MetaPhotonics Research Lab

Nanophotonics, biophotonics, quantum optics and metamaterials are some examples of the fields dealing with the photonics research. We can see the role of the photonics in different areas including communication, imaging, spectroscopy, lighting, energy, displays, life sciences, and safety. The unique feature of the photonics is the large bandwidth capacity of the information processing at the speed of light. MetaPhotonics Research Group at KAIST EE consists of researchers from different disciplines and background including electrical and electronics engineering, physics, applied physics. Our research is supported by KAIST, NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea), and ADD (Agency for Defense Development). We are a very productive, rewarding and motivated research group. The office and lab space are located in E3-2 Building. Our current research interests include nano-photonics, including the design and analysis of nano-photonic materials for the realization of wavelength and sub-wavelength-scale optical elements. A brief summary of recent research activities can be found in this file, “Metaphotonics Research Group Presentation”. Below you can find more information about some of the listed research topics. We aimed to develop a silicon-based neuromorphic photonics integrated circuit, tailored for classification tasks. This involved assembling a circuit with a 4-channel network input, a linear transformation for weight multiplication, and nonlinear activation. We meticulously designed and fabricated test patterns for each part, integrating them into a photonic AI accelerator chip on a 220 nm SOI CMOS compatible platform. Recently, metasurfaces have been identified as promising optical elements in the modulation of the phase, amplitude and polarization of light within a