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Islam I. Abdulaal

Integrated nanophotonics, quantum photonic sources, nonlinear on-chip devices, physics-informed inverse design, and wave-equation-constrained neural networks for photonic device optimization.

Integrated Photonics Researcher
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Research concentrates on integrated nanophotonic devices: quantum entangled-photon sources, nonlinear material platforms, and physics-informed computational methods for device inverse design.

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NanoPhotoNet-MPM: Physics-Informed Neural Surrogate for Inverse SPDC Design

Prerelease, 2026

A physics-informed neural surrogate framework combining an EigenmodeDeepONet transverse eigensolver, a deterministic physics conversion layer, and a CWE-PINN longitudinal propagator for inverse design of modal phase-matched biphoton quantum light sources in anisotropic monoclinic NbOCl2 waveguides.

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Recent Activity

Aug 2026

Education

Completed B.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering

Graduated from Alexandria University with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering.

Jun 2026

Preprint

Beyond Data-Driven: How Physics-Informed Neural Networks are Reshaping Multi-Physics Design and Discovery

Preprint posted on arXiv.

Jun 2026

Paper

Recent advances in terahertz-based bound states in the continuum metasurfaces for 6G communications and MedTech

Paper accepted in Journal of Optics.

Jan 2026

Talk

ECE Unlocked | Technical Orientations '26' | Islam I. Abdulaal

Talk at IEEE SSCS AUSC.