Two Rochester researchers named AAAS fellows
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
A cure for blindness? A next-generation solar concentrator?
Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.
Andrew Berger honored for novel ways to monitor biological cells and tissues
The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.
Joseph Eberly honored as a ‘true visionary’ in optics
Joseph Eberly, the Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and a professor of optics, is recognized for pioneering contributions to quantum optics theory.
Tiny chip provides a big boost in precision optics
Researchers at the Institute of Optics for first time distill novel interferometry into a photonic device.
Rochester researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons
Engineers have taken advantage of the quantum entanglement phenomenon to generate unprecedented bandwidth and brightness on chip-sized nanophotonic devices.
‘High risk’ project uses quantum science to unlock new chemical reactions
Rochester scientists have secured national funding for a multi-institutional research effort that could alter the basic rules of chemistry.
Rochester researchers join national initiative to advance quantum science
Rochester researchers led by Todd Krauss, a professor of chemistry, are joining a major US Department of Energy-funded initiative to advance quantum science and technology.
Outstanding educators continued to shine during pandemic
Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami are the latest recipients of the University’s Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorships.
Novel chirped pulses defy ‘conventional wisdom’
Rochester researchers have advanced a groundbreaking technique first pioneered at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. As a result, they’ve produced chirped pulses in a way that works even with relatively low-quality, inexpensive equipment.