Engineering Engineer

CHE-YUN LIN

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Cell Phone: 210-***-****, Office: 512-***-****, Email: *********@******.***

QUALIFICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS

• Strong portfolio of skill sets in photonic devices R&D: experienced in device design and modeling, process development and fabrication, device testing and analysis, test equipment design and implementation, and excellent writing and verbal communication skills

• Proven track record of delivering high quality results: completed 5 research projects, demonstrated the most efficient hybrid silicon electro-optic modulator (VπL=0.44V-mm), published 32 journal and conference papers, received 35 citations/year, received one news highlight from Laser Focus World, and one invited talk at SPIE Photonic West

• Current reviewer of Optics Letters and Optics Express

• Excellent team player who can work independently, fit well in a team environment, and perform well under pressure

• Received two internship offers on PIC test development and product engineer from Infinera for summer 2011

EDUCATION

PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Solid State Electronics), expected to graduate in May 2012.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, Cockrell School of Engineering, USA

Master in Electrical & Systems Engineering, May 2008

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

BS in Electronic Engineering (Solid State Electronics & Photonics), June 2005

CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY, School of Engineering, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

RELEVANT COURSES

• Submicron device physics and technology

• VLSI Fabrication techniques

• Semiconductor optoelectronic devices

• Wave / Fiber / Antenna for Telecommunication

• Electromagnetic & Optical Theory I & II

• Thin-Film Optics

• Principles of Electro-Optical Engineering

• Optical Semiconductor Materials

• Fourier Optics

• Thin Film, Interfaces and device packaging

• Metallization and 3D interconnects

• Optical Communications

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Projects as a PhD student:

1. Highly Efficient Silicon/Organic Hybrid Nanophotonic Electro-Optic Modulator Based on Polymer Infiltrated Slotted-Photonic Crystal Waveguides-Supported by AFOSR, Grant No. FA 9550-09-C-0086, monitored by Dr. Charles Y-C. Lee (Phase II project: November 2008-March 2011)1-12

• Demonstrated the best VπL figure-of-merit of 0.44V-mm among all electro-optic polymer based modulators

• Demonstrated the highest ever in-device effective electro-optic coefficient γ33=735pm/V

• Demonstrated 23dB enhancement of electro-optic modulation using slow light effect

• Demonstrated the narrowest (75nm) slot waveguide infiltrated with electro-optic polymer

• 1st demonstration of wideband & group velocity independent coupling into photonic crystal waveguide with 20dB baseline enhancement and 28dB enhancement for slow light mode (highlighted on Laser Focus World).

• Demonstration of the most efficient coupling to slotted photonic crystal waveguide with 2.4dB insertion loss and coupling efficiency enhancement up to 30dB

2. Electromagnetic Attack Detector-Supported by DOD/ARMY, Grant No.W9113M-10-P-0076, monitored by Dr. Mark Rader, (Phase I: June 2010-January 2011)13,14

• Demonstrated high dynamic range EM wave sensor with 70dB spurious-free measurement range

• Presented the result with invitation at SPIE Photonic West 2012

3. Three Dimensionally Interconnected Silicon Nanomembranes for Optical Phased Array (OPA) and Optical True Time Delay (TTD) Applications-Supported by air force MURI, Grant No. FA 955*-**-*-****, monitored by Dr. Gernot Pomrenke (September 2008-May 2012)15-18

• Fabricated 1x12 multi-mode interference (MMI) coupler devices for three-dimensional wide angle beam steering

• Demonstrated largest time delay in photonic crystal waveguide: 261pS with 3mm photonic crystal waveguide

• Demonstrated on-chip tunable true-time delay lines for X-Band phased array antenna application with projected steering angle of 0~90 degree

4. Photonic Crystal Slot Waveguide Absorption Spectrometer for On-Chip Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Xylene in Water-Supported by NSF, Grant No. IIP-0945688. (Phase I: January 2010-July 2010)19-27

• Demonstrated an on-chip photonic crystal absorption spectrometer for water pollution and hazardous gas sensing.

5. 40GHz Highly Linear E-O Polymer Modulator Based on Domain-Inverted Y-fed Directional Coupler-Supported by DARPA, Grant No. W31P4Q-08-C-0160, monitored by Devanand Shenoy (June 2008-June 2009)28-32

• Demonstrated a highly linear electro-optic modulator with 22dB better linearity compared to Mach-Zehnder modulator

Project as a Master student: Advisor: Prof. Nader Engheta

1. Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) Metamaterial for Supercoupling Applications

• Investigated methods to construct effective Epsilon near Zero (ENZ) Metamaterial based on effective medium theory

• Developed an analytical model in Mathematica to analyze the effective permittivity of multi-layer metamaterial

• Verified analytical results with simulation on CST Microwave Studio.

Project as an Undergraduate student:

• Photonics Device and System Design Laboratory (Summer 2006): ITO sputtering for thin film OLED fabrication

• Semiconductor Fabrication Laboratory (01/04 – 06/04): Participated in CMOS fabrication processes (initial cleaning, PVD, PECVD, reactive ion etching, diffusion, oxidation, photolithography, metallization, and wet etching)

INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP

1. Flat Panel Display Division, Research and Development Center, Nan-Ya Plastic Corp. (#1 plastic company in Taiwan), Taoyuan, Taiwan (07/04 – 09/04)

• Identification and statistical analysis on US and European patents

SOFTWARE SKILLS

RSoft-BeamPROP™, Rsoft-BandSOLVE™, Rsoft-femSIM™, Rsoft-FullWAVE™, FDTD, CST Microwave Studio™, COMSOL Multiphysics™, Mathematica, Origin, AutoCAD, Matlab, LabVIEW, Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCES

JEOL Electron-Beam Lithography, PlasmaTherm RIE and Oxford RIE/ICP system, Karl-Suss Mask Aligner, EVG Mask Aligner, J. A. Woollam Ellipsometer, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), CHA Metal Evaporator, Varian Sputterer, Dektak profilmeter, Field / Gate Oxidation Furnace, Rapid Thermal Annealing, FEI FIB / SEM, Facet Polishing tools for fiber optic and waveguide devices.

DEVICE TESTING EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCES

Design and implemented automated nanophotonic device testing system with 5nm resolution, hp Vector Network Analyzer, hp Oscilloscope, Agilent Digital Communication Analyzer, Agilent Function Generator, Agilent 40GHz high speed signal generator, hp Multi-Function Generator, hp Microwave Spectrum Analyzer, Ando Optical Spectrum Analyzer, hp High Voltage Generator, Keithley picoammeters, NKT Photonic’s SuperK Versa (Ultra-broadband source 400nm~2400nm with 1.5W output), Santec ECL-2000 Tunable laser, Thorlab ASE broadband source, Thorlab & Discovery Semiconductors & New Focus photo detectors, Temperature Controller/Heating Stage, Fiber Cutting/Polishing Equipments

LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

• Captain, college table tennis team, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. (2002)

• Class President, Electronic Engineering Department, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. (2001)

• Athlete, varsity table tennis representative of U Penn, National Table Tennis Championship, USA. (2007)

• Certified table tennis and swimming coach.

• First Place (twice), National Student Art Exhibition in Chinese calligraphy (most prestigious award in its category)

• Member of Impromptu Speech Club, University of Texas at Austin

• Member of Taiwanese Student Association, University of Texas at Austin

PUBLICATIONS

1 Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Wei-Cheng Lai, John L. Covey, Swapnajit Chakravarty, and Ray T. Chen, "Coupling loss minimization of slow light slotted photonic crystal waveguides using mode matching with continuous group index perturbation," Opt. Lett. 37 (2), 232-234 (2012).

2 Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Jingdong Luo, Alex K. Y. Jen, and Ray T. Chen, "Effective in-device r33 of 735pm/V on electro-optic polymer infiltrated silicon photonic crystal slot waveguides," Opt. Lett. 36 (6), 882-884 (2011).

3 Che-Yun Lin, Xiaolong Wang, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Beom Suk Lee, Weicheng Lai, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.-Y. Jen, and Ray T. Chen, "Electro-optic polymer infiltrated silicon photonic crystal slot waveguide modulator with 23 dB slow light enhancement," Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (9), 093304 (2010).

4 Che-Yun Lin, Xiaolong Wang, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Beom Suk Lee, Weicheng Lai, and Ray T. Chen, "Wideband Group Velocity Independent Coupling into Slow Light Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguide," Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (19) (2010).

5 Xiaolong Wang, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Boem Suk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Ultraefficient control of light transmission through photonic potential barrier modulation," Opt. Lett. 34 (20), 3202-3204 (2009).

6 Che-Yun Lin, Zheng Xue, Alan X. Wang, and Ray T. Chen, "Wideband and Group Index Independent Coupling to Slow Light Slotted Photonic Crystal Waveguides with Adiabatic Group Index Taper and Mode Matching," CLEO (Submitted) (2012).

7 Alan X. Wang, Che-Yun Lin, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Jingdong Luo, Alex K. Y. Jen, and Ray T. Chen, "Slow Light Enhanced E-O Polymer Nano-Photonic Modulator with Ultra-High Effective In-Device r33", presented at the CLEO, (2011).

8 Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Beomsuk Lee, Wei-Cheng Lai, Swapnajit Chakravarty, and Ray T. Chen, "Group velocity independent coupling into slow light photonic crystal waveguide on Silicon Nanophotonic Integrated Circuits," Proc. SPIE (2011).

9 Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Wei-Cheng Lai, Beom Suk Lee, and Ray T. Chen, "Experimental Demonstration of Ultra-Low Loss Coupling into Slow Light Slotted Photonic Crystal Waveguide on Silicon Nanomembrane," Integrated Photonic Research Conference (2011).

10 Che-Yun Lin, Beomsuk Lee, Alan X. Wang, Wei-Cheng Lai, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Yazhao Liu, David Kwong, Ray T. Chen, Jingdong Luo, and Alex K. Y. Jen, "Ultra-compact silicon nanophotonic modulator based on electro-optic polymer infiltrated slot photonic crystal waveguide", presented at the Proc. SPIE, San Francisco, (2010).

11 Xiaolong Wang, Chakravarty Swapnajit, Boem Suk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, and Chen R. T., "Electro-optic polymer based nanophotonic modulator with ultra high efficiency", presented at the Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Phototonics and Photonics Technology Conference, 2009. AVFOP '09. IEEE, San Antonio, TX, (2009).

12 Xiaolong Wang, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Boem Suk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, Jingdong Luo, Alex K. Y. Jen, and Ray T. Chen, "Nano-Photonic Electro-Optic Polymer Modulator Based on Photonic Band Gap Engineering", presented at the Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications, (2009).

13 Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Beom Suk Lee, Xingyu Zhang, and Ray T. Chen, "High dynamic range electric field sensor for electromagnetic pulse detection," Opt. Express 19 (18), 173**-***** (2011).

14 Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Beom Suk Lee, Xingyun Zhang, and Ray T. Chen, "EO-Polymer Waveguide Based High Dynamic Range EM Wave Sensors " SPIE Photonics West (Invited Talk) (2012).

15 Amir Hosseini, David Kwong, Che-Yun Lin, Beomsuk Lee, and Ray T. Chen, "Output Formulation for Symmetrically Excited One-to-N Multimode Interference Coupler," Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of 16 (1), 61 - 69 (2010).

16 David Kwong, YaZhao Liu, Amir Hosseini, Yang Zhang, Beomsuk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Silicon-integrated photonic circuit for a single-stage large-angle beam steering optical phased array", presented at the Proc. SPIE, San Francisco, California, USA, (2010).

17 Che-Yun Lin, Amir Hosseini, Harish Subbaraman, Zheng Xue, Alan X. Wang, and Ray T. Chen, "Wavelength-Tunable on-Chip True Time Delay Lines Based on Photonic Crystal Waveguides for X-Band Phased Array Antenna Applications," CLEO (Submitted) (2012).

18 Xiaochuan Xu, Harish Subbaraman, Amir Hosseini, Che-Yun Lin, David Kwong, and Ray T. Chen, "Stamp Printing of Silicon Nanomembrane Based Photonic Devices onto Flexible Substrates with a Suspended Configuration," Optics Letters (Accepted) (2012).

19 Wei-Cheng Lai, Katy Moncivais, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Alan X. Wang, Che-Yun Lin, Johnathan Zhang, and Ray T. Chen, "High density ink jet printing of biomolecules for photonic crystal-based microarray applications," Optical Sensors Topical Meeting, Toronto, Canada (2011).

20 Wei-Cheng Lai, Katy Moncivais, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Alan X. Wang, Che-Yun Lin, Johnathan Zhang, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal microarray nano-platform for high-throughput detection of biomolecules for diagnostic assays," SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing (Oral Presentation) (2011).

21 Wei-Cheng Lai, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal slot waveguide Spectrometer for detection of Methane," Proc. SPIE (2011).

22 Wei-Cheng Lai, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal slot waveguide absorption spectrometer for on-chip near-infrared spectroscopy of xylene in water," Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 (2), 023***-****** (2011).

23 Wei-Cheng Lai, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "On-chip methane sensing by near-IR absorption signatures in a photonic crystal slot waveguide," Opt. Lett. 36 (6), 984-986 (2011).

24 Swapnajit Chakravarty, Wei-Cheng Lai, Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal slot waveguide spectrometer for the detection of methane (Proceedings Paper)," Proc. SPIE (2011).

25 Swapnajit Chakravarty, Wei-Cheng Lai, Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal slot waveguide for high sensitivity on-chip near-infrared optical absorption spectroscopy of xylene in water (Proceedings Paper)," Proc. SPIE (2011).

26 Swapnajit Chakravarty, Wei-Cheng Lai, Alan X. Wang, Che-Yun Lin, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal slot waveguide optical absorption spectrometer for high-sensitivity near-infrared detection of xylene in water," SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing (Oral Presentation) (2011).

27 Swapnajit Chakravarty, Wei-Cheng Lai, Kathryn Moncivais, Xiaolong Wang, Che-Yun Lin, Zhiwen J. Zhang, and Ray T. Chen, "Photonic crystal microarray nanoplatform for high throughput detection of biomolecules (Proceedings Paper)," SPIE Defese and Sensing (2011).

28 Beomsuk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Raluca Dinu, and Ray T. Chen, "Linearized electro-optic modulators based on a two-section Y-fed directional coupler," Appl. Opt. 49 (33), 6485-6488 (2010).

29 Beomsuk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, Raluca Dinu, and Ray T. Chen, "Bias-free Y-branch waveguide modulator based on domain-inversed modulation of electro-optic polymer," Proc. SPIE (2010).

30 Beomsuk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, Xiaolong Wang, Ray. T. Chen, Jingdong Luo, and Alex. K. Y. Jen, "Domain-inversion-equivalent EO polymer based Y-fed directional coupler modulator with high linearity", presented at the IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, (2009).

31 Beomsuk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, Xiaolong Wang, Ray T. Chen, Jingdong Luo, and Alex K. Y. Jen, "Bias-free electro-optic polymer-based two-section Y-branch waveguide modulator with 22 dB linearity enhancement," Opt. Lett. 34 (21), 3277-3279 (2009).

32 Beom Suk Lee, Che-Yun Lin, Alan X. Wang, and Ray T. Chen, "Demonstration of a Linearized Traveling Wave Y-Fed Directional Coupler Modulator Based on Electro-Optic Polymer," Lightwave Technology, Journal of 29 (13), 1931-1936 (2011).

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