Professor
Canada Research Chair in Nonlinear Optics (2006-2016)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canada Tel: (902) 494 3270
Email: serpo@dal.ca
My research has been primarily in theoretical optics and photonics-hence the acronym (TOP) for my research team. Structured light has emerged as a recurring research theme of the team. Coherent light fields with controllable amplitude, phase and polarization distributions in space and/or time fall into the realm of structured light; in the case of partially coherent (speckled) light fields, space-time (space-frequency) field correlations can be structured.
Y. Zhou, N. Zhang, A. Zhou, Z. Zhang, J. Liu, C. Liang, S. A. Ponomarenko, Q. Zhan, Y. Cai, and X. Liu, "Spatiotemporally Localized Optical Links and Knots", Nat. Commun., 17, 6027 (2026).
D. Hebri and S. A. Ponomarenko, "Space-time Optics", Progress in Optics, 71, 37-101 (2026).
Y. Chen and S. A. Ponomarenko, "Phase-Space Nonseparability, Partial Coherence, and Optical Beam Shifts", Phys. Rev. Lett., 135, 193801 (2025).
C. Liang, S. A. Ponomarenko, F. Wang, and Y. Cai, "Temporal Boundary Solitons and Extreme Superthermal Light Statistics", Phys. Rev. Lett., 127, 053901 (2021).
M. Yessenov, L. A. Hall, S. A. Ponomarenko, and A. F. Abouraddy, "Veiled Talbot Effect", Phys. Rev. Lett., 125, 243901 (2020).
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
