Welcome to the Shastri Lab
Shastri Lab is part of the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy at Queen's University and is affiliated with the Centre for Nanophotonics, and NUCLEUS, a pan-Canadian photonic computing program (funded by NSERC CREATE) bridging artificial intelligence and quantum information.
A central theme of our research is studying photonic physics for computing to enable new forms of information and signal processing, including photonic computing, neuromorphic photonics, and quantum neuromorphic photonics, extending the domains of artificial intelligence, neuromorphic computing, and quantum information. Our interdisciplinary approach involves combining nanophotonics (the study of light at small scales) and complex systems (e.g., neural networks) on emerging substrates (e.g., compound semiconductors on silicon, ferroelectric materials, and polymers). These photonic processors could enable real-time applications in mathematical optimization, signal processing (wireless and fiber-optic communications), scientific computing, machine learning, and quantum information science. Please see our Research, Publications, and Media pages to learn more.
We have access to major shared infrastructure at Queen's, including the Centre for Nanophotonics (through the CFI-Innovation Fund program), Nanofabrication Kingston, and the Centre for Advanced Computing.
If you like to imagine, discover, and inspire, join our dynamic team. We always seek exceptional student researchers (graduate and undergraduate), postdocs, and visiting scholars. Please see the openings for more information.
Prof. Shastri talks to Optica about his research in silicon photonics for neuromorphic computing and artificial intelligence, and shares his excitement about working with his students at Queen's.