Dr. Paul Ruffin
Research Interests
Micro sensors and systems, fiber optics, nano-based materials, photonic materials and crystal devices and their applications to optical communication.
Contact
Office: 129 CIM Bldg.
Phone: (256) 372-5893
E-Mail: paul.ruffin@aamu.edu
Recent Publications
P. D. Robinson; A. Kassu; A. Sharma; T. Kukhtareva; C. W. Farley, III; C. Smith; P. B. Ruffin; C. Brantley; and E. Edwards, 鈥淪urface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Scattering from Gold-Coated Ceramic Nanopore Substrates: Effect of Nanopore Size,鈥� J. of Nanophotonics, Vol. 7, 01 January 2013
C. Wang, Y. C. Chang, J. Yao, C. Luo, S. Yin, P. B. Ruffin, C. Brantley and E. Edwards, 鈥淪urface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Femtosecond Laser Created Nanostructures,鈥� J. Applied Physics Letters, 100, 023107, January 2012
C. Zhan, Y. Zhu, S. Yin, and P. Ruffin, 鈥淢ulti-Parameter Harsh Environment Sensing Using Asymmetric Bragg Gratings Inscribes by IR Femto-Second Irradiation, Optical Fiber Technology, Vol. 13, 20 December 2006
S. Yin, J. H. Kim, F. Wu, P. B. Ruffin, and C. Luo., 鈥淯ltra-Fast Speed, Low Grating Lobe Optical Beam Steering Using Unequally Spaced Phased Array Technique,鈥� Optics Communications, Vol. 270, 1 November 2006
J. M. Taguenang, A. Kassu, G. Govindarajalu, M. Dokhanian, A. Sharma, P. B. Ruffin, and C. Brantley, 鈥淔abrication and Characterization of a Diffraction-Grating Transducer in Thin Polybutadiene Rubber-Film for Sensing Dynamical Strain,鈥� Applied Optics, Vol. 45, No. 27, 20 September 2006
H. Yoon, J. N. Xie, J. K. Abraham, V. K. Varadan, P. B. Ruffin, 鈥淧assive Wireless Sensors using Electrical Transition of Carbon Nanotube Junctions in Polymer Matrix,鈥� J. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 15, 13 December 2005
T. D. Hudson; S. W. Holt; P. B. Ruffin; M. Kranz; J. McKee; M. Whitley; M. Buncick; and E. Tuck, 鈥淗igh-Performance Micro-Fabricated Angular Rate Sensor,鈥� J. Microlithography, Micro-Fabrication, and Microsystems, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 7 November 2005
P. B. Ruffin; J. Baeder; and C. C. Sung, 鈥淪tudy of Ultraminiature Sensing Coils and the Performance of a Depolarized Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope,鈥� Optical Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 4, April 2001
Other Significant Publications
Books
Fiber Optic Sensors, 2nd Ed., CRC Press, 2008 (Co-Editor)
Book Chapters
P. B. Ruffin, 鈥淔iber Gyroscope Sensors,鈥� Fiber Optics Sensors, Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, 2002
S. Yin and P. B. Ruffin, 鈥淔iber Optic Sensors,鈥� Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, Wiley, 2006
S. Yin, C. Zhan, and P. B. Ruffin, 鈥淔emto-second Laser Inscribed Harsh Environments Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors,鈥� Fiber Optics Sensors: Second Edition, CRC Press, 2008
S. Yin, P. B. Ruffin, and F. T. S. Yu, 鈥淔iber Optic Bio and Chemical Sensor,鈥� Fiber Optics Sensors: Second Edition, CRC Press, 2008
P. B. Ruffin, 鈥淔iber Gyroscope Sensors - Revision,鈥� Fiber Optics Sensors: Second Edition, CRC Press, 2008
P. B. Ruffin and S. Yin, 鈥淣ano Optical Sensors for Explosive Detection,鈥� Optochemical Nanosensors, Taylor & Francis, 2012
A. Gupta, B. C. Kim, D. Li, E. Edwards, C. Brantley, and P. B. Ruffin, 鈥淶inc Oxide Nanowires for Biosensing Applications,鈥� Nanoelectronic Device Applications, Taylor & Francis, 2013
