Professor K. Alan Shore
Emeritus Professor
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K. Alan Shore received a BA ( MA) in mathematics from the University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree from the then University College, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
He was a Lecturer with the University of Liverpool from 1979 to 1983 and with the University of Bath, where he became a Senior Lecturer in 1986, a Reader in 1990, and a Professor in 1995. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, in 1987. In 1989, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands. From 1990 to 1991, he was with the Teledanmark Research Laboratory and the MIDIT Center of the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. He was a Guest Researcher with the Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan, in 1991. In 1992, he was a Visiting Professor with the Department of Physics, University de les IllesBalears, Palma–Majorca, Spain. He was a Visiting Lecturer with the Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, from 1996 to 1998, and a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2008. In 2001, he was a Visiting Researcher with the ATR Adaptive Communications Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan. From 2001 to 2008, he was the Director of Industrial and Commercial Optoelectronics (ICON), a Welsh Development Agency Centre of Excellence.
He has authored or co-authored more than 1000 contributions to archival journals, books, and technical conferences. With Prof. Deb Kane, he co-edited the research monograph Unlocking Dynamical Diversity. His research work has been principally in the area of semiconductor optoelectronic device design and experimental characterization with particular emphasis on nonlinearities in laser diodes and semiconductor optical waveguides. His current research interests include semiconductor laser nonlinear dynamics and its applications, and the dynamics of semiconductor nanolasers.
In 1995, he was appointed to the Chair of Electronic Engineering at Bangor University. He was the Chair of the Welsh Optoelectronics Forum from 2006 to 2008 and has chaired the Photonics Academy for Wales, since its establishment in 2005. From 2008 to 2011, he was the Chair of the Quantum Electronics Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
Prof. Shore has been a Program Member for several OSA conferences. In 2010, he held a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship with the Ultrafast Photonics Group, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.
He was a Co-Organizer of a Rank Prize Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics in Lasers held at the Lake District, U.K., in 2002. He cofounded and from 1987 to 2012 acted as the Organizer and Program Committee Chair for the International Conference on Semiconductor and Integrated Optoelectronics (SIOE), which is held annually in Cardiff, Wales, U.K. He chaired the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics conference held at the Technium OpTIC, Wales, 2009. He coordinated International Year of Light activities in Wales during 2015.He chaired the Science and Technology Committee of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bodedern, 2017.
He was awarded the Science and Technology Medal of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Boduan, 2023.
Admitted to Gorsedd y Beirdd Urdd Derwydd y Wisg Wen ( Gorsedd of the Bards, Druidic Order of the White Robes), National Eisteddfod of Wales, Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2024
He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Physics, and the Learned Society of Wales for which he has served as a Council Member from 2012 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2024 and as its General Secretary from 2017 to 2023.
He is a member of the 2023/2024 UK Young Academy Membership Selection Committee.
He is the Manager for Wales of the Alumni Association of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ( JSPS)
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1-GHz all-optical flip-flop operation of conventional cylindrical-shaped single-mode VCSELs under low-power optical injection.
Lee, S. H., Jung, H. W., Kim, K. H., Lee, M. H., Yo, B. S., Roh, J. & Shore, K. A., 1 Dec 2010, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 22, 23, p. 1759-1761Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3.5-GHz signal transmission in an all-optical chaotic communication scheme using 1550-nm diode lasers.
Paul, J., Lee, M. W. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2005, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 17, 4, p. 920-922Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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30-Gb/s signal transmission over 40-km directly modulated DFB-laser-based single-mode-fiber links without optical amplification and dispersion compensation.
Tang, J. M. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jun 2006, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 24, 6, p. 2318-2327Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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40 Gb/s quantum random number generation based on optically sampled amplified spontaneous emission
Guo, Y., Cai, Q., Li, P., Jia, Z., Xu, B., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, R., Gao, Z., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Y., 1 Jun 2021, In: APL Photonics. 6, 6, p. 066105 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Monolithically Integrated Two-Section Laser for Wideband and Frequency-Tunable Photonic Microwave Generation
Cai, Q., Zhang, Y., Zheng, J., Zhang, Y., Li, P., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Y., 15 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 41, 2, p. 404-411 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel method for determination of the maximum stable feedback level in laser diodes.
Pierce, I., Rees, P., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 16 Mar 2001, In: International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. 14, 4, p. 345-357Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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All-Optical Comparator With a Step-Like Transfer Function
Li, P., Sang, L., Zhao, D., Fan, Y., Shore, K. A., Wang, Y. & Wang, A., 1 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 35, 23, p. 5034-5040Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Amplification of picosecond optical pulses in midinfrared intersubband semiconductor optical amplifiers.
Tang, J. M., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 16 Oct 2000, In: Applied Physics Letters. 77, 16, p. 2449-2451Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An extended Kalman filtering approach to nonlinear time-delay systems: application to chaotic secure communications.
Hugues-Salas, O. & Shore, K. A., 1 Sept 2010, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 57, 9, p. 2520-2530Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analogy between optically driven injection-locked laser diodes and driven damped linear oscillators.
Murakami, A. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2006, In: Physical Review A. 73, 4, p. 043804Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of distributed feedback organic semiconductor lasers.
Barlow, G. F. & Shore, K. A., 1 Feb 2000, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 147, 1, p. 61-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of the Direct Modulation Response of Nanowire Lasers
Sattar, Z. A. & Shore, K. A., 9 Apr 2015, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 33, 44, p. 3028 - 3033Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anticipated chaos in a nonsymmetric coupled external-cavity-laser system.
Rees, P., Spencer, P. S., Pierce, I., Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Sept 2003, In: Physical Review A. 68, 3, p. 033818Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anticrossing effects in the design of MIR intersubband semiconductor lasers.
Cheung, C. Y., Shore, K. A. & Harrison, P., 1 Sept 2000, In: Journal of Modern Optics. 47, 11, p. 1791-1801Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Application of the argument principle method to the calculation of DFB laser diode modes.
Barlow, G. F. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jan 2001, In: International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. 14, 4, p. 291-302Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bias-current dependence of anticorrelation polarization dynamics in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with long external cavity
Hong, Y., Paul, J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 21 Aug 2006, In: Applied Physics Letters. 89, 8, p. 081123Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biexcitonic blue Stark shift in semiconductor quantum dots.
Banerjee, S. & Shore, K. A., 15 Jun 2005, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 97, 12, p. 123101Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bleaching effect in passive regions of powerful 1.02 mu m InGaAs/AlGaAs DQW laser diodes with ridged waveguide structure.
Ryabtsev, G. I., Bezyazychnaya, T. V., Bogdanovich, M. V., Parastchuk, V. V., Yenzhyieuski, A. I., Burov, L. I., Gorbatsevich, A. S., Ryabtsev, A. G., Shchemelev, M. A., Bezotosnyi, V. V., Shore, K. A. & Banerjee, S., 1 Mar 2008, In: Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics. 90, 3-4, p. 471-476Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cascaded and adaptive chaos synchronization in multiple time-delay laser systems.
Shahverdiev, E. M., Bayramov, P. A. & Shore, K. A., 15 Oct 2009, In: Chaos Solitons and Fractals. 42, 1, p. 180-186Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cascaded synchronisation of multiple timedelay electro-optical semiconductor lasers
Shahverdiev, E. M., Hashimova, L. H., Hashimova, N. T., Qocayeva, M. & Shore, K. A., 16 Dec 2008, In: IET Optoelectronics. 2, 6, p. 216-222Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cascaded synchronization of external-cavity laser diodes.
Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Mar 2001, In: Optics Letters. 26, 5, p. 253-255Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos Bandwidth Enhancement of Fabry-Perot Laser Diode With Dual-Mode Continuous-Wave Optical Injection
Han, H., Zhang, M. J. & Shore, K. A., Jun 2019, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 55, 3, 2000708 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos and synchronization of self-pulsating laser diodes
Jones, R. J., Rees, P., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 1 Feb 2001, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 18, 2, p. 166-172Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos synchronization between the Mackey-Glass systems with multiple time delays.
Shahverdiev, E. M., Nuriev, R. A., Hashimov, R. H. & Shore, K. A., 1 Aug 2006, In: Chaos Solitons and Fractals. 29, 4, p. 854-861Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos synchronization in multiple time delay electrooptical semiconductor lasers.
Shahverdiev, E. M. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jan 2007, In: International Journal of Modern Physics B. 21, 31, p. 5207-5219Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos synchronization regimes in multiple-time-delay semiconductor lasers.
Shahverdiev, E. M. & Shore, K. A., 1 May 2008, In: Physical Review E. 77, 5, p. 057201Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos-based communications at high bit rates using commercial fibre-optic links.
Argyris, A., Syvridis, D., Larger, L., Annovazzi-Lodi, V., Colet, P., Fischer, I., Garcia-Ojalvo, J., Mirasso, C. R., Pesquera, L. & Shore, K. A., 17 Nov 2005, In: Nature. 438, 7066, p. 343-346Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaos-pass filtering in injection-locked semiconductor lasers.
Murakami, A. & Shore, K. A., 1 Nov 2005, In: Physical Review A. 72, 5, p. 053810Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chaotic message broadcasting using DFB laser diodes.
Lee, M. W. & Shore, K. A., 13 May 2004, In: Electronics Letters. 40, 10, p. 614-615Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collapse and revival of synchronisation of chaotic diode lasers.
Arivazhagan, A. C., Sivaprakasam, S., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 11 Sept 2008, In: Electronics Letters. 44, 19, p. 1137-1138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Complete inverse chaos synchronization, parameter mismatches and generalized synchronization in the multi-feedback Ikeda model.
Shahverdiev, E. M., Nuriev, R. A., Hashimova, L. H., Huseynova, E. M., Hashimov, R. H. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2008, In: Chaos Solitons and Fractals. 36, 2, p. 211-216Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contrast ratio optimisation in terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexers.
Tang, J. M., Spencer, P. S., Rees, P. & Shore, K. A., 1 Aug 2000, In: Optics Communications. 182, 1-3, p. 123-128Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Controlling chaos in a semiconductor laser by external optical injection.
Jones, R. J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Feb 2000, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 147, 1, p. 67-70Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlation dimension signature of wideband chaos synchronization of semiconductor lasers.
Kane, D. M., Toomey, J. P., Lee, M. W. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jan 2006, In: Optics Letters. 31, 1, p. 20-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Critical signal strength for effective decoding in diode laser chaotic optical communications.
Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 May 2000, In: Physical Review E. 61, 5, p. 5997-5999Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Current-voltage and light-current characteristics in highly strained InGaAs/InAlAs quantum cascade laser structures.
Banerjee, S., Shore, K. A., Mitchell, C. J., Sly, J. L. & Missous, M., 1 Oct 2005, In: IEEE Proceedings - Circuits Devices and Systems. 152, 5, p. 497-501Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Demonstration of a chaotic optical message relay using DFB laser diodes.
Lee, M. W. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jan 2006, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 18, 1-4, p. 169-171Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design and analysis of a low-threshold polymer circular-grating distributed-feedback laser.
Barlow, G. F., Shore, K. A., Turnbull, G. A. & Samuel, I. D., 1 Dec 2004, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 21, 12, p. 2142-2150Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design of Room Temperature Electrically Pumped Visible Semiconductor Nanolasers
Fan, Y. & Shore, K. A., Oct 2018, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 54, 5, 2000907.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design of a tunable quantum cascade laser with enhanced optical non-linearities.
Banerjee, S., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Feb 2006, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 153, 1, p. 40-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design of organic semiconductor laser structures for low threshold operation.
Barlow, G. F. & Shore, K. A., 1 Sept 2000, In: Journal of Modern Optics. 47, 11, p. 1921-1932Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design optimisation of metallic sub-wavelength nanowire lasers
Satter, Z. A., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Z., 10 Apr 2014, In: IET Optoelectronics. 8, 2, p. 129-136Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detuned side-mode injection for enhancing oscillation frequency of a semiconductor laser.
Jones, R. J., Rees, P., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Feb 2001, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 148, 1, p. 35-39Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dual and dual-cross synchronizations in chaotic systems.
Shahverdiev, E. M., Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Feb 2003, In: Optics Communications. 216, 1-3, p. 179-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dual-channel chaotic optical communications using external-cavity semiconductor lasers.
Paul, J., Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Mar 2004, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 21, 3, p. 514-521Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Duality of existence conditions for synchronization of unidirectionally coupled chaotic external cavity semiconductor lasers.
Shahverdiev, E. M. & Shore, K. A., 25 Mar 2002, In: Physics Letters A. 295, 4, p. 217-219Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamical characterisation of laser diode subject to double optical feedback for chaotic optical communications.
Lee, M. W., Rees, P., Shore, K. A., Ortin, S., Pesquera, L. & Valle, A., 1 Apr 2005, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 152, 2, p. 97-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamical characteristics of nano-lasers subject to optical injection and phase conjugate feedback
Han, H. & Shore, K. A., Feb 2018, In: IET Optoelectronics. 12, 1, p. 25-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamics and Stability of Mutually Coupled Nano-Lasers
Shore, K. A. & Han, H., Nov 2016, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 52, 11, 7 p., 2000306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamics of Electrically Pumped Semiconductor Nano-Laser Arrays
Fan, Y., Shore, K. A. & Shao, X., 10 Nov 2023, In: Photonics. 10, 11, 1249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review