Shawn-Yu Lin

Professor, Future Chips Constellation, Physics

Affiliation

Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Princeton
M.S., University of North Carolina
B.S., National Taiwan University

Background

Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Lin headed Sandia National Laboratories’ multimillion-dollar research and development effort in photonic crystal devices, located in Albuquerque, N.M. He also directed a U.S. Department of Energy multi-laboratories initiative in Nano-Structural Photonics. He has authored 1 paper with >500 citations, 1 paper with >300 citations, 4 papers with >200 citations, and 4 papers with >100 citations. The research subjects include the quantum Hall effect, high temperature superconductivity, 2D and 3D photonic crystals, plasmonic nanostructures, and solar antireflection coating.

Research Interests

• Nano-photonics
• Silicon photonics
• Quantum optics
• Integrated optics
• Photonic lattice structures
• Emerging energy applications

Awards

• 2002, American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
  
• 2002, Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow