I design circuits that move single photons — one degree above absolute zero.
Light is the most reliable medium we know to carry quantum information.
My work is to draw the circuits that guide it — a few microns of silicon nitride able to manipulate a single photon with the care of a watchmaker fitting a balance wheel.
I build the tools that will take photonic quantum computing out of the lab.
"One photon at a time. Nothing is smaller. Nothing is faster."
Spin-off built on the NTU research. Commercialising waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) for quantum applications.
Doctorate awarded with a thesis on waveguide-integrated silicon nitride SNSPDs.
Developing waveguide-integrated SNSPDs. Three SiN tape-outs at Cornerstone and Ligentec, end-to-end fabrication workflow, cryogenic characterisation below 4 K. Supervised 5 thesis students. Raised SGD 250,000 for a commercial prototype. Teaching assistant across 4 courses (rating 4.5/5).
Five-person team developing a photonic integrated chip for entanglement distribution of ion qubits. Numerical optimisation of LiNbO₃ integrated SNSPDs and installation of cryogenic RF lines at 1.8 K.
Master's degree at Politecnico di Milano with an exchange semester at Keio University, Tokyo.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics, graduated with honors.
Martinelli, Vetlugin, Dong, Koh, Sidorova, Kurtsiefer, Soci. Inline single-photon measurement scheme based on bound states in the continuum coupled to SNSPDs.
Vetlugin, Martinelli, Dong, Soci. Photon-number-resolving detection scheme that avoids the spatial or temporal multiplexing usually required.
Establishing a complete cleanroom-to-cryostat pipeline for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated on photonic waveguides.
Organising professional development and networking events for early-career researchers in quantum technologies, Singapore.
Mentoring three college students pursuing a career in quantum computing.
Founded the first entrepreneurial student club at Politecnico di Milano. Coordinated a team of 20 students.
Open to research collaborations, integrated photonics consulting and investment opportunities in aQuila Photonics.
