Thin-Film Lithium Niobate: Enabling the Future of Integrated Photonics
22 May 2025 10:00 - 11:00
Eastern Daylight/Summer Time (US & Canada) (UTC -04:00)Photonics-based devices are advancing rapidly, enabling the next generation of computers, information processors, communication devices, and sensors. This webinar highlights Thin-Film Lithium Niobate on Insulator (TFLN) as an ideal material system for these applications. We will present our progress in fabricating and characterizing TFLN devices and discuss the development of an agile foundry for processing transition metal ferroelectric materials like TFLN, providing rapid prototyping and process-informed design. These materials show great promise in photonic communications and quantum computing, and we will review our work toward establishing a US-based commercial foundry dedicated to their production.
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Speakers
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Pouya Dianat, PhD
Director, PIC & Foundry Services
Pouya Dianat is the Director of PIC and Foundry Services at QCi Foundry, leading business strategy and product development focused on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate technology for the photonics market. Prior to QCi, he was a market expert and Technical Director at OPTICA, specializing in PIC and Quantum technologies, and a Business Development Manager at Luminar Technologies in the automotive LIDAR sector. With over a decade of experience in business development and commercializing advanced photonics, he earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 2015 and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University.
● Email Address: pouya@quantumcomputinginc.com
Milan Begliarbekov, PhD
Director of Quantum Foundry
Milan Begliarbekov is the Director of QCi Foundry, specializing in quantum materials, devices, and technology, with a focus on thin-film lithium niobate and transition metal ferroelectrics for quantum sensing and photonic computing. Prior to QCi, he was a research assistant professor and Director of the Nanofabrication Facility at the City University of New York, where he managed the facility, supervised process development, and led scientific collaborations. With over 17 years of experience in nanofabrication and materials science, he has also contributed to STEM education through curriculum development and teaching. Milan holds a PhD in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology.
● Email address: milan@quantumcomputinginc.com
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