M. C. Teich, "At the Interface of Photonics and Neuroscience," Foreword to P. R. Prucnal and B. J. Shastri, Neuromorphic Photonics (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2017), pp. xi-xvii. [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Fractal Point Events in Physics, Biology, and Communication Networks," Distinguished Lecture presented at the College of Engineering, Boston University (4 March 2009). [YouTube Video] [PDF]

S. Bahar, "A Conversation with Mal Teich," The Biological Physicist 5 (4), 1-5 (2005). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, Fractal-Based Point Processes (Wiley, 2005). [PDF-TOC] [PDF-Ch1] [PDF-Ch2] [PDF-Ch3] [PDF-Ch4] [PDF-Ch5] [PDF-Ch6] [PDF-Ch7] [PDF-Ch8] [PDF-Ch9] [PDF-Ch10] [PDF-Ch11] [PDF-Ch12] [PDF-Ch13] [PDF-AppA] [PDF-AppB] [PDF-AppC] [PDF-Bib&Idx]

S. B. Lowen, T. Ozaki, E. Kaplan, B. E. A. Saleh, and M. C. Teich, "Fractal Features of Dark, Maintained, and Driven Neural Discharges in the Cat Visual System," Methods 24 (Fractals in Neuroscience), 377-394 (2001) (invited paper). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and B. E. A. Saleh, "Branching Processes in Quantum Electronics," IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron. 6, 1450-1457 (2000) (invited paper). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Toward Fractal Coding in Auditory Prostheses," in Cochlear Implants, edited by S. B. Waltzman and N. L. Cohen (Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1999), pp. 57-59. [PDF]

M. C. Teich and B. E. A. Saleh, "Cascaded Stochastic Processes in Optics," Traitement du Signal (Grenoble) 15, 457-465 (1998) (invited paper). [PDF]

S. Thurner, S. B. Lowen, M. Feurstein, C. Heneghan, H. G. Feichtinger, and M. C. Teich, "Analysis, Synthesis, and Estimation of Fractal-Rate Stochastic Point Processes," Fractals 5, 565-595 (1997). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen, S. S. Cash, M.-m. Poo, and M. C. Teich, "Quantal Neurotransmitter Secretion Rate Exhibits Fractal Behavior," J. Neurosci. 17, 5666-5677 (1997). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen, S. S. Cash, M.-m. Poo, and M. C. Teich, "Neuronal Exocytosis Exhibits Fractal Behavior," in Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 1997, edited by J. M. Bower (Plenum, New York, 1997), pp. 13-18. [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Estimating Scaling Exponents in Auditory-Nerve Spike Trains Using Fractal Models Incorporating Refractoriness," in Diversity in Auditory Mechanics, edited by E. R. Lewis, G. R. Long, R. F. Lyon, P. M. Narins, C. R. Steele, and E. Hecht-Poinar (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997), pp. 197-204 (invited paper). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, C. Heneghan, S. B. Lowen, Y. Ozaki, and E. Kaplan, "Fractal Character of the Neural Spike Train in the Visual System of the Cat," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14, 529-546 (1997). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, C. Heneghan, S. B. Lowen, and R. G. Turcott, "Estimating the Fractal Exponent of Point Processes in Biological Systems Using Wavelet- and Fourier-Transform Methods," in Wavelets in Medicine and Biology, edited by A. Aldroubi and M. Unser (CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1996), ch. 14, pp. 383-412 (invited). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, R. G. Turcott, and R. M. Siegel, "Temporal Correlation in Cat Striate-Cortex Neural Spike Trains," IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag. 15 (5), 79-87 (1996). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Self-Similarity in Sensory Neural Signals," in Proc. 22nd Ann. Northeast Bioeng. Conf., edited by J. K-J. Li and S. S. Reisman (IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1996), pp. 36-37 (invited paper). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Refractoriness-Modified Fractal Stochastic Point Processes for Modeling Sensory-System Spike Trains," in Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 1995, edited by J. M. Bower (Academic, San Diego, 1996), pp. 447-452. [PDF]

C. Heneghan, S. B. Lowen, and M. C. Teich, "Wavelet Analysis for Estimating the Fractal Properties of Neural Firing Patterns," in Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 1995, edited by J. M. Bower (Academic, San Diego, 1996), pp. 441-446. [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "The Periodogram and Allan Variance Reveal Fractal Exponents Greater than Unity in Auditory-Nerve Spike Trains," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 3585-3591 (1996). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Estimation and Simulation of Fractal Stochastic Point Processes," Fractals 3, 183-210 (1995). [PDF]

W. J. McGill and M. C. Teich, "Alerting Signals and Detection in a Sensory Network," J. Math. Psychol. 39, 146-163 (1995). [PDF]

R. G. Turcott, P. D. R. Barker, and M. C. Teich, "Long-Duration Correlation in the Sequence of Action Potentials in an Insect Visual Interneuron," J. Statist. Comput. Simul. 52, 253-271 (1995). [PDF]

R. G. Turcott, S. B. Lowen, E. Li, D. H. Johnson, C. Tsuchitani, and M. C. Teich, "A Nonstationary Poisson Point Process Describes the Sequence of Action Potentials Over Long Time Scales in Lateral-Superior-Olive Auditory Neurons," Biol. Cybern. 70, 209-217 (1994). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and S. B. Lowen, "Fractal Patterns in Auditory Nerve-Spike Trains," IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag. 13 (2), 197-202 (1994) (invited paper). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Estimating the Dimension of a Fractal Point Process," Proc. SPIE 2036 (Chaos in Biology and Medicine), edited by W. L. Ditto, 64-76 (1993). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Fractal Auditory-Nerve Firing Patterns May Derive from Fractal Switching in Sensory Hair-Cell Ion Channels," in Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Fluctuations, (AIP Conference Proceedings 285), edited by P. H. Handel and A. L. Chung (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1993), pp. 745-748. [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Fractal Renewal Processes," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 39, 1669-1671 (1993). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Fractal Renewal Processes Generate 1/f Noise," Phys. Rev. E 47, 992-1001 (1993). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Fractal Neuronal Firing Patterns," in Single Neuron Computation, edited by T. McKenna, J. Davis, and S. F. Zornetzer (Academic Press, Boston, 1992), ch. 22, pp. 589-625 (invited). [PDF]

S. B. Lowen and M. C. Teich, "Auditory-Nerve Action Potentials Form a Non-Renewal Point Process Over Short as Well as Long Time Scales," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 803-806 (1992). [PDF]

W. J. McGill and M. C. Teich, "Alerting Signals and Auditory Detection in Branching Chains," Center for Human Information Processing Technical Report CHIP 134 (University of California, San Diego, 1992), pp. 1-116. [PDF]

W. J. McGill and M. C. Teich, "Auditory Signal Detection and Amplification in a Neural Transmission Network," in Signal Detection, edited by M. L. Commons, J. A. Nevin, and M. C. Davison (Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, 1991), ch. 1, pp. 1-37 (invited). [PDF]

W. J. McGill and M. C. Teich, "Simple Models of Sensory Transmission," Center for Human Information Processing Technical Report CHIP 132 (University of California, San Diego, 1991), pp. 1-67. [PDF]

M. C. Teich, R. G. Turcott, and S. B. Lowen, "The Fractal Doubly Stochastic Poisson Point Process as a Model for the Cochlear Neural Spike Train," in The Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol. 87), edited by P. Dallos, C. D. Geisler, J. W. Matthews, M. A. Ruggero, and C. R. Steele (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990), pp. 354-361 (invited paper). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, D. H. Johnson, A. R. Kumar, and R. G. Turcott, "Rate Fluctuations and Fractional Power-Law Noise Recorded from Cells in the Lower Auditory Pathway of the Cat," Hearing Res. 46, 41-52 (1990). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Fractal Character of the Auditory Neural Spike Train," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 36, 150-160 (1989) [Special issue on neurosystems and neuroengineering]. [PDF]

W. J. McGill and M. C. Teich, "A Unique Approach to Stimulus Detection Theory in Psychophysics Based Upon the Properties of Zero-Mean Gaussian Noise," Journal of Mathematical Psychology 33, 99-108 (1989) (book review). [PDF]

W. J. McGill and M. C. Teich, "Auditory Signal Detection and Amplification in a Neural Transmission Network," Center for Human Information Processing Technical Report CHIP 129 (University of California, San Diego, 1989), pp. 1-44. [PDF]

M. C. Teich and R. G. Turcott, "Multinomial Pulse-Number Distributions for Neural Spikes in Primary Auditory Fibers: Theory," Biol. Cybern. 59, 91-102 (1988). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Normalizing Transformations for Dead-Time-Modified Poisson Counting Distributions," Biol. Cybern. 53, 121-124 (1985). [PDF]

G. Lachs, R. Al-Shaikh, Q. Bi, R. A. Saia, and M. C. Teich, "A Neural-Counting Model Based on Physiological Characteristics of the Peripheral Auditory System. V. Application to Loudness Estimation and Intensity Discrimination," IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. SMC-14, 819-836 (1984). [PDF]

K. Matsuo, M. C. Teich, and B. E. A. Saleh, "Thomas Point Process in Pulse, Particle, and Photon Detection," Appl. Opt. 22, 1898-1909 (1983). [PDF]

P. R. Prucnal and M. C. Teich, "Refractory Effects in Neural Counting Processes with Exponentially Decaying Rates," IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. SMC-13, 1028-1033 (1983) [Special issue on neural and sensory information processing]. [PDF]

G. Lachs, R. A. Saia, and M. C. Teich, "A Neural-Counting Model Based on Physiological Characteristics of the Peripheral Auditory System. IV. Application to Response of Individual Neural Fibers," IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. SMC-13, 964-972 (1983) [Special issue on neural and sensory information processing]. [PDF]

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, "Statistical Properties of a Nonstationary Neyman-Scott Cluster Process," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory IT-29, 939-941 (1983). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and G. Lachs, "A Neural-Counting Model Incorporating Refractoriness and Spread of Excitation: III. Application to Intensity Discrimination and Loudness Estimation for Variable-Bandwidth Noise Stimuli," Acustica 53, 225-236 (1983). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and B. E. A. Saleh, "Effects of Random Deletion and Additive Noise on Bunched and Antibunched Photon-Counting Statistics," Opt. Lett. 7, 365-367 (1982). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, P. R. Prucnal, G. Vannucci, M. E. Breton, and W. J. McGill, "Multiplication Noise in the Human Visual System at Threshold: 3. The Role of Non-Poisson Quantum Fluctuations," Biol. Cybern. 44, 157-165 (1982). [PDF]

P. R. Prucnal and M. C. Teich, "Multiplication Noise in the Human Visual System at Threshold: 2. Probit Estimation of Parameters," Biol. Cybern. 43, 87-96 (1982). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, P. R. Prucnal, G. Vannucci, M. E. Breton, and W. J. McGill, "Multiplication Noise in the Human Visual System at Threshold: 1. Quantum Fluctuations and Minimum Detectable Energy," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 419-431 (1982). [PDF]

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, "Multiplied-Poisson Noise in Pulse, Particle, and Photon Detection," Proc. IEEE 70, 229-245 (1982). [PDF]

B. E. A. Saleh, J. T. Tavolacci, and M. C. Teich, "Discrimination of Shot-Noise-Driven Poisson Processes by External Dead Time: Application to Radioluminescence from Glass," IEEE J. Quant. Electron. QE-17, 2341-2350 (1981). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and B. E. A. Saleh, "Interevent-Time Statistics for Shot-Noise-Driven Self-Exciting Point Processes in Photon Detection," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 771-776 (1981). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Role of the Doubly Stochastic Neyman Type-A and Thomas Counting Distributions in Photon Detection," Appl. Opt. 20, 2457-2467 (1981). [PDF]

G. Lachs and M. C. Teich, "A Neural-Counting Model Incorporating Refractoriness and Spread of Excitation: II. Application to Loudness Estimation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 69, 774-782 (1981). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and P. Diament, "Relative Refractoriness in Visual Information Processing," Biol. Cybern. 38, 187-191 (1980). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and G. Lachs, "A Neural-Counting Model Incorporating Refractoriness and Spread of Excitation: I. Application to Intensity Discrimination," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 66, 1738-1749 (1979). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and H. C. Card, "Photocounting Distributions for Exponentially Decaying Sources," Opt. Lett. 4, 146-148 (1979) [PDF].

M. C. Teich and B. I. Cantor, "Information, Error, and Imaging in Deadtime-Perturbed Doubly Stochastic Poisson Counting Systems," IEEE J. Quant. Electron. QE-14, 993-1003 (1978). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and G. Vannucci, "Observation of Dead-Time-Modified Photocounting Distributions for Modulated Laser Radiation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68, 1338-1342 (1978). [PDF]

G. Vannucci and M. C. Teich, "Effects of Rate Variation on the Counting Statistics of Dead-Time-Modified Poisson Processes," Opt. Commun. 25, 267-272 (1978). [PDF]

M. C. Teich, L. Matin, and B. I. Cantor, "Refractoriness in the Maintained Discharge of the Cat's Retinal Ganglion Cell," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68, 386-402 (1978). [PDF]

W. J. McGill, "Optical Communications and Psychophysics," in Optical Communication Systems, edited by M. C. Teich (Columbia University, New York, NY, 1977), pp. 58-63 [Report of an NSF Grantee-User Meeting at Columbia University, June 6-7, 1977]. [PDF]

M. C. Teich and W. J. McGill, "Neural Counting and Photon Counting in the Presence of Dead Time," Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 754-758 (1976) [Erratum: Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 1473 (1976)]. [PDF] Erratum: [PDF]

M. C. Teich, "Doppler-Independent Selective Heterodyne Radiometry for Detection of Remote Species," Rev. Sci. Instr. 46, 1313-1317 (1975). [PDF]

B. I. Cantor, L. Matin, and M. C. Teich, "Photocounting Distributions with Variable Dead Time," Appl. Opt. 14, 2819-2820 (1975). [PDF]

B. I. Cantor and M. C. Teich, "Dead-Time-Corrected Photocounting Distributions for Laser Radiation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 65, 786-791 (1975). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and P. Diament, "Observation of Flat Counting Distribution for Poisson Processes with Linearly-Swept Mean," J. Appl. Phys. 41, 415-416 (1970). [PDF]

M. C. Teich and P. Diament, "Flat Counting Distribution for Triangularly-Modulated Poisson Process," Phys. Lett. 30A, 93-94 (1969). [PDF]