Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

Lasers and Photonics

Harnessing light and its energy to create world-changing solutions

ECE is home to internationally recognized leaders in lasers and photonics – a field that pushes the frontiers of light to enable technologies of the future, from lasers for advanced medical devices to fiber optics for global communications. Boasting one of the most powerful lasers in the world, known as ALEPH, we are proud to be a part of LaserNetUS – a network of facilities operating high-power lasers.

Faculty and Research Interests

Bartels’ profile

Interests: Ultrafast Optics and Lasers, Molecular Optoelectronics, Learning Control

Krapf’s profile

Interests: Single-Molecule Biophysics, Stochastic Processes, Membrane Dynamics, Anomalous Diffusion, Superresolution Imaging, Single-Particle Tracking

Lear’s profile

Interests: Photonic Biosensors, Microsystems Integration Including Microfluids, Bioinstrumentation, Optoelectronic Devices Including Laser Diodes, Waveguides and Photodetectors, Optical Interconnects and Communications Systems, Semiconductor Devices and Fabrication

Marconi’s profile

Interests: EUV and SXR (Soft X-Ray), Lasers and Applications, Nano-Lithography, Nano-Imaging

Menoni’s profile

Interests: Extreme ultraviolet/soft x-Ray photonics, Nano-microscopy and nano-spectrometry, Ion beam sputtering, Optical interference coatings

Notaros’ profile

Interests: Computational Electromagnetics, Higher Order Methods, RF/Antennas, Scattering, Remote Sensing of Snow/Rain, Weather Radar, MRI, Transformation Optics, EM Education

Rocca’s profile

Interests: Lasers, Plasmas, X-Ray Generation, Quantum Electronics

Wilson’s profile

Interests: Biomedical Optics, In Vivo Multiphoton Histology and Pathology , Nonlinear and Ultrafast Optics, Digital Signal Processing for Biomedical Imaging and Microscopy, Metabolic Spectroscopy and Imaging, Cancer Metabolism

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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet visited our laboratory where researchers produced micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency for a compact laser.

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