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Research

Mode-locked lasers and frequency combs in thin-film lithium niobate, from device design through layout and simulation.

Working at an optics bench with a laser

My primary work is on mode-locked laser sources and frequency combs in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN): design, layout, and simulation of nanophotonic circuits.

Previous work in collaboration with Dr. Jeffrey Davis focused on diffractive optics, including high phase-delay spatial light modulators.

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Conference proceedings

CLEO 2026 paper SW2A.6 first page

CLEO · 2026

High Power-per-Comb-Line Electro-Optic Frequency Comb from an Integrated Laser in Nanophotonic Lithium Niobate

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CLEO 2026 paper SW2A.7 first page

CLEO · 2026

Quadratic Supercontinuum Generation from UV to Mid-IR in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

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CLEO 2026 paper SM3C.2 first page

CLEO · 2026

Toward Opto-Electronic Laser Mode Locking in Nanophotonic Lithium Niobate

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CLEO 2026 paper SM1F.3 first page

CLEO · 2026

Self-Starting Passively Mode-Locked laser in Nanophotonic Lithium Niobate using a Nonlinear Interferometer

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CLEO 2026 paper SM1F.2 first page

CLEO · 2026

Mid-Infrared Nanophotonic Parametric Oscillator in Lithium Niobate-on-Sapphire

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EQEC 2025 paper ef_7_2 first page

EQEC · 2025

Dark Pulse Formation in an Integrated Optical Parametric Oscillator

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CLEO 2025 paper SS185_3 first page

CLEO · 2025

Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Generation Beyond 4 µm in Nanophotonic Lithium Niobate

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CLEO 2025 paper SS166_7 first page

CLEO · 2025

Wavelength-Tunable Nanophotonic Mode-Locked Laser around 1600 nm

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CLEO 2025 paper SS130_5 first page

CLEO · 2025

Pulse Formation Dynamics of an Actively Mode-Locked Laser in Lithium Niobate

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SPIE 2025 presentation PC133490A first page

SPIE · 2025

Quadratic bright and dark solitons in on-chip degenerate optical parametric oscillators

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CLEO 2023 paper SF1K.3 first page

CLEO · 2023

Actively mode-locked laser in nanophotonic lithium niobate

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SPIE 2021 paper 11841 first page

SPIE · 2021

A new method for obtaining higher-order optical correlation/convolution using a spatial light modulator with extended phase modulation

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SPIE 2020 paper 11304 first page

SPIE · 2020

Spatial light modulators with large phase-modulation: application to encode lenses with very short focal lengths

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