{"id":2,"date":"2023-10-30T16:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:16:26","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e73ab4f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e73ab4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-193208e\" data-id=\"193208e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bda06a5 pt-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bda06a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Silicon photonics<\/strong> is revolutionizing the telecom and data industries by enabling unprecedented performance, compact footprint, and low power consumption. It is also an incredibly versatile platform to explore fundamental physical phenomena such as nonlinear optics, topological physics, and quantum effects.\u00a0<\/p><p>The <strong>Quantum Silicon Photonics<\/strong> group at CREOL leverages the potential of the silicon photonics technology to produce fundamental breakthroughs and to develop novel applications based on those.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6beed99 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6beed99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1de514\" data-id=\"a1de514\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d740b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62d740b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Nonlinear integrated photonics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d6957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48d6957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/29b20621-f3f5-4b8f-86e0-5d00add629c3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-131\" alt=\"Solitons\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/29b20621-f3f5-4b8f-86e0-5d00add629c3-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/29b20621-f3f5-4b8f-86e0-5d00add629c3-1-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/29b20621-f3f5-4b8f-86e0-5d00add629c3-1-768x738.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2119762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2119762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Using the unparalleled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/optica\/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-1-5-299&amp;id=303518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dispersion engineering\u00a0<\/a>possibilities \u00a0in silicon photonics waveguides, we are exploring new regimes of nonlinear propagation.<\/p><p>A fascinating nonlinear regime is that of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41566-023-01307-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">optical solitons<\/a>, pulses that propagate without changing shape for very long distances. A recently discovered soliton regime is that of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/ncomms10427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pure-quartic solitons<\/a>, solitons that arise from the interaction of the nonlinearity with the fourth order dispersion, and its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/aip\/app\/article\/6\/9\/091101\/279710\/Pure-quartic-solitons-and-their-generalizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">generalizations to higher-orders of dispersion<\/a>.<\/p><p>Our group is investigating novel integrated platforms to further our understanding of this recently discovered phenomenon and to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41566-020-0629-6\">ultrafast laser applications<\/a> based on it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8cbfee\" data-id=\"d8cbfee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f4389f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f4389f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Topological quantum photonics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4bffa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4bffa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/placeholder-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-79\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/placeholder-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/placeholder-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/placeholder-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/placeholder-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/placeholder-3-575x575.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83026a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83026a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/2515-7647\/ac4ee4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topological photonics<\/a>\u00a0leverages global properties of the dispersion relation of photonic structures to produce robust light propagation.<\/p><p>In addition to the enticing, sometimes counterintuitive, physics that manifest in topological platforms, topological photonics is being investigated for applications in sensing, lasers, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/8848487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quantum information<\/a>.<\/p><p>Our group at CREOL is working on integrated topological photonics platforms for the robust generation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1126\/science.aau4296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quantum states of light<\/a>, with the view set in quantum information and quantum sensing applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2251d6c\" data-id=\"2251d6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a808589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a808589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Programmable topological photonics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17baa06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17baa06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/96dacc79-41db-4299-aab7-30fd803aac11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/96dacc79-41db-4299-aab7-30fd803aac11.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/96dacc79-41db-4299-aab7-30fd803aac11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/96dacc79-41db-4299-aab7-30fd803aac11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/96dacc79-41db-4299-aab7-30fd803aac11-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/96dacc79-41db-4299-aab7-30fd803aac11-575x575.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c545570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c545570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The field of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2764-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programmable photonics<\/a>\u00a0has already made waves in the photonics AI and quantum computing communities. It relies on reconfigurable meshes of interferometers and phase shifters that enable reconfiguration into arbitrary circuit paths for light on the same ship.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Quantum Silicon Photonics group has recently proposed and demonstrated the use of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-44939-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programmable integrated photonics platforms to explore topological physics<\/a>\u00a0and other types of coupled systems.<\/p><p>Our view is now set on leveraging the versatility of this platform to demonstrate novel topological and non-Hermitian physics and to explore their applications in integrated photonics.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6ea3f9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6ea3f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71ec963\" data-id=\"71ec963\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc25b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcc25b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Visit the Quantum Silicon Photonics labs at CREOL<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7745f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7745f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/01\/Collage-1-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-342\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/01\/Collage-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/01\/Collage-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/01\/Collage-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/01\/Collage-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/qsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/01\/Collage-1-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cd76d0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cd76d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0236af4\" data-id=\"0236af4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f2197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f2197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Recent Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0bdd5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0bdd5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A. B. Batarseh, M. J. Zakeri, A. Blanco-Redondo, M. Trippenbach, D. Hagan, W. Krolikowski, P. S. Jung, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0165212524001756\">Crossover from single to two-peak fundamental solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media<\/a>,&#8221; <strong>Wave Motion<\/strong> 133, 103445 (2025)<\/p><p>S. Sardelis, S. Roy, M. Roy, Z. Musslimani, and A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/ol\/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-49-21-6069\">Pure-quartic solitons with PT-symmetric nonlinearity<\/a>,&#8221; <strong>Optics Letters<\/strong> 49 (21), 6069-6072 (2024)<\/p><p>(Keynote) A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10621808\">Programmable Topological Photonics,<\/a>&#8221; 2024 Photonics North (PN), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2024 doi: 10.1109\/PN62551.2024.10621808.<\/p><p>P. S. Jung, M. J. Zakeri, A. Ramaniuk, A. Blanco-Redondo, D. J. Hagan, A. Dogariu, D. N. Christodoulides, G. Assanto, W. Krolikowski, and M. Trippenbach, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_AT-2024-JW2A.203\">Giant Oscillations of Vector Solitons Driven by Nonreciprocal Interactions<\/a>,&#8221; in <em>CLEO 2024<\/em>, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2024), paper JW2A.203.<\/p><p>(Highlighted) A. Hashemi, E. Pereira, H. Li, J. L. Lado, and A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_FS-2024-FTh4D.3\">Non-Hermitian topology in a programmable silicon photonics lattice,<\/a>&#8221; in <em>CLEO 2024<\/em>, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2024), paper FTh4D.3.<\/p><div class=\"citation-text\">M. J. Zakeri and A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_AT-2024-JW2A.183\">Robust Biphoton Entanglement of Three Topological Modes,<\/a>&#8221; in <em>CLEO 2024<\/em>, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2024), paper JW2A.183.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>J. Zhao and A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_AT-2024-JW2A.178\">Dispersion Engineered Silicon Nitride Microring Resonators for Pure-Quartic Soliton Frequency Comb Generation<\/a>,&#8221; in <em>CLEO 2024<\/em>, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2024), paper JW2A.178.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><form action=\"\" method=\"post\" name=\"articlesForm\"><\/form><p>E.L. Pereira, H. Li, A. Blanco-Redondo, and J.L. Lado, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prresearch\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevResearch.6.023004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Non-Hermitian topology and criticality in photonics arrays with engineered losses,<\/a>&#8221; <b>Physical Review Research<\/b> 6 (2), 023004 (2024).<\/p><p>(Invited) D. Che, S. Grillanda, Y. Liu, Z. Qiu, X. Ji, G. Raybon, X. Chen, K. Kim, T. Kippenberg, and A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a class=\"gsc_oci_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiedigitallibrary.org\/conference-proceedings-of-spie\/PC12894\/PC128940C\/An-EDWA-supported-multi-terabits-coherent-optical-transmission\/10.1117\/12.3009992.short\" data-clk=\"hl=es&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=IOcXZpTTEtPLy9YPkpyZkAQ\">An EDWA-supported multi-terabit\/s coherent optical transmission<\/a>,&#8221; <i>Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems XIII<\/i>. SPIE, 2024.<\/p><p>M. B. On, F. Ashtiani, D. Sanchez-Jacome, D.Perez-Lopez, S.J.B. Yoo, and A. Blanco-Redondo, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-44939-3\">Programmable integrated photonics for topological Hamiltonians<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Nature Communications<\/b> 15 (1), 629 (2024).<\/span><\/p><p>J. Zhao, X. Li, T.-C. Hu, A. Al Sayem, H. Li, A. Tate, K. Kim, R. Kopf, P. Sanjari, M. Earnshaw, N. K Fontaine, C. Wang, and A. Blanco-Redondo &#8220;<a class=\"gsc_oci_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/aip\/app\/article\/8\/12\/126106\/2927232\" data-clk=\"hl=es&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=_3zPZb7-MPKBy9YP3YiWmA0\">Unveiling the origins of quasi-phase matching spectral imperfections in thin-film lithium niobate frequency doublers<\/a>,&#8221; <strong>APL Photonics<\/strong> 8, 126106 (2023).<\/p><p>F. Ashtiani, M. H. Idjadi, T. C. Hu, S. Grillanda, D. Neilson,1 M. Earnshaw, M. Cappuzzo, R. Kopf, A. Tate, and A. Blanco-Redondo, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/aip\/app\/article\/8\/12\/126106\/2927232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A surface-normal photodetector as nonlinear activation function in diffractive optical neural networks<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>APL Photonics<\/b> 8(12), 121301 (2023)<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/aip\/app\/article\/8\/12\/121301\/2925542\/A-surface-normal-photodetector-as-nonlinear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p><p>(Invited) A. Blanco-Redondo, C. Martijn de Stark, C. Xu, S. Wabnitz, and S.K. Turitsyn, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41566-023-01307-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bright prospects of optical solitons after 50 years<\/a>,&#8221; <strong>Nature Photonics<\/strong> 17(11), 937-942 (2023).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C. Martijn de Sterke and A. Blanco-Redondo, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.es\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=es&amp;user=3zRBRaEAAAAJ&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=3zRBRaEAAAAJ%3Ap2g8aNsByqUC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Even-order dispersion solitons: A pedagogical note<\/a>,\u201d <strong>Optics Communications<\/strong> 541, 129560 (2023).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7be11ec elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7be11ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b21fba6\" data-id=\"b21fba6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cafdd4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cafdd4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff581f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3ff581f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df10dd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df10dd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/conferences-and-exhibitions\/photonics-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIE Photonics West<\/a>, here we come! Our group, and many other CREOL folks, is excited to participate in PW2025. Our PI,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/conferences-and-exhibitions\/photonics-west\/program\/conferences\/opto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Blanco-Redondo will be Chair of the OPTO Symposium for the next 4 years<\/a>. Consider contributing with your research!!<\/li><li>Dr. Blanco-Redondo gives an invited talk highlighting our group&#8217;s work at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.nature.com\/event\/DisruptivePhotonics\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature Conference for Disruptive Photonics Technologies (DPT24)<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleoconference.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLEO conference<\/a>, here we come! Our group will be at CLEO (Charlotte, US, 05-10 May) presenting topics as diverse and exciting as topologically robust photonic entanglement, non-hermitian topology in programmable integrated platforms, giant oscillations of vector solitons, and pure-quartic solitons in micro resonators. 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