optics
Researchers explored a fluid-based optical device known as an electrowetting prism to steer lasers at high speeds for advanced imaging applications. This new frontier in miniature lasers opens the door to new technologies in microscopy, LiDAR, optical communications and even brain imaging.
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder postdoc Catherine Saladrigas is helping bring high-resolution imaging into miniature microscopes for neuroscience research.
Researchers at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder have developed a new bioimaging device that can operate with significantly lower power and in an entirely non-mechanical way. It could one day improve detecting eye and even heart conditions.
As part of a major federal endeavor to combat climate change, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder is advancing marine carbon dioxide removal techniques to cut harmful greenhouse gasses by providing new methods for monitoring verification and reporting.
PhD student Jonathan Musgrave earned a 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for his promising research in laser physics and nonlinear photonics.
PhD student's study, published in the journal Applied Physics Letters, sheds light on the impact of low-frequency mechanical vibrations on electrowetting-based devices and promotes their application in diverse fields.
PhD student Thariq Shanavas shares more on the project and his experiences as an interdisciplinary graduate student.
Research into quantum engineering may provide a number of significant advancements in sensor technology, but optical loss and signal noise have – until recently – held these applications back.
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä getting new new electron beam lithography system for quantum engineering, nanofabricationA state-of-the-art instrument coming soon to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder will improve research around quantum engineering and may eventually prove to be a game-changer for interdisciplinary materials and device research in the Rocky Mountain region.
In ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's COSINC lab, researchers like Won Park use state-of-the art tools to design incredibly small electronic devices—some features measuring just 10 nanometers in size, or less than a millionth of an inch.