Portrait of Jinxin Hu

Jinxin (Jacob) Hu

PhD student in photonics at the University of Toronto

I am a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, where I work on integrated photonics. My research centres on light–matter interaction in III–V materials, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics.

Before moving to Toronto, I received my Master of Science in Physics, with a minor in Photonics, from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. At EPFL, I investigated the efficiency of InGaN/GaN quantum wells by deep-level optical spectroscopy for my master’s thesis with Prof. Nicolas Grandjean, and worked on all-optical poling of silicon-rich nitride waveguides for second-order nonlinear photonics with Prof. Camille-Sophie Brès.

EPFL, Lausanne Pencil sketch of EPFL: the Rolex Learning Center, its undulating roof lifting into arches, with the red EPFL letters on the lawn beside it and Lake Geneva and the Alps behind. Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland 46.52°N 6.57°E Lac Léman Rolex Learning Center SANAA, 2010
From Lausanne to Toronto A paper plane flies 6,400 km across the Atlantic from Lausanne to Toronto in September 2024. Atlantic Ocean 6,400 km Sept 2024
From Lausanne to Toronto A paper plane flies 6,400 km from Lausanne to Toronto in September 2024. Lausanne Toronto 6,400 km · Sept 2024
University of Toronto Pencil sketch of Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto, its green dome and Ionic portico, with the CN Tower rising behind. Toronto University of Toronto 43.66°N 79.40°W CN Tower 553 m Convocation Hall Darling & Pearson, 1907

Journey

  1. 2024 – now
    University of Toronto Toronto

    PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering

  2. 2021 – 2024
    EPFL Lausanne

    MSc in Physics, minor in Photonics

Research

  • III–V light–matter interaction
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Quantum optics

News

  • I have been awarded my Master of Science degree in Physics by EPFL. From today, I am authorized to use the title of Physicien (Phys. dipl. EPF). :tada:
  • I am starting my PhD study in Photonics at the Department of ECE, University of Toronto. :maple_leaf:
  • I have successfully defended my master’s thesis! :sparkles: 🥳
  • I have successfully finished my photonics minor at EPFL! :sparkles: :smile:
  • Moving from jacobstudio.top
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Selected publications

  1. Experimental study on electrohydrodynamic flows of a dielectric liquid in a needle-plate configuration under direct/alternating current electric field
    Zhihao Sun, Dexin Sun, Jinxin Hu et al. · Journal of Electrostatics, 2020
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Contact

The best way to approach me is to write me an email!

Room SFB540, Department of ECE · 10 King's College Road · Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada

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