical Communications Presentation.” Sensor Network Consortium meeting, Boston, MA, May 2008.
• T.D.C. Little and A. Agarwal “Connecting Vehicles to ‘The Grid,’” Proc. NITRD National Workshop on High-Confidence Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems, April 3-4, 2008, Troy, MI.
• D. A. Bergstein, I. E. Ozkumur, A. C. Wu, A. Yalcin, J. Needham, R. Irani, J. Gershoni, B. Goldberg, C. DeLisi, M. F. Ruane, and M. S. Ünlü, “Resonant Cavity Imaging: A Means Toward High-Throughput Label-Free Protein Detection,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 14, No. 1,January/February 2008.
• A. Agarwal, D Starobinski, and T.D.C. Little, “Exploiting Downstream Mobility to Achieve Fast Upstream Message Propagation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks,” Proc. Mobile Networking for Vehicular Environments 2007, Infocom 2007, Anchorage, AK, May 2007.
• T.D.C. Little and A. Agarwal, “Prospects for Networked Vehicles of the Future,” Proc. Workshop on Smart Transportation, 13th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, Bellevue, WA, April 2007.

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• H. Altug, D. Englund, J. Vuckovic, “Low Threshold Surface-Passivated Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser,” Applied Physics Letters, 91 071124 (2007).
• H. Altug, D. Englund, I. Fushman, J. Vuckovic, “Efficient Terahertz Room-temperature Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser,” Applied Physics Letters 91 071126 (2007).
• M. Ruane, “Vertically Integrated Research Experiences,” 9th International Conference on Engineering Education, San Juan, PR, July 2006.
• H. Altug, D. Englund, J. Vuckovic, “Ultra-fast Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser,” Nature Physics, 2, 484-488, (2006).
• D. Bergstein, M. F. Ruane, M. Selim Ünlü, “Silicon Substrates with Buried Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Biosensing,” 2005 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS 2005) Bethesda MD. Dec. 7-9, 2005.
• J. B. Carruthers and S. M. Carroll “Statistical Models for Indoor Optical Wireless Channels,” Special Issue of the International Journal of Communication Systems: Indoor Optical Wireless Communication Systems and Networks. Vol. 18, pages 267-284, 2005.
• H. Altug, J. Vuckovic, “Photonic crystal nanocavity array laser,” Optics Express, 13, 8819 (2005).
• H. Altug, J. Vuckovic, “Polarization control and sensing with two-dimensional coupled photonic crystal microcavity arrays,” Optics Letters, 30, 982 (2005).
• H. Altug, J. Vuckovic, “Experimental demonstration of small group velocity of light in two-dimensional coupled photonic crystal microcavity arrays,” Applied Physics Letters, 86, 111102 (2005).
• H. Altug, N. C. Helman, J. E. Roth, D. P. Bour, D. Miller, “Misalignment-Tolerant Surface-Normal Low-Voltage Modulator for Optical Interconnects,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 11, 338 (2005).

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• D. Bergstein, M. F. Ruane, B. B. Goldberg, and M. S. Ünlü, “Resonant Cavity Imaging Biosensor,” IEEE Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement Conference 2004, 19-20 October 2004.
• H. Altug, J. Vuckovic, “Two-dimensional coupled photonic crystal resonator arrays,” Applied Physics Letters, 84 161 (2004).
• H. Altug, Mehmet F. Yanik, J. Vuckovic, “Sub-micron all-optical digital memory and integration of nano-scale photonic devices without isolators,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 22, 2316 (2004).
• R.P. Prasankumar, I. Hartl, J.T. Gopinath, E.P. Ippen, J.G. Fujimoto, P. Mak, M.F. Ruane, “Design and Characterization of semiconductor-doped silica film saturable absorbers”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., 21, no. 4, 851-857, 2004.
• J. B. Carruthers, S. M. Carroll, and P. Kannan, “Propagation Modeling for Indoor Optical Wireless Communications using Fast Multireceiver Channel Estimation.” IEEE Optoelectronics Special Issue on Optical Wireless Communications, Vol. 150, pp. 473-481, Oct 2003.
• J. B. Carruthers, chapter “Wireless Infrared Communications,” in Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, J. G. Proakis, editor. New York: Wiley, 2002.
• J. B. Carruthers and J. M. Kahn, “Angle diversity for nondirected wireless infrared communication,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 48, pp. 960-969, June 2000.
• H. Altug, B. Temelkuran, E. Ozbay, “Experimental investigation of layer-by-layer metallic photonic crystals,” IEEE Proceedings on Optoelectronics, 145, 409 (1998).
• J. B. Carruthers and J. M. Kahn, “Modeling of nondirected wireless infrared channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 45, pp. 1260-1268,Oct. 1997.

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Textbooks authored by the ERC Team

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