What are intraocular lenses? And how can they restore sight for patients with cataracts?
New technology is quickly improving the world’s most common form of eye surgery.
Sarah Bjornland ’17: Embracing her management superpowers
Meaningful connections with faculty and industry experts helped the Rochester graduate find her niche in the field of optics.
The surprising way that fiber optics connects us
An optics expert explains how thin strands of glass that transmit light make modern telecommunications possible.
New laser smaller than a penny can measure objects at ultrafast rates
The chip-scale laser has applications ranging from guiding autonomous vehicles to detecting gravitational waves.
Pioneering physicist and optical scientist Joseph Eberly remembered
His serendipitous original foray into optics research would help advance the fields of quantum optics and optical physics.
University of Rochester and RIT develop experimental quantum communications network
The Rochester Quantum Network uses single photons to transmit information over dual fiber-optic telecommunications lines.
Rochester engineers serve the community through design capstone projects
Rochester seniors and master’s students provide businesses and nonprofits solutions to real-world problems.
Do neurons transmit light?
Rochester researchers aim to determine if neurons can transport light like fiber-optic communications channels.
March 2025 in photos
A look back in photos at how we spent a busy March at the University of Rochester.
Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers
Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.