Lasers. Autonomous Vehicles. Video Game Displays. Medical Imaging. Fiber Optics. The Internet. Photonics makes these things, and much more, possible. CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics at UCF, provides hands-on experience as students explore this exciting field of science.…

Event: Webinar hosted by Konstantin Vodopyanov and presented by Laser Focus World Title: Laser Spectroscopy with Optical Frequency Combs: From Terahertz to Ultraviolet Summary: Optical frequency combs—recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005—are laser sources comprising hundreds of…

Title: Progress in brightness, power, and efficiency of semiconductor lasers for high power applications Abstract: Semiconductor lasers are a key component in numerous emerging photonics-enabled technologies, including additive manufacturing, data centers for artificial intelligence, inertial navigation, optical power beaming, photon sail propulsion…

Title: Advances in Heterogeneous Integrated Photonics for Scalable Quantum Technologies Abstract: Integrated photonics is revolutionizing how we generate, manipulate, and transmit quantum information. While the scalability and manufacturability of silicon photonics has been a driver of many quantum photonic technologies…

Get your resume ready for the Spring Optics and Photonics Career Fair, hosted by CREOL. Open to students studying optics and photonics, engineering, and physics. Registration will open in September.

Title: Meta-Optics for Edge Computing Abstract: With the proliferation of networked sensors and artificial intelligence, there is an increasing need for edge computing where data is processed at the sensor level to reduce bandwidth and latency while still preserving energy…