Selected Publications

2015


J. Ge and M. P. Fok, "Passband switchable microwave photonic multiband filter," Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 17263; doi: doi:10.1038/srep17263 (2015).

J. Ge and M. P. Fok, "Ultra High-Speed Radio Frequency Switch Based on Photonics," Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 15882; doi: 10.1038/srep15882 (2015).

R. Toole, A.N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, and M. P. Fok, "Photonic Implementation of Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity and Learning Algorithms of Biological Neural Systems," accepted by Journal of Lightwave Technology.

R. Toole and M. P. Fok, "Photonic implementation of a neuronal algorithm applicable towards angle of arrival detection and localization," Optics Express, vol. 23, iss. 12, pp. 16133-16141, June 2015.

J. Ge and M. P. Fok, “Frequency Band Selectable Microwave Photonic Multiband Bandpass Filter based on Lyot filter,” 2015 OSA Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2015), STh3F.2, San Jose, CA, USA, May 2015.

Q. Zhou and M. P. Fok, “Microwave Photonics Mixer based on Polarization Rotation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier,” 2015 OSA Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2015), SW3M.1, San Jose, CA, USA, May 2015.

J. Ge, H. Feng, G. Scott, and M. P. Fok, "High-speed tunable microwave photonic notch filter based on phase modulator incorporated Lyot filter," Optics Letter, vol. 40, iss. 1, pp. 48 – 51, January 1, 2015.


2014


Q. Zhou, H. Feng, G. Scott, and M. P. Fok, “Wideband co-site interference cancellation based on hybrid electrical and optical techniques,” Optics Letter, vol. 39, iss. 22, pp. 6537 – 6540, November 2014.

H. Feng, S. Xiao, Q. Zhou, J. Ge, and M. P. Fok, “Rayleigh backscattering noise suppression based on real-time heterodyne receiver for loop-back WDM-PON,” Optics Express, vol. 22, iss. 19, pp. 22673 – 22679, Sept 2014.

J. Ge, H. Feng, and M. P. Fok, “High-speed wavelength tunable DPSK demodulation using a phase modulator based loop mirror filter,” Optics Letter, vol. 39, iss. 12, pp. 3500 – 3503, June 2014.

Y. Chen, K.-W. Kwok, J. Ge, Y. Hu, M. Fok, K. R. Nilsson, Z. T. H. Tse, “Augmented Reality for Improving Catheterization in Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Cardiac Electrophysiology Therapy,” Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 8, iss. 2, pp. 020917, June 2014.

J. Ge, H. Feng, Z. Tse, Y. Chen, and M. P. Fok, “Spiral-Structured Fiber Bragg Grating for Contact Force Sensing through Direct Power Measurement,” Optics Express, vol. 22, iss. 9, pp.10439 – 10445, April 2014.

Y. Chen, J. Ge, K. W. Kwok, K. R. Nilsson, M. P. Fok, andZ. T. H. Tse, “MRI-conditional catheter sensor for contact force and temperature monitoring during cardiac electrophysiology procedures,” Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, vol. 16, Suppl 1, P150, January 2014.

2013


J. Chang, M. P. Fok, R. M. Corey, J. Meister, and P. R. Prucnal, “Highly scalable adaptive photonic beamformer using a single mode to multimode optical combiner,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 23, iss. 10, pp. 563 – 565, October 2013.

M. P. Fok, “Compact and low latency instantaneous frequency measurement using 38-cm bismuth oxide fiber and fiber Bragg gratings,” Applied Optics, vol. 52, iss. 23, pp. 5659 – 5662, August 2013.

M. P. Fok, Y. Tian, D. Rosenbluth, and P. R. Prucnal, “Pulse Lead/Lag Timing Detection for Adaptive Feedback and Control based on Optical Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity,” vol. 8, iss. 3, Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, April 2013.

A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, M. P. Fok, M. A. Nahmias, P. R. Prucnal, “The DREAM: An Integrated Photonic Thresholder,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, iss. 8, pp. 1263 – 1272, April 2013.

J. Chang, M. P. Fok, J. Meister, and P. R. Prucnal, "A single source microwave photonic filter using a novel single-mode fiber to multimode fiber coupling technique," Optics Express, vol.21, iss. 5, pp. 5585 – 5593, March 2013.

M. P. Chang, M. P. Fok, A. Hofmaier, and P. R. Prucnal, “Optical Analog Self-Interference Cancellation Using Electro-Absorption Modulators,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 23, pp. 99 - 101, February 2013

M. P. Fok, Y. Tian, D. Rosenbluth, and P. R. Prucnal, “Pulse Lead/Lag Timing Detection for Adaptive Feedback and Control based on Optical Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity,” Optics Letter, vol. 38, iss. 4, pp. 419 – 421, February 2013.

B. Wu, Z. Wang, Y. Tian, M. P. Fok, B. J. Shastri, D. R. Kanoff, and P. R. Prucnal, “Optical Steganography Based on Amplified Spontaneous Emission Noise,” Optics Express, vol. 21, iss. 2, pp. 2065 – 2071, January 2013.

2012


M. P. Fok, Y. Tian, D. Rosenbluth, and P. R. Prucnal, “Asynchronous Spiking Photonic Neuron for Lightwave Neuromorphic Signal Processing,” Optics Letter, vol. 37, iss. 16, pp. 3309 – 3311, August 2012.

J. Chang, Y. Deng, M. P. Fok, J. Meister, and P. R. Prucnal, “A Photonic Microwave FIR Filter Using a Spectrally Sliced Supercontinuum Source,” Applied Optics, vol. 51, iss. 19, pp. 4265 –4268, June 2012.

N. S. Rafidi, K. S. Kravtsov, Y. Tian, M. P. Fok, M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, and P. R. Prucnal, “Power transfer function tailoring in a highly Ge-doped nonlinear interferometer-based all-optical thresholder using offset-spectral filtering,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 528 – 534, April 2012.

Z. Wang, M. P. Fok, and P. R. Prucnal, “Physical Encoding in Optical Layer Security,” Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 83 – 100, January 2012.

2011 and before


M. P. Fok, Y. Tian, D. Rosenbluth, and P. R. Prucnal, "Asynchronous Spiking Photonic Neuron for Lightwave Neuromorphic Signal Processing," accepted by Optics Letter

M. P. Fok, Y. Tian, D. Rosenbluth, and P. R. Prucnal, "Asynchronous Spiking Photonic Neuron for Lightwave Neuromorphic Signal Processing," accepted by Optics Letter

J. Chang, Y. Deng, M. P. Fok, J. Meister, and P. R. Prucnal, "A Photonic Microwave FIR Filter Using a Spectrally Sliced Supercontinuum Source," Applied Optics, vol. 51, iss. 19, pp. 4265 - 4268, June 2012.

N. S. Rafidi, K. S. Kravtsov, Y. Tian, M. P. Fok, M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, and P. R. Prucnal, "Power transfer function tailoring in a highly Ge-doped nonlinear interferometer-based all-optical thresholder using offset-spectral filtering," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 528 - 534, April 2012.

M. P. Fok, Z. Wang, Y. Deng, and P. R. Prucnal, "Optical Layer Security in Fiber-Optic Networks," IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 6, iss. 3, pp. 725 - 736, September 2011.

M. P. Fok, Y. Tian, D. Rosenbluth, Y. Deng, and P. R. Prucnal, "Optical Hybrid Analog-Digital Signal Processing based on Spike Processing in Neurons," SPIE Optics and Photonics for Information Processing V conference, paper 8134-1, San Diego, USA, August 2011.

M. P. Fok, H. Deming, M. Nahmias, N. Rafidi, D. Rosenbluth, A. Tait, Y. Tian, and P. R. Prucnal, "Signal Feature Recognition based on Lightwave Neuromorphic Signal Processing," Optics Letter, vol. 36, iss. 1, pp. 19 - 21, January 2011

M. P. Fok, D. Rosenbluth, K. Kravtsov, and P. R. Prucnal, "Lightwave Neuromorphic Signal Processing [In The Spotlight]," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 27, iss. 6, pp. 158 - 160, November 2010. [Invited]

M. P. Fok, Y. Deng, and P. R. Prucnal, "Asynchronous Detection of Optical CDMA Signals using a Bandwidth-Efficient and Wavelength-Aware Receiver," Optics Letters, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1097 - 1099, April 2010.

M. P. Fok and P. R. Prucnal, "All-Optical Encryption Based on Interleaved Waveband Switching Modulation for Optical Network Security," Optics Letters, vol. 34, iss. 9, pp. 1315 - 1317, April 2009.

M. P. Fok and P. R. Prucnal, "A Compact and Low-Latency Scheme for Optical Steganography Using Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings," Electronics Letter, vol. 45, iss. 3, pp. 179 - 180, January 2009.

M. P. Fok and C. Shu, "Delay-Asymmetric Nonlinear Loop Mirror for DPSK Demodulation," Optics Letter, vol. 33, iss. 23, pp. 2845 - 2847, December 2008.

M. P. Fok and C. Shu, "Tunable Optical Delay Using Four-Wave Mixing in a 35-cm Highly Nonlinear Bismuth-Oxide Fiber and Group Velocity Dispersion," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 26, iss. 5, pp. 499 - 504, March 1, 2008.

M. P. Fok and C. Shu, "Wavelength Multicasting of ASK-DPSK Signal Using Four-Wave Mixing in a 32-cm Highly Nonlinear Bismuth Oxide Fiber," 2008 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2008), OMV2, San Diego, California, USA, February 2008.

M. P. Fok and C. Shu, "Multi-Pump Four-Wave Mixing in a Photonic Crystal Fiber for 6 x 10 Gb/s Wavelength Multicasting of DPSK Signals," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.19, iss. 15, pp.1166-1168, August 2007.

M. P. Fok and C. Shu, "All-Optical Amplitude Noise Reduction for DPSK Signal Using Pump-Modulated Four-Wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier," The 32th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006), We3.P.72, Cannes, France, September 2006.

M. P. Fok, W. W. Tang, and C. Shu, "Higher Order Repetition Rate Multiplication for Multiwavelength Pulsed Source," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.18, iss.3, pp.466-468, February 2006.

M. P. Fok, K. L. Lee, and C. Shu, "Waveband-Switchable SOA Ring Laser Constructed with a Phase Modulator Loop Mirror Filter," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.17, iss.7, pp.1393-1395, July 2005.