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Alec Hammond

Alec Hammond

Research Assistant
Alumni

Research Projects: Quantum Communications, Computational Photonics, Silicon Photonics
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About

Alec Hammond received his B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Brigham Young University in 2017 after just three years of study. He completed his M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering with an emphasis in integrated optics. Before starting his M.S. degree, he interned with Cirrus Logic's signal processing research team, where he was awarded the Cirrus Logic Hackworth Graduate Fellowship. During his tenure as an MS candidate, he was awarded a 2018 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field. Alec Hammond received his Master's degree from BYU in April, 2019, after which he joined a Ph.D. program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Research

Alec is currently working on various projects, from pioneering a quantum communications transceiver to developing software tools that improve integrated optics modeling processes using machine learning.

Publications

Journal Publications

  • A. M. Hammond, E. Potokar, and Camacho, R. M. (2019). "Accelerating Silicon Photonic Parameter Extraction using Artificial Neural Networks", arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.08176.
  • A. M. Hammond and R. M. Camacho. "Designing Silicon Photonic Devices using Artificial Neural Networks", arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.03816. (2018)
  • A. M. Hammond, I. W. Frank, and R. M. Camacho, “Error Correction in Structured Optical Receivers,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1–8, Nov. 2018.
  • A. Hammond et al., “Modal analysis using fiber Bragg gratings,” Applied Acoustics, vol. 136, pp. 29–35, Jul. 2018.
  • F. Seng et al. "Optical electric field sensor sensitivity direction rerouting and enhancement using a passive integrated dipole antenna". Appl. Opt., AO, vol. 56, no. 17, pp. 4911-4916, 2017.
  • F. Seng et al., “Optical Sensing of Electric Fields in Harsh Environments,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 669–676, Feb. 2017.
  • F. Seng et al., “Split Hopkinson bar measurement using high-speed full-spectrum fiber Bragg grating interrogation,” Appl. Opt., AO, vol. 55, no. 25, pp. 7179–7185, Sep. 2016.

Conference Publications

  • A. M. Hammond and R. M. Camacho. “Open Source Computational Photonics Toolbox”. Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science. Optical Society of America, 2018, JTu2A.138.
  • A. Hammond et al. “High Repetition Rate Shape Sensing Using Fiber Bragg Gratings”. 2017 Test Instrumentation Workshop. International Test and Evaluation Association, 2017.
  • F. Seng, et. al. “Measurement of High Electric Fields using Slab-Coupled Optical Sensors (SCOS)”. 2016 DEPS education workshop. Directed Energy Professional Society, 2016.