Nanophotonics investigates the behaviour of light on nanometer scales. It essentially deals with the transmission, manipulation and detection of light but on a submicron scale. Taking the help of nanotechnology to scale down the photonics set up, nanophotonics finds its application in optical clocks, ion traps and quantum science and technology. 

Here my research focuses on the design and characterization of novel, integrated nanophotonic active elements (mainly optical modulators) and test their applications mainly for the optical clocks, optical spectroscopy, quantum sensors, quantum computers and ion traps. Characterisation of the fabricated integrated photonic devices is terms of S parameters, linearity, extinction ratio, etc. on a bare die level is also a part of my research.

Selected Publications

[C3] Icli, S., Chaudhuri, R.B., Jordan, E., Mehlstäubler, T. E., “Design of an Aluminum Nitride based Electro-optic Phase Modulator and Photonic Switch for Next Generation Scalable Photonic Integrated Circuits”,  in SPIE Optoelectronics Conference, Prague, SPIE, 2025 (oral).

[C2] Icli, S., Chaudhuri, R.B., Jordan, E., Sahlahshoori, F, Mehlstäubler, T. E., “Integrated Photonic AlN-Based High-Bandwidth Phase Modulator for Precision Control in Yb+ Ion Experiments”,  in DPG Spring Meeting , Bonn, Germany, 2025(oral).

[C1] Salahshoori, F, Icli, S., Grimpe, C-F, Du, G , Chaudhuri, R.B., Jordan, E., Boller, K, Bachmann, A, Garcia-Blanco, S. M., Mehlstäubler T. E., “Photonic Integrated Circuit Platforms for Scalable Quantum Sensors”, in DPG Spring Meeting, Bonn, Germany, 2025(oral).