Hello there, I am Charles.
I am currently a PhD researcher at the sNOm Laboratory, Politecnico di Milano, where my work primarily focuses on nonlinear optics. Prior to this, I completed my Master’s degree in Photonics Engineering at the Photonics Research Group (PRG) of Ghent University – IMEC, Belgium.
Welcome to my digital archive. This space serves as a personal repository for my academic research, collections, and reflections.
The title of this site, S.S.S., stands for “Study Something Shining”, a straightforward yet romantic tribute to the field of photonics to which I am dedicated. I have a profound appreciation for this “shiny” science and the light it sheds on the physical world.
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The visual framework of this website is MetroTypo, a custom Hugo theme I designed and developed.
For this plain text Hugo theme, I crafted a tailored aesthetic language Lucid Void: A web design language born from Lucentia (my personal design ethos & visual laboratory).
Lucid Void synthesizes the expansive, spatial navigation paradigms of the classic Metro UI with the tactile depth and realistic shadows of Material Design. The foundation I built is intentionally restrained: a strictly monochromatic “void” of black, white, and gray. This absolute quietness allows the lucid Teal and Autumn Orange accents to leap out, injecting life and my personal identity into the site.
By stripping away redundant visual noise, this architecture returns the absolute focus to the content itself.