Prospective graduate students are encouraged to contact Professor Berini directly, and visit our Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies or the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering regarding admission procedures.
Current Research Group:
| Name | Position | Research Area / Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Olivieri | Optical Technologist | |
| Ewa Lisicka-Skrek | Optical Technologist | Experimentation with surface plasmon devices |
| Howard Northfield | Research Engineer | |
| Sabaa Rashid | Research Engineer | |
| Nikhil Dingra | Research Engineer | |
| Jaspreet Walia | PDF (with A. Weck, uOttawa) | Raman spectroscopy of thiols on nanostructured Ag surfaces |
| Luis Angel Mayoral Astorga | Metasurfaces and Plasmonics | |
| Mario German Sandoval | PDF (with A. Weck, uOttawa) | DFT simulations of molecular adoption to a metal surface |
| Masoud Navrood | PDF (with L. Ramunno, uOttawa) | Modelling of nanoplasmonic systems |
| Zohreh Hirbodvash | Ph.D. Candidate | Bloch LRSPP biosensors |
| Graham Killaire | Ph.D. Candidate (with A. Weck, uOttawa) | Plasmonics for camouflage |
| Émilie Laffont | Ph.D. Candidate (with Y. Jourlin, uSt-Étienne) | Capteurs biologiques |
| Shayan Saedi | Ph.D. Candidate | Semiconductor tunable lasers |
| Tianyi Hao | Ph.D. Candidate | Plasmonic modulators |
| Deepthi Sekar | Ph.D. Candidate | Plasmonic biosensors |
| Fatemeh Foulad Mahan | Ph.D. Candidate (with A. Mokhtari, uKerman) | Plasmonic biosensors |
| Maryam Amiri | Ph.D. Candidate | Plasmonic nanostructures |
| Marcos Valero | Ph.D. Candidate (with I. De Léon, Tecnológico de Monterrey) | Plasmonic Biosensors |
| Liam Kelly | M.Sc. Candidate (with X. Bao, uOttawa) | Fabrication of SAW devices as acoustic generators |
| Zhiqiao Yang | M.A.Sc. Candidate | Nanofab |
| David Girard | M.Sc. Candidate (with A. Weck, uOttawa) | CO2 reduction on plasmonic structures |
Alumni:
| Name | Position | Research Area / Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||
| Muhammad Asif | Research Assistant | |
| Akram Hajebifard | Research Engineer | |
| Sa’ad Hassan | Research Assistant | |
| Saba Siadat Mousavi | Research Assistant | |
| 2020 | ||
| Saba Siadat Mousavi | Ph.D. | High-speed photodetectors based on plasmonic nano-antennas |
| Sabaa Rashid | M.A.Sc. | Fabrication of surface plasmon biosensors |
| Akram Hajebifard | Ph.D. | Surface plasmon biosensors based on Fano resonances |
| Oleksiy Krupin | Disease detection using long-range surface plasmon biosensors | |
| Choloong Hahn | Parity-time symmetry in optics and plasmonics | |
| Maryam Khodami | Ph.D. | Biosensing using surface plasmon waveguides |
| 2019 | ||
| Jean-Michel Guay | Ph.D. (with A. Weck, uOttawa ) | Metal colorization using picosecond laser pulses |
| Muhammad Asif | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of Long Range Surface Plasmon Polariton Biosensors Incorporating Optical Waveguides and Encapsulated Microfluidic Channels via Wafer Bonding |
| 2018 | ||
| Antonino Calà Lesina | PDF (with L. Ramunno, uOttawa) | Modeling large-scale nanoplasmonics on a massively parallel computing platform |
| Badrul Alam | Ph.D. (Visiting) (with A. Benedetti, Sapienza University of Rome) | Fabrication of long-range surface plasmon waveguide couplers |
| Maryam Al-Shehab | M.A.Sc. | Design and Construction of a Raman Microscope for Nano-Plasmonic Structures |
| Pengshuai Ren | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of biosensors in Cytop with wafer-bonded lidding |
| 2017 | ||
| Youngsun Choi | Ph.D. (Visiting) (with S.H. Song, Hanyang University) | Parity-time symmetry in optics and photonics |
| Behnam Banan | Ph.D. (with O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University) | Data transmission through long-range surface plasmon waveguides and devices |
| Elham Karami Keshmarzi | Ph.D. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Long-range surface plasmon polariton active structures based on optically-pumped dye-doped polymer gain media |
| 2016 | ||
| Norman Fong | PDF (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Nanofabrication and characterisation of grating couplers |
| Mohammad Alavirad | Ph.D. (with L. Roy, Carleton University) | Surface plasmon-polariton Schottky photodetectors |
| Hui Fan | Ph.D. | Thermo-Optic and Refractometric Performance of Long-Range Surface Plasmon Multiple-Output Mach-Zehnder Interferometers |
| William Talbot-Kelly | M.Eng. | Fabrication of surface plasmon reflection modulators |
| Maude Amyot- Bourgeois | M.Sc. | Plasmon polariton Bragg gratings and IR-140 doped PMMA for active Bragg structures |
| 2015 | ||
| Behnood Ghamsari | Graphene plasmonics | |
| Choloong Hahn | Ph.D. (with S.H. Song, Hanyang University) | Plasmonic parity-time symmetry broken structures |
| Wei Ru Wong | Ph.D. (with F.R.M. Adikan, uMalaya) | Long range surface plasmon based biosensor for Dengue virus detection |
| Oleksiy Krupin | Ph.D. | Biosensing using long-range surface plasmon-polariton waveguides |
| Norman Fong | Ph.D. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Hydrogen Sensing with Long-Range Surface Plasmon Membrane Waveguides |
| Howard Northfield | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of Long Range Surface Plasmon Polariton Bragg Waveguide Biosensors on Cytop and Multilayer Substrates |
| Paul Béland | M.A.Sc. | An Optical Biosensor Towards Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis |
| Xiao Lu | M.Eng. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of high-speed plasmonic modulators based on metal-oxide-semiconductor structures |
| Sa’ad Hassan | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Microfabrication of Plasmonic Devices: PPBG Biosensor in Cytop, Intensity Modulator, and Atomically Flat Nanohole Array |
| Naema Othman | M.Sc. | Modelling Schottky contact surface plasmon nano-detector |
| 2014 | ||
| Kholoud Gazzaz | M.Sc. | Biosensing performance of surface plasmon polariton Bragg gratings |
| Suli Niu | M.A.Sc. (with S. Zou, NRC) | Quantitative Determination of Surface Markers on B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Cells |
| Kholoud Gazzaz | M.Sc. | Biosensing performance of surface plasmon polariton Bragg gratings |
| 2013 | ||
| Asad Khan | M.A.Sc. | Characterization of Bio-Sensing Waveguides in CYTOP Operating with Long Range Surface Plasmon Polaritons (LRSPP’s) |
| 2012 | ||
| Majid Rasouli Disfani | Ph.D. (with M.S. Abrishamian, K. N. Toosi University of Technology) | Theory and modelling of plasmonic wedges |
| Saba Siadat Mousavi | M.A.Sc. (with D. McNamara, uOttawa) | Periodic plasmonic nanoantennas in a piecewise homogeneous background |
| Hamoudi Asiri | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of Surface Plasmon Biosensors in CYTOP |
| 2011 | ||
| Israel De Leon Arizpe | Signal-to-noise of surface plasmon amplifiers | |
| Chengkun Chen | Plasmonic grating couplers and fibre-based biosensors | |
| Raza Hanif | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Microfabrication of plasmonic biosensors in CYTOP integrating a thin SiO2 diffusion and etch-barrier layer |
| Hui Fan | M.A.Sc. | Passive and Thermo-Optic Characterization of Long-Range Surface Plasmon-Polariton Structures in CYTOP |
| 2010 | ||
| Israel de Leon Arizpe | Ph.D. | Amplification of long-range surface plasmon-polaritons |
| Oleksiy Krupin | M.A.Sc. (to Ph.D.) | Chemical functionalisation of surface plasmon biosensors |
| Charles Chiu | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of Surface Plasmon Waveguide Devices in CYTOP with Microfluidic Channels |
| Ali Akbari | M.A.Sc. | Waveguide Integrated Surface Plasmon Photodetector: Design, Fabrication, and Measurement |
| 2009 | ||
| Norman Fong | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication and Mechanical Testing of Thin Cytop Membranes |
| Richard Daviau | M.A.Sc. (with N. Tait, Carleton University) | Fabrication of long-range surface plasmon waveguides on Cytop |
| 2008 | ||
| Robin Buckley | M.A.Sc. | Figures of merit and modelling of metallo-dielectric waveguides |
| 2004 | ||
| Ian Breukelaar | M.A.Sc. | Surface Plasmon-Polaritons in Thin Metal Strips and Slabs: Waveguiding and Mode Cutoff |
| 2003 | ||
| Walter Wayne | M.A.Sc. (with L. Roy, Carleton University) | An Automated Matching Network Incorporating a Six-Port Reflectometer |
| Jean-Paul Prévost | M.A.Sc. (with L. Roy, Carleton University) | A High-Efficiency Power Amplifier Integrated with a planar Transmitting Antenna |
| Stéphanie Jetté | M.A.Sc. | A Study of Bragg Gratings Based on Plasmon-Polariton Wave Guides |
| Yansong Cui | M.A.Sc. | GaAs-Based Travelling Wave Electro-optic Modulators |
| Guy Gagnon | M.A.Sc. | Thermo-Optic Variable Optical Attenuators Using Plasmon-Polariton Waveguides |
| Christine Scales | M.A.Sc. | Magneto-Plasmons in Optical Slab Waveguides |
| Junjie Lu | M.A.Sc. | Modelling Optical Waveguide Bends and Applications to Plasmon-Polariton Waveguides |
| 2002 | ||
| Mikko Karpinnen | Ph.D. (Guest) | Attenuated Total Reflection Modulator Based on Surface Plasmon Excitation |
| Nicolas Gagnon | M.A.Sc. (with L. Roy, Carleton University) | Design and Study of a Free-Space Quasi-Optical Measurement System |
| 2001 | ||
| Robert Charbonneau | M.A.Sc. | Demonstration of a Passive Integrated Optics Technology Based on Plasmons |
| Luan Nguyen | M.A.Sc. | Modeling and Design of a Traveling Wave Photodetector on InP for Use at 1550 nm |
| 2000 | ||
| Chengkun Chen | M.A.Sc. | Development and Implementation of Novel Numerical Techniques for Integrated Optics and Microwave Planar Structures |
| 1999 | ||
| Kathia Lévis | M.A.Sc. (with L. Roy, Carleton University) | Ka-Band Holographic Antennas |
| Yihong Zhu | M.A.Sc. | Wavelength-Dependent Polarization Dependent Loss and Polarization Mode Dispersion Measurements in Fibre-optic Devices |
| 1998 | ||
| Zheng Dai | PDF (with L. Roy, Carleton University & J. Chrostowski, NRC) | Optical Fibre Amplifiers |
The Berini Group 