EDUCATION

2017 PhD, Physics

California Institute of Technology

Dissertation

2010 BA, Physics

Carleton College

EMPLOYMENT

2024—     Principal Engineer, Research

2022—2024 Senior Engineer, Research

Electromagnetics and Network Systems, RTX Technology Research Center

2018—2022 Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2017—2018 Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Physics, University of Ottawa

PATENTS

  1. X. Lu, K. Srinivasan, A. McClung, Compact microring scheme for chip laser injection locking and optical parametric oscillation, US Patent Application 2024/0283211 A1 (22 August 2024).
  2. S. Han, A. Arbabi, A. McClung, Alignment key including multi-focal meta-lens and alignment apparatus including the alignment key, US Patent Application 2024/0004211 A1 (January 4, 2024).
  3. A. Arbabi, A. C. McClung, Engineering chromatic response using cascaded metasurfaces, US Patent 11,624,933 (April 11, 2023).

PUBLICATIONS

  1. M. Ghahremani, A. McClung, B. Mirzapourbeinekalaye and A. Arbabi, 3D alignment of distant patterns with deep-subwavelength precision using metasurfaces, Nat. Commun. 15, 8864 (2024).
  2. Z. Li, A. Bhardwaj, J. He, W. Zhang, T. T. Tran, Y. Li, A. McClung, S. Nuguri, J. J. Watkins and S.-W. Lee, Nanoporous amorphous carbon nanopillars with lightweight, ultrahigh strength, large fracture strain, and high damping capability, Nat. Commun. 15, 8151 (2024).
  3. X. Lu, A. Chanana, Y. Sun, A. McClung, M. Davanco and K. Srinivasan, Band flipping and bandgap closing in a photonic crystal ring and its applications, Opt. Express 32, 20360 (2024).
  4. A. McClung, M. Torfeh, V. J. Einck, J. J. Watkins and A. Arbabi, Visible metalenses with high focusing efficiency fabricated using nanoimprint lithography, Adv. Opt. Mater. 12, 2301865 (2024).
  5. D. E. Jung, I. R. Howell, V. J. Einck, F. D. Arisoy, L. D. Verrastro, A. McClung, A. Arbabi and J. J. Watkins, Refractive index tuning of all-inorganic TiO2 nanocrystal-based films and high aspect ratio nanostructures using atomic layer deposition: Implications for high-throughput fabrication of metalenses, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 6, 2009 (2023).
  6. X. Lu, F. Zhou, Y. Sun, A. Chanana, M. Wang, A. McClung, V. A. Aksyuk, M. Davanco and K. Srinivasan, Rod and slit photonic crystal microrings for on-chip cavity quantum electrodynamics, Nanophotonics 12, 521 (2023).
  7. K. Zou, K. Pang, H. Song, J. Fan, Z. Zhao, H. Song, R. Zhang, H. Zhao, A. Minoofar, C. Liu, X. Su, N. Hu, A. McClung, M. Torfeh, A. Arbabi, M. Tur and A. Willner, High-capacity free-space optical communications using wavelength- and mode-division-multiplexing in the mid-infrared region, Nat. Commun. 13, 7662 (2022).
  8. M. Wang, F. Zhou, X. Lu, A. McClung, M. Davanco, V. A. Aksyuk, and K. Srinivasan, Fractional Optical Angular Momentum and Multi-Defect-Mediated Mode Renormalization and Orientation Control in Photonic Crystal Microring Resonators, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 186101 (2022).
  9. B. Mirzapourbeinekalaye, S. Samudrala, M. Mansouree, A. McClung and A. Arbabi, Free-space-coupled wavelength-scale disk resonators, Nanophotonics 11, 2901 (2022).
  10. B. Mirzapourbeinekalaye, A. McClung and A. Arbabi, General Lossless Polarization and Phase Transformation Using Bilayer Metasurfaces, Adv. Opt. Mater. 10, 2102591 (2022).
  11. X. Lu, A. McClung and K. Srinivasan, High-Q slow light and its localization in a photonic crystal microring, Nat. Photon. 16, 66 (2022).
  12. V. Einck, M. Torfeh, A. McClung, D. E. Jung, M. Mansouree, A. Arbabi and J. Watkins, Scalable Nanoimprint Lithography Process for Manufacturing Visible Metasurfaces Composed of High Aspect Ratio TiO2 Meta-atoms, ACS Photonics 8, 2400 (2021).
  13. M. Mansouree, A. McClung, S. Samudrala and A. Arbabi, Large-scale parameterized metasurface design using adjoint optimization, ACS Photonics 8, 455 (2021).
  14. A. McClung, S. Samudrala, M. Torfeh, M. Mansouree and A. Arbabi, Snapshot spectral imaging with parallel metasystems. Sci. Adv. 6, eabc7646 (2020).
  15. Y.C. Wu, S. Samudrala, A. McClung, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, A. Arbabi and J. Yan, Up- and Down-Conversion between Intra- and Inter-Valley Excitons in Waveguide Coupled Monolayer WSe2, ACS Nano 14, 10503 (2020).
  16. A. McClung, M. Mansouree and A. Arbabi, At-will chromatic dispersion by prescribing light trajectories with cascaded metasurfaces, Light Sci. Appl. 9, 93 (2020).
  17. M. Mansouree, H. Kwon, E. Arbabi, A. McClung, A. Faraon and A. Arbabi, Multifunctional 2.5D metastructures enabled by adjoint optimization, Optica 7, 77 (2020).
  18. A. P. Burgers, L. S. Peng, J. A. Muniz, A. C. McClung, M. J. Martin and H. J. Kimble, Clocked atom delivery to a photonic crystal waveguide, PNAS 116, 456 (2019).
  19. P. A. Rose, A. C. McClung, T. E. Keating, A. T. C. Steege, E. S. Egge and A. K. Pattanayak, Dynamics of `quantumness' measures in the decohering harmonic oscillator, Pramana J. Phys. 87, 32 (2016).
  20. A. Goban, C.-L. Hung, S.-P. Yu, J. D. Hood, J. A. Muniz, J. H. Lee, M. J. Martin, A. C. McClung, K. S. Choi, D. E. Chang, O. Painter and H. J. Kimble, Atom-Light Interactions in Photonic Crystals, Nat. Commun. 5, 3808 (2014).
  21. B. Brandstätter, A. McClung, K. Schüppert, B. Casabone, K. Friebe, A. Stute, P. O. Schmidt, C. Deutsch, J. Reichel, R. Blatt and T. E. Northup, Integrated fiber-mirror ion trap for strong ion-cavity coupling, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84 123104 (2013).