Research
E. J. Galvez, B. Sharma, F. K. Williams, C.-J. You, B. Khajavi, J. Castrillon, L. Shi, S. Mamani, L. A. Sordillo, L. Zhang, and R. R. Alfano, "Decoherence of photon entanglement by transmission through brain tissue with Alzheimer’s disease," Biomed. Opt. Express 13, 6621-6630 (2022). link. Article.
Yogeshwari S. Ambekar, Manmohan Singh, Alexander W. Schill, Jitao Zhang, Christian Zevallos-Delgado, Behzad Khajavi, Salavat R. Aglyamov, Richard H. Finnell, Giuliano Scarcelli, and Kirill V. Larin, "Multimodal imaging system combining optical coherence tomography and Brillouin microscopy for neural tube imaging," Opt. Lett. 47, 1347-1350 (2022). link. Article
Behzad Khajavi, Ruijiao Sun, Harshdeep Singh Chawla, Henry H Lee, Manmohan Singh, Alexander W. Schill, David Mayerich, Mary E. Dickinson, Kirill V. Larin, "Multimodal high-resolution embryonic imaging with light sheet fluorescence microscopy and optical coherence tomography ," Opt. Lett. 46, 4180-4183 (2021). link. Article
Enrique J. Galvez, Behzad Khajavi, and Brianna Holmes, "Poincare' beams for Optical Communications," Elsevier, eBook ISBN: 9780128215111, June, 2021. link
Tahereh Rezaei, Shahabeddin M. Aslmarand, Robert Snyder, Behzad Khajavi, Paul M. Alsing, Michael Fanto, Doyeol Ahn, Warner A. Miller, "Experimental realization of Schumacher's information geometric Bell inequality,'' Physics Letters A, 405, May 2021. link. Article
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Galvez E. J. and Khajavi B. (Mar 2, 2021). "Method to determine the topological charge of an optical beam" (U.S. Patent No. 10,935,803). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Google link, USPTO.
Behzad Khajavi, Ruijiao Sun, Harshdeep S. Chawla, Henry H. Le, Manmohan Singh, Alexander W. Schill, David Mayerich, Mary E. Dickinson, Kirill V. Larin, "Multimodal high-resolution system for embryonic imaging combining optical coherence tomography and light sheet fluorescence microscopy," Proc. SPIE 11641, Dynamics and Fluctuations in Biomedical Photonics XVIII, 116410V (5 March 2021). link
Enrique J. Galvez, Behzad Khajavi, and Junior R. Gonzales Ureta, "Shear Interferometry of Vortex-Beam Superpositions," Presentation only, 10935-20, Feb, 2019. link
J. G. Ureta, B. Khajavi, and E. J. Galvez, "Decoding Vortex Beams with Shear Interferometry," in Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper W3A.2. link, Article
Behzad Khajavi, Junior R. Gonzales Ureta, Enrique J. Galvez, "Determining Vortex-Beam Superpositions by Shear Interferometry,", MDPI 5(3), July 2018. link, Article
Behzad Khajavi and Enrique J. Galvez, “Determination of the topological charge of complex light beams by shearing interference from a wedged optical flat,” Proc.SPIE. 10549, 10549 - 10549 - 8, 2018. link, Article
Graduate Student Thesis and Dissertation Scholarship Award from the Graduate College, Florida Atlantic University, April 2018.
Enrique J. Galvez, Ishir Dutta, Kory Beach, Jon J. Zeosky, Joshua A. Jones, and Behzad Khajavi, "Multitwist Möbius Strips and Twisted Ribbons in the Polarization of Paraxial Light Beams," Scientific Reports 7, 13653, October 2017. link, Article
Behzad Khajavi and Enrique J. Galvez, "Determining Topological Charge of an LG beam using a wedged optical flat," in Frontiers in Optics 2017, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper FM3B.4. link , Article
Enrique Galvez, Behzad Khajavi, Lingyan Shi, Jhonny Castrillon and Robert Alfano, "Transmission of Polarization-Entangled Photons Through Brain Tissue," rontiers in Optics 2017, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper JTu2A.5. link, Article
Ben A. Cvarch, Behzad Khajavi, Joshua A. Jones, Bruno Piccirillo, Lorenzo Marrucci, and Enrique J. Galvez, "Monstar polarization singularities with elliptically-symmetric q-plates," Opt. Express, 14935-14943 (2017). link, Article
Recognized in the Division of Research of FAU Newsletter on May 17. link
The article ("Determining Topolog...'') among the top 10 downloads of Optics Letters Journal in April 17. link
Behzad Khajavi and Enrique J. Galvez, "Determining topological charge of an optical beam using a wedged optical flat,'' Optics Letters, March 2017. link, Article
Enrique J. Galvez and Behzad Khajavi, "Monstar disclinations in the polarization of singular optical beams,'' JOSA A, March 2017. link, Article
J. A. Jones, B. Regan, J. Painter, J. Mills, I. Dutta, B. Khajavi, E. J. Galvez. "Searching for the helical-gradient force on chiral molecules,'' Proceedings of SPIE, February 2017. link, Article
Featured in FAU Graduate College Newsletter of Feb 2017, for Journal of Optics Cover: Newsletter
Cited in, Singular optics and topological photonics, Editorial, Journal of Optics, December 12, 2016. link, Article
Enrique Galvez; Behzad Khajavi, "High-Order Monstar Disclinations in the Polarization of Light," oral presentation, Optical Vortices, Polarization and Mode Shaping, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science Conference (FiO/LS), Rochester, NY, October 20, 2016. link
Enrique Galvez; Kory Beach; Jonathan Zeosky; Ishir Dutta; Joshua Jones; Behzad Khajavi, "Mobius Polarization in Non-collinear Poincare-beam Superpositions," joint poster session II, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science Conference (FiO/LS), Rochester, NY, October 20, 2016. link
Behzad Khajavi and Enrique J. Galvez, "High-order disclinations in space-variant polarization," Journal of Optics, 2016. link, High-Order Disclinations
Cover of the Journal of Optics, Vol19, No.1, January 2017. JOPTICS Cover
Enrique J. Galvez and Behzad Khajavi, " High-order disclinations in the polarization of light," Proceedings of SPIE, 2016. link, SPIE-High-Order Disclinations
Behzad Khajavi and Enrique J. Galvez, "Preparation of Poincare Beams with a Same-Path Polarization/Spatial-Mode Interferometer," SPIE Optical Engineering, 2015. link, Article
B. Khajavi, X. Cheng, K. Kebede, E. J. Galvez, "Encoding and decoding non-separable states of polarization and spatial mode of single photons" oral presentation, Proceedings of SPIE, SanFrancisco, 2015. link
Enrique J. Galvez, Xinru Cheng, Behzad Khajavi, "Imaging polarimetry of single-photon states," Quantum Complex Light, Photonics West SPIE, [9379-16] S4, February 2015. link
Behzad Khajavi and Enrique J. Galvez, Xinru Cheng, "Photonic entanglement of polarization and spatial mode," Third International Conference on Optical Angular Momentum (ICOAM New York 2015), Poster Session I, Paper OAM01-94, 5 August 2015. link
E. J. Galvez, K. Beach, J. J. Zeosky, B. Khajavi, "space-variant polarization patterns of non-collinear Poincare superposition,"Proceedings of SPIE, 2015. link