The archive

Work

Projects and experiments in photonics, ML systems, and quantum computing.

Independent projectOctober 2026

Optical Interconnect Co-⁠Design (OICD)

An open source learning tool for co-packaged optics, built for engineers, researchers, and students. It gathers slides, datasheets, and draft standards into one 3D explorer, from rack to microring, and checks each link against the math with every number traced to its source.

The same worst case rack path is −1.0 dB or +2.0 dB depending on which side of a detachable fiber connector the budget is measured.

Independent model built from public information. Not affiliated with any company whose work is cited.

3D render of an exploded optical engine package, with photonic and electronic chips lifted above an organic substrate and ball grid array, beside a fiber array unit.
Exploded BiDi optical engine in the OICD explorer. Schematic geometry.
Watch the walkthrough 1:31
A silent tour with on screen captions. It moves from a reference rack to a switch tray, a BiDi optical engine and its photonic chip, a single microring modulator in cross section, and a photonic tensor core processor.
CourseworkECE 136CSpring 2025

Quantum Photonics Labs

Studied quantum optics through lab experiments and Python circuit programming. Learned how measurement noise and the order of circuit operations affect the results.

With Nate Barnaby, Gavin Kesler, and Bryan Fernandez (Group 7).

ResearchJanuary 2026 to present

Continuous Quantum Error Correction

Compared threshold decoders, Bayesian filters, and GRUs on simulated syndrome measurements as noise and system dynamics changed.

Decoder accuracy across measurement noise levels, with the GRU retrained at each level.

With Clark Enge.

Diagram of quantum error correction, showing syndrome measurements, error inference, and feedback.
Illustrative quantum error correction workflow.
CourseworkECE 135March 2026

Photonic Fiber Communication

Analyzed how hollow core fiber geometry affects signal loss and transmission. Learned how physical design choices shape communication performance.

Course project with Nicholas Shand, Dash Franklin, and Gavin Kesler.

CourseworkECE 136AFall 2025

Optical Systems and Imaging Labs

Tested optical imaging and interference setups. Learned how alignment and filtering affect the images and patterns we measure.

With Altug Ozcetinkaya, Christopher Hemsley, Dashiell Franklin, Gavin Kesler, Karl Tizon, Nicholas Shand.

Fourier optics diagram showing a laser, microscope objective, lenses, and observation plane.
Fourier optics setup diagram.
Independent projectSeptember 2026

KernelRelay

Built a loop to check and time Triton kernels against eager PyTorch. Proposals currently come from a fixed mock.

In one Tesla T4 run, a verified fused kernel took 0.053 ms versus 0.120 ms for the best framework path (2.26×), measured in the same process. Other runs varied.

The mock proposer does not learn from feedback. These timings apply to the tested workload and GPU.

ResearchNiu Group, UCSBJune 2025 to present

Quantum Control with Feedback

Studying Lyapunov feedback control for ground state preparation in the transverse field Ising model.

Advised by Professor Murphy Niu, Quantum CoDesign Lab.

Unpublished lab work. Implementation details are confidential.

Conceptual schematic of spin states and quantum control with feedback.
Conceptual quantum control schematic.
Summary only