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Tag: Institute of Optics

Rochester named an REU site for undergraduate semiconductor research

Rochester named an REU site for undergraduate semiconductor research

May 16, 2023

The National Science Foundation has named Rochester as one of six new grant-supported Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) sites.

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Federal funding bolsters Rochester’s development of next-generation lasers

Federal funding bolsters Rochester’s development of next-generation lasers

May 11, 2023

The National Science Foundation grant will connect University, industry, and business partners to grow the region’s laser workforce.

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Sam Becker ’25 reaches a sled hockey milestone

Sam Becker ’25 reaches a sled hockey milestone

March 21, 2023

The optics major, a bone cancer survivor, is a member of the Buffalo Sabres and the US Men’s Development sled hockey teams.

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Tapered optical fiber addresses challenge posed by Brillouin scattering

Tapered optical fiber addresses challenge posed by Brillouin scattering

February 17, 2023

Rochester researchers achieve strong optical-acoustic interactions with long-lived acoustic waves.

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Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient

Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient

February 16, 2023

By harnessing the power of metals, Rochester researchers are making the material an ever more viable replacement for silicon in solar cells and detectors.

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Rochester faculty garner recognition for professional accomplishments

Rochester faculty garner recognition for professional accomplishments

December 1, 2022

Several University of Rochester faculty members have received awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

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Novel imaging system could mean near-instant biopsy results

Novel imaging system could mean near-instant biopsy results

September 27, 2022

The new imaging system developed by Michael Giacomelli, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and of optics, uses two-photon fluorescence microscopy (TPFM).

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Institute of Optics aims for 50 percent increase in faculty

Institute of Optics aims for 50 percent increase in faculty

September 18, 2022

A $12 million challenge fund presents an opportunity to increase the program’s prominence at a critical time for the optics field.

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Developers of bladeless LASIK earn AAAS Golden Goose Award

Developers of bladeless LASIK earn AAAS Golden Goose Award

September 15, 2022

The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has honored the the contributions of a five-member team, including Nobel Prize–winning researchers Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, to the field of corrective eye surgery. Strickland and Mourou’s discovery of chirped pulse amplification at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics helped make bladeless LASIK possible.

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Star struck: Dispatches from the James Webb Space Telescope

Star struck: Dispatches from the James Webb Space Telescope

July 12, 2022

Humanity’s best looks at the universe so far were made possible by the contributions of scientists, engineers, and supporters—including University of Rochester community members.

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