DANIEL RICHARD GRISCHKOWSKY
Office Address: Sch. of Elec. & Comp. Engr.
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Telephone: 405-744-6622 (Office)
405-744-9198 (FAX)
E-Mail: daniel.grischkowsky@okstate.edu
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D., Physics, Columbia University, 1968
A. M., Physics, Columbia University, 1965
B.S., General Science, Oregon State University, 1962
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Regents Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2001- Present.
Bellmon Professor of Optoelectronics, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1993-Present.
Research Staff Member, 1969-1977; Science Advisor to the Director of the Research Division, 1978; Manager, Atomic Physics with Lasers, 1979-1983; Manager, Ultrafast Science with Lasers, 1983-1993; IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Physical Society - Fellow (1982)
Optical Society of America - Fellow (1988)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - Fellow (1992)
EXTERNAL AWARDS
The Boris Pregel Award for Applied Science and Technology (1985), awarded by the New York Academy of Sciences for the development of the optical fiber pulse compressor.
The R. W. Wood Prize (1989), awarded by the Optical Society of America. The citation is for distinguished contributions to the field of optical pulse compression, particularly for pioneering work on the use of optical fibers for generating ultrashort pulses of light.
The William F. Meggers Award (2003), awarded by the Optical Society of America. The citation is for seminal contributions to the development and application THz time-domain spectroscopy.
Honorary Professor of Tianjin University (2008), Tianjin, P.R.China.
Research Publications:
Research work has resulted in 147 peer-reviewed journal publications with 7,630 citations; 19 publications have been cited more than 100 times; and 3 publications have been cited more than 300 times. The Hirsch index is H= 49 where H is the number of papers cited more than H times. The citations were obtained from the Science Citation Index of the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Web of Science, as of March 2009.

Research paper, D. Grischkowsky, Soeren Keiding, Martin van Exter and Ch. Fattinger, "Far-infrared time-domain spectroscopy with terahertz beams of dielectrics and semiconductors," JOSA-B, Vol. 7, pp. 2006-2015 (1990), with 573 citations is listed in the “50 Most-Cited Papers of the Journal of the Optical Society (JOSA),” in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of this Journal.
This research work has been featured in 157 invited talks at conferences, universities, national laboratories, and research centers. He has been awarded 6 U.S. patents.
INTERNAL AWARDS
IBM Internal Scientific Awards
OSU Regents Distinguished Research Award (2004)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Chairman of the Laser Science Topical Group of the American Physical
Society, 1993-1994.
Chairman of the International Council of Quantum Electronics,
1989-1993.
Chairman of the Joint Council on Quantum Electronics, 1989-1993.
General Co-Chairman of the 15th International Quantum Electrical
Conference, 1987.
Program Co-Chairman of the 14th International Quantum Electrical
Conference, 1986.
J. Opt. Soc. of Am. B - Topical Editor, Ultrafast Phenomena,
1985-1987.
Optics Letters - Associate Editor, 1985-1987.
Member of the Society Objectives and Policy Committee of the
Optical Society of America, 1991-1993.
OSA representative on the IEEE/APS/OSA Joint Council on Quantum
Electronics, 1987-1993.
NATIONAL SERVICE
Member of the NSF Committee of Visitors--triennial review of
the Physics Division (1994)
Member of the Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science
(CAMOS) of the National Research Council (1990-1996)
Member of the NSF Site Visit Committee for the Ultrafast Science and Technology
Center at the University of Michigan (1990-1992, 1996), Chm. (1995)
Member of the Board on Assessment of NIST Programs [JILA Panelist] (1992-1994)
Member of the NSF Workshop on Optical Science and Engineering (1994)
Member, National Research Council, Panel for Physics- Time and Frequency
Division (2004-2006)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
S. Sree Harsha, N. Laman and D. Grischkowsky, “High-Q THz Bragg resonances within a metal parallel plate waveguide,” Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 94, 091118 (2009).
N. Laman and D. Grischkowsky, “THz Conductivity of thin metal films,” Appl. Phys Lett. Vol. 93, 051105 (2008).
A. Bingham and D. Grischkowsky, "THz 2-D Photonic Crystal Waveguides," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol.18, pp.428-430, 2008.
N. Laman, S. Sree Harsha, D. Grischkowsky, and Joseph S. Melinger, "7 GHz resolution waveguide THz spectroscopy of explosives related solids showing new features," Optics Express, Vol. 16, pp. 4094-4105 (2008).
A. Bingham and D. Grischkowsky, "THz 2-D high-Q photonic crystal waveguide cavities," Optics Letters, Vol. 33,pp. 348-350 (2008).
N. Laman, S. Sree Harsha, D. Grischkowsky and Joseph S. Melinger, “High resolution waveguide THz spectroscopy of biological molecules,” Biophys. J. Vol. 94, pp 1010-1020 (2008).
Paul A. George, Christina Manolatou, Farhan Rana, Adam L. Bingham, and Daniel R. Grischkowsky, “Integrated Waveguide-Coupled Terahertz Microcavity Resonators,” Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 91, 191122 (2007).
Joseph S. Melinger, N. Laman, S. Sree Harsha, ShuFan Cheng, and D. Grischkowsky, “High Resolution Waveguide Terahertz Spectroscopy of Partially Oriented Organic Polycrystalline Films,” J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 111, pp. 10977-10987 (2007).
N. Laman and D. Grischkowsky, “Reduced Conductivity in the THz Skin-Depth Layer of Metals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 90, 122115 (2007).
B. Ozturk, B.N. Flanders, D. Grischkowsky, T.D. Mishima, “Single-Step Growth and Low Resistance Interconnecting of Gold Nanowires,” Nanotechnology, Vol. 18, 175707 (2007).
A.L. Bingham and D. Grischkowsky, “High-Q, one-dimensional terahertz photonic waveguides,” Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 90, 091105 (2007).
Joseph S. Melinger, N. Laman, S. Sree Harsha, and D. Grischkowsky, “Line Narrowing of THz Vibrational Modes for Organic Thin Films within a Parallel Plate Waveguide,” Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 89, 251110 (2006).
Yuguang Zhao and D. Grischkowsky, ”Two-dimensional THz Metallic Photonic Crystals in Parallel Plate Waveguides,” IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, accepted for publication (2007).
Yuguang Zhao and D. Grischkowsky, “Terahertz demonstrations of effectively two dimensional photonic bandgap structures,” Optics Letters, Vol. 31, pp. 1534-1536 (2006).
Tae-In Jeon, and D. Grischkowsky, “THz Zenneck surface wave (THz surface plasmon) propagation on a metal sheet,” Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 88, 061113 (2006).
Birol Ozturk, Charles Blackledge, Bret N. Flanders, and Daniel R. Grischkowsky, “Reproducible interconnects assembled from gold nanorods,” Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 88, 073108 (2006).
Adam Bingham, Yuguang Zhao, and D. Grischkowsky, “THz Parallel Plate Photonic Waveguides,” Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 87, 051101 (2005).
Tae-In Jeon, Jiangquan Zhang and D. Grischkowsky, “THz Sommerfeld wave propagation on a single metal wire,” Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 86, 161904 (2005).
J.O'Hara and D.Grischkowsky, " Quasi-optic synthetic phased-array THz imaging, J.Opt.Soc.Am.B., Vol.21, pp. 1178-1191 (2004)
Jiangquan Zhang and D. Grischkowsky, "THz time-domain spectroscopy of sub-monolayer water adsorbed in hydrophilic silica aerogel," Optics Letters, Vol.29, pp. 1031-1033 (2004)
Dongxia Qu, D.Grischkowsky, and Weili Zhang, "Terahertz transmission properties of thin, subwavelength metallic hole arrays," Optics Letters, Vol.29, pp. 896-898 (2004)
Jiangquan Zhang and D. Grischkowsky, "Waveguide THz time-domain spectroscopy of nm water layers," Optics Letters,Vol.29, pp. 1617-1619 (2004)
Jianming Dai, S.Coleman, and D.Grischkowsky, "Planar THz Quasioptics," Applied Physics Letters, Vol.85, pp. 884-886 (2004)
Dongxia Qu and D.Grischkowsky, "Observation of a New Type of THz Resonance of Surface Plasmons Propagating on Metal-Film Hole Arrays." Physics Review Letters, Vol.93, 196804-1-4 (2004)
Jiangquan Zhang and D. Grischkowsky, "Whispering-gallery mode cavity for terahertz pulses," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 20, pp. 1894-1904 (2003).
S. Coleman and D. Grischkowsky, “A THz TEM-mode two dimensional interconnect layer incorporating quasi-optics,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 83, pp. 3656-3658 (2003).
W.Zhang, Abul K. Azad and D. Grischkowsky, "Terahertz studies of carrier dynamics and dielectric response of n-type, freestanding epitaxial GaN," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 82, pp. 2841-2843 (2003).
J.O'Hara and D. Grischkowsky, "Synthetic Phased-Array THz Imaging," Optics Letters, Vol. 27, pp. 1070-1072 (2002).
Jiangquan Zhang and D. Grischkowsky, "Whispering gallery mode terahertz pulses," Optics Letters, Vol. 27, pp. 661-663 (2002).
R.Mendis and D. Grischkowsky, "THz Interconnect with Low Loss and Low Group Velocity Dispersion," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 11, 444-446 (2001)
R.Mendis and D. Grischkowsky, "Undistorted guided wave propagation of subpsec THz pulses," Optics Letters, Vol. 26, pp. 846-848 (2001).
D.Grischkowsky, "Optoelectronic Characterization of Transmission Lines and Waveguides by THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy," Invited paper in the LEOS Millennium Issue, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol.6, pp. 1122-1135 (2000).
G.Gallot, S. Jamison, R.W. McGowan and D. Grischkowsky, “THz Waveguides,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., Vol. 17, pp. 851-863 (2000).
Harde, H., N. Katzenellenbogen, and D. Grischkowsky, "Lineshape transition of Collision Broadened Lines," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 74, pp. 1307-1310 (1995).
Groeneveld, R.H.M., and D. Grischkowsky, "Picosecond Time-Resolved Far-Infrared Experiments on Carriers and Excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Wells," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., Vol. 11, pp. 2502-2507 (1994).
Harde, H., N. Katzenellenbogen, and D. Grischkowsky, "Terahertz Coherent Transients from Methyl Chloride Vapor," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., Vol. 11, pp. 1018-1030 (1994).
Katzenellenbogen, N. and D. Grischkowsky, "Electrical Characterization to 4 THz of N and P Type GaAs Using THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 61, pp. 840-842 (1992).
Harde, H. Soeren Keiding, and D. Grischkowsky, "THz Commensurate Echoes: Periodic Rephasing of Molecular Transitions in Free Induction Decay," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 66, pp. 1834-1837 (1991).
Grischkowsky, D. Soeren Keiding, Martin van Exter, and Ch. Fattinger, "Far-Infrared Time-Domain Spectroscopy with TeraHz Beams of Dielectrics and Semiconductors," J Opt. Soc. B, Vol. 7, pp. 2006-2015 (1990).
Fattinger, Ch. and D. Grischkowsky, "Point Source TeraHz Optics," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 53, pp. 1480-1482 (1988).
Grischkowsky, D., M. B. Ketchen, C-C Chi, I. N. Duling III, N. J. Halas J-M Halbout, and P. G. May, "Capacitance Free Generation and Detection of Sub-Picosecond Electrical Pulses on Coplanar Transmission Lines," IEEE J. Quantum Electronics, Vol. 24, pp. 221-225 (1988).
Grischkowsky, D, I. N. Duling III, J. C. Chen, and C-C Chi, "Electromagnetic Shock Waves from Transmission Lines," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 59, pp. 1663-1666 (1987).
Ketchen, M. B., D. Grischkowsky, T. C. Chen, C-C. Chi, I. N. Duling, III, N. J. Halas, J-M Halbout, J. A. Kash, and G. P. Li, "Generation of Sub-Picosecond Electrical Pulses on Coplanar Transmission Lines," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 48, pp. 751-753 (1986).
H. Nakatsuka, D. Grischkowsky and A. C. Balant, "Nonlinear Picosecond Pulse Propagation Through Optical Fibers with Positive Group Velocity Dispersion," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 47, pp. 910-913 (1981).
D. Grischkowsky, "Self-Focusing of Light by Potassium Vapor," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 24, pp. 866-869 (1970).