About Ali Adibi's Work
My research is focused on the development of new material and device platforms for integrated nanophotonics. We have extensive experience in design, optimization, simulation, and fabrication of high-speed, low-power, and ultra-compact reconfigurable integrated photonic structures for optical sensing, optical communications, optical interconnection, and optical signal processing. Our group has pioneered several high-quality hybrid CMOS-compatible material platforms (e.g., double-layer silicon, silicon-on-silicon nitride, silicon-carbide-on-insulator) that have enabled integrated nanophotonic devices (e.g., high-quality-factor resonators) with unprecedented performance measures. These material platforms enable monolithic integration of passive, active, nonlinear, and quantum photonic nanostructures on a single substrate. We are also active in using plasmonic nanoantenna arrays as both sensors and metasurfaces for imaging and spectroscopy applications. Despite being known as a world leader in the field of integrated nanophotonics, we have pioneered several high-frequency integrated phononic (or acoustic) crystal structures in CMOS-compatible platforms.
Awards and Achievements
NSF CAREER Award
Presidential Early Career award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
PIE Technology Achievement Award
Georgia Tech Richard M. Bass Outstanding Teacher Award
Class of 1940 Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award from Georgia Tech
Outstanding Leadership Award for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants from Georgia Tech
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching from Georgia Tech
Advisor of the Best Georgia Tech PhD Thesis Award (8 times) from Sigma Xi, Georgia Tech
Fellow of SPIE, OSA, and AAAS