Geoffrey W. Burr - Publications

Book chapters

  1. H. Coufal, G. W. Burr, and G. T. Sincerbox, "Trends in optical data storage,'' Spring Handbook of Lasers and Optics, ed., F. Träger, Springer--Verlag (2007).

  2. G. W. Burr, "FDTD for photonic crystal and nanoplasmonic structures,'' invited contribution for Computational Electrodynamics: the finite-difference time-domain method, 3rd edition, by A. Taflove and S. C. Hagness, Artech House (Boston), (2005).

  3. G. W. Burr, "Holographic storage,'' Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, ed., R. B. Johnson and R. G. Driggers, Marcel Dekker, New York (2003).

  4. G. W. Burr, "Volumetric storage,'' Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, ed., R. B. Johnson and R. G. Driggers, Marcel Dekker, New York (2003).

  5. H. Coufal and G. W. Burr, "Optical data storage,'' Chapter 26, International Trends in Applied Optics, ed., A. Guenther, SPIE (2002).

  6. G. W. Burr and M. Neifeld, "Gray-scale data pages for digital holographic data storage,'' in Holographic Data Storage, pp 319-328, H. Coufal, D. Psaltis, and G. Sincerbox, ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2000).

  7. G. W. Burr and M. P. Bernal Artajona, "System optimization for holographic data storage systems,'' in Holographic Data Storage, pp 331-340, H. Coufal, D. Psaltis, and G. Sincerbox, ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2000).

  8. C. M. Jefferson, G. W. Burr and J. A. Hoffnagle, "IBM Holographic digital data storage test platforms,'' in Holographic Data Storage, pp. 369-381, H. Coufal, D. Psaltis, and G. Sincerbox, ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2000).

  9. P. Mitkas and G. W. Burr, "Volume holographic correlators,'' in Holographic Data Storage, pp. 429-443, H. Coufal, D. Psaltis, and G. Sincerbox, ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2000).

Invited Journal articles

  1. G. W. Burr, B. N. Kurdi, J. C. Scott, C. H. Lam, K. Gopalakrishnan, and R. S. Shenoy, "An overview of candidate device technologies for Storage-Class Memory," IBM Journal of Research and Development, 52(4/5) (2008).

  2. S. Raoux, G. W. Burr, M. J. Breitwisch, C. T. Rettner, Y.-C. Chen, R. M. Shelby, M. Salinga, D. Krebs, S.-H. Chen, H.-L. Lung, and C. H. Lam, "Phase change Random Access Memory - A Scalable Technology," IBM Journal of Research and Development, 52(4/5) (2008).

  3. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "High-density and high-capacity holographic data storage,'' Asian Journal of Physics, 10(2), 117-133 (2001).

  4. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, B. Marcus, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Optical data storage enters a new dimension,'' Physics World, July 2000, 37-41.

  5. J. Ashley, M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, H. Guenther, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, B. Marcus, R. M. Macfarlane, R. M. Shelby, and G. T. Sincerbox, "Holographic data storage,'' IBM Journal of Research and Development, 44(3), 341-368 (2000).

  6. D. Psaltis and G. W. Burr, "Holographic data storage ,'' IEEE Computer, 31(2), 52-60, (1998).

  7. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, R. M. Shelby, G. T. Sincerbox, and G. Wittmann, "Holographic-data-storage materials,'' MRS Bulletin, 21(9), p 51-60, September 1996.

Journal articles

  1. S. Raoux, C. T. Rettner, Y.-C. Chen, and G. W. Burr, "E-Beam Lithographic Studies of the Scaling of Phase Change Memory," to appear in MRS Bulletin, Sept 2008.

  2. G. W. Burr, S. Diziain and M.-P. Bernal, "The impact of finite-depth cylindrical and conical holes in lithium niobate photonic crystals," Optics Express, 16(9), 6302-6316, 2008.

  3. J. Amet, F. I. Baida, G. W. Burr, and M.-P. Bernal, "The superprism effect in lithium niobate photonic crystals for ultra-fast, ultra-compact electro-optical switching," Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 6(1), 47-59 (2008).

  4. A. Farjadpour, D. Roundy, A. Rodriguez, M. Ibanescu, P. Bermel, J. D. Joannopoulos, S. G. Johnson, and G. W. Burr, "Improving accuracy by subpixel smoothing in the finite-difference time domain,'' Optics Letters, 31(20), 2972-2974 (2006).

  5. S. Tao, B. Wang, G. W. Burr, and J. Chen, "Diffraction efficiency of volume gratings with finite size: corrected analytical solution,'' Journal of Modern Optics, 51(8), 1115-1122 (2004).

  6. G. W. Burr, T. L. Harris, Wm. R. Babbitt, and C. M. Jefferson, " Incorporating excitation-induced dephasing into the Maxwell-Bloch numerical modeling of photon echoes,'' Journal of Luminescence, 107(1-4), 314-331 (2004).

  7. T. L. Harris, C. M. Jefferson, G. W. Burr, J. A. Hoffnagle, M. Tian, and Wm. R. Babbitt, "Chirped Excitation of Optically Dense Inhomogeneously Broadened Media using Eu3+:Y2SiO5,'' Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 21(4), 811-819 (2004).

  8. B. M. King, G. W. Burr, and M. A. Neifeld, " Experimental demonstration of grayscale sparse modulation codes in volume holographic storage,'' Applied Optics, 42(14), 2546-2559 (2003).

  9. L. Menetrier and G. W. Burr, "Density implications of shift compensation post-processing in holographic storage systems,'' Applied Optics, 42(5), 845-860 (2003).

  10. G. W. Burr, "Holographic data storage with arbitrarily misaligned data pages,'' Optics Letters, 27(7), 542-544 (2002).

  11. G. W. Burr and T. Weiss, "Compensation of pixel misregistration in volume holographic data storage,'' Optics Letters, 26(8), 542-544 (2001).

  12. G. W. Burr, C. M. Jefferson, H. Coufal, M. Jurich, J. A. Hoffnagle, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Volume holographic data storage at an areal density of 250 Gigapixels/sq. in.,'' Optics Letters, 26(7), 444-446 (2001).

  13. G. W. Burr and I. Leyva, "Multiplexed phase-conjugate holographic data storage with a buffer hologram,'' Optics Letters, 25(7), 499-501 (2000).

  14. G. W. Burr, S. Kobras, H. Hanssen, and H. Coufal, "Content-addressable data storage using volume holograms,'' Applied Optics, 38(32), 6779-6784 (1999).

  15. X. An, D. Psaltis, and G. W. Burr, "Thermal fixing of 10,000 holograms in LiNbO3:Fe,'' Applied Optics, 38(2), 386-393 (1999).

  16. G. W. Burr, W. C. Chou, M. A. Neifeld, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, and C. M. Jefferson, "Experimental evaluation of user capacity in holographic data storage systems,'' Applied Optics, 37(23), 5431-5443 (1998).

  17. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, and M. Quintanilla, "Balancing inter-pixel crosstalk and thermal noise to optimize areal density in holographic storage systems,'' Applied Optics , 37(23), 5377-5385 (1998).

  18. G. W. Burr, M. A. Neifeld, G. Barking, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, and C. M. Jefferson, "Gray-scale data pages for digital holographic data storage,'' Optics Letters, 23(15), 1218-1220 (1998).

  19. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, R. M. Shelby, and M. Quintanilla, "Experimental study of the effects of a six-level phase mask on a digital holographic storage system,'' Applied Optics, 37(11), 2094-2101, (1998).

  20. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, and C. M. Jefferson, "Noise reduction of page-oriented data storage by inverse filtering during recording ,'' Optics Letters, 23(4), 289-291 (1998).

  21. R. M. Shelby, J. A. Hoffnagle, G. W. Burr, C. M. Jefferson, M.-P. Bernal, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, H. Guenther, R. M. Macfarlane, and G. T. Sincerbox, "Pixel-matched holographic data storage with megabit pages ,'' Optics Letters, 22(19), 1509-1511 (1997).

  22. G. W. Burr, J. Ashley, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, and B. Marcus, "Modulation coding for pixel-matched holographic data storage ,'' Optics Letters, 22(9), 639-641 (1997).

  23. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, E. Oesterschulze, R. M. Shelby, G. T. Sincerbox, and M. Quintanilla, "Effects of multilevel phase masks on interpixel crosstalk in holographic data storage,'' Applied Optics, 36(14), 3107-3115 (1997).

  24. F. H. Mok, G. W. Burr, and D. Psaltis, "System metric for holographic memory systems,'' Optics Letters , 21(12), 896-898 (1996).

  25. G. W. Burr and D. Psaltis, "Effect of the oxidation state of LiNbO3:Fe on the diffraction efficiency of multiple holograms,'' Optics Letters , 21,(12), p 893-895 (1996).

  26. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Angle and space multiplexed holographic storage using the 90degree geometry,'' Optics Communications, 117, 49-55 (1995).

  27. F. H. Mok, G. W. Burr, and D. Psaltis, "Angle and Space Multiplexed Holographic Random Access Memory,'' Optical Memory and Neural Networks, 3, 119-127 (1994).

  28. J. W. Dawson, R. L. Talaga, G. W. Burr, R. J. Laird, W. Smith, and J. Lackey, "1st-Level Trigger Processor for the Zeus Calorimeter,'' IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 37(6), 2198-2202, (1990).

Conference Proceedings

  1. J. Tirapu Azpiroz, G. W. Burr, A. E. Rosenbluth, and M. S. Hibbs, " Massively-Parallel FDTD Simulations to Address Mask Electromagnetic Effects in Hyper-NA Immersion Lithography," Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 6924-33, February 2008.

  2. G. W. Burr and A. Farjadpour, "Balancing accuracy against computation time: 3-D FDTD for nanophotonics device optimization,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5733, 336-347 (2005).

  3. G. W. Burr, "Holography for Information Storage and Processing,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5181-10 (2003).

  4. G. W. Burr, "Three-dimensional optical storage,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5225-16 (2003).

  5. G. W. Burr, E. Mecher, T. Juchem, H. Coufal, C. M. Jefferson, F. Gallego, K. Meerholz, N. Hampp, J. A. Hoffnagle, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Progress in read-write, fast-access volume holographic data storage,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 4459, 290-304 (2001).

  6. G. W. Burr, G. Maltezos, F. Grawert, S. Kobras, H. Hanssen, and H. Coufal, "Using volume holograms to search digital databases,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 4459 311-322 (2001).

  7. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, B. Marcus, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Volume holographic storage at IBM,'' Proceedings of the SPIE for "SPIE Conference on International Applications of Holography'' (2000).

  8. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, " Multiplexed phase-conjugate holographic storage using an intermediate buffer hologram ,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 4110-17 (2000).

  9. F. Grawert, G. W. Burr, S. Kobras, H. Hanssen, M. Riedel, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, and H. Coufal, "Content-addressable holographic databases ,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 4109 pp. 177-188 (2000).

  10. G. W. Burr and B. Marcus, "Coding tradeoffs for high-density holographic data storage,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 3802, pp. 18-29 (1999).

  11. G. W. Burr and R. M. Shelby, "Pixel-matched phase-conjugate readout for holographic data storage,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 3802, pp. 122-129 (1999).

  12. G. W. Burr, J. Ashley, B. Marcus, C. M. Jefferson, J. A. Hoffnagle, and H. Coufal, "Optimizing the holographic digital data storage channel,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 3468, pp. 64-75 (1998).

  13. D. Psaltis, G. W. Burr, X. An, M. Levene, G. Barbastathis, and A. Pu, "Holographic memories,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 3137 pp 96-100, (1997).

  14. R. A. Miller, G. W. Burr, Y.-C. Tai, and D. Psaltis, "A magnetically actuated MEMS scanning mirror,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 2687 pp. 47-52 (1996).

  15. G. W. Burr, X. An, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large-scale rapid access holographic memory,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 2514 pp. 363-371, (1995).

  16. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large scale volume holographic storage in the Long Interaction Length Architecture,'' Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 2297 pp 402-414, (1994).

  17. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large-scale Holographic Memory: Experimental Results,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 2026-62 (1993).

  18. F. Mok, D. Psaltis, and G. Burr, "Spatially- and Angle-multiplexed Holographic Random Access Memory,'' Proceedings of the SPIE , Vol. 1773c (1992).

Invited Conference Presentations

  1. G. W. Burr, K. Gopalakrishnan, R. S. Shenoy, C. T. Rettner, and B. N. Kurdi, "Storage Class Memory," EIPBN 2008 --- The 52nd International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication May 2008.

  2. W. Wilcke, R. Freitas, B. N. Kurdi, and G. W. Burr, Half-day tutorial on "Storage Class Memory, Technology, and Use," FAST'08 --- 6th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies February 2008.

  3. B.-S. Lee, S. N. Bogle, S. G. Bishop, J. R. Abelson, S. Raoux, R. M. Shelby, C. T. Rettner, and G. W. Burr, "Detecting Nuclei in Phase Change Materials by Fluctuation Electron Microscopy (FEM): An Experimental Proof of Nucleation Theory,'' EPCOS 2007 (European Phase Change and Ovonics Symposium) September 2007. (Best Talk Award).

  4. P. Sandoz, G. W. Burr, J.-M. Friedt, L. Froehly, E. Carry, and R. Escalona, "Mathematics and Optics: Reliable Partners serving Science and Technology" The XVI Columbian Mathematical Congress, July 2007.

  5. G. W. Burr, B. Kurdi, and C. Narayan, "Ultra-Dense Storage: From Holographic to Storage-Class Memory and Beyond," IEEE 18th Annual Workshop on Interconnections Within High-Speed Digital Systems, May 2007.

  6. Y. C. Chen, C. T. Rettner, S. Raoux, G. W. Burr, S. H. Chen, R. M. Shelby, M. Salinga, W. P. Risk, T. D. Happ, G. M. McClelland, M. Breitwisch, A. Schrott, J. B. Philipp, M. H. Lee, R. Cheek, T. Nirschl, M. Lamorey, C. F. Chen, E. Joseph, S. Zaidi, B. Yee, H. L. Lung, R. Bergmann, and C. Lam, "Ultra-Thin Phase-Change Bridge Memory Device Using GeSb," 2007 International Solid-State Circuits Conference, special session on "Best of IEDM 2006,'' February 2007.

  7. G. W. Burr, "Developments in FDTD as applied to photonics,'' IPRA 2006, paper ITuA1, April 2006.

  8. G. W. Burr, "Holographic content-addressable data storage,'' LEOS 2004, paper ThG2, November 2004.

  9. A. C. Grot, E. Chow, L. W. Mirkarimi, M. Sigalas, D. Sobek, and G. W. Burr, "Two-dimensional photonic crystal structures for biosensing applications,'' Optics East, paper 5593-62, October 2004.

  10. G. W. Burr, "Numerical modeling for nanophotonics design,'' The 11th Conference on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (COOC 2004) in Daejeon, South Korea, May 2004.

  11. G. W. Burr, "Using Grids to Model Nanoscopic Devices,'' Grid Computing and Its Application to Complex Scientific Problems at the March 2004 Meeting of the American Physical Society, paper Y5.004, March 2004.

  12. G. W. Burr, "Holography for Information Storage and Processing,'' Wave Optics and Photonic Devices for Optical Information Processing at the 2003 SPIE Annual Meeting, paper 5181--10, August 2003.

  13. G. W. Burr, "Three-dimensional optical storage,'' Nano- and Micro-Optics for Information Systems at the 2003 SPIE Annual Meeting, paper 5225-16, August 2003.

  14. G. W. Burr, "Read-write and content-addressable holographic data storage,'' Optical Data Storage, paper TuB.2, July 2002.

  15. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, R. M. Shelby, E. Mecher, F. Gallego, and K. Meerholz, "Progress in read-write, fast-access volume holographic data storage,'' Conference on Three- and Four-Dimensional Optical Data Storage, SPIE 2001 Annual Meeting, paper 4459-52, July 2001.

  16. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, B. Marcus, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Volume holographic data storage at IBM,'' SPIE International Conference on Optical Holography and Its Applications, October 2000.

  17. G. W. Burr, S. Kobras, H. Hanssen, M. Riedel, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, and H. Coufal, "Content-addressable holographic databases,'' Critical technologies for the future of computing, SPIE Annual Meeting 2000, paper 4109-30, July 2000.

  18. G. W. Burr, "Optical processing using optical memory,'' LEOS 1999, paper WU2, November 1999.

  19. G. W. Burr, "Holographic data storage,'' 10th Symposium on Information Storage and Processing Systems , June 1999.

  20. G. W. Burr, "Recent developments in holographic data storage,'' Optics in Computing '99, paper OWA1, April 1999.

  21. R. M. Shelby, M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, H. Guenther, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, and R. M. Macfarlane, "Materials issues for holographic data storage,'' Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting, December 1998.

  22. G. W. Burr, "High-density holographic data storage,'' OSA 1998 Annual Meeting, paper WAA1, October 1998.

  23. G. W. Burr, J. Ashley, B. Marcus, C. M. Jefferson, J. A. Hoffnagle, and H. Coufal, "Optimizing the holographic digital data storage channel,'' SPIE Annual Meeting , paper 3468-10, July 1998.

  24. D. Psaltis, G. W. Burr, X. An, M. Levene, G. Barbastathis, and A. Pu, "Holographic memories,'' SPIE Annual Meeting , 3137, 96-100, July 1997.

  25. G. T. Sincerbox, M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Evaluation of holographic recording materials from a storage systems perspective,'' CLEO 1997 Technical Digest, May 1997, paper CMB3.

  26. G. W. Burr, "Holographic storage,'' IEEE Computer Elements Workshop, June 1996.

  27. F. H. Mok, G. W. Burr, and D. Psaltis, "Large-scale holographic memories,'' CLEO 1994 Technical Digest, paper CMB3, pg 7 (1994).

  28. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large-scale Holographic Memory: Experimental Results,'' SPIE Annual Meeting, 2026-62 (1993).

  29. F. Mok, D. Psaltis, and G. Burr, "Spatially- and Angle-multiplexed Holographic Random Access Memory,'' SPIE Annual Meeting , 1773c (1992).

Conference Presentations

  1. B. Rajendran, M-H. Lee, M. Breitwisch, G. W. Burr, Y-H. Shih, R. Cheek, A. Schrott, C-F. Chen, M. Lamorey, E. Joseph, Y. Zhu, R. Dasaka, P. L. Flaitz, F. H. Baumann, H-L. Lung, and C. Lam "On the Dynamic Resistance and Reliability of Phase Change Memory," 2008 Symposium on VLSI Technology, to be given June 2008.

  2. G. W. Burr, M. Salinga, S. Raoux, R. M. Shelby, and M. Wuttig, "Quantifying the crystallization speed of GeSb by matching optical characterization to numerical simulation," MRS Spring 2008 to be presented, April 2008.

  3. D. Krebs, S. Raoux, C. Rettner, Y.-C. Chen, G. W. Burr, and M. Wuttig, "RESET Resistance Dynamics in Phase Change Bridge Devices," MRS Spring 2008 to be presented, April 2008.

  4. B.-S. Lee, S. Raoux, R. M. Shelby, C. T. Rettner, G. W. Burr, K. Darmawikarta, S. G. Bishop, and J. R. Abelson, "Melt-quenched and Primed Amorphous States of Phase Change Materials," MRS Spring 2008 to be presented, April 2008.

  5. J. R. Abelson, B.-S. Lee, S. Raoux, R. M. Shelby, C. T. Rettner, G. W. Burr, K. Darmawikarta, and S. G. Bishop, "Fluctuation Electron Microscopy, a tool to detect nuclei in amorphous solids," MRS Spring 2008 to be presented, April 2008.

  6. J. Tirapu Azpiroz, G. W. Burr, A. E. Rosenbluth, and M. S. Hibbs, "Massively-Parallel FDTD Simulations to Address Mask Electromagnetic Effects in Hyper-NA Immersion Lithography," SPIE Advanced Lithography 2008, February 2008.

  7. T. Nirschl, J. B. Philipp, T. D. Happ, G. W. Burr, B. Rajendran, M.-H. Lee, A. Schrott, M. Yang, M. Breitwisch, C.-F. Chen, E. Joseph, M. Lamorey, R. Cheek, S.-H. Chen, S. Zaidi, S. Raoux, Y.C. Chen, Y. Zhu, R. Bergmann, H.-L. Lung, and C. Lam, "Write strategies for 2 and 4-bit multi-Level phase-Change memory," IEDM Technical Digest, paper 17.5, Dec 2007.

  8. M.-P. Bernal, M. Roussey, J. Amet, F. I. Baida, and G. W. Burr, "Enhanced electro-optic tuning in lithium niobate photonic crystals: the role of slow light," CLEO-Europe, June 2007.

  9. M. Breitwisch, T. Nirschl, C.F. Chen, Y. Zhu, M.H. Lee, M. Lamorey, G.W. Burr, E. Joseph, A. Schrott, J.B. Philipp, R. Cheek, T.D. Happ, S.H. Chen, S. Zaidi, P. Flaitz, J. Bruley, R. Dasaka, B. Rajendran, S. Rossnagel, M. Yang, Y.C. Chen, R. Bergmann, H.L. Lung, and C. Lam, "Novel Lithography-Independent Pore Phase Change Memory," 2007 Symposium on VLSI Technology, June 2007.

  10. C. T. Rettner, S. Raoux, J. L. Jordan-Sweet, Y.-C. Chen, and G. W. Burr, "Application of electron beam lithography to the study of the scalability of phase change memory devices," EIPBN 2007, May 2007.

  11. J. Amet, M.-P. Bernal, F. I. Baida and G. W. Burr, "The superprism effect in lithium niobate photonic crystal for ultrafast, ultracompact electro-optical switching," PECS-VII (International Symposium on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystals), April 2007.

  12. M. Roussey, M.-P. Bernal, G.W. Burr, and F. I. Baida, "Enhancement of the Pockels effect by slow light in lithium niobate photonic crystals: 3-D simulation," PECS-VII (International Symposium on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystals), April 2007.

  13. Y.-C. Chen, C. T. Rettner, S. Raoux, G. W. Burr, R. M. Shelby, and M. Salinga, "Crystallization Kinetics of As-Deposited and Melt-Quenched Phase-Change Materials," MRS Spring 2007, April 2007.

  14. B.-S. Lee, S. N. Bogle, S. Raoux, C. T. Rettner, R. M. Shelby, G. W. Burr, Y. Xiao, S. G. Bishop, and J. R. Abelson, "Relationship between the Crystallization Speed and Nanoscale Structural Order in Ge2Sb2Te5 and AgInSbTe Phase Change Materials," MRS Spring 2007, April 2007.

  15. Y. C. Chen, C. T. Rettner, S. Raoux, G. W. Burr, S. H. Chen, R. M. Shelby, M. Salinga, W. P. Risk, T. D. Happ, G. M. McClelland, M. Breitwisch, A. Schrott, J. B. Philipp, M. H. Lee, R. Cheek, T. Nirschl, M. Lamorey, C. F. Chen, E. Joseph, S. Zaidi, B. Yee, H. L. Lung, R. Bergmann, and C. Lam, "Ultra-Thin Phase-Change Bridge Memory Device Using GeSb," 2006 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, paper 30p3, December 2006.

  16. T. D. Happ, M. Breitwisch, A. Schrott, J. B. Philipp, M. H. Lee, R. Cheek, T. Nirschl, M. Lamorey, C. H. Ho, S. H. Chen, C. F. Chen, E. Joseph, S. Zaidi, G. W. Burr, B. Yee, Y. C. Chen, S. Raoux, H. L. Lung, R. Bergmann, and C. Lam, "Novel One-Mask Self-Heating Pillar Phase Change Memory," 2006 Symposium on VLSI Technology, paper 15.2, June 2006.

  17. M. S. Salinga, S. Raoux, J. L. Jordan-Sweet, M. F. Toney, C. Rettner, R. M. Shelby, G. W. Burr, and C. M. Jefferson, "Scaling and doping effects on grain size and switching properties of phase-change materials," MRS Spring 2006, paper H8.2, April 2006.

  18. B.-S. Lee, S. N. Bogle, Y. Xiao, S. G. Bishop, J. R. Abelson, S. Raoux, C. T. Rettner, R. M. Shelby, V. R. Deline, G. W. Burr, M. Jurich, M.-H. Kwon, K.-B. Kim, B.-K. Cheong, H. Li, and P. C. Taylor, "Structure-kinetics relationship and photo-oxidation of phase change materials," MRS Spring 2006, paper H2.4, April 2006.

  19. G. W. Burr, E. Chow, L. W. Mirkarimi, M. Sigalas, and A. Grot, "Photonic crystal microcavities as ultracompact film thickness monitors for biosensing," Nanophotonics for Information Systems, paper NPIS-ThC4, April 2005.

  20. G. W. Burr and A. Farjadpour, "Balancing accuracy against computation time: 3-D FDTD for nanophotonics device optimization," Photonics West 2005, paper 5733-52, January 2005.

  21. G. W. Burr, "Evolving FDTD into a nanophotonics design optimization tool," CLEO 2004, poster CWA54, May 2004.

  22. S. Tao and G. W. Burr,"Performance optimization of volume gratings with finite size through numerical simulation," CLEO 2004, CTuE5, May 2004.

  23. E. Kalman, S. Kobras, F. Grawert, G. Maltezos, H. Hanssen, H. Coufal, and G. W. Burr, "Accuracy and scalability in holographic content-addressable storage," CLEO 2004, CTuE2, May 2004.

  24. G. W. Burr, "FDTD as a nanophotonics design optimization tool," PECS-V (International Symposium on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystals), poster P-Mo49, March 2004.

  25. G. W. Burr, T. L. Harris, C. M. Jefferson, and W. R. Babbitt, "Numerical modeling of excitation-induced dephasing," 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications (HBSM 2003), July 2003.

  26. T. L. Harris, G. W. Burr, J. A. Hoffnagle, M. Tian, W. R. Babbitt, and C. M. Jefferson, "Chirped excitation of inhomogeneously broadened optically-dense media using Eu3+:Y2SiO5," 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications (HBSM 2003), July 2003.

  27. C. M. Jefferson, J. A. Hoffnagle, T. L. Harris, G. W. Burr, M. Tian, and W. R. Babbitt, "Chirped optical nutation response of Eu3+:Y2SiO5" 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications (HBSM 2003), July 2003.

  28. G. W. Burr, T. L. Harris, W. R. Babbitt, and C. M. Jefferson, " Incorporating excitation-induced dephasing into the Maxwell-Bloch numerical modeling of photon echoes," CLEO 2003, poster CWA29, May 2003.

  29. T. L. Harris, C. M. Jefferson, G. W. Burr, J. A. Hoffnagle, M. Tian, and W. R. Babbitt, "Chirped excitation of optically-dense inhomogeneously broadened media using Eu3+:Y2SiO5," CLEO 2003, paper CThK3, May 2003.

  30. G. W. Burr and L. Menetrier, "High density holographic data storage despite misaligned data pages," CLEO 2002, paper CMO3, May 2002.

  31. G. W. Burr, F. Grawert, S. Kobras, H. Hanssen, and H. Coufal, "Using volume holograms to search digital databases," Conference on Three- and Four-Dimensional Optical Data Storage, SPIE 2001 Annual Meeting, paper 4459-53, July 2001.

  32. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, J. A. Hoffnagle, R. M. Macfarlane, R. M. Shelby, E. Mecher, F. Gallego, and K. Meerholz, "Dynamic holograms as phase-conjugate buffers for digital volume holographic data storage," OSA Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing, paper OThB5, January 2001.

  33. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Demonstration platform for multiplexed phase-conjugate volume holographic data storage," OSA 2000 Annual Meeting, paper MK4, October 2000.

  34. G. W. Burr and T. Weiss, "Compensation of pixel misregistration for high density volume holographic data storage," OSA 2000 Annual Meeting, paper MK5, October 2000.

  35. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Multiplexed phase-conjugate holographic storage using an intermediate buffer hologram," Conference on Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices, Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications VI, SPIE 2000 Annual Meeting, paper 4110-17, July 2000.

  36. G. W. Burr, C. M. Jefferson, H. Coufal, C. Gollasch, M. Jurich, J. A. Hoffnagle, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Holographic data storage at an areal density of 100 Gb/sq. in.," CLEO 2000 Technical Digest, paper CTuC2, May 2000.

  37. C. M. Jefferson, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, C. Gollasch, J. A. Hoffnagle, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Demonstration platform for high areal density volume holographic data storage," OSA 1999 Annual Meeting, paper TuF1, September 1999.

  38. G. W. Burr, H. Hanssen, and H. Coufal, "Massively parallel holographic associative retrieval," OSA 1999 Annual Meeting, paper WFF1, September 1999.

  39. G. W. Burr, "Volume holographic correlation filters for optical computation," OSA 1999 Annual Meeting, paper WT4, September 1999.

  40. G. W. Burr, "Arbitrary wavefront synthesis by multiple hologram exposure," OSA 1999 Annual Meeting, paper TuU6, September 1999.

  41. G. W. Burr, "Practical phase-conjugate readout for volume holographic data storage," OSA 1999 Annual Meeting, poster WLL41, September 1999.

  42. G. W. Burr and B. Marcus, "Coding tradeoffs for high-density holographic data storage," SPIE Conference on Advanced Optical Memories and Interfaces to Computer Systems II, paper 3802-06, July 1999.

  43. G. W. Burr and R. M. Shelby, "Pixel-matched phase-conjugate readout for holographic data storage," SPIE Conference on Holographic Data Storage, paper 3802-24, July 1999.

  44. G. W. Burr, H. Hanssen, S. Kobras, and H. Coufal, "Analog optical correlation of volume holograms for searching digital databases," Optics in Computing '99, paper OWA4, April 1999.

  45. H. Hanssen, S. Kobras, G. W. Burr, and H. Coufal, "Search fidelity of content-addressable holographic data storage," Photonics West '99, 3637-13, January 1999.

  46. G. W. Burr, S. Kobras, H. Hanssen, and H. Coufal, "Content-addressable holographic data storage," OSA 1998 Annual Meeting, paper WAA7, October 1998.

  47. V. Vadde, B. V. K. Vijaya Kumar, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, and C. M. Jefferson, "Equalization for high density volume holographic storage," Optical Data Storage-1998, poster TuD7, May 1998.

  48. S. Kobras, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, and G. Abstreiter, "Holographic associative retrieval of digital data," CLEO 1998 Technical Digest, poster CTHO32, May 1998.

  49. G. W. Burr, "Experimental measurement of capacity vs. bit-error-rate for photorefractive holographic storage," CLEO 1998 Technical Digest, paper CMF7, May 1998.

  50. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, and M. Quintanilla, "Noise in holographic data storage at high areal density," CLEO 1998 Technical Digest, paper CMF3, May 1998.

  51. G. W. Burr and M. A. Neifeld, "Greyscale data pages for holographic storage," OSA 1997 Annual Meeting, paper ThHH2, October 1997.

  52. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, and M. Quintanilla, "Optimizing the CCD fill factor to balance inter-pixel crosstalk and thermal noise in holographic data storage," OSA 1997 Annual Meeting, paper ThR4, October 1997.

  53. G. W. Burr, "Elimination of non-random noise in holographic storage," OSA 1997 Annual Meeting, paper ThB5, October 1997.

  54. M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Shelby, "M/# and BER in a 4-F holographic data storage system for different phase plate designs," OSA 1997 Annual Meeting, paper ThB2, October 1997.

  55. J. A. Hoffnagle, M.-P. Bernal, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, H. Guenther, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, R. M. Shelby, P. Wimmer, "Megapixel imaging for high-performance holographic data storage," CLEO 1997 Technical Digest, paper CMB2, May 1997.

  56. J. Ashley, M.-P. Bernal, M. Blaum, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, B. Marcus, R. M. Shelby, G. T. Sincerbox, and G. Wittmann, "Experimental study of bit-error-rate (BER) in a holographic storage system," OSA 1996 Annual Meeting, paper WZ7, October 1996.

  57. D. Psaltis, X. An, G. W. Burr, and F. Mok, "Large-scale holographic memory," OSA Summer Topical Meetings, paper JTuC1, July 1996.

  58. R. A. Miller, G. W. Burr, Y.-C. Tai, D. Psaltis, C. M. Hon, and R. Katti, "Electromagnetic MEMS scanning mirrors for holographic data storage," Technical Digest, Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 183-186, Jun. 3-6, 1996.

  59. J. Ashley, M.-P. Bernal, M. Blaum, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, B. Marcus, R. M. Shelby, G. T. Sincerbox, and G. Wittmann, "Error studies of digital holographic data storage," CLEO 1996-Postdeadline papers, May 1996.

  60. R. A. Miller, G. W. Burr, Y.-C. Tai, and D. Psaltis, "A magnetically actuated MEMS scanning mirror," SPIE Conference on Miniaturized systems with Micro-Optics and Micromachining, 2687, pp. 47-52, February 1996.

  61. R. A. Miller, G. W. Burr, Y.-C. Tai, and D. Psaltis, "Magnetically actuated micromirrors for use as optical deflectors," The ElectroChemistry Society Meeting, 95-18, pp. 474-481, October 1995.

  62. X. An, G. W. Burr, and D. Psaltis, "Angle-multiplexed holographic storage using acousto-optic deflectors," OSA 1995 Annual Meeting, paper MP6, September 1995.

  63. G. W. Burr and D. Psaltis, "Improving diffraction efficiency of holographic memories via LiNbO3:Fe oxidation state," OSA 1995 Annual Meeting, paper MSS3, September 1995.

  64. G. W. Burr, X. An, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large-scale rapid access holographic memory," Optical Data Storage 1995, paper 2514-39, San Diego, July 1995.

  65. G. W. Burr and D. Psaltis, "Effect of the oxidation state of LiNbO3:Fe on the diffraction efficiency of large scale holographic memories," Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices Conference,, poster MPB3, June 1995.

  66. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Spatially-multiplexed holographic memory optimized for Fourier plane storage in the 90 degree geometry," OSA 1994 Annual Meeting, October 1994, paper MD4.

  67. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large scale volume holographic storage in the Long Interaction Length Architecture," SPIE Annual Meeting, paper 2297-47 (1994).

  68. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Storage of 10,000 holograms in LiNbO3:Fe," CLEO 1994 Technical Digest, paper CMB7, pg 9 (1994).

  69. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Spatial and Angle Multiplexing using the Long Interaction Length Architecture," OSA 1993 Annual Meeting, October 1993, paper TuH6.

  70. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Large-scale Holographic Memory: Experiment Results," ISOM/ODS '93, July 1993.

  71. G. W. Burr, K. Curtis, and D. Psaltis, "Comparison of Wavelength- and Angle-Multiplexed Holographic Memories," OSA Topical Meeting on Optical Computing, March 1993, Paper OWB4.

Other publications

  1. G. W. Burr, "What your favorite EE professor never told you about life in the real world," Eta Kappa Nu Bridge, Spring 2007.

  2. G. W. Burr and L. Menetrier, "High density holographic data storage despite misaligned data pages," SPIE Holography newsletter, Vol. 13(1), pg 6, May 2002.

  3. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "Holographic optical data storage delivers high data density," Laser Focus World, 36,(12), 123-127, December 2000.

  4. G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, M. Jurich, R. M. Macfarlane, and R. M. Shelby, "High-density and high-capacity holographic data storage," SPIE Holography newsletter, pg 2, December 2000.

  5. G. W. Burr, T. Weiss, and R. M. Shelby, "Post-processing to correct for optical distortion and material shrinkage in holographic data storage," SPIE Holography newsletter, pg 4, December 2000.

  6. G. W. Burr and R. M. Shelby, "Pixel-matched phase-conjugate holographic data storage," SPIE Holography newsletter, pg 8, January 1999.

  7. G. W. Burr, "Inverse filtering during recording for page-oriented optical storage," SPIE Optical Processing & Computing newsletter, pg 4, October 1997.

  8. J. Ashley, M.-P. Bernal, M. Blaum, G. W. Burr, H. Coufal, R. K. Grygier, H. Guenther, J. A. Hoffnagle, C. M. Jefferson, R. M. Macfarlane, B. Marcus, R. M. Shelby, G. T. Sincerbox, and G. Wittmann, "Holographic optical data storage: progress and promise," Laser Focus World, 32, 11, 81-93, November 1996.

  9. G. W. Burr, "Holographic random-access memory," SPIE Optical Processing & Computing newsletter, November 1993.

Patents

  1. G. W. Burr, "Compensation of pixel misregistration in volume holographic data storage," U.S. Patent #6,697,316, Feb. 24, 2004.

  2. G. W. Burr, "Architectures for high-capacity content-addressable holographic databases," U.S. Patent #6,205,107, Mar. 20, 2001.

  3. G. W. Burr, S. Kobras, and H. Coufal, "Encoding technique of data patterns to improve signal-noise ratio during content-addressable retrieval," U.S. Patent #6,175,543, Jan. 16, 2001.

  4. G. W. Burr, "Multiplexed phase-conjugate holographic data storage using a buffer hologram," U.S. Patent #6,049,402, April 11, 2000.

  5. G. W. Burr, "Method for holographic storage (Subtraction from pixels during holographic recording)," U.S. Patent #6,031,643, Feb. 29, 2000.

  6. G. W. Burr, "Method for holographic storage (Inverse filtering during holographic recording)," U.S. Patent #6,005,693, Dec. 21, 1999.

  7. G. W. Burr, F. H. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "A holographic memory with angle, spatial and out-of-plane multiplexing," U.S. Patent #5,550,779, Aug. 27, 1996.

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