Etan Bourkoff

Professor

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Natural Sciences

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: etan.bourkoff@baruch.cuny.edu

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Biography
Teaching
Research and Creative Activity
Grants
Honors and Awards
Service

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Semester	Course Prefix	Course Number	Course Name
Summer 2024	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2024	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2024	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2024	PHY	2002	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2024	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2023	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2023	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2023	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2023	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2023	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2023	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2023	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2023	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2022	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2022	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2022	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2022	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2022	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2022	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2022	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2021	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2021	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2021	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2021	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2021	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2021	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2021	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2021	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2020	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2020	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2020	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2020	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2020	PHY	5000	Independent Study Physics I
Spring 2020	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2020	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2019	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2019	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2019	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2019	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2019	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2019	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2019	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2019	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2018	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2018	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2018	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2018	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2018	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2018	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2018	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2018	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2018	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2018	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2018	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Fall 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2017	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2017	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2017	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2016	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2016	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Summer 2016	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Summer 2016	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2016	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2016	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2016	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Fall 2015	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2015	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2015	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2015	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2015	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2015	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2015	PHY	2001	Fund Of Experimental Phy
Spring 2015	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2015	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2015	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2015	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Spring 2015	PHY	2002L	Fund Of Phy: Theory & Practice
Fall 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2014	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2014	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2013	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2013	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2013	PHY	4130	Modern Physics
Summer 2013	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Summer 2013	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Spring 2013	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2013	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2013	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2013	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2012	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2012	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2012	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2012	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Summer 2012	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Spring 2012	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2012	PHY	1003H	Honors-Concepts in Physics
Spring 2012	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2012	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2012	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2011	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2011	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2011	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2011	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2011	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Summer 2011	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Spring 2011	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2011	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2011	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2011	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2010	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2010	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2010	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2010	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Summer 2010	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Spring 2010	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2010	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2010	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2010	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2009	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2009	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2009	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2009	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Summer 2009	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2009	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Spring 2009	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2009	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2009	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2009	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2008	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2008	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2008	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2008	PHY	3010	Quantitative Physics I
Summer 2008	PHY	3001	General Physics II
Spring 2008	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2008	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2008	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2007	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2007	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Spring 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2007	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2007	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2006	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Summer 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2006	PHY	3001	General Physics II
Spring 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2006	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2006	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2005	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Summer 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2005	PHY	3001	General Physics II
Summer 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2005	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2005	PHY	1003H	Honors-Concepts in Physics
Spring 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2005	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2004	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2004	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Fall 2004	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Summer 2004	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2004	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Summer 2004	PHY	3001	General Physics II
Spring 2004	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2004	PHY	1003	Concepts in Physics
Spring 2004	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Spring 2004	PHY	1003H	Honors-Concepts in Physics
Fall 2003	IDC	3002H	Hon Sci & Tech NYC
Fall 2003	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Fall 2003	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2003	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2003	PHY	2004	General Physics II
Summer 2003	PHY	2004	General Physics II
Summer 2003	PHY	2004	General Physics II
Summer 2003	PHY	2004	General Physics II
Spring 2003	PHY	1003H	Honors-Concepts in Physics
Fall 2002	IDC	3002H	Hon Sci & Tech NYC
Fall 2002	IDC	3002H	Hon Sci & Tech NYC
Fall 2002	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Summer 2002	PHY	2004	General Physics II
Summer 2002	PHY	2003	General Physics I
Summer 2002	PHY	2004	General Physics II
Spring 2002	PHY	1003H	Honors-Concepts in Physics
Spring 2002	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2001	PHY	1003L	Lect Conc In Physics
Fall 2001	FRO	1000H	First Year Seminar

Books

Meade, D. B., & Bourkoff, E. (1998). Maple V for Engineers, Engineer's Toolkit Series. Menlo Park, CA, Addison-Wesley Longman.

Journal Articles

(1993). Nonlinear Polarization Coupling and its Application to High Resolution Distributed Fiber Sensing. IEEE J. Quantum Electron, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 29. 2198-2210.

(1992). Distributed Fiber Sensing using Nonlinearly-Induced Polarization Coupling. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 17. 856-858.

(1992). Generation, Propagation, and Amplification of Dark Optical Solitons. J. Opt. Soc. of Am., Optical Society of America, B. 1134-1144.

(1990). Generation of Dark Solitons Under CW Background Using Waveguide EO Modulators. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 15. 405-407.

(1990). Absorber versus Trap Model in Solitary Semiconductor Lasers. J. Appl. Phys., American Institute of Physics, 67. 2168-2170.

(1989). Deep-Level Trap Model of Diode Laser Modulation: Significance of Spontaneous Emission and Gain Saturation Parameters. J. Appl. Phys., American Institute of Physics, 65. 2912-2917.

(1989). Periodic Amplification of Dark Solitons Using Stimulated Raman Scattering. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 14. 808-810.

(1989). Incident-Angle-Bandwidth of Surface Acoustic Wave Acousto-Optic Devices Using Total Internal Reflection. J. Appl. Phys., American Institute of Physics, 65. 4366-4371.

(1989). Propagation Properties of Dark Solitons. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 14. 703-705.

(1989). Interactions between Dark Solitons. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 14. 1371-1373.

(1988). Ar+ Pulses from the Double Mode-Locked Ar+-Dye Laser in The CPM Regime. Opt. Commun., Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., 65. 264-268.

(1988). Passive Mode-Locking of the Ar+ Laser. Appl. Opt., Optical Society of America, 27. 2655-2661.

(1988). Femtosecond Pulse Propagation in Optical Fibers: Higher Order Effects. IEEE J. Quantum Electron, Special Issue on Ultrafast Optics and Electronics, 24. 365-372.

(1987). Intensity-Dependent Spectra of Pulses Propagating in Optical Fibers. Opt. Commun., Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., 62. 284-288.

(1987). Evolution of Femtosecond Pulses in Single-Mode Fibers having Higher-Order Nonlinearity and Dispersion. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 12. 272-274.

(1987). Compression of Nonlinearly-Chirped Pulses using Gires-Tournois Interferometers. Appl. Phys. Lett., American Institute of Physics, 50. 1304-1306.

(1987). Triple-Mode-Locking of Ar+ and Dye Lasers. Opt. Commun., Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., 61. 397-400.

(1986). Reflection of Femtosecond Optical Pulses from Multiple-Layer Dielectric Mirrors: Analysis. IEEE J. Quantum Electron, Special Issue on Ultrafast Optics and Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, QE22. 186-191.

(1985). Polarization Effects in SAW Acousto-Optic Interactions. Electron. Lett., The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), 21. 968-969.

(1985). Low-Energy Optical Generation and Detection of Optical Pulses in Metals and Nonmetals. Appl. Phys. Lett., American Institute of Physics, 46. 143-145.

(1983). Spectral Dependence of an Organic Erasable Optical Storage System. Appl. Phys. Lett., American Institute of Physics, 42. 855-857.

(1982). Modulation Characteristics of Semiconductor Laser Devices. Opt. Engineering, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 21(1). 91-95.

(1980). Cross-Correlation Studies of Pulses from the Double Mode-Locked cw Dye Laser. IEEE J. Quantum Electron, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, QE-16. 425-433.

(1979). Independent Tunability of the Double Mode-Locked cw Dye laser. Opt. Lett., Optical Society of America, 4. 179-181.

(1979). Measurement of Picosecond Pulse Shapes for The Highly Synchronous cw Double Mode-Locked Dye Laser. Appl. Phys. Lett., American Institute of Physics, 34. 455-457.

Book Chapters

Liu, X. Y., & Bourkoff, E. (1989). Optically-Saturable Absorbing Centers Versus Deep-Level Traps in Semiconductor Lasers. Optical Science and Engineering Series 10 (pp. 324-326). New York, NY. American Institute of Physics.

Liu, X. Y., & Bourkoff, E. (1989). Optically-Saturable Absorbing Centers Versus Deep-Level Traps in Semiconductor Lasers. American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings No 191, Optical Science and Engineering Series 10 (pp. 324-326). New York, NY. American Institute of Physics.

Bourkoff, E., & Palmer, C. H. (1986). Noncontact Material Testing Using Low-Energy Optical Generation & Detection of Acoustic Pulses in Review of Progress. In Thompson, D. O., & Chimenti, D. E. (Eds.), Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (pp. 659-667). New York, NY. Plenum Press.

(1981). Proton-Isolated Stripe GaAs/GaA1As Lasers with Tilted-Facet Reflectors. (pp. 309-318). Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds 1980, Inst. Phys. Conf., British Institute of Physics.

Bourkoff, E., Whinnery, J. R., & Dienes, A. (1978). Parametric Study of Double Mode-Locking of the cw Dye Laser. In Shank, C. V., Ippen, E. P., & Shapiro, S. L. (Eds.), Picosecond Phenomena (Springer Series in Chemical Physics) (pp. 99-102). New York, NY. Springer-Verlag.

Presentations

Bourkoff, E., & Meade, D. B. (1997, June 30). Engineering Applications for the First Two Years. 1977 ASEE Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E., & Alford, E. M. (1996, February 28). Building Community through Teamwork and Technology: Innovations in Freshman Engineering Courses. 15th Annual Freshman Year Experience Conference. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina.

Zhao, W., & Bourkoff, E. (1991, March 31). Generation of Dark Solitons Under Optimal Conditions. Twenty-Third Southeastern Symposium on System Theory. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina.

Zhao, W., & Bourkoff, E. (1990, November 30). Compression of Optical Dark Solitons. Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, OPTCON '90. Boston, Massachusetts: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Zhao, W., & Bourkoff, E. (1989, April 30). Comparison of Stability of Bright and Dark Solitons Against Loss and Noise. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '89). Baltimore, Maryland: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E. (1988, October 31). Optically-Saturable Absorbing Centers versus Deep-Level Traps in Semiconductor Lasers. American Institute of Physics Conference ILS-IV, TuC-4. Atlanta, Georgia: American Institute of Physics.

Liu, x. Y., & Bourkoff, E. (1988, October 31). Optically-Saturable Absorbing Centers versus Deep-Level Traps in Semiconductor Diode Lasers. Fourth International Laser Science Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: American Institute of Physics.

Bourkoff, E. (1988, December 31). Ultrashort Ar+ Laser Pulse Shapes by Double Mode-Locking in the CPM Regime. International Conference on LASERS '87.

Bourkoff, E., Zhao, W., Joseph, R. I., & Christodoulides, D. N. (1987, May 31). Intensity-dependent spectra of pulses in optical fibers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '87). Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E., Liu, X. Y., & Worchesky, T. L. (1987, December 31). High Speed Modulation of Semiconductor Diode Lasers: Effects of Deep Level Traps. American Institute of Physics Conference. New York, NY: American Institute of Physics.

Zhao, W., & Bourkoff, E. (1987, April 30). Compression of nonlinearly-chirped optical pulses using interferometers. XV International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC '87). Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E. (1987, November 30). Femtosecond Pulse Propagation in Optical Fibers: Distortion and Nonlinear Chirping. International Symposium on the Technologies for Optoelectronics. Cannes, France: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Bourkoff, E. (1986, May 31). Research on Short Optical Pulses. NSF Workshop on Optical Nonlinearities, Fast Phenomena and Signal Processing. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.

Bourkoff, E. (1986, October 31). Analysis of Femtosecond Pulse Compression. 1986 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America. Seattle, Washington: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E. (1986, May 31). Research on Short Optical Pulses. National Science Foundation Workshop on Optical Nonlinearities, Fast Phenomena and Signal Processing. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.

Li, S. W., & Bourkoff, E. (1985, October 31). Surface Acoustic Wave Interaction with Polarized Light. Session on Integrated Optics: 2. Washington, D.C.: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Li, S. W., Bourkoff, E., & Berg, N. J. (1985, October 31). Bandwidth and Diffraction Efficiency Dependence on the Polarization of Light in Acousto-Optic Interactions. IEEE 1985 Ultrasonics Symposium. San Francisco, CA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Li, S. W., Bourkoff, E., Garvin, C., & Berg, N. J. (1985, December 31). Polarization Effects in Acousto-Optic Signal Processors: Theory and Experiment. Integrated Optical Circuit Engineering II.

Li, S. W., Bourkoff, E., Garvin, C., & Berg, N. J. (1985, December 31). Bandwidth and Diffraction Efficiency Dependence on the Polarization of Light in Acousto-Optic Interactions. IEEE 1985 Ultrasonics Symposium. San Francisco, CA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Bourkoff, E. (1985, December 31). Measurement of Femtosecond Laser Pulses. LASERS '85 International Conference. Las Vegas, NV

Li, S. W., Bourkoff, E., Garvin, C., & Berg, N. J. (1985, September 30). Polarization Effects in Acousto-Optic Signal Processors: Theory and Experiment. International Conference on Integrated Optical Circuit Engineering II. Cambridge, MA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Bourkoff, E., & Wang, Y. (1985, May 31). Correlation Measurements of the Triple-Mode-Locked Ar+ - Dye Laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '85). Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E., & Palmer, C. H. (1985, June 30). Noncontact Material Testing Using Low-Energy Optical Generation & Detection of Acoustic Pulses. Conference on Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, session VIII. Williamsburg, Virginia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Bourkoff, E. (1984, October 31). Triple Mode-Locking of Argon Ion and Dye Lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '83). Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Benson, R. C., Bourkoff, E., Hoffman, R. C., Potember, R. S., & Poehler, T. O. (1983, May 31). Optical Switching in Organometallic Films. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '83). Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E. (1981, December 31). Modulation Characteristics of Semiconductor Laser Devices.

Bourkoff, E. (1981, February 28). Modulation Characteristics of Semiconductor Laser Devices. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Technical Symposium. Los Angeles, California: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

Bourkoff, E. (1980, March 31). Direct Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers. Hewlett-Packard III-V Semiconductor Compound Conference. Berkeley, California: Hewlett-Packard Corporation.

Bourkoff, E. (1980, September 30). Proton-Isolated Stripe GaAs/GaA1As Lasers with Tilted-Facet Reflectors. 1980 International Symposium on Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds. Vienna, Austria: Technical University of Vienna, Austria.

Bourkoff, E., Kerps, D., & Englemann, R. (1980, June 30). Sinusoidal Modulation Characteristics of Zn-Diffused GaA1As Double Heterostructure Window lasers of Varying Diffusion Depths. Device Research Conference. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Bourkoff, E., Dienes, A., & Whinnery, J. R. (1979, June 30). Highly Synchronous cw Trains of Picosecond Pulses for Applications in Picosecond Spectroscopy. 1979 CLEA Conference. Washington, D.C.: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E., Whinnery, J. R., & Dienes, A. (1978, October 31). Synchronous Generation of Independently Tunable Ultrashort Pulses by Double Mode-Locking of the cw Dye Laser. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Bourkoff, E., Buck, E. J., Whinnery, J. R., & Dienes, A. (1978, June 30). Formation of Short Optical and Electrical Pulses. N.S.F. Grantee-User Meeting on Optical Communication Systems.

Bourkoff, E., Whinnery, J. R., & Dienes, A. Parametric Study of Double Mode-Locking of the cw Dye Laser. First Topical Meeting on Picosecond Phenomena. Hilton Head, South Carolina

Zhao, W., & Bourkoff, E. Dark Optical Solitons: Generation, Propagation, and Amplification. Meeting of the Optical Society of America. Orlando, Florida: Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C..

Other Scholarly Works

Bourkoff, E. (1987). Recent Developments in Photonics. 144 p..

Bourkoff, E. (1986). Research on Short Optical Pulses. 14.

Bourkoff, E. (1985). Optics in academia in the Washington-Baltimore area. 1118-25.

Bourkoff, E., & Li, S. W. (1985). Polarization Effects in Acousto-Optic Signal Processors: Theory and Experiment. p. 23.

Bourkoff, E., & Li, S. W. (1985). The Study of the Dependence of Bragg Diffraction Efficiency on the Polarization, Angle, and Wavelength of the Incident Beam.

Bourkoff, E. (1979). A Look at cw Dye Laser Applications. October43-45.

Bourkoff, E. (1972). The Use of a Variation Principle in the Analysis of Coupled Wave Systems. 107 p..

Research Currently in Progess

Bourkoff, E.(n.d.). Ultrashort laser pulses in optical fibers. In Progress.

Bourkoff, E.(n.d.). Undergraduate Course Development. In Progress.

Having taught undergraduate physics, theory and experiment, I am in a good position to improve course structure.

Honor / Award	Organization Sponsor	Date Received	Description
Senior Member	IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers)	1988
1985 Presidential Young Investigator	National Science Foundation	1985	1986-1991 award
			Listed in numerous biographical references, such as Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the West, Whos' Who in Technology Today, Biography International, Personalities of the West and Midwest, American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and others.

College

Committee Name	Position Role	End Date
Research and Travel Committee of WSAS	Committee Member	Present
Committee of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute	Committee Member	Present
		Present
Lang Committee	Committee Member	Present
		Present
Honors Program	Director	12/31/2002

University

Committee Name	Position Role	Start Date	End Date
Doctoral Faculty in Physics	Committee Member	1/1/1999	Present
various Advisory Committees for the CUNY Honors College: University Scholars program	Committee Member		Present