University News Pairing light and sound to explore new frontiers in physics October 1, 2026 URochester researcher William Renninger is named one of 21 new Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators.
University News Three Rochester faculty members receive nation’s highest honor for early-career investigators January 16, 2025 Ehsan Hoque, William Renninger, and Petros Tzeferacos have been named Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipients.
Science & Technology New surface acoustic wave techniques could lead to surfing a quantum internet May 13, 2024 Researchers have developed new methods to couple light to sound waves that glide on surfaces.
Science & Technology Tapered optical fiber addresses challenge posed by Brillouin scattering February 17, 2023 Rochester researchers achieve strong optical-acoustic interactions with long-lived acoustic waves.
Science & Technology Novel chirped pulses defy ‘conventional wisdom’ June 16, 2021 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.
Science & Technology Rochester researchers document record-setting optical fiber September 23, 2020 The innovative fiber—made of seven capillaries surrounding a hollow core—may be a promising platform for quantum information processing and other applications.
Science & Technology Project creates more powerful, versatile ultrafast laser pulse July 24, 2020 Institute of Optics research sets record for shortest pulse for newly developed technology, work that has important applications in engineering and biomedicine.
University News Rochester scientists receive NSF CAREER awards February 11, 2020 The National Science Foundation has granted its most prestigious award in support of junior faculty, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, to several University of Rochester researchers this year.