Sunil Mittal
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- s.mittal@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- ISEC 512
Lab
- Egan 161
Research Focus
Quantum Photonics, Topological Photonics, On-Chip Optical Frequency Combs, On-Chip Quantum States of Light, Two-Dimensional Materials
Education
- PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014
- M.Tech., Optoelectronics and Optical Communications, IIT Delhi, India, 2008
Research Overview
Quantum Photonics, Topological Photonics, On-Chip Optical Frequency Combs, On-Chip Quantum States of Light, Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum Photonics Lab
At the Quantum photonics Lab, we use complex integrated photonics systems, such as large arrays of coupled ring resonators, as a platform to emulate various quantum phenomena observed in condensed-matter systems, such as topological insulators, Floquet systems, and non-Hermitian systems. Using such condensed-matter physics-inspired photonics systems, we engineer new techniques to control the flow of photons and develop innovative photonic devices for applications in both classical and quantum domains. Examples of such devices include unconventional optical frequency combs, sources of quantum light such as entangled photons and squeezed states, and quantum-enhanced sensors.
Selected Research Projects
- Accelerating the Design and Development of Engineered Photonic Materials based on a Data-Driven Deep Learning Approach
- – co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- S.D. Hashemi, S. Mittal, ‘Reconfigurable Non-Hermitian Soliton Combs using Dissipative Couplings and Topological Windings’, Science Advances, 11, 22, adu6554 (2025).
- S.D. Hashemi, S. Mittal, Floquet topological dissipative Kerr solitons and incommensurate frequency combs’, Nature Communications, 15, 9642 (2024).
- C. Flower, M.J. Mehrabad, L. Xu, G. Moille, D.G. Suarez-Forero, O. Orsel, G. Bahl, Y. Cembo, K. Srinivasan, S. Mittal, M. Hafezi, ‘Observation of topological frequency combs’, Science, 384, 6702 (2024).
- S. Mittal, G. Moille, K. Srinivasan, Y. K. Chembo, M. Hafezi, ‘Topological frequency combs and nested temporal solitons’, Nature Physics, 17, 1169-1176 (2021).
- S. Mittal, V. V. Orre, E. Goldschmidt, M. Hafezi, ‘Tunable quantum interference using a topological source of indistinguishable photon pairs’, Nature Photonics, 15, 542-548 (2021).
Sep 23, 2025
2025 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Jan 31, 2025
2024 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those who published a paper in 2024 or later.
Jul 24, 2024
$1.5M NSF Grant To Develop New Photonic Materials
MIE/ECE Associate Professor Yongmin Liu and ECE Assistant Professor Sunil Mittal, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University, are leading a $1.5 million NSF DMREF grant for “Accelerating the Design and Development of Engineered Photonic Materials Based on a Data-Driven Deep Learning Approach.”
Apr 27, 2023
FY24 TIER 1 Research Development Award Recipients
Twelve COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of Northeastern’s FY24 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants provided by the Research Development department for 11 different projects.
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
A group of COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Aug 18, 2021
New Faculty Spotlight: Sunil Mittal
Sunil Mittal joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2021 as an Assistant Professor.