Andrew G. Kirk: Publications and Talks

1. Articles in refereed journals

J1.            M.I.Cheema and A.G.Kirk , Analytical expressions for wave-guide coupled phase shift microcavity ring down spectroscopy,  JOSA B, 32 (2), pp 355-362, 2015

J2.            S. Filion-Côté, P. J. R. Roche, A. M. Foudeh, M. Tabrizian and A. G. Kirk, ‘Design and analysis of a spectro-angular surface plasmon resonance biosensor operating in the visible spectrum’, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 093107 (2014);

J3.             M. I. Cheema, C.Shi, A. M. Armani, and A. G. Kirk, ‘Optimizing the signal to noise ratio of microcavity sensors, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 26 (20), pp 2023-2026, 2014

J4.             M. I. Cheema, U. A. Khan, A. M. Armani, and A. G. Kirk, "Towards more accurate microcavity sensors: maximum likelihood estimation applied to combination of quality factor and wavelength shifts", OSA Optics Express,  21 (19), pp. 22817-22828, 2013

J5.             M.I.Cheema and A.G.Kirk, ‘Accurate determination of the quality factor and tunneling distance of axisymmetric resonators for biosensing applications’, OSA Optics Express , 21 (7), pp 8724-8735, DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.008724, April 2013

J6.             Y. P. Zhang, V. P. Chodavarapu, A. G. Kirk, and M. P. Andrews, ‘Structured color humidity indicator from reversible pitch tuning in self-assembled nanocrystalline cellulose films’, Sensors And Actuators B-Chemical, 176, pp 692-697, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.09.100, Jan 2013

J7.             Y. P. Zhang, V. P. Chodavarapu, A. G. Kirk, and M. P. Andrews, "Nanocrystalline cellulose for covert optical encryption," Journal of Nanophotonics, vol. 6, Jul 2012.

J8.             V.Veerasubramanian, G. Beaudin, A.Giguere, B. Le Drogoff, V. Aimez, A.G.Kirk, ‘ Design and Demonstration of Apodized Comb Filters on SOI’ , IEEE Photonics Journal  4 (4), DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2204971, 2012

J9.             V.Veerasubramanian, G. Beaudin, A.Giguere, B. Le Drogoff, V. Aimez, A.G.Kirk , ‘Waveguide-coupled drop filters on SOI using quarter-wave shifted sidewalled grating resonators’, OSA Optics Express, 20 (14), pp 15983-15990, 2012

J10.          P. J. R. Roche, L. K. Beitel, R. Khan, R. Lumbroso, M. Najih, M. C.-K. Cheung, J. Thiemann, V. Veerasubramanian, M. Trifiro, V. P. Chodavarapu and A. G. Kirk ‘A Plasmonic Thermocycler for the Amplification of Human Androgen Receptor DNA’, Analyst, 137 (19), pp 4475 – 4481, 2012

J11.          Z. Tian, P. Bianucci, P. J. R. Roche, M. H. T. Dastjerdi, Z. Mi, P. J. Poole, A. G. Kirk, and D. V. Plant, "Dynamical thermal effects in InGaAsP microtubes at telecom wavelengths," Opt. Lett. 37, 2712-2714 (2012)

J12.          M. I Cheema, S Mehrabani, A A. Hayat,Y-A Peter, A M. Armani, A G Kirk, ’Simultaneous measurement of quality factor and wavelength shift by phase shift microcavity ring down spectroscopy’, OSA Optics Express, 20 (8), pp. 9090-9098, 2012 (also selected for the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics, 7 (6) May 2012)

J13.          P J. R. Roche, M C-K Cheung, S Filion-Côté, J Milette, T Gonzalez, G Gopalakrishnan, M P. Andrews, B R. Lennox, L Reven and A G. Kirk, Characterisation of a Gold Nanorod Sol–Gel Utilising Inter-particle Coupling to Yield High Refractive Index Sensitivity’ Plasmonics, DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9311-7, 2012

J14.          A. Khorshidahmad, A.G. Kirk , ‘Reflective Heterostructure Photonic Crystal Superprism Demultiplexer’, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters , 4, pp 303-305, 2012

J15.          P.Roche, S. Filion-Cote, M. C-K Cheung, V. Chodavarapu and A. G Kirk ‘A camera phone localised surface plasmon biosensing platform towards low cost label free diagnostic testing’, Journal of Sensors, Article ID 406425, 7 pages, doi:10.1155/2011/406425, 2011

J16.          Z. Tian, V. Veerasubramanian, P. Bianucci, S. Mukherjee, Z. Mi, A. G. Kirk, and D.V. Plant ‘Selective polarization mode excitation in InGaAs/GaAs microtubes using an adiabatically tapered fiber’, OSA Optics Letters 36 (17), pp 3506-3508, 2011

J17.          A.Jafari, A.G.Kirk, ‘Distributed Etched Diffraction Grating Demultiplexer with Flat-Top Insertion Loss Envelope’, IEEE Photonics Journal, DOI 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2162823, 2011

J18.          A.Jafari, A.G.Kirk, ‘Demonstration of Distributed Etched Diffraction Grating Demultiplexer’, IEEE Photonics Journal, 3 (4), p. 651-657, 2011

J19.          Z. Tian, V. Veerasubramanian, P. Bianucci, S. Mukherjee, Z. Mi, A. G. Kirk, and D.V. Plant ‘Single rolled-up InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot microtubes integrated with silicon-on-insulator waveguides’, OSA Optics Express 19, pp 12164-12171, 2011

J20.          M. C.-K. Cheung, P. J. R. Roche, M.Hajj-Hassan, A.G. Kirk, Z.Mi, V.P. Chodavarapu, ‘Controlling optical properties and surface morphology of dry etched porous silicon’, J. Nanophotonics, 5, 053503, DOI:10.1117/1.3571270, 2011

J21.          C.AlleyneP.J.R. RocheS. Filion Cote, A.G.Kirk,’ Analysis of Surface Plasmon Spectro-Angular reflectance spectrum: Real-Time Measurement, Resolution Limits and applications to Biosensing’, OSA Optics Letters , 36 (1), pp 46-48  2011

J22.          Philip J.R. Roche, Maurice C-K. Cheung, Lei Yao, Andrew G. Kirk, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, ‘Enhancement of luminescent quenching based oxygen sensing by gold nanoparticles: a comparison between luminophore:matrix:nanoparticle thin films on glass and gold coated substrates’, J. Nanophoton. 4, 043521, 2010

J23.          A. Khorshidahmad, A.G. Kirk, ‘Nested Photonic Crystal Cavity for On-Chip Wavelength Conversion’,IEEE Photonics Technology Letters , 22, pp 679-681, 2010

J24.          A. Khorshidahmad, A.G. Kirk, ‘Composite superprism photonic crystal demultiplexer: analysis and design’, Optics Express, 18, pp.20518-20528, 2010

J25.          P. J.R. Roche, M. C-K Cheung, A.G. Kirk, V.P. Chodavarapu, F.V. Bright, ‘Application of Gold quenching of Luminescence to improve Oxygen sensing using a Ruthenium (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)3 Cl2:TEOS thin film’, J.Sensors and Actuators B., 147, pp581-586, 2010

J26.          A. Khorshidahmad, A.G. Kirk, ‘Wavelength conversion by dynamically reconfiguring a nested photonic crystal cavity’,OSA Optics Express, 18 (8), pp 7732-7742, 2010

J27.          M.Menard, A.G.Kirk ,’Integrated Fabry-Perot Comb Filters for Optical Space Switching’, J.Lightwave Technol., 28, pp 768-775, 2010

J28.          M.Menard, A.G.Kirk, ‘Design of Fabry-Perot filters in planar waveguides with deep-etched features for optical space switching ‘,Optics Express, 17 pp 17614-17629,  2009

J29.          A. Khorshidahmad, A.G. Kirk, ‘Wavelength conversion by interband transition in a double heterostructure photonic crystal cavity’, Optics Letters 34 (19) pp 3035-3037, 2009

J30.          X.D. Hoa, M. Tabrizian, A. G. Kirk, Enhanced SPR Response from Patterned Immobilization of Surface Bioreceptors on Nano-gratings, J.Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24 (2009) 3043–3048, 2009.

J31.          X.D. Hoa, M. Tabrizian, A. G. Kirk, ‘Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis of Surface Plasmon Enhancement from Patterned Immobilization on Nano-Gratings’, J.Biosensors, doi:10.1155/2009/713641, 2009.

J32.          W-Y Chien, M. Z. Khalid, X.D. Hoa, A. G. Kirk, ‘Monolithically Integrated Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Based on Focusing Diffractive Optic Element for Optofluidic Platforms’,  J.Sensors and Actuators B, 138, 441-445, 2009

J33.          C.J. Alleyne, A. G. Kirk, P.G. Charette, ‘Numerical method for high accuracy index of refraction estimation from surface plasmon photonic bandgap structures.’, OSA Optics Express 16 (24) pp 493-503, 2008

J34.          X.D. Hoa, M. Martin, A. Jimenez, J. Beauvais, P. Charette, A. G. Kirk and M.Tabrizian, ‘Fabrication and Characterization of Patterned Immobilisation of Quantum dots on Metallic Nano-gratings’, Biosensors and Bioactuators (available on-line doi:10.1016/j.bios.2008.07.069), 2008

J35.          G.Sun, A.G.Kirk, ‘Analyses of negative refraction in the partial bandgap of photonic crystals’, Optics Express 16 (6) pp 4330-4336, 2008 [Impact factor 4.0]

J36.          M.Menard, A.G.Kirk, ‘Assessment of Integration of Off-axis Fresnel Lenses into a Free-space Interconnect’, OSA Applied Optics 46, (30), pp. 7500-7505, 2007. [Impact factor 1.7]

J37.          G.Sun, and A.G.Kirk, ‘On the relationship between Bloch modes and phase-related refractive index of photonic crystals’, OSA Optics Express, 15, pp. 13149-13154, 2007 [Impact factor 4.0]

J38.          X.D. Hoa, A.G. Kirk, M. Tabrizian, ‘Towards integrated and sensitive surface plasmon resonance biosensors: A review of recent progress’, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 23, pp 151–160, 2007.

J39.          R.Jafari and A.G.Kirk, ‘Comparison of three ANSYS finite element tools for analysis of MEMS micromirrors’, Journal Of Micro-Nanolithography MEMS And MOEMS 6 (4), 040311, 2007 

J40.          A.Bakhtazad and A.G.Kirk, ‘First band S-vector photonic crystal superprism demultiplexer design and optimization’, J.Lightwave Technol., 25, pp 1322-1333, 2007. [Impact factor 2.8]

J41.          C.J. Alleyne, A.G. Kirk, R.C. McPhedran, N-A.P. Nicorovici, and D. Maystre, ‘Enhanced SPR sensitivity using periodic metallic structures’, OSA Optics Express, 15, pp 8163-1869, 2007 [Impact factor 4.0]

J42.          L.Malic, A.G.Kirk , ‘Integrated miniaturized optical detection platform for fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy’, J.Sensors and Actuators A, 135, pp 515-524, 2007. [Impact factor 1.4]

J43.          J. E.Lugo, M.Ocampo, A.G.Kirk, D.V.Plant, P.M.Fauchet, ‘Electrochemical sensing of DNA with porous silicon layers’, Journal of new materials for electrochemical systems, 10 (2), pp 113-116, 2007.

J44.          G.Sun, A.S.Jugessur and A.G.Kirk, ‘Imaging properties of dielectric photonic crystal slabs for large object distances’, Optics Express, 14, (15), pp. 6755-6765, 2006 [Impact factor 4.0]

J45.          E. Bisaillon, D. Tan, B. Faraji, A.G. Kirk, L. Chrowstowski, and D. V. Plant , ‘High reflectivity air-bridge subwavelength grating reflector and Fabry-Perot cavity in AlGaAs/GaAs’, Optics Express,   14 (7), pp. 2573-2582, 2006. [Impact factor 4.0]

J46.          P Dong, J. Upham, A. Jugessur and A. G. Kirk, ‘Observation of continuous-wave second harmonic generation in semiconductor waveguide directional couplers’, Optics Express 14 (6) pp 2256-2262, March 2006 [Impact factor 4.0]

J47.          A. S. Jugessur, A. Bakhtazad, A. G. Kirk, L. Wu, T. F. Krauss, and R. M. De la Rue, "Compact and integrated 2-D photonic crystal super-prism filter-device for wavelength demultiplexing applications," Optics Express, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1632-1642, Feb.2006.                 [Impact factor 4.0]

J48.          M. Ménard, F. Thomas-Dupuis, and A. G.Kirk, "One-dimensional to two-dimensional channel formatting with micro-optics for wavelength division multiplexing networks," OSA Appl. Opt. 45, pp 122-130, 2006 [Impact factor 1.7]

J49.          M.Simard, Z.Khalid, and A.G. Kirk, ‘Digital optical space switch based on micromotor grating scanners’, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18 (2), pp 313-315, 2006.  [Impact factor 2.3]

J50.          P. Dong and A. G. Kirk, "Compact double-grating coupler between vertically stacked silicon-on-insulator waveguides," Applied Optics, vol. 44, no. 35, pp. 7540-7547, Dec.2005. [Impact factor 1.7]

J51.          J. Azana, J. E. Lugo, A. G. Kirk, and D. V. Plant, "New insights into the problem of shadowlike projection of a plane object illuminated by a spherical wavefront," Optics Communications, vol. 247, no. 4-6, pp. 257-264, Mar.2005.

J52.          A. Bakhtazad and A. G. Kirk, ‘1-D slab photonic crystal k-vector superprism demultiplexer: analysis, and design’, Optics Express 13 (14), pp 5472-5482, 2005. [Impact factor 4.0]

J53.          C.J.Alleyne, A G Kirk,, ‘Rigorous coupled wave analysis applied to transmission efficiency of diffractive beam array relays for free-space optical interconnects’, Applied Optics, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1200-1206, Mar.2005. [Impact factor 1.7]

J54.          P.Dong and A.G.Kirk, ’Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in Waveguide Directional Couplers’, Physical Review Letters 93, 133901, 2004. [Impact factor 7.1]

J55.          Jie Wen; Hoa, X.D.; Kirk, A.G.; Lowther, D.A. ‘Analysis of the performance of a MEMS micromirror’, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 40 (2), pp  1410-13, 2004.

J56.          M.Châteauneuf, A.G.Kirk, ‘Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Alignment Technique That Provides Diagnostic Misalignment Information’, Applied Optics 43 (13), pp 2689-2694, (2004). [Impact factor 1.7]

J57.          P. Dong, J. Azana, and A. G. Kirk, "Synthesis of fiber Bragg grating parameters from reflectivity by means of a simulated annealing algorithm," Optics Communications 228, 303-308 (2003).

J58.          A. G. Kirk, D.Plant, F.Lacroix, M. Châteauneuf, M. H. Ayliffe, ‘Design rules for highly parallel free-space optical interconnects’, IEEE J.Sel. Topics in Quantum Electronics, 9 (2), pp 531- 547, 2003 [Invited Impact factor 2.8]

J59.          M.Châteauneuf, A.G.Kirk, ‘Determination of the optimum cluster parameters in a clustered free-space optical interconnect’, Applied Optics, 42 (29), pp. 5906-5917, 2003. [Impact factor 1.7]

J60.          F. Thomas-Dupuis, M.Chateauneuf, and A.G. Kirk ‘Design, Implementation, and Characterization of a Folded Spot-Array Generator for a Modulator-Based Free-Space Optical Interconnect’, Applied Optics 42[27], 5399-5406. 2003. [Impact factor 1.7]

J61.          A.G. Kirk, D.V. Plant, T.H. Szymanski, Z.G. Vranesic, J.A. Trezza, F.A.P. Tooley, D.R. Rolston, M.H. Ayliffe, F.K. Lacroix, D. Kabal, B. Robertson, E. Bernier, D.F.-Brosseau, ‘Design and Implementation of a Modulator-based Free-space Optical Backplane for Multiprocessor Applications’, Applied Optics, 42 (14), pp 2465-2481, 2003 [Impact factor 1.7]

J62.          M. Châteauneuf, M. H. Ayliffe, and A. G. Kirk ‘In Situ Technique to Measure the Orthogonality of a Plane Wave to a Substrate’, Optics Letters, 28 (9), pp 677-679, 2003       [Impact factor 3.5]

J63.          M. Châteauneuf, A. G. Kirk, D. V. Plant, T. Yamamoto, J. D. Ahearn, W. Luo, ‘512-channel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser based free-space optical link’ Applied Optics 41, pp 5552-55561 (2002). [Impact factor 1.7]

J64.          F.Lacroix, E.Bernier, M.H.Ayliffe, F.A.P.Tooley, D.V.Plant, A.G.Kirk, “Implementation of a compact, four-stage, scalable optical interconnect for photonic backplane applications”, Applied Optics 41 (8), pp 1541-1555, 2002. [Impact factor 1.7]

J65.          J.Lin, V.Sharma, F.Michael, A.G.Kirk, ‘Design and characterization of two-axis rotational micromirrors using multi-User MEMS processes’, SPIE Journal of Micro-electromechanical systems, 1 (1) pp 70-78, 2002.

J66.          E. Bisaillon, D.F.-Brosseau, T. Yamamoto, M. Mony, E. Bernier, D. Goodwill, D.V. Plant, A.G. Kirk, ‘Free-space optical link with spatial redundancy for misalignment tolerance’, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 14, (2) 222-224, 2002 [Impact factor 2.3]

J67.          Xin Xue, Haiqing Wei and A. G. Kirk, Beam analysis via fractional Fourier transform, Optics Letters, 26, pp 1746-1748, 2001   [Impact factor 3.5]

J68.          M.H.Ayliffe, M.Chateauneuf, D.R.Rolston, A.G.Kirk, D.V.Plant,’Six-degrees of freedom alignment of two-dimensional array components using in-situ off-axis diffractive structures’, Applied Optics, 40 (35), pp 6515-6526, 2001 [Impact factor 1.7]

J69.          M.H.Ayliffe, M.Chateauneuf, D.R.Rolston, A.G.Kirk, D.V.Plant, ‘Design and testing of a kinematic package supporting a 32 x 32 array of GaAs modulators flip-chip bonded to a CMOS chip’, IEEE J. Lightwave Technology, 19 (10),  pp 1543-1599, 2001 [Impact factor 2.8]

J70.          F.Lacroix and A.G.Kirk, ‘Tolerance stack-up in free-space optical interconnects’, Applied Optics, 40 (29), pp 5240-5247, 2001. [Impact factor 1.7]

J71.          D.V. Plant, M.B. Venditti, E. Laprise, J. Faucher, K. Razavi, M. Chateauneuf, A.G. Kirk, J.D.Ahearn, ‘A 256 Channel Bi-Directional Optical Interconnect Using VCSELs and Photodiodes on CMOS’, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 19 (8), pp. 1093-1103, 2001 [Impact factor 2.8]

J72.          D.Plant and A.G.Kirk, ‘Optical Interconnects at the Chip and Board Level: Challenges and Solutions’, Proc. IEEE , 88 (06), pp 806-817, 2000,    [Invited, Impact factor 3.7]

J73.          F. Lacroix, M. Ayliffe and A.G. Kirk ‘Tolerancing of polarization losses in free-space optical interconnects’, OSA Optics Express, 7 (12) p 381, 2000 [Impact factor 4.0]

J74.          X.Xue,  H. Wei and A. G. Kirk ‘Intensity-based modal decomposition of optical beams in terms of Hermite-Gaussian functions’, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 17 (6), pp 1086-1091, 2000.

J75.          D F.-Brosseau, F Lacroix, M H. Ayliffe, E Bernier, B Robertson, F A. P. Tooley, D V. Plant, and A G. Kirk, ’Design, implementation, and characterization of a kinematically aligned, cascaded spot array generator for a modulator-based free-space optical interconnect’, Applied Optics, 39 (5), pp 733-745, 2000.

J76.          T Maj, A G. Kirk, D V. Plant, J F. Ahadian, C G. Fonstad, K L. Lear, K Tatah, M S. Robinson, J A .Trezza, ‘Interconnection of a two-dimensional array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers to a receiver array via a fiber image guide’, Applied Optics 39(5), pp. 683-689, 2000.

J77.          F Lacroix, M Chateauneuf, X Xue, A G Kirk, ‘Experimental and numerical analysis of misalignment tolerances in free-space optical interconnects’, Applied Optics, 39 (5), pp 704-713, 2000.

J78.          M H Ayliffe, D Kabal, F Lacroix, E Bernier, P Khurana, A G Kirk, F A P Tooley and D V Plant, ‘Electrical, thermal and optomechanical packaging of large 2D optoelectronic device arrays for free-space optical interconnects’, J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 1, pp 267–271, 1999

J79.          R. Buczynski, V. Baukens, T. Szoplik, A. Goulet, N. Debaes, A. Kirk, P. Heremans, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, H. Thienpont 'Fast optical thresholding with an array of optoelectronic transceiver elements’, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 11 (3) pp 367-369, 1999. [Impact factor 2.3]

J80.          A Goulet, N. Nieuborg, H. Thienpont, A. Kirk, P Koczyk, P.Heremans, M Kuijk, C. DeTandt, W Ranson, R Vounckx, I Veretennicoff ‘Polarization-based reconfigurable optical interconnects in free-space optical processing modules’, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 10 (3) pp 367-369, 1998. [Impact factor 2.3]

J81.          N.Nieuborg, A. Kirk, C. Van de Poel, H. Thienpont and I. Veretennicoff, ‘Polarization-selective diffractive optical elements with an index-matching gap material', Applied Optics., 36 (20) pp 4681-4685, 1997.

J82.          A G Kirk, A Goulet, H. Thienpont, N. McArdle and K-H Brenner, M Kuijk, P Heremans, I Veretennicoff, 'A compact optical imaging system for arrays of optical thyristors', Applied Optics., 36 (8) pp 3070-3078, 1997.

J83.          A G Kirk, H. Thienpont, A. Goulet, P. Heremans, G. Borghs, M. Kuijk, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff, 'Demonstration of optoelectronic logic operations with differential pairs of optical thyristors', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 8 (3) pp 467-469, 1996. [Impact factor 2.3]

J84.          A G Kirk, H. Thienpont, A. Goulet, P. Heremans, G. Borghs, M. Kuijk, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff, 'Parallel optoelectronic data transcription with fan-out between planes of PnpN optical thyristors.', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 8 (3) pp 464-466, 1996. [Impact factor 2.3]

J85.          A G Kirk, T Tabata, M Ishikawa, 'Design of an optoelectronic cellular processing system with a reconfigurable holographic interconnect', Applied Optics 33 (8) pp 1629-1639, 1994. (Selected by the SPIE as a Critical Paper)

J86.          A G Kirk, T Tabata, M Ishikawa, 'Programmable diffractive optical interconnects for cellular processing applications', Optoelectonics 9 (1) pp 13-23, 1994.

J87.          A G Kirk, T Tabata, M Ishikwa, H Toyoda, 'Reconfigurable computer generated holograms', Opt. Commun. 105 pp 302-308, 1994. (Selected by the SPIE as a Critical Paper)

J88.          M. A. Hands, W. Peiffer, H. Thienpont, A. Kirk, T. J. Hall, D. Pignon, and P. Parmiter, "Proposal for stochastic bit stream processing using optoelectronic smart pixels: A neural network architectural case study," Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 41, no. 1, pp. 92-108, 1997

J89.          A G Kirk, G D Kendall, M-Y Chan, T J Hall, 'Optoelectronic approaches to cellular processing architectures', Optical Computing and Processing 3 (1) pp 53-68, 1993.

J90.          N C Roberts and  A G Kirk, 'Binary phase gratings for hexagonal array generation',Optics Communications 94 (6) pp 501-505, 1992. (Selected by the SPIE for a ‘Milestone’ series Vol. 146 )

J91.          A G Kirk, S Jamieson, H Imam and T J Hall, 'Experimental implementation of an optoelectronic matrix-matrix multiplier which incorporates multiple imaging', Optical Computing and Processing 2 (4) pp 293-294, 1992.

J92.          A G Kirk, A K Powell and T J Hall, 'Error diffusion and the representation problem in computer generated hologram design', Optical Computing and Processing 2 (3) pp 199-212, 1992.

J93.          A G Kirk and T J Hall, 'Design of computer generated holograms by simulated annealing: observation of meta-stable states', Journal of Modern Optics 39 (12) pp 2531-2539, 1992.

J94.          A G Kirk and T J Hall, 'Design of computer generated holograms by simulated annealing: coding density and reconstruction error', Opt. Commun. 94 (6) pp 491-496, 1992. (Selected by the SPIE for a ‘Milestone’ series Vol. 146)

J95.          A G Kirk, A K Powell, T J Hall, 'A generalisation of the error diffusion method for binary computer generated hologram design', Optics Communications 92 pp 12-18, 1992.

2. Book Chapters

B1.            A.G.Kirk , ‘Free-space optical interconnects’, in Optical Interconnects: The Silicon Approach, Pavesi, Lorenzo; Guillot, Gérard (Eds.), Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Springer (Berlin), 2006

B2.            A G Kirk and T J Hall, 'Interconnects within optically thin elements', Chapter in  Perspectives for Parallel Optical Interconnects,  Ph Lalanne, P Chavel (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991.

B3.            A G Kirk, A K Powell, T J Hall 'A new approach to the design of quantised computer generated holograms', Chapter in Optical Information Technology,  S D Smith and R F  Neale (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991.

3. Invited talks or lectures at meetings without conference proceedings

I1.              A.G.Kirk, ‘Integrated resonant photonic structures for biosensing and telecommunications’, University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, August 2014

I2.              A.G.Kirk, ‘Nanophotonics for sensing’, Neuroengineering Training Program, McGill University, October 2013

I3.              A.G.Kirk, ‘Nanophotonics for sensing’, Integrated Sensor Systems Training Program, McGill University, September 2013

I4.              A.G.Kirk, ‘Photonic resonant microsensors’, Riken Institute, Tokyo, April 2012

I5.              A.G.Kirk, ‘Resonant structures for integrated photonic sensors’, Boston University, April 2012

I6.              A.G.Kirk, ‘The cloak of invisibility’, Classes without Quizzes (public lecture), McGill University, October 2010

I7.              A.G.Kirk, ‘Biocapteur spectro-angulaire basé sur la résonance plasmonique de surface’, Association Francophone pour le Savoir, Montreal, 2010

I8.              A.G.Kirk , ‘Integrated photonic systems for applications in telecommunications and biosensing’, seminar, University of St Andrews, UK, July 2010

I9.              A.G.Kirk , ‘Integrated photonic systems for applications in telecommunications and biosensing’, seminar, Ghent University, Belgium, July 2010

I10.          A.G.Kirk , ‘Integrated photonic systems for applications in telecommunications and biosensing’, seminar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel , Belgium, July 2010

I11.          A.G.Kirk, ’Integrated Photonic Biosensors’, 2 hours of lectures at the Erasmus Mundus Master in Photonics summer program, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh UK), June 2010.

I12.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Nanophotonic integration strategies’, 22nd Entretiens Jacques Cartier, Lyons and Grenoble (France), December 2009).

I13.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Integrated and Micro-optics’, 8 hours of lectures at the IIM UNAM Materials Science and Engineering summer course 2009 (Mexico City, Mexico), June 2009.

I14.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Nanophotonics’, The Cutting Edge Lecture Series: Royal Society Lectures in Science (public lecture), McGill University, December 2008

I15.          A.G.Kirk, ‘The cloak of invisibility’, Classes without Quizzes (public lecture), McGill University, October 2008

I16.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Free-space principles in integrated nanophotonics’, seminar, Kyoto University, August 2008

I17.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Free-space principles in integrated nanophotonics’, seminar, University of Tokyo, August 2008

I18.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Dispersion engineering in photonic and plasmonic crystals’, seminar, University of Toronto, November 2007

I19.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Metamaterials and Negative Refraction: Is Harry Potter’s Invisibility Coat Possible?’, Sigma Xi lecture series, McGill University, October 2007

I20.          A.G.Kirk, ‘The integration of photonic nanostructures into surface plasmon resonance optical biosensors’, in Nanobiotechnology for analysis and energy conversion, 19th Entretiens Jacques Cartier, Lyons and Grenoble (France), December 2006.

I21.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Optical Engineering: Learning by Design’, in Creative Teaching Methods for Photonics, IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, Montreal, October 2006

I22.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Engineering wavefront dispersion in planar waveguides with photonic crystals’, seminar, Cornell University, August 2006

I23.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Applications of optically resonant structures in telecommunications and bio-sensing’, seminar, Swinburne University, January 2006

I24.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Applications of optically resonant structures in telecommunications and bio-sensing’, seminar, Macquarie University, January 2006

I25.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Applications of optically resonant structures in telecommunications and bio-sensing’, seminar, University of Sydney, January 2006

I26.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Dispersion Engineering’, seminar, University of Toronto, October 2005

I27.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Free-space optics’, 3 hours of lectures at the Photonics Winter School on Silicon Photonics, University of Trento (Italy), February 2005.

I28.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Free-space optical interconnect design’, seminar, St Andrews University, November 2002

I29.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Free-space optical interconnect design’, seminar, University of Glasgow, October 2002

I30.          A.G.Kirk, ‘Progress in Packaging Techniques for Free-Space Micro-optical systems’, IEEE-LEOS workshop on integrated optics and passive micro-optics, Brugge, Belgium, 1998.

I31.          A.G.Kirk, 'Parallel processing system with reconfigurable holographic interconnections', Japan Optics Society Spring Meeting, Nagaoka, Japan, 1993

4. Contributions to Conference Proceedings

C1.            F.Soltani, M.Menard, A.G.Kirk, ‘Low-power 20Gb/s Modulator with an Integrated Loop Mirror’, Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference. (OSA Publishing), paper ASu5B.3, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 2015

C2.            MT Boroojerdi, M Menard, A.G.Kirk, ‘Implementation of integrated bandwidth tunable optical add-drop filter using contra directional grating assisted couplers’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, pp 355-356, Reston VA, Oct. 2015

C3.            S.Filion-Cote, M.Tabrizian, A.G Kirk, ‘Surface plasmon resonance biosensor as a tool for the measurement of complex refractive indices’, Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference, pp 6413-6416, Milan (Italy), Aug 2015

C4.            F.Soltani, M.Menard, A.G.Kirk, ‘Optical Modulator with an Integrated Loop Mirror’, Proc. IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, April 20-22, San Diego, USA, 2015

C5.            A. Abumazwed, W. Kubo, T. Tanaka, A. G. Kirk, ‘Numerical and experimental investigation of plasmonic properties of silver nanocrescent structures for sensing applications’, Proc. Proc. SPIE 9371, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures V, 937127-937127-7, San Francisco, CA, Feb 2015

C6.            S. Karami, A. G. Kirk, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, ‘Efficient method for Long Range Surface Plasmon (LRSPP) wave excitation with Si-based grating couplers’, IEEE International Photonics Conference 2014, pp 554-555, October 2014.

C7.            A.G.Kirk and M.I.Cheema, ‘Optimally combining wavelength and quality factor information for sensing in whispering gallery mode optical microcavities’, Proc. SPIE Photonics North, Montreal, May 2014 (Invited)

C8.            A. Abumazwed, W. Kubo, T. Tanaka, A. G. Kirk, ‘Design and fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures for optical biosensing by nanoimprint lithography’, Proc. SPIE Photonics North, Montreal, May 2014 (Invited)

C9.            A. Abumazwed  and A.G.Kirk, ‘Plasmonic properties of suspended nanodisc structures for enhancement of the local electric field distributions’, Proc. SPIE Photonics North, Montreal, May 2014

C10.        A. Abumazwed, W. Kubo, T. Tanaka, A. G. Kirk, ‘Study and measurement of plasmonic properties of gold double nanotube structure arrayed on a polymer substrate’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference 2013,  TuH1.3, Seattle, WA, September 8-12 2013

C11.        A. Abumazwed, W. Kubo, T. Tanaka, A. G. Kirk, ‘Simulation and experimental studies on plasmonic properties associated with gold nanofin array on a polymer film’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference 2013,  TuH1.6, Seattle, WA, September 8-12 2013

C12.        M.Taghi  Boroojerdi, A.G.Kirk, ‘Wavelength and Bandwidth Tunable SOI Switch Using Integrated Gratings’, , Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference 2013,  WD2.4, Seattle, WA, September 8-12 2013

C13.        Z Mi, MHT Dastjerdi, P Bianucci, Z Tian, Q Zhong, V Veerasubramanian, PJ Poole, AG Kirk, DV Plant,Rolled-up 1.5 µm InAs quantum dot tube lasers and integrated nanophotonic circuits on Si‘, IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, p. 34-35, 2013

C14.        M.I. Cheema, U.A. Khan, A.M. Armani, A.G. Kirk, ‘Application of phase shift ring down spectroscopy to microcavities for biosensing’, SPIE BIOS 2013, Invited Keynote talk

C15.        S. Filion Côté, P. J. R. Roche, A. G. Kirk, ‘Spectro-angular optical biosensor based on surface plasmon resonance operating in the visible spectrum’, Proc. SPIE 8597, Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine X, 859711 (February 21, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2004583, 2013

C16.        V Veerasubramanian, G Beaudin, A Giguere, B Le Drogoff, V Aimez, A G Kirk, ‘Apodized comb filters on SOI using sidewalled sampled gratings’, OSA Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano-Photonics (IPR) Topical Meeting, Colorado Springs, June 2012

C17.        Philip J. R. Roche, Kevin Greig, Yucai Wang, Maurice C. K. Cheung, Andrew G. Kirk, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, ‘Design of a gel electrophoresis device with an integrated transmitter/receiver system for power delivery and data communication: toward a wireless lab-on-chip’, SPIE Photonics West, paper 8212-23 of Conference 8212, January 2012

C18.        Philip J. Roche, Maurice Cheung, V. Chodavarapu, Brian Ward, Momar Ndao, Andrew Kirk, ‘A study of a self diagnostic platform for the detection of A2 biomarker for Leishmania donovani’, SPIE Photonics West, Paper 8229A-11 of Conference 8229A, January 2012

C19.        Philip J. R. Roche, Songzhe Wang, Maurice Cheung, Vamsy Chodavarapu, Andrew G. Kirk, ‘A nanorod polymer micro-array formed by microcontact printing’, SPIE Photonics West, Paper 8231-20 of Conference 8231, January 2012

C20.        Philip J. R. Roche, Maurice C. Cheung, Lenore Beitel, Mark A. Trifiro, Andrew G. Kirk, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, ‘Optical mapping by low-cost instrumentation and disposable chemically induced nanochannels’, SPIE Photonics West, Paper 8231-16 of Conference 8231, January 2012

C21.        Z. Mi, P. Bianucci, M. H. T. Dastjerdi, S. Mukherjee, Z. Tian, V. Veerasubramanian, A. G. Kirk, and D. V. Plant, ‘1.3 – 1.55 µm Self-organized InAs Quantum Dot Microtube Lasers on Silicon’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference 2011, Arlington, VA, p. 535-536, 2011

C22.        Z. Tian, V. Veerasubramanian, P. Bianucci, Z. Mi , A. G. Kirk, and D. V. Plant, , ‘Characterization of InGaAs/GaAs microtubes at transparent wavelengths’, , Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference 2011, Arlington, VA, p. 745-746, 2011

C23.        V. Veerasubramanian; G. Beaudin; A. Giguere; B. LeDrogoff; V. Aimez; A.G.Kirk , ‘Demonstration of waveguide-coupled sidewalled grating filters on SOI’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference 2011, Arlington, VA, p. 597-598, 2011

C24.        V. Veerasubramanian; G. Beaudin; A. Giguere; B. LeDrogoff; V. Aimez; A.G.Kirk, ‘Vertical SG-DBR Based Tunable Hybrid Silicon Evanescent Laser’, Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics, Baltimore 2011.

C25.        A.G.Kirk, ‘Integration strategies for planar photonic devices’, Proc. Intl. Topical Meeting on Information Photonics, Ottawa, ON, May 2011,  Invited

C26.        M.I.Cheema and A.G.Kirk, ‘Application of ring down measurement approach to micro-cavities for bio-sensing applications’, Proc. SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 2011.

C27.        Y-P Zhang, V P. Chodavarapua, A G. Kirk, M P. Andrews, M Carluer and Gilles Picard, Origin of iridescence in chiral nematic phase nanocrystalline cellulose for encryption and enhanced color’, Proc. SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 2011.

C28.        V. Veerasubramanian, G. Beaudin, A. Giguère, B. LeDrogoff, V. Aimez, A. G. Kirk, ‘Hybrid III-V silicon Silicon evanescent lasers with vertical sidewalled gratings’, . IEEE Photonics Society Winter Topical Meeting (Keystone, CO), January 2011

C29.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk, ‘Tunable Multi-wavelength Source based on a Nested Heterostructure Photonic Crystal Cavity’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Society Winter Topical Meeting (Keystone, CO), January 2011

C30.        Philip J. R. Roche, Maurice Cheung , Songzhe Wang, Behnam Banan, Vamsy Chodavarapu, Andrew G. Kirk, ‘Demonstration of a reusable plasmonic polymer microarray sensing platform’, Proc. SPIE Conference on Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications VIII, San Francisco, CA, DOI: 10.1117/12.878848 , January 2011

C31.        A.Jafari and A.G.Kirk, ‘Demonstration of a distributed etched diffraction grating demultiplexer’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting (Denver CO), November 2010.

C32.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk , ‘Multi-wavelength Generation via a Heterostructure Cavity Embedded in a Photonic Crystal Ring’, , Proc. IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting (Denver CO), November 2010.

C33.        V. Veerasubramanian, G. Beaudin, A. Giguère, B. LeDrogoff, V. Aimez, and A. G. Kirk, ‘Waveguide coupled drop filters on SOI using vertical sidewalled grating resonators’, Proc. IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting (Denver CO), November 2010.

C34.        M.Cheema and A.G.Kirk, ‘Implementation of the Perfectly Matched Layer to Determine the Quality Factor of Axisymmetric Resonators in COMSOL’, COMSOL Conference 2010, Boston MA 2010.

C35.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk, ‘Optical Frequency Comb Generation via a Heterostructure  Cavity Embedded within a Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator’, Proc. OSA Frontiers in Optics, Rochester NY, FTH15, 2010

C36.        P.J.R. Roche, M. Cheung, A.G. Kirk, V. Chodavarapu, ‘Enhancement of luminescent quenching oxygen sensing by gold nanoparticles: a comparison between luminophore:matrix:nanoparticle thin film on glass and gold coated substrates’, SPIE Proceedings (Photonics North, Niagara Falls, Canada), June 1st-3rd, 2010

C37.        M.Menard and A.G.Kirk , ‘Integrated Fabry-Perot Comb Switches: Transmission Experiments’, Proc. IEEE-Photonics Society Annual Meeting, WV3, Antalya, Turkey, 2009

C38.        C.Alleyne, P.Roche, A.G.Kirk, ‘Spectro-angular surface plasmon biosensor applied to drug binding assays’, Proc. IEEE-Photonics Society Annual Meeting, WR3, Antalya, Turkey, 2009

C39.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk , ‘Wavelength Conversion by Interband Transition in a Nested Photonic Crystal Cavity’, Proc. IEEE-Photonics Society Annual Meeting, MD4, Antalya, Turkey, 2009

C40.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk , ‘Analysis of the Composite Superprism Demultiplexer’, Proc. IEEE-Photonics Society Annual Meeting, ThL3, Antalya, Turkey, 2009

C41.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk, ‘Wavelength Conversion by Interband Transition in a Double Heterostructure Photonic Crystal Cavity’, Proc. OSA Topical Meeting on Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research Applications (IPNRA) 2009  

C42.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk ‘Nested Photonic Crystal Cavity for On-chip Wavelength Conversion’, Proc. IEEE-LEOS Topical Meeting in Nanophotonics, Innsbruck, Austria, 2009

C43.        A. Khorshidahmad and A. G. Kirk, "Scheme for in-plane pumping of a photonic crystal heterostructure cavity," Proc. IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting 2008, Newport Beach, CA, 2008

C44.        A.Jafari and A.G.Kirk, ‘Distributed Etched Diffraction Grating Demultiplexer with Engineered Response’, Proc. IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting 2008, Newport Beach, CA, 2008

C45.        A.Khorshidahmad, A.G.Kirk, Stratified Photonic Crystal Demultiplexer, Proc. Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA) 2008 Technical Digest. (Optical Society of America, Ed.), 2008.

C46.        A.G.Kirk, ‘A comparison of beam deflection electro-optic switches’, Proc. IEICE Photonics in Switching International Topical Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, August 2008. Invited

C47.        M.Menard and A.G.Kirk, ‘Broadband integrated Fabry-Perot electro-optic switch’,  Proc. IEICE Photonics in Switching International Topical Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, August 2008

C48.        C.Alleyne, A.G.Kirk, P.Charette, ‘High accuracy numerical method for index of refraction estimation with surface plasmon bandgap structures’, IEEE Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics, San Jose, CA, 2008

C49.        X.D. Hoa, M. Martin, A. Jimenez, J. Beauvais, P. Charette, M. Tabrizian and A. G. Kirk, ‘Patterned Immobilisation of Quantum Dots for Enhanced SPR’, IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting 2007 (Buena Vista, FL), October 2007.

C50.        Z.Khalid, C.Alleyne, X.Hoa, M.Tabrizian, J.Beauvais, P.Charette, N.A.Nicorovici, R.C.McPhedran, A.G.Kirk, ‘Integrated surface plasmon resonance sensor with periodic nanostructures for sensitivity enhancement’, SPIE Photonics West (San Jose CA), in ‘Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine IV’,  6450-20, 2007.

C51.        E. Bisaillon, D. T. H. Tan, M.-C. Nadeau, L. Chrostowski and A. G. Kirk, ‘Distributed-Grating Wavelength Demultiplexer in SOI’, IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, (Montreal, QC), 2006

C52.        A.Bakhtazad and A.G. Kirk, ‘Stratified Photonic Crystal Demultiplexer’, IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, (Montreal, QC), 2006

C53.        A.Bakhtazad, A.Khorshidahmad, A.S.Jugessur and A.G. Kirk, ‘1-D Photonic Crystal as an Anti-Reflection Layer for First Band Photonic Crystals’, IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, (Montreal, QC), 2006

C54.        N-A Nicorovici, L.Botten, R.McPhedran, X.Hoa, A.G.Kirk, ‘Rigorous modal method for the analysis of lamellar metallic gratings for surface plasmon resonance sensing’, IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, (Montreal, QC), 2006.

C55.        C. J. Alleyne, A.G. Kirk, R.C. McPhedran and N.A. Nicorovici, D. Maystre, ‘Enhanced SPR Sensitivity Using Sinusoidal Gratings’, IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, (Montreal, QC), 2006.

C56.        G.Sun, A.G. Kirk, ‘Pseudo-interference and its application in determining averaged phase refractive index of photonic crystals’, Proc. IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting (Montreal, QC), p. 841-842, 2006.

C57.        G.Sun, A.S.Jugessur, A.G.Kirk, ‘Saturated Super-Resolution Imaging of Photonic Crystal with Negative Refraction; Proc IEEE Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting, 2006, pp 73-75, 2006

C58.        X. D. Hoa, A.G. Kirk and M. Tabrizian, ‘Modelling and Implementation of a Novel SPR Biointerface for Time-Effective Detection of Sepsis Biomarkers’, Proc. IEEE Workshop on Computer Architecture for Perception and Sensing (CAMPS 2006), Montreal, 2006.

C59.        M. Ménard and A. G. Kirk, "On the Application of the Transfer Matrix Method to Integrated Optics Simulations," in Integrated Photonics Research and Applications (IPRA) 2006 Technical Digest. (Optical Society of America, Ed. 2006.) W. D. 2 April 24-26, 2006.

C60.        E. Bisaillon, D. T. H. Tan, J. Laniel, A. Jugessur, L. Chrostowski, A. G. Kirk, "A Shallow-Etched Distributed-Grating Wavelength Demultiplexer in SOI”, in Integrated Photonics Research and Applications (IPRA) 2006 Technical Digest. (Optical Society of America, Ed. 2006), IWA2, April 24-26, 2006.

C61.        E. Bisaillon, J. Laniel, A. S. Jugessur, and A. G. Kirk, "A Shallow-Etched Multilayer Grating-based Wavelength Demultiplexer in SOI," in Proceedings of the IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting IEEE, 2005, pp. 596-597.

C62.        A.S.Jugessur, A.Bakhtazad, L. Wu; A.G.Kirk, T.F.Krauss, R.M.De La Rue, ‘Integration of a 2-D Photonic Crystal Superprism with 1-D Photonic Crystal Microcavity Filters for high channel selectivity’, Proc. IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, 2005, pp 183-184, 2005.

C63.        A. S. Jugessur, P. Pottier, R. M. De la Rue, and A. G. Kirk, "2-D Photonic crystals microcavity filters based on hexagonal lattice structures embedded in ridge waveguides," in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5971 ed Toronto, ON, Canada: International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham WA, WA 98227-0010, United States, 2005

C64.        A. Bakhtazad and A. G. Kirk, "Design and optimization of 32 channel DWDM demultiplexer using 2-D slab photonic crystal," in Proceedings of the IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting IEEE, 2005, pp. 179-180.

C65.        P.Dong, A.G.Kirk, ‘Nonlinear frequency conversion in waveguide directional couplers’, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5646 (Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Applications), pp 191-199, 2005.

C66.        D. V. Plant and A. G. Kirk, "Design rules for high speed, low power optoelectronic-VLSI (OE-VLSI) circuits and systems," in Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 5730 ed San Jose, CA, United States: International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, United States, 2005, pp. 73-79.

C67.        A.G.Kirk and A.Bakhtazad, ‘Wavefront engineering with photonic crystal structures in slab waveguides’,  SPIE Photonics North, Toronto, 2005

C68.        P.Dong and A.G.Kirk, ‘Nonlinear Optical Harmonic Oscillator Results in Efficient Frequency Conversion’, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005 (CLEO), Volume 3, Page(s):2272 – 2274, May 22-27, 2005.

C69.        M. Mony, E. Bisaillon, E. Shoukry, A.G. Kirk, and D.V. Plant, ‘Reprogrammable Optical Phase Array (ROPA) for use in an Agile All-Photonic Network’, OSA Topical Meeting on Optics in Information Processing, Baltimore, 2005.

C70.        A.G.Kirk and A.Bakhtazad, ‘Dispersion optimization of a 1-D superprism based on phase velocities’, Proc IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting 2004, Volume 2,  pp 879 – 880,  2004.

C71.        Bakhtazad, A. and Kirk, A. G. ‘Lens design with planar 1-D photonic crystal.’, Proc. Photonics North, Ottawa 2004. 2004. 

C72.        P.Dong and A.G. Kirk, ‘Second-order Bragg waveguide grating as a 1D photonic band gap structure in SOI waveguide’, Proc. SPIE Photonics North, Ottawa, 2004

C73.        R. Jafari Shapoorabadi, Xuyen Dai Hoa and A. G. Kirk, ‘Comparison of three finite element models for analysis of MEMS Micromirrors’, Proc. SPIE Photonics North 2004 (Ottawa, September 2004).

C74.        A.G.Kirk, M.Menard, P.Dong and E.Bisaillon, ‘Integration strategies for micro-optical systems’, Proc. SPIE 5453 Micro-Optics, VCSELs, and Photonic Interconnects (Ed. H. Thienpont, K. D. Choquette, M. R. Taghizadeh), 2004. Invited 

C75.        M. Ménard, F. Thomas-Dupuis, M. Châteauneuf and A. G. Kirk, ‘Improved 2-D optical (de)multiplexer’, Proc. Optics in Computing 2004 (OiC 2004), European Optical Society, 2004.

C76.        P.Dong, A.Kirk, ‘Compact grating coupler between vertically stacked Silicon-on-insulator waveguides’, Proc. SPIE 5357 (Optoelectronic integration on silicon), pp 135-142, 2004

C77.        Bakhtazad, A. and Kirk, A. G. Weighted index method for planar 1-D photonic crystals. Proc.SPIE 5360 (Photonic crystals, devices and materials) , 52-61. 2004.

C78.        A.Bakhtazad, A.G.Kirk, ‘Superprism effect with planar 1D photonic crystal’, Proc SPIE 5360 (Photonic crystals, devices and materials), pp 364-372, 2004.

C79.        A.G.Kirk, 'A project-based graduate level course in optical engineering', Education in Optics and Photonics (Optical Society of America), Tucson AZ, October 2003

C80.        P.Dong and A.G.Kirk, 'Compact Double-Grating Coupler between Vertically Stacked Waveguides', Photonics North, Montreal, June 2003.

C81.        A.G.Kirk, F.Thomas-Dupuis, M.Menard, M.Châteauneuf, ‘Integrated 3-D micro-optics for optical fiber networks’, Proc. Photonics 2002, Mumbai, India 2002.

C82.        A.G.Kirk and M.Châteauneuf, ‘Optical design choices for VCSEL-based free-space optical interconnects’, SPIE Photonics Fabrication Europe, Bruges, October 2002 Invited

C83.        M.Châteauneuf and A.G. Kirk, ‘Determination of the Optimum Cluster Parameters for a Clustered Free-Space Optical Interconnect’, Proc. LEOS Annual Meeting, pp 899-900, Glasgow, UK, November 2002.

C84.        C.J. Alleyne and A.G. Kirk, ’Transmission Uniformity of Diffractive Parallel Optical Interconnect Relays: A Numerical Analysis Based on Rigorous Coupled Wave Theory’, Proc. LEOS Annual Meeting, pp 901-902, Glasgow, UK, November 2002.

C85.        M.Chateauneuf, M.H.Ayliffe, A.G.Kirk, ‘Improved six-degrees of alignment technique combining Fresnel lenses and gratings’, Proc Intl Topical Meeting in Optics in Computing, pp 212-214, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2002.

C86.        F. Thomas-Dupuis, M. Châteauneuf, M. Ménard and A.G. Kirk, ‘Design of a two-dimensional optical wavelength (de)multiplexer’, Proc Intl Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, pp 221-223, Taipei, Taiwan April 2002.

C87.        F. Thomas-Dupuis, M. Châteauneuf, A. G. Kirk, ‘Assembly and characterization of a folded spot array generator for a modulator-based free-space optical interconnect’, Proc Intl Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Taipei, Taiwan , pp 328-330, April 2002.

C88.        A.G.Kirk and D.Plant, ‘Recent Developments in Parallel Optical Interconnects’ Proc. SPIE 4455 (Micro and Nanooptics for Optical Interconnection and Information Processing), pp 198-208, 2001   Invited

C89.        P. Tuteleers, A. Kirk, M. Châteauneuf, H. Ottevaere, V. Baukens, C. Debaes, M. Vervaeke, A. Hermanne, I. Veretennicoff, H. Thienpont, ‘Investigation of the replication quality of plastic micro-optical interconnection components’, Proc. Sixth annual symposium of the IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, Brussels, pp. 73-77, 2001.

C90.        J.E.Lin, F.S.J.Michael, A.G.Kirk, ‘Investigation of improved design for rotational micromirrors using multi-user MEMS process’, Proc. SPIE 4407 (MEMS Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Packaging), June, 2001.

C91.        M. Châteauneuf, M. Venditti, E. Laprise, J. Faucher, K. Faucher, K. Razavi, F. Thomas-Dupuis, A. G. Kirk, D. V. Plant, T Yamamoto, J. A Trezza, W. Luo, “512-channel vertical-cavity surface-emiting laser based free-space optical link: results,” in Optics in Computing, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2001), pp.64-66., 2001

C92.        A.G. Kirk, `Recent developments in parallel optical interconnects', Proceedings of the International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Calcutta (India), p. 168-175, 2000                              Invited

C93.        M.H.Ayliffe, D.R.Rolston, E.L.Chuah, E.Bernier, F.S.J.Michael, D.Kabal, A.G.Kirk, D.V.Plant, ‘Packaging of an optoelectronic VLSI chip supporting a 32x32 array of surface-active devices’, Optics in Computing 2000 (Proc. SPIE 4089), pp 508-520, 2000.

C94.        E. Bernier, F. Lacroix, M.H. Ayliffe, B. Robertson, F.A.P. Tooley, D.V. Plant, A.G. Kirk, ‘Implementation of a Compact, Four-Stage, Scalable Optical Interconnect’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C95.        M. Châteauneuf, F. Thomas-Dupuis, A.G. Kirk, ‘Design, implementation, and characterization of a folded spot array generator for a modulator-based free-space optical interconnect’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C96.        McCarthy, F. Tooley, E. Laprise, D. Plant, A. Kirk, M. Oren, J. Zhao, Y. Lu, ‘Free-space optical interconnect system using polarisation rotating modulator arrays’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C97.        A.G. Kirk, D.V. Plant, T.H. Szymanski, Z.G. Vranesic, J.A. Trezza, F.A.P. Tooley, D.R. Rolston, M.H. Ayliffe, F.K. Lacroix, D. Kabal, B. Robertson, E. Bernier, D.F.-Brosseau, F.S.J. Michael, E.L. Chuah , ‘A Modulator-based Multistage Free-space Optical Interconnection System’, in Optics in Computing 2000, SPIE 4089, pp. 449-459, 2000.

C98.        D.V. Plant, E. Bernier, E. Bisaillon, M. Mony, M. Salzberg, T. Yamamoto, D.J. Goodwill, A.G. Kirk, ‘A 5 Gb/s, 2 Channel Bi-Directional Adaptive Redundant FSOI Demonstrator System’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C99.        M. Châteauneuf, M. Venditti, E. Laprise, J. Faucher, K. Razavi, A.G. Kirk, D.V. Plant, T. Yamamoto, J.A. Trezza, W. Luo, ‘Design and Implementation and characterization of a 2-D Bi-Directional Free Space Optical Link’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C100.     X. Xue, A.G. Kirk, ‘A Moment Method for Estimating the Beam Parameters of a Mixture of Hermite-Gaussian Modes’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C101.     F. Lacroix, A.G. Kirk, ‘Tolerance Stackup Effects in Optical Interconnect Systems’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C102.     E. Bisaillon, T. Yamamoto, D. F-Brosseau, E. Bernier, D. Goodwill, A.G. Kirk, D.V. Plant, ‘Optical Link for an Adaptive Redundant Free Space Optical Interconnect’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C103.     M. Mony, M. Salzberg, P. Popescu, E. Bernier, D.V. Plant, A.G. Kirk, ‘1.25Gb/s, 9x1 optical receiver array, for an tive redundant interconnect system, using NT25 technology’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C104.     D.V. Plant, J.A. Trezza, M. Venditti, E. Laprise, J. Faucher, K. Razavi, M. Chateauneuf, T., A. Ghanem, F. Thomas-Dupuis, P. Sehgal, A.G. Kirk, W. Luo, ‘A 256 Channel Bi-Directional Optical Interconnect Using VCSELs and Photodiodes on CMOS’, in Proc. International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, Quebec City, June 18-23 2000.

C105.     X.Xue, A.Kirk, ‘Transverse modal decomposition of VCSELs based on intensity measurements’, Proc SPIE 3952 (Optoelectronic Interconnects VII),  January 2000.

C106.     T Maj, A.G.Kirk, D Plant, J Ahadian, C Fonstad, K Lear, K Tatah, M Robinson, J A Trezza, ‘Interconnection of a 2D VCSEL array to a receiver array via a fiber image guide’, PDP3, Optics in Computing, OSA Technical Digest (Optical society of America, Washington DC, 1999).

C107.     F Lacroix, M Chateauneuf, X. Xue, A.G.Kirk, ‘Experimental and numerical study of misalignment tolerances in clustered free-space optical interconnects’, Optics in Computing, OSA Technical Digest (Optical society of America, Washington DC, 1999), pp 136-138, 1999.

C108.     A.G.Kirk, F.K.Lacroix, M.H.Ayliffe, D.F-Brosseau, M.Chateauneuf, B.Roberston, F.A.P. Tooley, D.V.Plant,’A multistage free-space optical interconnect for backplane applications: implementation issues’, to be presented at the IEEE/LEOS 11th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, December 1998.

C109.     M.H. Ayliffe, D Kabal, P Khurana, F Lacroix, A.G.Kirk, F.A.P. Tooley, D.V. Plant, ‘Optomechanical, electrical and thermal packaging of large 2D optoelectronic device arrays for free-space optical interconnects, Optics in Computing’98, Proc. SPIE 3490, pp 502-505, 1998.

C110.     F. K. Lacroix, B.Robertson, M.H. Ayliffe, E. Bernier, F.A.P. Tooley, M. Chateauneuf, D.V. Plant, A.G.Kirk, ‘Optomechanical Design and Implementation of a Clustered Free-Space Optical Interconnect for Backplane Applications’, Optics in Computing’98, Proc. SPIE 3490, pp 107-110, 1998

C111.     A.G. Kirk, D. F.-Brosseau, F.K. Lacroix, E. Bernier, M.H. Ayliffe, B. Robertson, F.A.P. Tooley and D.V. Plant ‘Design and implementation of a two-stage optical power supply spot array generator for a modulator-based free-space interconnect’, Optics in Computing’98, Proc. SPIE 3490, pp 48-51, 1998.

C112.     A.G.Kirk, F Mathieu, F Lacroix, D Plant, M Mony, P Khurana, C Cryan, K Tateno and T Kurokawa, ‘Two-dimensional optical interconnects with fiber arrays,  Proc. 6th Micro-optics conference and 14th topical meeting on gradient index optical systems, Tokyo, pp 296-299, Japan Applied Physics Society, 1997.

C113.     A.G.Kirk, F Lacroix, F Mathieu, F Tooley, ‘Demonstration of a free-space optical broadcast network’, in Optics in Computing, Vol. 8, 1997 OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1997), pp. 165-167.

C114.     A.G.Kirk, H Thienpont, ‘Speed and parallelism trade-offs in optoelectronic transceiver systems’, in Optics in Computing, Vol. 8, 1997 OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1997), pp. 124-126.

C115.     A.G.Kirk, N Nieuborg, H Thienpont, P Heremans, M Kuijk, R Vounckx, I Veretennicoff, 'Anisotropic diffractive optical logic inverter for PnpN optical thyristors', Optical Computing '96 Technical Digest, OWC32, 1996.

C116.     H Thienpont,  A.G.Kirk, A Goulet, S Kufner, M Kufner, N Nieuborg, M Kuijk, R Vounckx, P Heremans, G Borghs, I Veretennicoff, 'Optoelectronic subsystems for optical information processing with optical thyristors', Optical Computing '96 Technical Digest, OTuB6, 1996.

C117.     H. Thienpont,  A.G.Kirk, A. Loge, J. Fernandez, P. Heremans, N. Langloh, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, 'Progress in the simulation and implementation of parallel optical computing architectures in the framework of th Human Capital and Mobility Networks', Int. Conf. on Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 1, pp. 233 - 240, 1995.

C118.     M A Hands, W Peiffer, H Thienpont,  A.G.Kirk, T J Hall, 'A case study for the implementation of a stochastic bit stream neuron: the choice between electrical and optical interconnects', Proc. 2nd IEEE Conference on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, pp 63-75, 1995.

C119.     H Thienpont,  A.G.Kirk, I Veretennicoff, P Heremans, B Knupfer, G Borghs, M Kuijk, R Vounckx, "Optical thyristor based subsystems for digital parallel procesing: demonstrators and future perspective", Proc. 2nd IEEE Conference on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, pp 228-238, 1995.

C120.     H. Sahli, R. Buczynski, N. Langloh,  A.G.Kirk, V. Christopoulos, H. Thienpont and J. Cornelis, 'Design of Optical Parallel Computers: Tools, Systems, and Components', Proc EOS Topical Meeting on Optics and Information, vol. 6, pp. 12.9, 1995.

C121.     N. Nieuborg,  A.G.Kirk, A. Jourdain, H. Thienpont and I. Veretennicoff, 'Polarization-Selective Gratings for use in Optical Interconnection Systems: Technology and Perspectives', Proc EOS Topical Meeting on Optics and Information, vol. 6, p 11.5, 1995.

C122.     A.G.Kirk, R Buczynski, H Thienpont, 'Scalabiltiy issues in optical thyristor information processing systems', Proc. EOS Topical Meeting on Optics and Information vol. 6, p. 3.2, 1995.

C123.     N Nieuborg, C Van de Poel,  A.G.Kirk, H Thienpont, I Veretennicoff, 'Polarisation-selective diffractive and computer-generated optical elements', Optical Computing '95, Technical Digest.

C124.     N McArdle, K-H Brenner, J Moisel,  A.G.Kirk, H Thienpont, 'A comparison of GRIN rod lenses and planar ion-exchange microlenses for the interconnection of optoelectronic device arrays', Optical Computing '95, Technical Digest.

C125.     H Thienpont,  A.G.Kirk, I Veretennicoff, P Heremans, G Borghs, M Kuijk, R Vounckx, 'Demonstrator circuitry for optical data transcription and digital optical logic based on differential pairs of optical thyristors', OSA Topical Meeting on Optical Computing, Technical Digest pp.154-156, March 1995.

C126.     A.G.Kirk, K Praet, H Thienpont, 'The suitability of GRIN rod lenses for imaging arrays of PnpN optical thyristors in optoelectronic computer architectures', OSA Topical Meeting on Optical Computing, Technical Digest pp.68-70, March 1995.

C127.     N Nieuborg, C Van de Poel,  A.G.Kirk, H Thienpont, I Veretennicoff, 'Highly polarisation-selective diffractive optical elements for use in optical interconnection and routing systems', Holographic and Diffractive Optics, San Jose, CA, February 1995 (to appear in Proc SPIE 2404).

C128.     A.G.Kirk and H Thienpont, 'An optoelectronic programmable logic array which employs diffractive optical interconnections', Holographic and Diffractive Optics, San Jose, CA, February 1995 (to appear in Proc SPIE 2404).

C129.     A.G.Kirk, H Thienpont, 'Interconnection issues for VSTEP optoelectronic information processing systems', Optical Interconnects III, San Jose, CA, February 1995 (to appear in Proc SPIE 2400).

C130.     H Thienpont, W Peiffer, T Van de Velde,  A.G.Kirk, M Kuijk, L Dognin, J Fernandez, I Veretennicoff, R Vounckx, P Heremans, G Borghs 'Demonstrator circuitry for optical data transcription and digital optical logic based on differential pairs of optical thyristors'. Cleo/Europe '94, Technical Digest, p. 349, 1994.

C131.     H Thienpont, T Van de Velde,  A.G.Kirk, W Peiffer,M Kuijk, W Stevens, J Fernandez, I Veretennicoff, R Vounckx, P Heremans, G Borghs, 'Optical circuitry for data transcription and digital optical logic based on photothyristor differential pairs', Optical Computing '94, Technical Digest, p. 203-204, 1994.

C132.     A.G.Kirk, H Thienpont, 'Programmable logic array with differential pairs of PnpN photothyristors : an experimental assessment', Optical Computing '94, Technical Digest, Postdeadline paper PD 14, 1994.

C133.     A.G.Kirk, H. Thienpont, A Leroy, 'Optical interconnection issues for systems containing photothyristor smart pixels', IEEE/LEOS Topical Meeting on Smart Pixels, Technical Digest, Postdeadline paper PD 1, Nevada, 1994.

C134.     T Tabata,  A.G.Kirk, M Ishikawa,  'Optical interconnections using a real-time Fourier transform hologram', Proc. Japan Soc. Appl. Phys. Autumn Meeting,  September 1993.

C135.     A.G.Kirk, T Tabata, M Ishikawa, 'Reconfigurable shift-invariant diffractive interconnects for optical processing', Japan Society of Applied Physics, 40th Spring Meeting, No. 3, p 876, 1993.

C136.     A.G.Kirk, M Ishikawa, S Jamieson, T J Hall,  'The design and fabrication of quasi-periodic computer generated holograms',   Proc. IEE Conference on  Holographic Systems, Components and Applications,  Neuchatel, Switzerland, 13-15 September 1993.

C137.     A.G.Kirk, T Tabata, M Ishikawa, 'Signal to noise ratio enhancement with quasi-periodic  computer generated holograms',  Japan Society of Applied Physics, 40th Spring Meeting, No. 3, p 902, 1993.

C138.     A.G.Kirk, T Tabata, M Ishikawa, 'Cellular processing with diffractive optical elements', in  Optical Computing Technical Digest 1993 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. 1993),  7 pp 284-287.

C139.     A.G.Kirk, S Jamieson, H Imam, T J Hall, 'Experimental implementation of a 25 channel free-space optical switching architecture',  in  Optical Computing Technical Digest 1993 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. 1993),  7 pp 295-298.

C140.     M J Birch, W A Crossland,  A.G.Kirk, T J Hall, D G Vass, 'The design of optical crossbar switches using FELC/VLSI technology and free-space optics', Smart Pixels, LEOS Topical Meeting, Santa Barbara, 1992.

C141.     K K Virdee, K D Bird,  A.G.Kirk, T J Hall,  'Fan-in optics for SLM-based optical crossbar switching system using microlenses', IOP Conf. on Applied Optics and Optoelectronics, September 1992.

C142.     A.G.Kirk, S Jamieson, K Virdee, C Lakamp, T J Hall, 'A comparison of forward and inverse design techniques for computer generated holograms', IOP Conf. on Applied Optics and Optoelectronics, September 1992.

C143.     A.G.Kirk, I Plunkett, S Jamieson, T J Hall, 'Multifacet computer generated holograms for optoelectronic associative memories', IOP Conf. on Applied Optics and Optoelectronics, September 1992.

C144.     H Imam,  A.G.Kirk, K D Bird, T J Hall, 'Design of multiphase level holograms',  in  Holographic Systems, Components and Applications  IEE Publication No. 342, pp 166-170, September 1991.

C145.     J Bonisch,  A.G.Kirk, S.Rehman, T J Hall, R E Burge, 'The fabrication of high resolution diffractive elements by electron beam lithography' in  Holographic Systems, Components and Applications  IEE Publication No. 342, pp 200-204, September 1991.

C146.     A.G.Kirk, G D Kendall, H Imam, T J Hall,  'An optical neural network with reconfigurable holographic interconection', Proc. SPIE Vol.  1402, 1991.

C147.     A.G.Kirk, H Imam, T J Hall, 'An efficient holographic interconnect in 0.01 cm3', in  Holographic Systems, Components and Applications,  IEE Publication 342, pp 161-165, September 1991.

C148.     A.G.Kirk, T J Hall, W A Crossland, 'A compact and scalable free-space optical crossbar',  in  Holographic Systems, Components and Applications  IEE Publication No. 342, pp 137-141, September 1991.

C149.     A.G.Kirk, H Imam, K Bird and T J Hall, 'The design and fabrication of computer generated holographic fanout elements for a matrix-matrix interconection scheme', Proc. SPIE Vol.  1574, 1991.

C150.     P S Cawte, S C Robertson, J Bonisch,  A.G.Kirk, T J Hall, R.E.Burge, 'Holographic Optical Elements and Their Application to High Density Backplanes', High Performance Electronic Packaging,IEE., London, 29-30 Nov., 1990.

C151.     A.G.Kirk, R G Hoptroff & T J Hall, 'A Genetic Algorithm Solution to Computer Generated Holograms', IOP Conf. 'Applied  Optics and Opto-Electronics', Nottingham, 17-20 Sept. 1990