Mona Jarrahi

Mona Jarrahi

PROFESSOR
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering

66-147E Engr. IV

Email: mjarrahi@ee.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 206-1371

Websites

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Terahertz/millimeter-wave electronics and optoelectronics, microwave photonics, imaging and spectroscopy systems
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
  • 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
IN THE NEWS
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • 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
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • 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)