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.

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg • Max Planck School of Photonics • Erlangen, Germany

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.

Integrated Nanophotonics Quantum Photonics Intelligent Photonics

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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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Oct 2026

award

Awarded Max Planck School of Photonics (MPSP) Scholarship

Selected for the national photonics excellence scholarship program.

Oct 2026

Education

Admitted to M.Sc. in Advanced Optical Technologies (MAOT) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Began graduate studies within the Elite Network of Bavaria focusing on optical technologies and nanophotonics.

Sep 2026

Preprint

NanoPhotoNet-MPM: A Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Inverse Design of NbOCl<sub>2</sub> Biphoton Quantum Sources

Preprint posted on Preprints.org.

Aug 2026

Education

Completed B.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering

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