Sunil Mittal

Assistant Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research Focus

Quantum photonics, topological photonics, nonlinear photonics, two-dimensional materials

About

Sunil Mittal joined Northeastern University in August 2021, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. Thereafter, he continued at Maryland as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Joint Quantum Institute. He also holds Master’s degrees in Physics and Optoelectronics, and spent two years in industry working on optical telecommunication products. His research interests span quantum and nonlinear photonics, topological and non-Hermitian physics, and two-dimensional materials.

Education

  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014

Research Overview

Quantum photonics, topological photonics, nonlinear photonics, two-dimensional materials

Quantum Photonics Lab

Research focus on Topological Photonics and Quantum Photonics.

Quantum Photonics Lab

Selected Research Projects

Selected Publications

  • 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).
  • S. Mittal, V. V. Orre, G. Zhu, M. Gorlach, A. Poddubny, M. Hafezi, ‘Photonic quadrupole topological phases’, Nature Photonics, 13, 692-696 (2019).
  • S. Mittal, E. Goldschmidt, M. Hafezi, ‘A topological source of quantum light’, Nature, 561, 502-506 (2018).
  • S. Mittal, S. Ganeshan, J. Fan, A. Vaezi, M. Hafezi, ‘Measurement of topological invariants in a 2D photonic system’, Nature Photonics, 10, 180-183 (2016).

Faculty

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.”

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Sunil Mittal

Faculty

Aug 18, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Sunil Mittal

Sunil Mittal joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2021 as an Assistant Professor.

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