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• Designed a silicon-based optical chip for tuning laser spectrum, incorporating a ring resonator, Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), coupler, splitter, and directional coupler (DC).• Developed a highly accurate wavelength detector utilizing an MZI and photodetector (PD).• Created the chip layout using IPKISS, a Python-based design software.• Collaborated with the testing team post-fabrication to conduct thorough testing and analyze data, identifying design issues.• Drafted multiple patent proposals and supported the patent application process.

• Develop heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technique through design of the key component, near field transducer (NFT).• Improve product reliability through optimization of light delivery method to NFT.• Improve product capacity through material engineering and process engineering of NFT.• Simplify fabrication process through redesign of NFT.• Modeling failed NFT parts to identify root cause of performance failure.

Design of QD based EO modulator (2018)• Design of novel material structure to optimize EO coefficient.• Produce publication to report the progress.Design of single photon detector (2016-2018)• Optimize material structure to enable photo detection.• Design of novel device structure to optimize device merit.• Benchmark device merit through simulation.PL analysis on InN/GaN quantum well (2015-2016)• Identify structure failure through PL measurement.• Verify structure failure through TEM measurement.• Simulate electron properties like bandgap and binding energy.PL analysis on InN/GaN quantum dot (2013-2015)• PL study on InN/GaN QD structure to engineer green light emission.

PL analysis of InAs/GaAs quantum dot (2012-2013)• PL characterization to demonstrate low density QD growth.• Measurement setup rearrange through Labview.

Build the model to evaluate laser gain spectrum from amplified spontaneous emission measurementBuild the model to estimate mode hopping with laser gain spectrum.

Pulse contrast measurement of a mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser (2010-2011)Research on 3D face Recognition Technology (2009~2010)• Demonstrated a new 3D face recognition method.• Wrote patent to protect the method we found.