Research & Experience

Research Interests:

RF/mm-wave analog Photonics

High speed Optical transceivers

High speed electrical/optical interconnects

Signal Integrity

Computational Electromagnetics

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Academics

4 years - Research Assistant - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2.5 years - Software Engineer II - Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA
1.5 years - Research Assistant - Teledyne LeCroy Signal Integrity Lab, Longmont, CO
1 year - Design project student - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO
Internships
- Keysight Labs, Santa Clara, CA
- Lumerical Operations, San Jose, CA
- Raytheon Technologies (Remote)
- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA

Electrical and Photonics design software
- HFSS, Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Sigrity, Lumerical, Keysight ADS, Synopsys TCAD, Synopsys RSOFT, Altium designer, Sonnet
Electrical and Photonics measurement
- High frequency network analyzers and oscilloscopes, RF probe calibration and measurements (S-parameters, Noise Figure, P1dB, IIP3, SFDR), Optical measurements (Fiber to chip vertical coupling, material characterization, loss and delay measurements), Measurements using tunable laser source
Photonic layout
- Taped out in AMF, AIM foundry. Currently taping out in imec. Experience in using KLayout and Tanner
Coding and automation
- Python, MATLAB, C++, Arduino, External DAC/ADC with SPI, Embedded C
Coding tools and libraries
- Jupyter, Google collab, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Scikit, Keras, Pandas, Numpy
Documentation and editing
- Microsoft office, Adobe suite

High speed linear Mach-Zehnder Modulator for analog RF links
Reconfigurable photonic bandpass filters
Dual-Polarization IQ transmitter and coherent receiver in Silicon Photonics and Lithium Niobate

Yu-Lun Luo, Dharma Paladugu et al., Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2024 (co-first author)
Yu-Lun Luo, Dharma Paladugu et al., IEEE Photonics Conference, 2023
Eric Bogatin, Dharma Paladugu et al., SI Journal, 2017
M. Piket-May, Dharma Paladugu et al., URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2017

President - ECE Graduate Student Association, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Senator - Graduate and Profession Student Government, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Vice President of Professional Development - ECE Graduate Student Association, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Panel member - The Honor Council, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Photographer and event planner - Desi Aggies, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Secretary - Brazos Valley Astronomy Club, Bryan, TX
Event organizer - IEEE Young Professionals, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, CA
Secretary - Cadence AHgorithms Toastmasters club, San Jose, CA