Terahertz/millimeter-wave electronics and optoelectronics, microwave photonics, imaging and spectroscopy systems

• X. Li, D. Mengu, N. T. Yardimci, D. Turan, A. Charkhesht, A. Ozcan, M. Jarrahi, "Terahertz plasmonic focal-plane array with pixel super-resolution," Nature Photonics, 18, 139-148, 2024
• J. Li, X. Li, N. T. Yardimci, J. Hu, Y. Li, J. Chen, Y. C. Hung, M. Jarrahi, A. Ozcan, "Rapid Sensing of Hidden Objects and Defects using a Single-Pixel Diffractive Terahertz Processor," Nature Communications, 14, 6791, 2023
• W. Wang, P. K. Lu, A. Vinod, D. Turan, J. McMillan, H. Liu, M. Yu, D. L. Kwong, M. Jarrahi, C. W. Wong, "Coherent terahertz synthesis with 2.8-octave tunability and sub-Hz linewidths through chip-scale photomixed microresonator optical parametric oscillation," Nature Communications, 13, 5123, 2022
• D. Turan, P. K. Lu, N. T. Yardimci, Z. Liu, L. Luo, J.-M. Park, U. Nandi, J. Wang, S. Preu, M. Jarrahi, "Wavelength conversion through plasmon-coupled surface states," Nature Communications, 12, 4641, 2021
• N. Wang, S. Cakmakyapan, Y.-J. Lin, H. Javadi, M. Jarrahi, "Room-temperature heterodyne terahertz detection with quantum-level sensitivity," Nature Astronomy, 3, 977-982, 2019
• X. Lin, Y. Rivenson, N. T. Yardimci, M. Veli, M. Jarrahi, A. Ozcan, "All-Optical Machine Learning Using Diffractive Deep Neural Networks," Science, 361, 1004-1008, 2018
• S. Cakmakyapan, P. K. Lu, A. Navabi, M. Jarrahi, "Gold-Patched Graphene Nano-Stripes for High-Responsivity and Ultrafast Photodetection from Visible to Infrared Regimes," Light: Science & Applications, 7, 20, 2018
• N. T. Yardimci, S.-H. Yang, C. W. Berry, M. Jarrahi, "High Power Terahertz Generation Using Large Area Plasmonic Photoconductive Emitters," IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 5, 223-229, 2015
• S.-H. Yang, M. R. Hashemi, C. W. Berry, M. Jarrahi, "7.5% Optical-to-Terahertz Conversion Efficiency Offered by Photoconductive Emitters with Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Contact Electrodes," IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 4, 575 - 581, 2014
• C. W. Berry, N. Wang, M. R. Hashemi, M. Unlu, M. Jarrahi "Significant Performance Enhancement in Photoconductive Terahertz Optoelectronics by Incorporating Plasmonic Contact Electrodes," Nature Communications, 4, 1622, 2013

• IEEE Spectrum | Terahertz Chip Promises Big Power Without Big Lenses, March 2025
• Laser Focus World | Terahertz Focal-Plane Array Enables Real-Time, Super-Resolution Imaging, January 2024
• Phys.org: High-throughput terahertz imaging: Progress and challenges, October 2023
• UCLA Newsroom: Novel Privacy-Preserving Camera Captures Only Objects of Interest at Speed of Light (08/25/2022)
• TechXplore: AI-designed camera only records objects of interest while being blind to others (08/15/2022)
• Photonics.com: Advances in Terahertz Optoelectronics (03/29/2022)
• Photonics.com: Semiconductor Surface States Enhance Wavelength Conversion (08/03/2021)
• Machine Design: Converting Light from One Wavelength to Another (08/02/2021)
• Azo Optics: New Method for Efficient Conversion of Light from One Wavelength to Another (08/02/2021)
• Science Daily: Engineers bend light to enhance wavelength conversion (07/30/2021)
• UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Engineers Bend Light to Enhance Wavelength Conversion (07/30/2021)
• Photonics.com: Single-Pixel Detector Classifies Images Using Diffractive Optical Network (04/08/2021)
• UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Researchers Develop Machine-Vision System Enabling Object Classification via Single-Pixel Detector (04/08/2021)
• Phys.org: Object classification through a single-pixel detector (03/29/2021)
• Biophotonics World: Object classification through a single-pixel detector (03/26/2021)
• Optics and Photonics News: Shaping Light Pulses with Deep Learning (02/11/2021)
• UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Engineers Shape Terahertz Pulses Using Diffractive Layers Designed by AI (01/14/2021)
• Photonics.com: Deep Learning-Designed Network Shapes Light Pulse (01/08/2021)
• Phys.org: Optical network shapes pulses of light (01/07/2021)
• UCLA Newsroom: New optical system could lead to devices that can recognize objects instantly (03/04/2020)
• Phys.org: All-optical diffractive neural networks process broadband light (12/02/2019)
• AzoOptics: Researchers Expand All-Optical Computation Framework (12/05/2019)
• Photonics Spectra Magazine: From IR to THz, Space Telescopes Get Detector Array Upgrades (November 2019)
• Daily Bruin: Researchers develop device that can detect terahertz frequencies in deep space (08/11/2019)
• Laser Focus World: UCLA-developed terahertz sensors work at room temperature (07/22/2019)
• OSA Optics and Photonics News: Taking the Chill Off of Terahertz (07/12/2019)
• Science Daily: New terahertz sensors work at room temperature, unlike current technology (07/10/2019)
• UCLA Newsroom: Light-sensing system could show distant galaxies in unprecedented detail (07/08/2019)
• UCLA Newsroom: UCLA engineers develop artificial intelligence device that identifies objects at the speed of light (08/02/2018)
• Discover Magazine: This AI Calculates at the Speed of Light (07/26/2018)
• The Scientist: AI Object Recognition System Operates at Speed of Light (07/26/2018)
• TechCrunch: This 3D-printed AI construct analyzes by bending light (07/26/2018)
• Photonics.com: Graphene Photodetector Demonstrates Speed, High Responsivity (07/05/2018)
• Laser Focus World: Graphene photodetector has 50 GHz speed and 0.6 to 20 micron spectral range (06/28/2018)
• UCLA Newsroom: New photodetector could improve night vision, thermal sensing and medical imaging (06/27/18)
• UCLA Newsroom: UCLA engineers develop high-performance terahertz detectors (02/21/2017)
• SPIE  Newsroom: Development of terahertz devices opens doors for numerous applications (01/12/2017)
• Huffington Post: Mona Jarrahi: A World Leader in Terahertz Applications (12/08/2016)
• IEEE Spectrum: Gordon Moore's Foundation Funds First of 50 Fellows in $34 Million Plan (11/02/2016)
• UCLA Newsroom: New metamaterial paves way for terahertz technologies (10/21/2016)
• Daily Bruin: Researchers strive to channel the strength of terahertz waves (10/13/2016)
• SPIE Newsroom: A compact terahertz radiation source using a bimodal laser and plasmonic photomixer (04/19/2016)
• Laser Focus World: Plasmonic photomixer offers high power terahertz radiation at room temperature (11/04/2014)
• SPIE Newsroom: Fully Integrated Broadband Terahertz Modulators (11/19/2014)
• EE Times: MEMS array forms terahertz modulator (7/21/2014)
• AZoNano: Breakthrough Terahertz Modulator Holds Promise for Advanced Medical and Security Imaging Systems (7/17/2014)
• UCLA Newsroom: New terahertz modulator could lead to more advanced medical and security imaging (7/16/2014)
• BioOptics World: Powerful laser-based terahertz system promises unprecedented depth for tissue imaging (5/1/2013)
• Popular Mechanics: Novel Powerful Terahertz Imaging System is Better than X-Ray (4/30/2013)
• Science 360: Better than X-Rays: A More Powerful Terahertz Imaging System (3/29/2013)
• National Science Foundation: Better than X-Rays: A More Powerful Terahertz Imaging System (3/27/2013)
• University of Michigan News Service: Better than X-Rays: A More Powerful Terahertz Imaging System (3/27/2013)
• Photonics Spectra Magazine: Optical resonator builds better UV beam (2/1/2012)
• Optics & Photonics News Magazine: Ultrafast Optical-Pump Terahertz-Probe Measurements at the Nanoscale (12/1/ 2011)
• Photonics.com: Smarter Way to Make UV Beams (11/30/11)
• Laser Focus World: Whispering-gallery resonator generates CW fourth-harmonic UV light (11/30/11)
• University of Michigan News Service: A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams (11/29/11)

• 2025, Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 2025, SPIE Quantum Sensing Achievement Award
• 2024, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2024, IEEE Photonics Society Aron Kressel Award
• 2023, IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
• 2023, Advanced Photonics Editor-in-Chief Choice Paper Award
• 2023, Europa Science Photonics100
• 2022, Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
• 2022, Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2022, International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (2nd place)
• 2022, SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics
• 2021, IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize
• 2021, UCLA Faculty Innovation Fellow
• 2020, Catalyzing Pediatric Innovation Award
• 2020, Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
• 2019, Burroughs Wellcome Fund?s Innovations in Regulatory Science Award
• 2019, Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• 2018, Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• 2018, UCLA Biomedical Innovation Fund
• 2018, Sharif University of Technology Alumni Achievement Award
• 2017, Fellow of the Optical Society (Optica)
• 2017, Okawa Foundation Research Award
• 2017, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Watanabe Excellence in Research Award
• 2016, Moore Inventor Fellowship
• 2016, Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
• 2016, Sharif University of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award
• 2015, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
• 2015, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award
• 2015, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Best Student Paper Award (3rd place)
• 2015, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Lecturer
• 2014, Kavli Fellowship by the National Academy of Sciences
• 2014, Booker Fellowship from the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
• 2014, IEEE Nanotechnology Council Early Career Award in Nanotechnology
• 2014, IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S) Outstanding Young Engineer Award
• 2014, Senior Member of Optical Society (Optica)
• 2013, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
• 2013, International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (3rd place)
• 2013, International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation Best Student Paper Award (2nd place)
• 2013, National Academy of Engineering, The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award
• 2013, Senior Member of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• 2012, Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award
• 2012, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering
• 2012, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
• 2012, Elizabeth Crosby Research Award, University of Michigan
• 2012, Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• 2011, National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award
• 2010, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
• 2008, Best paper award, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Industry Advisory Board
• 2008, International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (3rd place)
• 2007, International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (1st place)
• 2005, Photonic Technology Access Program Research Award

• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (APS)
• Fellow, Optical Society (Optica)
• Fellow, The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• Fellow, Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Honorary Member, IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)