
Category Archives: News


Our paper on “Photonic waveguide to free-space Gaussian beam extreme mode converter” is published in Light: Science & Applications!
This project is a collaborative work with NIST scientists and is highlighted in several scientific news, including phys.org and EurekAlert. Check it out! – Journal link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-018-0073-2 – News link: nist.gov
Syed (PhD), Saleha (MS), Bridget (BS), and Ashley (BS) are joining our group starting from the fall 2018! We welcome all new members!

Trenched silicon nitride microresonators for two-color solitons published in Optics Letters! (Highlighted as an Editors’ Pick!)
The research in collaboration with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes a partially etched silicon nitride microresonator to generate two-color solitons by engineering resonator dispersions.

Our paper on “Controlling evanescent waves using silicon photonic all-dielectric metamaterials for dense integration” is published in Nature Communications!
This research was conducted in collaboration with Purdue University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, and is highlighted in several scientific news, including Phys.org, Nanowerk, ScienceDaily, EurekAlert! Check it out! – Journal link: Nature Communications

Two conference presentations at CLEO 2018!
Our works on “Extreme Skin-Depth Waveguide” and “Two-Color Solitons” have been presented at CLEO 2018! Check out at https://www.cleoconference.org

The collaborative work with NIST on “Photonic chip for laser stabilization to an atomic vapor with 10^(−11) instability” published in Optica. Check out the news at NIST!
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Sangsik met Pi2 scholars (undergraduate research program at TTU) and gave a talk about exciting research opportunities with nanophotonics. Hope them to find interesting research topics!
