Supervised Master and PhD theses

PhD theses

 

(Title) - Govind Krishna (expected 2026)

• Link to Google Scholar page

• Published papers - Main research topic

  • Main rarxiv:2510.02541 (under review) (first author)

  • APL Quantum 2025, 2, 036104. (co-first author)

  • Nano Letters 2023, 23(11), 5350–5357 (co-first author)

• Published paper - Supporting 

  • arXiv:2509.13184 (under review)

  • Science Bulletin 2025, 70, 58–63.

  • Physical Review B 2023, 108, L140202

  • Photonics Research 2022, 10(12), 2901–2907.

Acheivements 

• Best Student Presentation Award at the CLEO 2025 from the European Physical Society, for his work on coherent manipulation of excitons in nanowire quantum dots.

• EPS-QEOD Travel Grant Student Awards, CLEO 2025 (link)

• Best poster award, International conference on Quantum communication, measurement, and computing QCMC 2024 (Link).

(Title) - Zesheng Xu (expected 2026)

• Link to Google Scholar page

• Published papers - Main research topic

  • npj Nanophotonics 2024, 1, 8. (first author)

  • Photonics Research 10 (12), 2901-2907 (2022)  (first author)

• Published paper - Supporting 

  • arXiv:2509.13184 (Under Review).

  • npj Nanophotonics 2024, 1, 34.

  • Science Bulletin 2025, 70, 58–63.

  • Nano Letters 2023, 23(11), 5350–5357.

  • Physical Review B 2023, 108, L140202.

 

Master theses

 

Topological Photon Transport in Programmable Photonic Processors via Discretized Evolution of Synthetic Magnetic Fields - Andrea Cataldo (2025)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Submitted (arxiv:2509.13184)

Automated Calibration and Control Platform for Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits - Rohan Yadgirkar (2025)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Under preparation

Characterisation of a programmable photonic circuit for single photon operation -  Sam O'Brien (2025)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Submitted (arxiv:2510.02541)

Localized and extended states in finite-sized mosaic Wannier-Stark lattices - Emrah Tortumlu (2023)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Physical Review B 108 (14), L140202 (2023)

Topological Photonic Lattices - Zesheng Xu (2022)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Physical Review Research 4 (3), 033222 (2022)

Hybrid integration of hBN quantum sources in SiN photonic circuits - Anas Skalli (2020)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Advanced Quantum Technologies 4 (6), 2100032 (2021)

Piezoelectric tuning of integrated Photonic delay Circuits - Anton Möller (2019)

Piezoelectric Tuning of Hybrid Quantum Photonic Circuits - Efe Büyüközer (2018)

• Published paper(s) 

1. Nano letters 18 (12), 7969-7976 (2018)

 

Project Course

 

Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits Using Automated Design Tools, Manu Adithyan (2025)

Polarization Entanglement with a Type-0 PPLN Crystal, Scott McHaffie (2025)

Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits, Erik Marton Åsgrim (2024)

High Brightness Telecom-Band Entangled Photon-Pair Source, Zesheng Xu (2022)

Coupling optimization between optical fibers and photonic SiN waveguides, Klara Wallenbro (2021)