
Fenglin Xi
Research Assistant
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio, United States
This is Fenglin Xi (Frankie), a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at Kent State University, expecting to graduate in August 2025. My research focuses on liquid crystal and polarization optics, including devices such as polarization volume holograms (PVH), Pancharatnam phase devices (PPD), and spatial light modulators (SLM). I have experience in liquid crystal director modeling, optical simulations (RCWA, FDTD), and hands-on fabrication of liquid crystal devices.