Members 
Principal Investigator
Prof. Jungwon Kim
 
Researchers 
Alumni 
 


PhDs


Dr. Kwangyun Jung   (정광연)
Current Position: Research Professor at Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan, Sep 2022-)

Senior Researcher at KIMM (Daejeon, Korea) [May 2019-Aug 2022]
Senior Engineer at Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon, Korea) [April 2017-April 2019]
Research Associate at SYRTE (Paris, France) [Mar 2016 - Mar 2017]
Master-PhD Student @ UPCaM [Feb 2010 - Dec 2015]
Worked on low-noise, fs-laser-based rf synchronization and synthesizers
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2016.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2010.
  • Selected Publication @ UPCaM:
    - K. Jung and J. Kim, "All-fibre-photonic signal generator for attosecond optical timing and ultralow-noise microwave," Scientific Reports 5, 16250 (2015).
    - K. Jung and J. Kim, "Characterization of timing jitter spectra in free-running mode-locked lasers with 340 dB dynamic range over 10 decades of Fourier frequency," Optics Letters 40, 316-319 (2015).
    - K. Jung, J. Lim, J. Shin, H. Yang, L. Chen, F. X. Kaertner, H. Kang, C. Min, and J. Kim, "Remote laser-microwave synchronization over kilometer-scale fiber link with few-femtosecond drift," Journal of Lightwave Technology 32, 3742-3748 (2014).
    - K. Jung, J. Shin, J. Kang, S. Hunziker, C. Min, and J. Kim, "Frequency comb-based microwave transfer over fiber with 7x10^(-19) instability using fiber-loop optical-microwave phase detectors," Optics Letters 39, 1577-1580 (2014).
    - K. Jung, J. Shin, and J. Kim, "Ultralow phase noise microwave generation from mode-locked Er-fiber lasers with subfemtosecond integrated timing jitter," IEEE Photonics Journal 5, 5500906 (2013).
    - K. Jung and J. Kim, "Sub-femtosecond synchronization of microwave oscillators with mode-locked Er-fiber lasers," Optics Letters 37, 2958-2960 (2012).
  • Awards: Outstanding Student Paper Award from COOC 2015, June 2015
                        Student Paper Competition Finalist in IEEE-IFCS 2013, 2014 & 2015
                        Outstanding TA Award from KAIST ME (MAE460 Automatic Control, Fall 2011)
  • Visiting Research: DESY-CFEL and MPQ (Germany)  [Aug 2014]
                                        Tianjin University and Peking University (China)  [Sep 2015]


  • Dr. Chur Kim   (김철)
    Current Position: Senior Researcher at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI, 한국전기연구원, Advanced Medical Device Research Division, Ansan, Korea, Jan 2017-)

    Master-PhD Student @ UPCaM [Feb 2011 - Dec 2016]
    Worked on low-noise and robust all-fiber mode-locked lasers based on PLC devices
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2017.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2011.
  • Selected Publication @ UPCaM:
    - C. Kim, D. Kwon, D. Kim, S. Choi, S. Cha, K. Choi, D. Yeom, F. Rotermund, and J. Kim, "Robust, low-noise, polarization-maintaining mode-locked Er-fiber laser with a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) device as a multi-functional element," Optics Letters 42, 1472-1475 (2017).
    - C. Kim, D. Kim, Y. Cheong, D. Kwon, S. Choi, H. Jeong, S. Cha, J. Lee, D. Yeom, F. Rotermund, and J. Kim, "300-MHz-repetition-rate, all-fiber, femtosecond laser mode-locked by planar lightwave circuit-based saturable absorber," Optics Express 23, 26234-26242 (2015).
    - C. Kim, S. Bae, K. Kieu, and J. Kim, "Sub-femtosecond timing jitter, all-fiber, CNT-mode-locked Er-laser at telecom wavelength," Optics Express 21, 26533-26541 (2013).
    - C. Kim, K. Jung, K. Kieu, and J. Kim, "Low timing jitter and intensity noise from a soliton Er-fiber laser mode-locked by a fiber taper carbon nanotube saturable absorber," Optics Express 20, 29524-29530 (2012).
  • Awards: Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award from KAIST ME, Sep 2017.
                        Outstanding Student Paper Award from Photonics Conference 2012, Dec 2012.
  • Other Activities: President of KAIST OSA Student Chapter [Apr 2014 - Apr 2015]


  • Dr. Heewon Yang   (양희원)
    Current Position: Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Foundry Manufacturing Center, Giheung, Korea, Mar 2018-)

    Master-PhD Student @ UPCaM [Feb 2011 - Dec 2017]
    Worked on laser-RF synchronization for KAERI ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) systems
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2018.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2013.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2011.
  • Selected Publication:
    - H. Yang, B. Han, J. Shin, D. Hou, H. Chung, I. Baek, Y. Jeong, and J. Kim, "10-fs-level synchronization of photocathode laser with RF-oscillator for ultrafast electron and X-ray sources," Scientific Reports 7, 39966 (2017).
    - H. Yang, H. Kim, J. Shin, C. Kim, S. Y. Choi, G.-H. Kim, F. Rotermund, and J. Kim, "Gigahertz repetition rate, sub-femtosecond timing jitter optical pulse train directly generated from a mode-locked Yb:KYW laser," Optics Letters 39, 56-59 (2014).
    - H. Yang, C. Kim, S. Y. Choi, G.-H. Kim, Y. Kobayashi, F. Rotermund, and J. Kim, "1.2-GHz repetition rate, diode-pumped Yb:KYW laser mode-locked by a carbon nanotube saturable absorber mirror," Optics Express 20, 29518-29523 (2012).
  • Awards: Outstanding Student Paper Award from OSK Winter Meeting 2013, Feb 2013.
                        Outstanding Poster Award from ICMTE 2012, Oct 2012.


  • Dr. Dohyun Kim  (김도현)
    Current Position: Senior Researcher at Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM, 한국기계연구원, Department of Laser and Electron Beam Application, Daejeon, Korea, December 2019-)

    Master-PhD student @ UPCaM [Mar 2014 - Nov 2019]
    Worked on compact, robust and low-noise femtosecond fiber lasers
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2020.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2016.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2014.
    Tampere Univ of Tech (Finland), Exchange Student [Jan 2012 - Jun 2012]
  • Selected Publication:
    - D. Kim, N. Park, H. Lee, J. Lee, D. Yeom, and J. Kim, "Graphene-based saturable absorber and mode-locked laser behaviors under gamma-ray radiation," Photonics Research 7, 742-747 (2019)
    - D. Kim, D. Kwon, B. Lee, and J. Kim, "Polarization-maintaining nonlinear-amplifying-loop-mirror mode-locked fiber laser based on a 3x3 coupler," Optics Letters 44, 1068-1071 (2019)
    - D. Kim, S. Zhang, D. Kwon, R. Liao, Y. Cui, Z. Zhang, Y. Song and J. Kim, "Intensity noise suppression in mode-locked fiber lasers by double optical bandpass filtering," Optics Letters 42, 4095-4098 (2017)
  • Awards: Outstanding Student Paper Award from OSK Winter Meeting 2018, Feb 2018.
  • Visiting Research: Tianjin University and Peking University (China)  [Aug 2016]


  • Dr. Chan-Gi Jeon  (전찬기)
    Current Position: Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Memory Manufacturing Technology Center, Hwaseong, Korea, Feb 2020-)

    Master-PhD student @ UPCaM [Mar 2014 - Jan 2020]
    Worked on optical-microwave phase detectors and their applications
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2020.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2016.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2014.
  • Selected Publication:
    - C. Jeon, Y. Na, B. Lee and J. Kim, "Simple-structured, subfemtosecond-resolution optical-microwave phase detector," Optics Letters 43, 3997-4000 (2018)
    - C. Jeon, S. Zhang, J. Shin and J. Kim, "Highly tunable repetition-rate multiplication of mode-locked lasers using all-fibre harmonic injection locking," Scientific Reports 8, 13875 (2018)
  • Awards: Outstanding Student Paper Award from COOC 2015, Jun 2015
                        Outstanding Paper Award from OSK Summer Meeting 2019, Jul 2019
  • Other Activities: Master student representative of KAIST ME [Mar 2015 - Feb 2016]


  • Dr. Junho Shin  (신준호)
    Current Position: Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Manufacturing Technology Center, Hwaseong, Korea, Dec 2021-)

    Postdoctoral Researcher at KAERI (Daejeon, Korea) [Mar 2020-Nov 2021]
    Master-PhD student @ UPCaM [Mar 2013 - Feb 2020]
    Worked on laser-electron synchronization for ultrafast science facilities
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2020.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2015.
    KAIST, Dual BS in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2013.
  • Selected Publication:
    - J. Shin, H. Kim, S. Park, H. Bark, I. Baek, K. Oang, K. Jang, K. Lee, F. Rotermund, Y. Jeong, and J. Kim, "Sub-10-fs timing for ultrafast electron diffraction with THz-driven streak camera," Laser and Photonics Reviews 15, 2000326 (2021)
    - H. Kim, N. Vinokurov, I. Baek, K. Oang, M. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Jang, K. Lee, S. Park, S. Park, J. Shin, J. Kim, F. Rotermund, S. Cho, T. Feurer, and Y. Jeong, "Towards jitter-free ultrafast electron diffraction technology," Nature Photonics 14, 245-249 (2020).
    - J. Shin, K. Jung, Y. Song, and J. Kim, "Characterization and analysis of timing jitter in normal-dispersion Er-fiber lasers with intra-cavity filtering," Optics Express 23, 22898-22906 (2015).
  • Awards: Best Poster Award from Asia-Pacific Laser Symposium (APLS) 2016, May 2016.
                      Outstanding Student Paper Award from OSK Winter Meeting 2016, Jan 2016.
                      Outstanding Poster Award from KAIST-Kyushu Univ ME Workshop 2014, Sep 2014.


  • Dr. Dohyeon Kwon   (권도현)
    Current Position: Senior Researcher at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, 한국표준과학연구원, Climate Watch and Hydrogen Quality Metrology Team, Daejeon, Korea, April 2021-)

    Master-PhD student @ UPCaM [Mar 2015 - Feb 2021]
    Worked on generation of ultra-stable frequency combs from integrated photonic systems
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2021.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2017.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2015.
    Karlsruhe Inst of Tech (Germany), Exchange Student [Aug 2012 - Apr 2013]
  • Selected Publication:
    - D. Kwon^, D. Jeong^, I. Jeon, H. Lee, and J. Kim, "Ultrastable microwave and soliton-pulse generation from fibre-photonic-stabilized microcombs," Nature Communications 13, 381 (2022).
    - D. Jeong^, D. Kwon^, I. Jeon, I. Do, J. Kim, and H. Lee, "Ultralow-jitter silica microcomb," Optica 7, 1108-1111 (2020).
    - D. Kwon, C. Jeon, D. Kim, I. Jeon, and J. Kim, "Femtosecond synchronization of multiple mode-locked lasers and a microwave oscillator by multi-color electro-optic sampling," Optics Letters 45, 3155-3158 (2020).
    - D. Kwon, I. Jeon, W. Lee, M. Heo, and J. Kim, "Generation of multiple ultra-stable optical frequency combs from an all-fiber photonic platform," Science Advances 6, eaax4457 (2020).
    - J. Wei^, D. Kwon^, S. Zhang, S. Pan, and J. Kim, "All-fiber-photonics-based ultralow-noise agile frequency synthesizer for X-band radars," Photonics Research 6, 12-17 (2018).
    - D. Kwon, C. Jeon, J. Shin, M. Heo, S. Park, Y. Song, and J. Kim, "Reference-free, high-resolution measurement method of timing jitter spectra of optical frequency combs," Scientific Reports 7, 40917 (2017).
    - D. Kwon and J. Kim, "All-fiber interferometer-based repetition-rate stabilization of mode-locked lasers with 10-14-level instability and 1-fs-level jitter over 1-s," Optics Letters 42, 5186-5189 (2017).
  • Awards:
    Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award from KAIST ME, Oct 2021.
    NRF Global PhD Fellowship, Aug 2018.
  • Visiting Research: UCLA, Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Lab (USA)  [Nov 2016]
                                          Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Ultrafast Photonics Lab (USA)  [Jun-Aug 2019]


  • Dr. Hyunsoo Kwak   (곽현수)
    Current Position: Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Memory Manufacturing Technology Center, Hwaseong, Korea, Mar 2023-)

    Master-PhD student @ UPCaM [Mar 2016 - Feb 2023]
    Worked on optical dimensional metrology for 3D semiconductor devices

  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2023.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2018.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2016.
  • Selected Publication:
    - H. Kwak and J. Kim, "(Invited Review) Semiconductor multilayer nanometrology with machine learning," Nanomanufacturing and Metrology 6, 15 (2023).
    - H. Kwak, Y. Na, C. Ahn, J. Bae, and J. Kim, "785-nm frequency comb-based time-of-flight detection for 3D surface profilometry of silicon devices," IEEE Photonics Journal 14, 3150908 (2022).
    - H. Kwak, S. Ryu, S. Cho, J. Kim, Y. Yang, and J. Kim, "Non-destructive thickness characterisation of 3D multilayer semiconductor devices using optical spectral measurements and machine learning," Light: Advanced Manufacturing 2, 9-19 (2021).
  • Selected Patents:
    - "Thickness prediction network learning method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and semiconductor material deposition equipment" with S. Ryu, S. Cho, Y. Yang, C. Lee and J. Kim, US Patent Application 16/678755.
  • Awards: Outstanding Paper Award from OSK Optics and Photonics Congress 2019, Jul 2019


  • Dr. Yongjin Na   (나용진)
    Current Position: Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Semiconductor R&D Center, Hwaseong, Korea, April 2023-)

    Master-PhD student @ UPCaM [Mar 2017 - Feb 2023]
    Worked on TOF-based methods for imaging dynamics of mechanical resonators

  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2023.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2019.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2017.
    Nanyang Technological Univ (Singapore), Exchange Student [Mar 2015 - Aug 2015]
  • Selected Publication:
    - Y. Na, H. Kwak, C. Ahn, S. Lee, W. Lee, C.-S. Kang, J. Lee, J. Suh, H. Yoo, and J. Kim, "Massively parallel electro-optic sampling of space-encoded optical pulses for ultrafast multi-dimensional imaging," Light: Science & Applications 12, 44 (2023).
    - Y. Na, C. Jeon, C. Ahn, M. Hyun, D. Kwon, J. Shin, and J. Kim, "Ultrafast, sub-nanometre-precision and multifunctional time-of-flight detection," Nature Photonics 14, 355-360 (2020).
  • Selected Patents:
    - "Ultrafast camera system and measurement method thereof" with H. Kwak, C. Ahn, and J. Kim, US Patent Application 17/333153.
    - "Optical phase detector using electric pulse, and sensing system" with J. Kim, US Patent Application 16/784401; EU Patent Application 20157356.5
  • Awards:
    - KAIST College of Engineering PhD Dissertation Award, Feb 2023
    - Woodeok Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Nov 2020
    - Outstanding Master's Graduate Award from KAIST ME Department, Dec 2019


  • Dr. Minji Hyun   (현민지)
    Current Position: Senior Researcher at Agency for Defense Development (ADD, 국방과학연구소, Daejeon, Korea, Oct 2024-)

    Master-PhD student [Mar 2018 - Feb 2024]; Postdoctoral Researcher [Mar 2024 - Aug 2024]
    Worked on on-chip clocking, data conversion and RF generation with photocurrent pulses

  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2024.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2020.
    Handong Global Univ, BS in Mechanical and Control Engineering, Feb 2018.
  • Selected Publication:
    - M. Hyun, C. Ahn, Y. Na, H. Chung, and J. Kim, "Attosecond electronic timing with rising edges of photocurrent pulses," Nature Communications 11, 3667 (2020).
    - M. Hyun, C. Jeon, and J. Kim, "Ultralow-noise microwave extraction from optical frequency combs using photocurrent pulse shaping with balanced photodetection," Scientific Reports 11, 17809 (2021).
    - M. Hyun, H. Chung, W. Na, and J. Kim, "Femtosecond-precision electronic clock distribution in CMOS chips by injecting frequency comb-extracted photocurrent pulses," Nature Communications 14, 2345 (2023).
    - M. Hyun, C. Ahn, Y. Bae, J. Cho, and J. Kim, "Femtosecond-resolution optical pulse interleaving time error detector," Optics Letters 48, 6472-6475 (2023).
  • Selected Patents:
    - "System for generating low-jitter digital clock signals using pulsed laser" with Y. Na, H. Chung and J. Kim, US Patent 11,082,032 B2 (issued on Aug 3, 2021)
  • Awards:
    - Outstanding Student Paper Award from OSK-Optica-OSJ Joint Symposia 2023, Aug 2023
    - Outstanding Student Paper Award from OSK Photonics Conference 2021, Dec 2021
    - Woodeok Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Nov 2021
    - Outstanding Master's Graduate Award from KAIST ME Department, Nov 2020
    - Selected as Chairs' Pick Paper of CLEO 2019, May 2019


  • Masters


    Dr. Suhyeon Park   (박수현)
    Current Position: Assistant Professor at Korea Aerospace University (March 2022 -)

    Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics [2020-2021]
    Post-doc at the University of Central Florida [2018 - 2020]
    Researcher at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) [Aug 2012 - Jul 2014]
    Master student @ UPCaM    [Sep 2010 - Jul 2012]
    Worked on indoor atmospheric optical pulses transfer
  • Education:
    VirginiaTech, PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Feb 2018.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aug 2012.
    Korea Univ, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Aug 2010.


  • Dr. Hyoji Kim   (김효지)
    Current Position: Samsung Electronics

    Master student @ UPCaM   [Sep 2011 - Aug 2013]
    Worked on high-rep-rate Yb-fiber lasers
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2019.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aug 2013.
    KAIST, Dual BS in Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics, Aug 2011.


  • Jiseok Lim   (임지석)

    Master student @ UPCaM  [Feb 2012 - Jun 2014]
    Worked on fiber link installation for PAL-XFEL timing
  • Education:
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aug 2014.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2012.


  • Sangho Bae   (배상호)
    Current Position: ADD

    Master student @ UPCaM   [Mar 2013 - Dec 2014]
    Worked on waveguide chip alignment and test set-up
  • Education:
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2015.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2013.


  • Dr. Jinho Kang   (강진호)
    Current Position: ETRI

    Master student @ UPCaM   [Mar 2013 - Dec 2014]
    Worked on time-of-flight stabilization of optical pulse trains
  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2021.
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2015.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2013.
  • Selected Publication @ UPCaM:
    - J. Kang, J. Shin, C. Kim, K. Jung, S. Park, and J. Kim, "Few-femtosecond-resolution characterization and suppression of excess timing jitter and drift in indoor atmospheric frequency comb transfer," Opt. Express 22, 26023-26031 (2014).


  • Jaegoan Lee   (이재관)
    Current Position: Samsung Electronics

    Previously with Kohyoung Technology R&D Center
    Master student @ UPCaM   [Mar 2017 - Dec 2018]
    Worked on robust fs lasers for free-space transfer
  • Education:
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2019.
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2017.
    Karlsruhe Inst of Tech (Germany), Exchange Student [Aug 2015 - Feb 2016]


  • Myeong-chan Park   (박명찬)

    Master student @ UPCaM [Sep 2021 - Jun 2023]
    Worked on silica micro-combs
  • Education:
    KAIST, MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aug 2023.
    Handong Global University, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Aug 2021.



  • Post-docs


    Dr. Youjian Song   
    Current Position: Associate Professor at Tianjin University (Tianjin, China, July 2011-)

    BK21 Postdoctoral Researcher @ UPCaM  [Feb 2010 - Jun 2011]
    Worked on low-noise fiber lasers; noise theory and simulations
  • Education:
    Tianjin University, PhD in Optics Engineering, Jun 2009.
    Tianjin University, BS in Electronics Science and Technology, Jun 2004.
  • Selected Publication with UPCaM:
    - J. Kim and Y. Song, "Ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and frequency combs: principles, status and applications," Advances in Optics and Photonics 8, 465-540 (2016).
    - W. Chen, Y. Song, K. Jung, M. Hu, C. Wang, and J. Kim, "Few-femtosecond timing jitter from a picosecond all-polarization-maintaining Yb-fiber laser," Opt. Express 24, 1347-1357 (2016).
    - P. Qin, Y. Song, H. Kim, J. Shin, D. Kwon, M. Hu, C. Wang, and J. Kim, "Reduction of timing jitter and intensity noise in normal-dispersion passively mode-locked fiber lasers by narrow bandpass filtering," Opt. Express 22, 28276-28283 (2014).
    - Y. Song, C. Kim, K. Jung, H. Kim, and J. Kim, "Timing jitter optimization of mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers toward the attosecond regime," Opt. Express 19, 14518-14525 (2011).
    - Y. Song, K. Jung, and J. Kim, "Impact of pulse dynamics on timing jitter in mode-locked fiber lasers," Opt. Lett. 36, 1761-1763 (2011).


  • Dr. Dong Hou   
    Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC, Chengdu, China, Feb 2016-)

    Visiting Researcher @ UPCaM  [Nov 2015 - Jan 2016]
    Worked on remote comb transfer and synchronization
  • Education:
    Peking University, PhD in Electronics, Jun 2012.
    North China University of Technology, BS in Electronic Engineering, Jul 2004.
  • Employment:
    KAIST (Prof. Kim's group), Visiting Researcher [Nov 2015-Jan 2016]
    Univ of Colorado (Prof. Schibli's group), Research Associate [Jul 2014-Oct 2015]
    Peking University (Prof. Zhao's group), Postdoctoral Fellow [Jul 2012-Jun 2014]
    Leadsec Ltd, Senior Hardware Engineer [Jan 2006-Jul 2007]
    E-World Ltd, Hardware Engineer [Apr 2004-Jan 2006]


  • Dr. Shuangyou Zhang  
    Current Position: Assistant Professor at Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

    BK21 Postdoctoral Researcher @ UPCaM [Aug 2016 - Aug 2017]
    Worked on mode-locked laser-based sensing and digital clock generation
  • Education: Peking University, PhD in Electronics, Jul 2016.


  • Dr. Xiao-Zhou Li
    Current Position: Associate Professor at Dalian University of Technology (Dalian, China, April 2019-)

    Postdoctoral Researcher @ UPCaM [Oct 2018 - Mar 2019]
    Worked on noise in temporal Talbot effect-based systems
  • Education:
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, INRS-EMT (Montreal, Canada)  [Jan 2017 - Sep 2018]
    PhD in Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Nov 2016.
  • Selected Publication with UPCaM:
    - X.-Z. Li, C. Jeon, S. Pan, and J. Kim, "Low-noise repetition-rate multiplication by injection locking and gain-saturated amplification," IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett. 31, 997-1000 (2019).


  • Dr. Ziye Wang   
    Current Position: Assistant Professor at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

    Postdoctoral Researcher @ UPCaM  [Nov 2022 - Nov 2023]
    Worked on microcomb- and OEO-based microwave photonics
  • Education:
    Southeast University, PhD in RF and OE-ICs, Sep 2022.
    Southeast University, ME in ASIC, Sep 2018.
    Southeast University, BS in Physics, Sep 2016.


  • Visiting Researchers and Undergraduate Students


    Dr. Yeonjoon Cheong  (정연준)
    Current Position: Postdoc at Univ of Washington

    Undergraduate Researcher @ UPCaM    [Mar 2014 - Jun 2015]
    Worked on characterization of ultrafast waveguide devices
  • Education:
    Univ of Michigan, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2021
    KAIST, BS in Mechanical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), Aug 2015


  • Dr. Peng Qin   
    Current Position: Researcher at Chinese Academy of Space Technology

    Visiting student researcher @ UPCaM  [Oct 2012 - Jan 2013]
    Worked on low-noise Yb-fiber lasers and amplifiers
  • Education:
    Tianjin University, PhD in Optics Engineering, Jul 2016
    Tianjin University, BS in Optoelectronic Technology Science, Jul 2011
  • Selected Publication @ UPCaM:
    - P. Qin, Y. Song, H. Kim, J. Shin, D. Kwon, M. Hu, C. Wang, and J. Kim, "Reduction of timing jitter and intensity noise in normal-dispersion passively mode-locked fiber lasers by narrow bandpass filtering," Opt. Express 22, 28276-28283 (2014).


  • Dr. Jieun Bae    (배지은)
    Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS, France

    URP Researcher @ UPCaM [Dec 2015 - Jun 2016]
    Worked on waveguide device characterization methods

  • Education:
    KAIST, PhD in Physics, Feb 2023.
    KAIST, BS in Physics, Feb 2017.
  • Awards: Best Poster Award from KAIST URP Program Workshop, Aug 2016.


  • Dr. Xing Lu   
    Current Position: Researcher at China Aerospace Science and Industry Co.

    Visiting PhD student researcher @ UPCaM  [Mar 2017 - Sep 2017]
    Worked on FLOM-PD-based TOF measurement technique
  • Education:
    Peking University, PhD in Physics, July 2018.
  • Selected Publication @ UPCaM:
    - X. Lu, S. Zhang, X. Chen, D. Kwon, C. Jeon, Z. Zhang, J. Kim, and K. Shi, "Ultrasensitive, high-dynamic-range and broadband strain sensing by time-of-flight detection with femtosecond-laser frequency combs," Sci. Rep. 7, 13305 (2017).
    - X. Lu, S. Zhang, C. Jeon, C. Kang, J. Kim, and K. Shi, "Time-of-flight detection of femtosecond laser pulses for precise measurement of large microelectronic step height," Opt. Lett. 43, 1447-1450 (2018).


  • Dr. Juan Wei  
    Visiting PhD student researcher @ UPCaM (supported by CSC fellowship)   [Nov 2016 - Oct 2017]
    Worked on low-noise microwave phase detector and photonic microwave generation
  • Education:
    NUAA, PhD in Electronic Engineering, Dec 2018.
    NUAA, MS in Electronic Engineering, Apr 2014.
    NUAA, BS in Electronic Engineering, Jun 2012.
  • Selected Publication @ UPCaM:
    - J. Wei, D. Kwon, S. Zhang, S. Pan, and J. Kim, "All-fiber-photonics-based ultralow-noise agile frequency synthesizer for X-band radars," Photon. Res. 6, 12-17 (2018).
    - J. Wei, S. Zhang, J. Kim, and S. Pan, "Compact phase detector for optical-microwave synchronization using polarization modulation," J. Lightw. Technol. 36, 4267-4272 (2018).


  • Suil Cho  (조수일)
    Visiting Researcher (from Samsung Electronics)   [Jun 2017 - May 2018]
    Worked on semiconductor metrology and inspection

  • Employment:
    Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Memory Manufacturing Operation Center, Feb 2010 - Present


  • Chan-Hyeok Kwon   (권찬혁)
    Undergraduate Researcher    [Jun 2022 - Aug 2022]
    Worked on simulation of laser-induced temperature changes in silicon

  • Education: Undergraduate Student in ME at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


  • Seunghyun Oh    (오승현)
    Undergraduate Researcher    [Jun 2022 - Aug 2022]
    Worked on the design of a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) photodetector

  • Education: Undergraduate Student in EE at Korea University


  • Dr. Hui Yang  
    CSC Scholarship-Supported Visiting Researcher [Nov 2021 - Oct 2022]
    Worked on the applications of microcombs for telecommunications

  • Employment:
    Assistant Professor, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiatong University [Jul 2014 - Present]
  • Education:
    Peking University, PhD in Communication and Information System, Jun 2014.


  • Jeewoo Kang    (강지우)
    Undergraduate Intern (MIT-Korea Program)    [Jun 2024 - Aug 2024]
    Worked on TOF detection using chirped optical pulses

  • Education: Undergraduate Student in EECS at MIT