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Research
Physical AI — Photonic neural networks, RF-photonic processors, Optical tensor cores, Neuromorphic computing→Devices & Computational Design — Photonic device simulation, PDK design, Nanofabrication, Programmable photonic circuits→Quantum Networks and Computing — Quantum repeaters, Entanglement distribution, Modular quantum computing, Quantum internet→Quantum Sensing — Diamond NV centers, Spin-photon interfaces, Quantum magnetometry, Color center engineering→Formal Verification in Science — Lean 4 theorem proving, Automated claim verification, AI-augmented discovery, Knowledge graph proofs→
Directory
# Entry Type Detail
1AI-Driven Robotics for OpticsScience AdvancesPUB2026
2Ax-Prover: a deep reasoning agentic framework for theorem proving in mathematics and quantum physicsMachine Learning: Science and TechnologyPUB2026
3Disaggregated Machine Learning via In-Physics Computing at Radio FrequencyScience AdvancesPUB2026
4End-to-end physics-based modeling of laser-activated color centers in siliconCommunications PhysicsPUB2026
5Exceptional sensitivity near the bistable transition point of a hybrid quantum systemNature PhysicsPUB2026
6Foundry-Enabled Patterning of Diamond Quantum Microchiplets for Scalable Quantum PhotonicsNano LettersPUB2026
7Nanophotonic waveguide chip-to-world beam scanningNaturePUB2026
8On-chip high-order parametric downconversion in the excitonic Mott insulator Nb3Cl8 for programmable multiphoton entangled statesAPL QuantumPUB2026
9Programmable Quantum Matter: Heralding Large Cluster States in Driven Inhomogeneous Spin EnsemblesPRX QuantumPUB2026
10Single-shot matrix-matrix photonic processor based on spatial-spectral hypermultiplexed parallel diffractionNature CommunicationsPUB2026
11Thermal detection of single photons using Dirac fermionsNature CommunicationsPUB2026
12A Bayesian approach towards atomically-precise localization in fluorescence microscopyNature CommunicationsPUB2025
13A wireless terahertz cryogenic interconnect that minimizes heat-to-information transferNature ElectronicsPUB2025
14AI agents for photonic integrated circuit design automationAPL Machine LearningPUB2025
15All-optical nonlinear activation function based on stimulated Brillouin scatteringNanophotonicsPUB2025
16All‐optical nonlinear activation function based on stimulated Brillouin scatteringNanophotonicsPUB2025
17Designs for scalable construction of hybrid quantum photonic cavitiesAPL QuantumPUB2025
18Heterogeneously Integrated Nitrogen-Vacancy Sensing for Real-Time CMOS Security Threat DetectionIEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) SystemsPUB2025
19Hypermultiplexed Integrated-Photonics-based Tensor Optical ProcessorScience AdvancesPUB2025
20Quantum-Secure Multiparty Deep LearningPhysical Review XPUB2025
Team
PI
DEDirk EnglundPIMEMBER
Research Scientists (4)
AMAdrian MenssenResearch ScientistsMEMBER
MEMatthew E. TrusheimResearch ScientistsMEMBER
RHRyan HamerlyResearch ScientistsMEMBER
YHYong HuResearch ScientistsMEMBER
Postdocs (9)
DLDi LiuPostdocsMEMBER
JWJinchen WangPostdocsMEMBER
JMJonathan MoragPostdocsMEMBER
KSKfir SulimanyPostdocsMEMBER
MMMahdi MazaheriPostdocsMEMBER
MBMaor Ben ShaharPostdocsMEMBER
MAMutibah AlanaziPostdocsMEMBER
SWShuang WuPostdocsMEMBER
ZGZhihui GaoPostdocsMEMBER
Graduate Students (19)
ABAlessandro BuzziGraduate StudentsMEMBER
BSBejoy SikderGraduate StudentsMEMBER
BPBenjamin PanuskiGraduate StudentsMEMBER
EQEQ QianGraduate StudentsMEMBER
EBEric BarbieriGraduate StudentsMEMBER
GLGannon LemasterGraduate StudentsMEMBER
HRHamza RaniwalaGraduate StudentsMEMBER
HWHanfeng WangGraduate StudentsMEMBER
HFHelaman FloresGraduate StudentsMEMBER
HdHidde de BosGraduate StudentsMEMBER
IPIsack PadillaGraduate StudentsMEMBER
LFLouis FolletGraduate StudentsMEMBER
MDMarc DavisGraduate StudentsMEMBER
PBPablo Backer PeralGraduate StudentsMEMBER
PAPratyush AnandGraduate StudentsMEMBER
TPThomas PropsonGraduate StudentsMEMBER
YGYihuai GaoGraduate StudentsMEMBER
Y(Yuyang (Asher) HanGraduate StudentsMEMBER
ZCZeno ChenGraduate StudentsMEMBER
Staff
JBJanice BalzerStaffMEMBER
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