Rushin Contractor, co-founder and CTO of TopoLight is using his extensive experience in optoelectronics and photonic design to enhance the performance of semiconductor lasers. His expertise is built on research conducted during his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at UC Berkeley. Contractor also holds a B.Tech and M.S. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, respectively.

TopoLight is developing the next generation of semiconductor lasers and a unified design framework for a wide range of applications. This advancement increases the efficiency of lasers for low-power applications and enables the creation of compact devices capable of emitting high-intensity coherent light.