"We do fundamental and highly interdisciplinary nanomaterials research here," says professor Stefan Strauf, director of the Nanophotonics Lab. The lab emphasizes collaboration among researchers from diverse disciplines to realize transformative applications in sustainable energy, quantum computing and cybersecurity.
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.
Stefan Strauf published a paper in prestigious journal Nature Communications. The paper discusses his research on increasing the efficiency of carbon nanotubes as a light source by a factor of 180.
“My internship at LLNL solidified my decision about going to graduate school because it helped to remove any apprehension I had about choosing that path,” says engineering physics undergraduate MacKenzie Randle. “I got to see firsthand what I could do with a Ph.D., and realized that I really wanted to work in research.”
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.
The Department of Physics conducts formative research in pioneering areas such as quantum systems, nanophotonics and optics.
The Center for Distributed Quantum Computing harnesses the possibilities of quantum mechanics and offers revolutionary information processing and speed.
Becoming global leaders in remote sensing of the environment and in the development of instruments for measuring environmental changes
Fabrication and quantum-optical characterization of functional nanostructured devices made from compound semiconductors and graphitic nanomaterials
Investigates the high-speed response of new lasers and materials and passive and active optical systems for higher speed networks
Designs quantum control methods which are paramount in modern investigations of light-matter interactions and technological applications
