Photonics
Advanced Optical & Photonic Systems Portfolio
Continuous-Variable Quantum Photonics Research
Integrated CV Squeezer (SiN/TFLN)
Comprehensive squeezed light simulator comparing SiN Kerr (χ³) microring and TFLN OPA (χ²) waveguide platforms. Features interactive squeezing simulator, ring resonator designer, OPA waveguide optimizer, loss budget analyzer, quantum noise visualizer, and spectral analysis tools for 3-15+ dB squeezing.
PIC-Based CV-QKD Link Optimizer
Comprehensive CV-QKD simulator with GMCS protocol, realistic PIC loss budgets, and finite-size security analysis. Features key rate calculator, detector modeling, distance analysis, and composable security bounds for metropolitan to long-haul quantum networks.
CV-QKD Network Architecture SE
Systems-engineering project extending the PIC-based CV-QKD link to a metropolitan-scale trusted-node backbone. Topology trade studies, hybrid PQC + QKD key management per ETSI GS QKD 014, detector-attack threat model, resilience to single-node compromise. Working Python simulator (asymptotic + finite-size SKR), multi-hop network model, FastAPI ETSI 014 server, and CI.
Loss-Tolerant CV Cluster-State Compiler
Graph state compiler for measurement-based quantum computing with continuous variables. Optimizes interferometer phases to maximize entanglement under fabrication tolerances, featuring nullifier variance analysis, loss tolerance simulation, and Monte Carlo sensitivity sweeps.
Classical & Integrated Photonics
Photolithography & Optical Metrology Simulation
Models and simulates key steps in semiconductor photolithography and optical metrology workflows. Includes mask pattern generation, optical proximity correction (OPC), and defect inspection analysis.
Optical Thin-Film Metrology System
Complete reflectometry suite for spectral interference analysis and thickness extraction. Features transfer matrix calculator, FFT analysis, L-M/DE optimization, and automated 2D/3D spatial mapping with motorized stage control.
Silicon Photonics Transceiver Design & Simulation
High-speed silicon photonics transceiver with integrated modulator and photodetector operating at 25-50 Gbps. Demonstrates semiconductor-optics-RF packaging crossover expertise critical for data center interconnects and optical computing.
Silicon Photonics: Microring Resonator
Weekend photonics project. Design and simulation of a silicon microring resonator WDM filter at 1550 nm. Complete PIC workflow from layout to FDTD to circuit verification. Q ≈ 1950, ER ≥ 20 dB, FSR ≈ 100 GHz.
EIT Computational Study: Slow Light and Quantum Memory in ⁸⁷Rb
Undergraduate research project at the University of Connecticut. Computational study of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in ⁸⁷Rb-style atomic systems. Numerical reproductions of slow-light and quantum memory phenomena from the published EIT literature (Fleischhauer et al, Phillips et al, Novikova et al).
Mixed-Precision Photonic Computing
Complete photonic neural network accelerator suite with ring resonator designer, WDM MVM simulator, PCM weight modeler, optical DAC/ADC, noise analyzer, thermal management, and benchmark tools. Comprehensive theory, API docs, tutorials, and production examples.
Metamaterials Research Suite
Complete electromagnetic metamaterial design toolkit with unit cell designer (SRR/CSRR), dispersion analyzer, transformation optics cloak simulator, superlens designer, perfect absorber optimizer, metasurface antenna array, S-parameter retrieval, and 2D FDTD solver.
Programmable On-Chip Nonlinear Photonics
Python implementation of electric-field-induced χ⁽²⁾ nonlinearity in silicon nitride waveguides based on Nature 2025. Features 500,000 programmable pixels at 7.5 μm resolution for real-time reconfigurable SHG, spectral engineering across the C-band, and spatial beam shaping including Airy and vortex beams.