Overview Academic/Research Interest Areas

Integrated optical devices and sub-system for telecom, datacom, sensors, and biomedical applications

Laser and white light interferometry for precision measurement of physical quantities

Professional Affiliations

Member, Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

Professional Patents

Optical based opacity and flow monitoring system and method of monitoring opacity and flow, U.S. Patent No. 6,050,656.

Depth Profiling of Tissue Using Broadband Fiber-Optic Interferometry , U.S. Patent No. 5,920,390.

An arrangement for detecting signal frequency shifts produced by stimulated Brillouin scattering, U.K. patent No. 8914988.4

Optical carrier generation using stimulated Brillouin scattering, U.K. patent No. 9014502.0

Recent Publications

F. Farahi, P. Jorge, M. Mayeh, R. Benrashid, P. Caldas, J. Santos, "Applications of nano-particles in optical chemical and biological sensors" Invited Paper, OpticsEast, Philadelphia, SPIE Conference Proceeding Vol. 5590, p. 66 (2004).

P. J. Moyer, A. Pridmore, and F. Farahi, "Multimode Interference Switch Design with Loose Manufacturing Tolerance:", Opt. Eng. 43, 165-169 (2004).

P. A. S. Jorge, P. Caldas, L. A. Ferreira, A. B. Lobo Ribeiro, J. L. Santos, F. Farahi, "Electrical current metering with a dual interferometric configuration and serrodyne signal processing" Measurement Science and Technology 13, 533 (2002).

F. M. Ara?L. A. Ferreira, J. L. Santos, F. Farahi "Temperature and strain insensitive bend measurements with D-type fiber Bragg gratings" Measurement Science and Technology (Special Issue: Optical Fiber Sensors) 12, 829 (2001).

Educational Background

B.Sc. Aryamehr (Sharif) University of Technology, 1976.

M.Sc. University of Southampton, 1978.

Ph.D. University of Kent at Canterbury, 1988.

Post doc., The University of Kent,?Canterberry?, UK, 1984-1988.