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💡  Photonics

The Institute for Photonics & Semiconductor Engineering advances the physical substrates of computation — from silicon photonic interconnects to atomically-thin transistors. Our laboratories span device physics, fabrication, and system integration.

Breakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence AchievedCareers · 12 Postdoc Positions OpenAward · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025Partnership · CERN CollaborationEvent · AI Safety Summit June 2025Grant · $18M NSF Award Green ComputingPublication · Nature Photonics All-Optical NNBreakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence AchievedCareers · 12 Postdoc Positions OpenAward · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025Partnership · CERN CollaborationEvent · AI Safety Summit June 2025Grant · $18M NSF Award Green ComputingPublication · Nature Photonics All-Optical NN
3Laboratories
24+Researchers
180+Publications
$32MFunding

Laboratories

Three Specialized Laboratories

Each lab operates independently with dedicated staff, shared institute infrastructure, and its own research agenda.

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SPIOL

Silicon Photonics & Integrated Optics Lab

Dir: Dr. Dominick Rizk

Design and fabrication of photonic integrated circuits for optical computing, lidar, and high-bandwidth chip-to-chip interconnects.

All-Optical Neural NetworksCo-Packaged OpticsLiDAR-on-ChipPhotonic ADCs
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TMDL

2D Materials & Quantum Devices Lab

Dir: Dr. Dominick Rizk

Graphene, MoS₂, and van der Waals heterostructures for next-generation transistors, single-photon emitters, and topological electronic devices.

TMD Field-Effect TransistorsMoiré Superlattices2D PhotodetectorsTopological Insulators
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VLSI

VLSI Design & Electronic-Photonic Co-Design Lab

Dir: Dr. Dominick Rizk

Custom ASIC and chiplet design for AI accelerators, scientific computing, and photonic-electronic co-integration. Research on 3D-IC architectures and EDA automation.

AI Accelerator ASICs3D Chiplet IntegrationPhotonic-Electronic Co-DesignML-Driven EDA
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Selected Publications

Recent Research

2025
Flagship 2025 Result — Landmark Contribution to Photonics Science
Lead Author et al. · Photonics
Nature / Science 2025
Featured Article
2025
Advanced Methods from Photonics — Theory and Empirical Study
Senior Researcher, C. · Photonics
Top Conference 2025
Best Paper
2024
Foundational Work Establishing New Paradigms in Photonics Research
Institute Faculty · Photonics
Flagship Journal 2024
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