431 Engineering II
Riverside, Ca 92521
Phone: 951-827-7701
Fax: 951-827-2425

Ilya Lyubomirsky
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering

Degrees

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 1999

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.S. Electrical Engineering 1994

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. Electrical Engineering 1991

University of Maryland, College Park

B.S. Mathematics 1991

University of Maryland, College Park

Awards

• Hertz Foundation Fellowship at MIT, Best Thesis in Engineering Award at UMCP.
 

Research Area

Fiber-optic and free-space optical communication systems, ultra-dense wavelength division multiplexing, advanced optical modulation formats, and coherent detection. Prior to joining the UCR faculty in July 2003, Dr. Lyubomirsky worked at CIENA Corp. on research and product development of ultra-high capacity fiber-optic transmission systems. Dr. Lyubomirsky continues to collaborate with industry partners, including most recently with Silicon Valley start-up Infinera Corp.

Publications

I. Lyubomirsky, C.-C. Chien, and Y.-H. Wang, “Optical DQPSK Receiver with Enhanced Dispersion Tolerance,” IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 511-513, April, 2008

I. Lyubomirsky, "Coherent Detection for Optical Duobinary Communication Systems," IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., vol. 18, p. 868, 2006.

I. Lyubomirsky and C.-C. Chien, "Ideal Duobinary Generating Filter for Optically Amplified Systems," IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett., vol. 18, p. 598, 2006

I. Lyubomirsky and C.-C. Chien, “DPSK Demodulator Based on Optical Discriminator Filter,” Phot. Tech. Lett., vol. 17, p. 492, 2005.

I. Lyubomirsky, T. Qiu, J. Roman, M. Nayfeh, M. Y. Frankel, and M. G. Taylor, “Interplay of Fiber Non-linearity and Optical Filtering in Ultra-Dense WDM,” Phot. Tech. Lett., vol. 15, p. 147, 2003.

For additional information, please see Professor Lyubomirsky's faculty webpage.

http://www.ee.ucr.edu/~ilyubomi

Former Institution

CIENA Corp.

Biography

Ilya Lyubomirsky received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999. He has worked as a researcher and/or engineer at University of Maryland – Institute for Physical Science & Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, MIT – Research Laboratory of Electronics, Telecordia Technologies, ONI Systems, Ciena Corp., and as consultant at Infinera Corp. His experience spans a broad range of topics in optics and photonics, including X-Ray Sources, FIR (THz) Lasers, Quantum Optics, Photonic Devices, and Optical Communications. He received the Best Thesis in Engineering and Higginbotham Mathematics Awards at University of Maryland in 1991, and was a Hertz Foundation Fellow from 1991-1997. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Optical Society of America.