Over the past few decades, photonics has played a crucial role in applications including long-haul ultrafast telecommunications, optical sensing and spectroscopy as well as quantum technologies. This lab explores implementing light-based systems and arrangements to perform information processing and computing. In particular, we are interested in leveraging ultrafast optical nonlinear processes aimed towards realizing system-level, large-scale photonic systems that implement various machine learning and neuromorphic computing algorithms directly on hardware. We will explore different platforms ranging from table-top setups for the proof-of-concept demonstrations all the way to fully on-chip application-specific photonic integrated circuits (ASPICs) for computing in both the classical and quantum regimes. In addition, we investigate new physical phenomena that arise from the synergy of optical nonlinear processes, nontrivial topology as well as non-Hermiticity in large-scale photonic resonator networks. Besides exciting physics, such phenomena can lead to the development of novel optical sensors/sources with superior performance in terms of sensitivity and noise metrics. The principles and physical arrangements developed in this lab could ultimately provide useful tools for the next generation of classical and quantum light-based systems that operate faster and exhibit more precision and reliability.

Our lab has open positions in student and postdoc levels. Please contact Dr. Midya Parto for more information.