Biography

• Ian was born on July 2, 1987, in Montreal, Canada. He received his BSc with honors in Mathematical Physics from the University of Waterloo in 2008 and is currently working as a PhD student in the Lončar Group. In addition to banging on his drum kit, Ian enjoys playing hockey and golf.

Fellowships

• National Science and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (NSERC-PGS, Canada)

Publications

• I.B. Burgess*, Y. Zhang*, M.W. McCutcheon*, A.W. Rodriguez, J. Bravo-Abad, S.G. Johnson, and M. Lončar "Design of an efficient terahertz generation in triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal microcavities," Optics Express, 17, 20099-20108 (2009).
• Y. Zhang, M.W. McCutcheon, I.B. Burgess, and M. Lončar, "Ultra-high-Q TE/TM dual-polarized photonic crystal nanocavities," Optics Letters 34, 2694-2696 (2009).[Invited paper in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Vol. 20, Iss. 13, Sept. 28, 2009].
• I.B. Burgess, A.W. Rodriguez, M. W. McCutcheon, J. Bravo-Abad, Y. Zhang, S.G. Johnson, and M. Lončar, "Difference-frequency generation with quantum-limited efficiency in triply-resonant nonlinear cavities," Optics Express, 17, 9241-9251 (2009).
• I.B. Burgess, M. Peccianti, G. Assanto, R. Morandotti, "Accessible Light Bullets via Synergetic Nonlinearities," Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 203903 (2009).
• I.B. Burgess, M.R. Ponte, K. Saravanamuttu, “Spontaneous formation of 3-D optical and structural lattices from two orthogonal and mutually incoherent beams of white light propagating in a photopolymerisable material” J. Mater. Chem., 18, 4133–4139 (2008) (featured on the front cover).
• I.B. Burgess, P. Rochon, N. Cunningham, “Photophysical Properties of Commercial Red Dyes in Polymer Films”. Optical Materials, 30, 1478-1483 (2008).
• I.B. Burgess, W.E. Shimmell, K. Saravanamuttu, “Spontaneous Pattern Formation Due to Modulation Instability of Incoherent White Light in a Photopolymerizable Medium”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 4738-4746 (2007).

Patents

• J. Bravo-Abad, I.B. Burgess, J.D. Joannopoulos, S.G. Johnson, M. Loncar, M.W. McCutcheon, A.W. Rodriguez, M. Soljacic, and Y. Zhang, "Efficient terahertz sources based on difference-frequency generation in triply-resonant photonic resonators." Filed with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Serial Number 61/224,566 (2009).
• I.B. Burgess, L. Mishchenko, B.D. Hatton, J. Aizenberg, M. Loncar, "Manipulation of Fluids in 3D Photonic Structures with Patterned Surface Properties" U.S. patent application

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

• I.B. Burgess, M.W. McCutcheon, A.W. Rodriguez, J. Bravo-Abad, Y. Zhang, S.G. Johnson, and M. Lončar, "Efficient Difference Frequency Generation in Triply Resonant Nonlinear Cavities," OSA Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, 2009, Honolulu, HI, no. NWD2.
• M. Peccianti, I.B. Burgess, G. Assanto, and R. Morandotti, "Optical Bullet Bursts Generation in Nonlocal Media," OSA Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, 2009, Honolulu, HI, no. NFA4.
• M. Peccianti, I.B. Burgess, G. Assanto, R. Morandotti, “Accessible Light Bullets,” CLEO 2009, Baltimore, MD, no. ITuC3.
• M. Peccianti, I.B. Burgess, M. Ferrera, D. Duchesne, L. Razzari, R. Morandotti, B.E. Little, S.T. Chu, D.J. Moss, “Temporal pulse compression in high-index doped silica glass integrated waveguides,” CLEO 2009, Baltimore, MD, no. CMJ4.