Institute of Optics

Compared to long, tedious hours of scanning by undergraduates, a breakthrough technology can detect monolayers with 99.9 percent accuracy—in far less time and at a fraction of the cost.

The inexpensive, portable device could help safeguard against future pandemics and detect viruses and infections in underserved populations.

Two new awards will help the University of Rochester address a pressing need for highly trained PhD graduates and prepare a more diverse pipeline of optics professionals.

The Center for Visual Science director has been elected a Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.

Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.

The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.

Joseph Eberly, the Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and a professor of optics, is recognized for pioneering contributions to quantum optics theory.

Researchers at the Institute of Optics for first time distill novel interferometry into a photonic device.

Engineers have taken advantage of the quantum entanglement phenomenon to generate unprecedented bandwidth and brightness on chip-sized nanophotonic devices.