Professor Dr. Amit Agrawal

Biography

Amit Agrawal is an Associate Professor of Optical Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from India, followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah. Agrawal completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland/NIST, where he focused on plasmonics and metamaterials. Before joining Cambridge, he served in faculty positions at Syracuse University and held positions as a Staff Scientist at NIST and the Army Research Lab. His research group specializes in ultrafast optics, nonlinear optics, and integrated photonics, with a strong emphasis on developing metasurfaces and integrated nanophotonic devices. This work aims to miniaturize quantum systems for applications in quantum sensing and computing, leveraging both active and passive photonic technologies. Agrawal's recent efforts have included the development of fully integrated quantum platforms and scalable technologies for various applications, including quantum sensing and atomic clocks.

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