Faculty
Victor Torres-Company, PhD
Professor, Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Photonics Laboratory
Victor Torres-Company is Associate Professor at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2) and group leader of the Ultrafast Photonics group at Chalmers University of Technology. He obtained the PhD from the University of Valencia, Spain (2008), for which he won the Best Thesis award. Before joining Chalmers in 2012 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Photonics Systems group in McGill University, Canada, and later a Marie Curie Research Fellow at Purdue University, USA. Victor’s expertise is on laser frequency comb science and technology, nonlinear integrated optics and fiber-optic communications. He has co-authored more than 80 papers in leading optics journals. He has been awarded twice a Marie Curie Fellowship and is the recipient of a European Research Council Consolidator grant. For his PhD work, he won the Best Thesis award. Teaching wise, he is the responsible for the courses Integrated Optics at the Wireless Photonics and Space Engineering Master program, and the PhD course Advanced Measuring Techniques.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3504-2118
Professor, Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Photonics Laboratory
Victor Torres-Company is Associate Professor at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2) and group leader of the Ultrafast Photonics group at Chalmers University of Technology. He obtained the PhD from the University of Valencia, Spain (2008), for which he won the Best Thesis award. Before joining Chalmers in 2012 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Photonics Systems group in McGill University, Canada, and later a Marie Curie Research Fellow at Purdue University, USA. Victor’s expertise is on laser frequency comb science and technology, nonlinear integrated optics and fiber-optic communications. He has co-authored more than 80 papers in leading optics journals. He has been awarded twice a Marie Curie Fellowship and is the recipient of a European Research Council Consolidator grant. For his PhD work, he won the Best Thesis award. Teaching wise, he is the responsible for the courses Integrated Optics at the Wireless Photonics and Space Engineering Master program, and the PhD course Advanced Measuring Techniques.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3504-2118
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Fuchuan Lei
PhD from Tsinghua University, China
Fuchuan Lei joined in Ultrafast Photonics Lab as a postdoc from 2019. He received his BS degree (Physics) in 2010 and PhD degree (Physics) in 2015 respectively from Northeast Normal University and Tsinghua University, China. From 2016 to 2019, He worked as a Postdoc in Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan. His research interests include the physics and applications of high-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators, optical nanofibers, and microlasers. Now he is studying the silicon nitride soliton microcombs with experiments and simulations.
PhD from Tsinghua University, China
Fuchuan Lei joined in Ultrafast Photonics Lab as a postdoc from 2019. He received his BS degree (Physics) in 2010 and PhD degree (Physics) in 2015 respectively from Northeast Normal University and Tsinghua University, China. From 2016 to 2019, He worked as a Postdoc in Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan. His research interests include the physics and applications of high-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators, optical nanofibers, and microlasers. Now he is studying the silicon nitride soliton microcombs with experiments and simulations.
Oskar Bjarki Helgasson
PhD from Chalmers University of Technology
Oskar did his PhD at Chalmers University of Technology. His topic of research is on mode-locked dark pulses in microresonators and applications in coherent optical communications.
PhD from Chalmers University of Technology
Oskar did his PhD at Chalmers University of Technology. His topic of research is on mode-locked dark pulses in microresonators and applications in coherent optical communications.
PhD Students
Vijay Shekhawat
MSc. Technical University of Denmark
Vijay completed his Bachelors degree (Nanotechnology) in 2020 from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India and his M.Sc. (Photonics Engineering) in 2022 from Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He joined the Ultrafast Photonics Lab in September 2022. His research topic is developing parametric amplifiers on silicon nitride integrated photonics platform. He will work on the simulation of waveguides as well as their nanofabrication. Vijay is co-supervised by Victor Torres Company and Peter Andrekson
MSc. Technical University of Denmark
Vijay completed his Bachelors degree (Nanotechnology) in 2020 from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India and his M.Sc. (Photonics Engineering) in 2022 from Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He joined the Ultrafast Photonics Lab in September 2022. His research topic is developing parametric amplifiers on silicon nitride integrated photonics platform. He will work on the simulation of waveguides as well as their nanofabrication. Vijay is co-supervised by Victor Torres Company and Peter Andrekson
Carmen Lopez
MSc Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Carmen joined the Ultrafast Photonics Lab as a PhD student in 2022. She received her BSc degree in Telecommunications Engineering and MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM). Her research topic is microcombs for coherent optical communication systems.
MSc Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Carmen joined the Ultrafast Photonics Lab as a PhD student in 2022. She received her BSc degree in Telecommunications Engineering and MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM). Her research topic is microcombs for coherent optical communication systems.
Sara Persia
MSc. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Sara joined the Ultrafast Photonics group at Chalmers University of Technology as a Ph.D. student in September 2022. She received her B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics at Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy) in 2020 and her M.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics – Quantum Technologies at Royal Institute of Technology KTH (Stockholm, Sweden) in 2022. Her main topic of research is quantum information processing using ultra-low loss nanophotonics devices. Her project is about the investigation of the quantum properties of microcombs generated from silicon nitride microring resonators.
MSc. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Sara joined the Ultrafast Photonics group at Chalmers University of Technology as a Ph.D. student in September 2022. She received her B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics at Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy) in 2020 and her M.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics – Quantum Technologies at Royal Institute of Technology KTH (Stockholm, Sweden) in 2022. Her main topic of research is quantum information processing using ultra-low loss nanophotonics devices. Her project is about the investigation of the quantum properties of microcombs generated from silicon nitride microring resonators.
Yi Sun
MSc. Zhejiang University, China
Yi is a PhD student in the Ultrafast Photonics Laboratory. She graduated from Zhejiang University (China) in March 2021. Her research topic is the heterogeneous integration of ultralow-linewidth lasers and microcombs on the silicon nitride platform. She is learning all nanofabrication techniques for the ultra-low-loss silicon nitride waveguides and ultra-high-Q microresonators, and is constructing hybrid lasers based on microtransfer printing technology.
MSc. Zhejiang University, China
Yi is a PhD student in the Ultrafast Photonics Laboratory. She graduated from Zhejiang University (China) in March 2021. Her research topic is the heterogeneous integration of ultralow-linewidth lasers and microcombs on the silicon nitride platform. She is learning all nanofabrication techniques for the ultra-low-loss silicon nitride waveguides and ultra-high-Q microresonators, and is constructing hybrid lasers based on microtransfer printing technology.
Yan Gao
MSc. Zhejiang University, China
Yan Gao gained his master degree in optical engineering from Zhejiang university, China. Now he works as a Ph.D. student in the department Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers. His research interests include on chip high-speed lithium niobate modulators, optical and microwave cavities, nonlinear optics and their applications. In his Ph.D. project, he mainly works with thin-film lithium niobate platform and his work include device design and nanofabrication.
Yan is co-supervised by Jochen Schröder and Victor Torres Company.
MSc. Zhejiang University, China
Yan Gao gained his master degree in optical engineering from Zhejiang university, China. Now he works as a Ph.D. student in the department Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers. His research interests include on chip high-speed lithium niobate modulators, optical and microwave cavities, nonlinear optics and their applications. In his Ph.D. project, he mainly works with thin-film lithium niobate platform and his work include device design and nanofabrication.
Yan is co-supervised by Jochen Schröder and Victor Torres Company.
Marcello Girardi
MSc. Universita degli studi di Padova, Italy
Marcello Girardi is a PhD student at the Photonics Laboratory in the Ultrafast Photonic group. His main topic of reserch is the fabrication of 3D integrated photonic devices in Silicon Nitride for optical communication.
Marcello graduated B.Sc. in Physics from Trento University and M.Sc. in Material Science from Padua University (DiSC).
MSc. Universita degli studi di Padova, Italy
Marcello Girardi is a PhD student at the Photonics Laboratory in the Ultrafast Photonic group. His main topic of reserch is the fabrication of 3D integrated photonic devices in Silicon Nitride for optical communication.
Marcello graduated B.Sc. in Physics from Trento University and M.Sc. in Material Science from Padua University (DiSC).
Israel Rebolledo
BSc. Electronics and Communications, Politecnico Mexico
Isra is a Ph.D. Student working in a joint project with RISE. His main topic of research is to explore dual-comb spectroscopy applications based on silicon nitride technology. He received his BSc degree in the Polytechnical University of Morelos (Mexico), after graduation was awarded Linnaeus-Palme scholarship to do a research internship at the University of Gothenburg. During his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and innebandy.
BSc. Electronics and Communications, Politecnico Mexico
Isra is a Ph.D. Student working in a joint project with RISE. His main topic of research is to explore dual-comb spectroscopy applications based on silicon nitride technology. He received his BSc degree in the Polytechnical University of Morelos (Mexico), after graduation was awarded Linnaeus-Palme scholarship to do a research internship at the University of Gothenburg. During his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and innebandy.
Krishna Twayana
MSc. Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
Krishna's research interests include microcombs and electronic-photonic integration as well as coherent fiber-optic communications. When time allows, he likes to do some trekking and watching (not playing) soccer.
MSc. Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
Krishna's research interests include microcombs and electronic-photonic integration as well as coherent fiber-optic communications. When time allows, he likes to do some trekking and watching (not playing) soccer.
Master students
Alumni
Postdocs
Francisco R. Arteaga (postdoc fellow in 2019-2020) (researcher at Max Born Institute, Germany)
Elham Nazemosadat (postdoc fellow in 2019) (postdoc at Technical University of Valencia, Spain)
Xiaonan Hu (postdoc fellow from 2018-2019) (data scientist at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
Vicente Duran (Marie Curie fellow from 2014-2016) (assistant professor at University of Jaume I, Spain)
PhD students
Oskar B. Helgason (PhD student from 2017-2022, present affiliation: Chalmers and Iloomina AB, Sweden)
Zhichao Ye (PhD student from 2016-2021, present affiliation: Qaleido Photonics, China)
Attila Fülöp (PhD student from 2013-2018) (present affiliation: Nvidia, Sweden)
Clemens Krückel (PhD student from 2012-2017) (present affiliation: IMEC, Belgium)
David Castello-Lurbe (PhD student from 2010-2014) (present affiliation: B-Phot, Belgium)
Francisco R. Arteaga (postdoc fellow in 2019-2020) (researcher at Max Born Institute, Germany)
Elham Nazemosadat (postdoc fellow in 2019) (postdoc at Technical University of Valencia, Spain)
Xiaonan Hu (postdoc fellow from 2018-2019) (data scientist at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
Vicente Duran (Marie Curie fellow from 2014-2016) (assistant professor at University of Jaume I, Spain)
PhD students
Oskar B. Helgason (PhD student from 2017-2022, present affiliation: Chalmers and Iloomina AB, Sweden)
Zhichao Ye (PhD student from 2016-2021, present affiliation: Qaleido Photonics, China)
Attila Fülöp (PhD student from 2013-2018) (present affiliation: Nvidia, Sweden)
Clemens Krückel (PhD student from 2012-2017) (present affiliation: IMEC, Belgium)
David Castello-Lurbe (PhD student from 2010-2014) (present affiliation: B-Phot, Belgium)