John Federici
474 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
PhD Princeton University BS Notre Dame Post-doc Bell Laboratories
Education
Ph.D. ; Princeton University ; Plasma Physics ; 1989

B.S. ; University of Notre Dame ; Physics ; 1983

2025 Fall Courses
MTSE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 690 - DIRECTED STUDY APPL PHYS

PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

MTSE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

Teaching Interests
Photonics, Optics, introductory Physics
Past Courses
OPSE 301: INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

OPSE 301: OPTICAL SCI & ENGR OPTICS

OPSE 301: OPTICAL SCIENCE & ENGINR OPTICS

PHYS 105: PHYSICS A

PHYS 111: PHYSICS I

PHYS 111A: PHYSICS I LAB - HONORS

PHYS 114: INTRO TO DATA REDUCTION W/APPL

PHYS 114: INTRODUCTION TO DATA REDUCTION WITH APPLICATIONS

PHYS 121: PHYSICS II

PHYS 335: INTRO THERMODYNAMICS

PHYS 480: ST:

PHYS 780: CURR TOPICS APPLIED PHYS

PHYS 792: PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Research Interests
terahertz spectroscopy, imaging, and wireless communication. remote sensing ink-jet printed devices and sensors
Chapter
Alexander Clark, Jessy Nemati, Christoper Bolton, Nickolas Warholak, Jimmie Adriazola, Ian Gatley, Samuel Gatley, John F. Federici. "Terahertz Non-Destructive Evaluation of Additively Manufactured and Multilayered Structures." In T. Chakraborty, eds., "Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, 2nd Edition," pp. 42. Elsevier, 2022.

John F. Federici, Lothar Moeller. "Research at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)/Nokia Bell Labs." "Springer Series in Optical Sciences," pp. 495-499. Springer, 2022.

John F. Federici, Lothar Moeller, Ke Su. "Handbook of terahertz technology for imaging, sensing and communications - Chapter 6- THz wireless communciations." pp. 60 pages. Woodhead Publishing, 2013.

D Dykaar, B Greene, John F. Federici, A Levi, L Pfeiffer, R Kopf. "Broadband periodic antennas for detecting picosecond terahertz radiation." pp. 20. Optical Society of America, 1991.

Journal Article
Peian Li, Jiancheng Wang, Liangbin Zhao , Jianjun Ma, Houjun Sun, Lothar Moeller, John F. Federici. 2023. "Performance degradation of terahertz channels in emulated rain." Nano Communication Networks , vol. 35 , pp. 100431.

Alexander Clark, Sophia D'Anna, Jessy Nemati, Phillip M. Barden, Ian Gatley, John F. Federici. 2022. "Evaluation of Fossil Amber Birefringence and Inclusions Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy." Polymers , vol. 14 , no. 24 , pp. 5506.

Alexander T. Clark, Sophia D’Anna, Jessy Nemati, Phillip M. Barden, Ian Gatley, John F. Federici. 2022. "Evaluation of Fossil Amber Birefringence and Inclusions Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy." Polymers , vol. 14 , no. 24 , pp. 5506.

Michael Carr, Dhru Desai, Ian Gatley, Chris Bolton, Lou Rizzo, Samuel Gatley, John F. Federici, Kendall Mills. 2022. "Classified Journal: Title can not be provided." Journal of Defense Science and Technology , vol. 5 , no. 2 , pp. 1-264.

Phillip M. Barden, Christine E. Sosiak, Jonpierre Grajales, John Hawkins, Louis Rizzo, Alexander Clark, Samuel Gatley, Ian Gatley, John F. Federici. 2022. "Non-destructive comparative evaluation of fossil amber using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy." PLoS ONE , vol. 17 , no. 3 March .

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Other
"Research at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)/Nokia Bell Labs"
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.

"Industrial Applications of THz Imaging: Plastics, Food Industry, Moisture Detection, and Additive Manufacturing"
June, 2020.

"Metamaterials with terahertz response and methods of making same"
May, 2015.

"System and method for terahertz 2D interferometric and synthetic aperture imaging with an incoherent source"
February, 2015.

"Tcda/zinc oxide nanocomposites and film sensors"
August, 2014.

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Conference Proceeding
"Adding Visibility to Visibility Graphs: Weighting Visibility Analysis with Attenuation Coefficients "
SIMAUD Conference 2021, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2021.

"Adding Visibility to Visibility Graphs: Weighting Visibility Analysis with Attenuation Coefficients"
Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) 2021.

"Propagation studies for indoor and outdoor terahertz wireless links"
December, 2019.

"Validation of Laser Power Beaming Applications with Enlarged Laser Beam Diameters Minimizing Hazardous Operation"
IEEE SoutheastCon 2019 - West Point Research Papers, May, 2019.

"A HAND-HELD MULTISPECTRAL CAMERA FOR CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION"
2017.

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Conference Abstract
"Laser Power Beaming Hazard Analysis for Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2017.

"Project-Based Learning with 3D Printing and Embedded Electronics."
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2017.

"Theoretical Determined Terahertz Attenuation in Snow and Sleet"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2017.

Technical Report
"Characterization of Nano-Scale Composites at THz and IR Spectral Region"
NEW JERSEY INST OF TECH NEWARK, 2005.

"Four-wave mixing and phase conjugation in plasmas"
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States), 1989.