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Learning to Rely on God
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Looking back on my journey from Taiwan to the United States to pursue my Ph.D. in physics, I realize that God was not simply leading me toward my dream of becoming a professor. Through years of setbacks, disappointments, and intense struggles, He was teaching me, step by step, to rely on Him rather than on myself.
Finding the Answer to My Life
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I am a Christian and a member of the True Jesus Church. This is the story of how God found me, healed me, and gave my life a meaning that I had searched for since childhood.
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Hunter Muench
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High Conversion Efficiency in Resonant Four-Wave Mixing Processes
Published in Optics Express, 2016
This work demonstrates a scheme for resonant four-wave mixing that achieves up to 90% energy conversion efficiency using spatially varied control fields.
Quantum Computing with Multidimensional Continuous-Variable Cluster States in a Scalable Photonic Platform
Published in Physical Review Research, 2020
This paper proposes a scalable scheme for generating multidimensional continuous-variable (CV) cluster states using a single optical parametric oscillator and time-frequency multiplexing, providing a path toward fault-tolerant quantum computation.
Broadband Coherent Optical Memory Based on Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
Published in Physical Review A, 2020
This paper demonstrates a broadband coherent optical memory using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in a cold atomic ensemble, achieving a bandwidth-delay product significantly higher than previous EIT-based systems.
Continuous-Variable Quantum Repeaters Based on Bosonic Error-Correction and Teleportation: Architecture and Applications
Published in Quantum Science and Technology, 2021
We report a continuous-variable (CV) quantum-repeater architecture based on CV quantum teleportation assisted by the Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) code to significantly suppress physical noise in quantum links.
Entanglement-Assisted Multi-aperture Pulse-Compression Radar for Angle Resolving Detection
Published in Quantum Science and Technology, 2023
This paper proposes a dual-receiver radar scheme employing entangled microwave pulses to significantly improve angle-resolving capability compared to classical radar.
Micro-Ring Perceptron Sensor for High-Speed, Low-Power Radio-Frequency Signal
Published in arXiv:2504.16119, 2025
This paper introduces the micro-ring perceptron (MiRP) sensor, a physics-inspired AI framework that integrates micro-ring dynamics-based analog processing with a machine-learning-driven digital backend for sub-Nyquist RF sensing.
Wafer-Scale Squeezed-Light Chips
Published in arXiv:2509.10445, 2025
We report the wafer-scale fabrication, generation, and characterization of two-mode squeezed-vacuum states on a fully CMOS-compatible silicon nitride PIC platform. This work demonstrates excellent uniformity across a 4-inch wafer and establishes a reproducible route for scalable continuous-variable quantum information processing.
Quantum Squeezing in an All-Resonant Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Microresonator
Published in arXiv:2602.22693, 2026
We demonstrate continuous-wave squeezed-light generation in a dual-resonant periodically poled thin-film lithium niobate microresonator, achieving an inferred on-chip squeezing level of 7.5 dB and a squeezing bandwidth exceeding 10 THz.
18-dB On-Chip Vacuum Squeezing in an Adaptively Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguide
Published in arXiv:2605.27607, 2026
We demonstrate a record 18 dB of inferred on-chip vacuum squeezing in an adaptively poled thin-film lithium niobate waveguide using a distributed loss and phase-noise model.
Breaking on/off-coupling loss degeneracies via bidirectional nonlinear optics
Published in Phys. Rev. Applied, 2026
We present bidirectional nonlinear optical tomography (BNOT), a hardware-compatible metrology that breaks the degeneracy of input and output coupling efficiencies to enable unbiased benchmarking of nonlinear photonic integrated circuits.
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ECE693D/491D: Introduction to Quantum Information Science
Course, UHM, ECE, 2025
ECE470/PHYS460: Physical Optics
Course, UHM, ECE and PHYS, 2026