Before I get to the substance of his response to me, I wanted to share some brief biographical information about Dr. Rahman.
Dr. Anis Rahman is the founder,
President and Chief Technology Officer of Applied Research & Photonics (ARP)
Inc., Hummelstown, PA 17036.
ARP, Inc. was founded with a goal to produce nanophotonic
integrated circuits (nPICs) from a new set of novel nanomaterials called
dendrimer. ARP’s proprietary design and technology makes it possible to produce
integrated photonic devices with smaller form factor, improved performance, and
higher functional density on a chip. nPIC is a platform technology having
applications in communication, computing and sensing. Photonic
integrated circuits (PICs) are analogous to electronic ICs. In regular ICs,
however, information processing is done by electronic signal while in PICs
information is processed by light signal. The ability of processing information
via light has a tremendous benefit in accomplishing high-bandwidth, high-speed
communication and computing in more reliable and cost-effective means.
ARP is collaborating with the Penn
State’s Nanofabrication Facility (University Park, PA 16802) and Dendritic
Nanotechnology Inc. (Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858), with a goal to bring
cost-effective, next-generation, integrated photonics solutions for fiberoptic
communication and computing for both short-haul and space-based applications,
and sensing applications in life sciences area.
Anis Rahman received B. Sc.
and M. Sc. (Physics) from Rajshahi University and M. S. (Solid State Physics)
and Ph. D. (EECE, 1994) from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At
Marquette University he developed tin-oxide based thick-film resistors for
discrete and microelectronic applications as part of his dissertation. He
conducted postdoctoral research at Columbia University, New York, NY, where he
developed polymeric and nano-particle thin-film facilities. He then joined
Potomac Photonics (Lanham, MD), where he developed laser direct-write
workstation for high-speed microfabrication, for the mesoscopic integrated
conformal electronics program. In 2000 he joined Tyco Electronics Fiber Optics
Division (Harrisburg, PA) and was charged primarily with the development of
integrated DWDM system. He has served as consultant with Intelligent Fiber
Optic System, Inc., (Sunnyvale, CA) during 2002. In 1997, Dr. Rahman was listed
in the International Who’s Who of Professionals. He also served as Mentor for
High School students supervising “Intel Talent Search” research
projects.
Dr. Rahman is originator of the concept of dendrimer and
nano-silica based “reflective arrayed waveguide grating” and co-originator of a
new concept for photonic waveguide fabrication called “natural index contrast”.
His expertise and interest include photonic waveguide gratings, DWDMs,
chip-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs), photonics design, simulation,
characterization, and packaging; dendrimers; laser-evaporated direct-write of
microelectronic components; and thick- and thin-films. He has published 7 peer
reviewed papers, more than 30 conference presentations, and presented many
invited talks. (A list of his published works can be found here): http://home.comcast.net/~dwdm2/Anis_Rahman_Biodata.html)
ARP, has received a number of prestigious awards, including:
CLEO/LFW Innovation Award 2011
Winner 2007 & 2008
Finalist 2009
ARP technology wins the Nano 50 Award 2007
Here is Dr. Rahman's Response to my inquiry, with a link to a number of very interesting and informative blog posts I had not seen:
Dear Randy:
Greetings. Hope you are doing well. Please see the following recent release and blogs. Are these suitable for your blog? I shall be happy to discuss with you.
Regards,
A. R.
Thank you Dr. Rahman for sharing these posts with readers here, and best of luck to the you, and ARP! I look forward to following up with you, on these posts, and learning about the exciting work you are doing at ARP.
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