Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Ayrton A. Bernussi, Associate Professor

Degrees with fields, institution and date

B. S. in Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 198l
M. S. in Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 1984
Ph.D. in Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 1990  

Years of Service at Texas Tech University, dates of appointment

1 Years
Assistant Professor, 2004-present

Other related experience—teaching, industrial, etc.

Senior Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2001-04
Packaging/Characterization Scientist, Applied WDM Inc., Lubbock, TX, 2001-02
Researcher, National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Campinas, SP, Brazil, 2000-01
Senior Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1994-95
Researcher in Telecommunications, Brazilian Telecommunication Company (Telebras), Campinas, SP, Brazil, 1988-2000

Consulting, patents, etc.

Patent application (02/2004): “Temperature compensated optical multiplexer”, H. Temkin, L.G. de Peralta, A.A. Bernussi and V. Gorbounov.

State(s) in which registered

None

Principal Publications of last five years

A. A. Bernussi , L. Grave de Peralta, V. Gorbounov, J.A. Linn, S. Frisbie, R. Gale, and H. Temkin: “Mirror quality and the performance of reflective arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers”, J. of Lightwave Technology, vol. 22, pp. 1828-1832, 2004

L. Grave de Peralta, A.A. Bernussi, V. Gorbounov, and H. Temkin: “Temperature insensitive reflective arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers”, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 831-833, 2004

A.A. Bernussi , L. Grave de Peralta, and H. Temkin: “Electric field distribution in a grating of a folded arrayed-waveguide multiplexer”, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 1 6, pp. 488-490, 2004

A.A. Bernussi , L. Grave de Peralta, S. Frisbie, and H. Temkin: “Effects of power truncation on the insertion loss and crosstalk of arrayed-waveguide grating devices”, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 83, pp. 1695-1697, 2003

A.A. Bernussi , L. Grave de Peralta, and H. Temkin: “High precision characterization of single-mode optical fiber arrays”, J. of Lightwave Technol., vol. 21, pp. 1557-1561, 2003

R.L. Maltez, E. Ribeiro, A.A. Bernussi, W. Carvalho Jr., A.L. Gobbi and D. Ugarte:“Effects of barrier alloy composition and number of stacks in the optical and structural characteristics of strain compensated In xGa 1-xAs yP 1-y/In zGa 1-zAs tP 1-t/InP multi-quantum wells”, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp. 5915-5922, 2002

A.A. Bernussi, W. Carvalho and M.K.K. Dias Franco: “Effects of ordering and alloy phase separation on the optical emission characteristics of In 1-xGa xAs yP 1-y layers grown on GaAs substrates”, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 89, pp. 4898-4901, 2001

A.A. Bernussi, W. Carvalho Jr., M.T. Furtado, and A.L. Gobbi: “Photoluminescence microscopy imaging of tensile strained In 1-xGa xAs yP 1-y/InP quantum wells grown by low-pressure metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy”, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 86, pp. 402-407, 1999

Scientific and professional societies of which a member

None

Honors and Awards

Awarded the Sao Paulo State Funding Agency (Fapesp-Brazil) Scholarships:
Post Doctoral stage (03/1994 to 09/1995)
Ph.D. degree program (08/1984 to 03/1988)
M.S. degree program (02/1982 to 07/1984).

Institutional and professional service in the last five years

Reviewer of the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Reviewer of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-CNPq, of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) of Brazil
Local organizer committee member of the 10 th Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics, April 22-27, 2001, Guarujá, SP, Brazil
Session chair, 10th Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics, April 22-27, 2001, Guarujá, SP, Brazil

Professional development activities in the last five years

Proposal: “Development of GaAs/InGaAsP/GaInP based heterostructure high-power lasers emitting in the spectral range 800-1000 nm”, Funded by Fapesp ( Brazil), co-PI, 03/1999 to 02/2001

Email to:

ayrton.bernussi@ttu.edu