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Department of Physics
Stevens Quantum Research Wins Prestigious NSF RAISE-EQuIP Grants
PHY professor Stefan Strauf and assistant professor Yuping Huang won two of eight National Science Foundation RAISE-EQuIP grants to for their proposed research on technologies that could become the safest and most secure information networks ever seen.
Training the Next Generation of Quantum Engineers
Stevens' Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, a hub for interdisciplinary research and teaching, aims to produce the next generation of quantum engineers. Here's how.
Researchers Create First Scalable Platform for On-Chip Quantum Light Sources
PHY professor Stefan Strauf and his lab have engineered a way to create nanoscale light sources with unprecedented efficiency and precision, paving way for new developments in quantum computing and quantum cryptography.
The First US Campus Hybrid Quantum-Communications Network
Stevens just switched on the nation's first campus hybrid quantum communications network, thanks to the SES physics team who completed, tested and verified a pathbreaking three-node network, paving the way for super-secure communications on campus. Here's how.
Detecting Poisonous and Hazardous Air Contaminants From a Safe Distance
In collaboration with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command and with the support of the Office of Naval Research, physics professor Svetlana Malinovskaya is attempting to develop a new idea that might one day lead to a portable device that detects poisonous and hazardous contaminants in the air from a safe distance.
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The Department of Physics conducts formative research in pioneering areas such as quantum systems, nanophotonics and optics.
CDQC
The Center for Distributed Quantum Computing harnesses the possibilities of quantum mechanics and offers revolutionary information processing and speed.
Light & Life Laboratory
Becoming global leaders in remote sensing of the environment and in the development of instruments for measuring environmental changes
NanoPhotonics Lab
Fabrication and quantum-optical characterization of functional nanostructured devices made from compound semiconductors and graphitic nanomaterials
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
Investigates the high-speed response of new lasers and materials and passive and active optical systems for higher speed networks
Ultrafast Quantum Control
Designs quantum control methods which are paramount in modern investigations of light-matter interactions and technological applications
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Ting Yu
Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics
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