August 25, 2020
Professor Konstantin Vodopyanov publishes a book titled “Laser-based Mid-infrared Sources and Applications“ Laser-based Mid-infrared Sources and Applications gives a comprehensive overview of the existing methods for generating coherent light in the important yet difficult-to-reach mid-infrared region of the spectrum (2–20 μm) and their applications. The book describes major approaches for mid-infrared light generation including ion-doped solid-state…
August 12, 2020
From UCF Today: Ayman Abouraddy, a professor in UCF’s College of Optics and Photonics, has been awarded the U.S. Department of Defense’s Newton Award for Transformative Ideas during the COVID-19 Pandemic. “The idea of this new award invokes a comparison to a not too dissimilar situation from ours today that arose in England in 1665,”…
August 11, 2020
Professor Ayman Abouraddy‘s paper “Anomalous refraction of optical spacetime wave packets” in Nature Photonics has been highlighted in an article in vice.com. “One of the most basic properties of light is that it changes speed and direction in different substances, such as water or air. This process, known as refraction, explains why a glass prism…
August 3, 2020
A paper “A Monolithically Integrated Racetrack Colliding-Pulse Mode-Locked Laser With Pulse-Picking Modulator” by Professor Peter Delfyett‘s Ultrafast Photonics group, in colaboration with Infinera, made the front cover of IEEE JQE August Issue. This work presents a novel InP-based Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) that monolithically integrates a racetrack mode-locked laser with a pulse-picking modulator and an…
July 28, 2020
Watch the Summer 2020 CREOL Commencement Ceremonies Summer 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremonies for CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics was on Saturday August 1, at 10:15 am.https://youtu.be/iITbo76rNO4 Ph.D. Graduates .elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b65796a .ae_thumb_wrapper.ae_image_ratio_yes .ae-post-image{padding-bottom:calc( 1.5 * 100% );}.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b65796a .ae-post-overlay{background-color:rgba(33,33,33,0.34);}.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ffa8993 .ae-element-post-title{text-align:center;color:#000000;}.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ffa8993 .ae-element-post-title:hover{color:#7a7a7a;}.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1bcc036 .ae-acf-wrapper{text-align:center;}.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1bcc036 .ae-acf-content-wrapper{display:inline-block;}.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1bcc036.ae-align-justify .ae-acf-content-wrapper{width:100%;text-align:center;}@media(max-width:1024px){.elementor-11130 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b65796a .ae_thumb_wrapper.ae_image_ratio_yes .ae-post-image{padding-bottom:calc( 1.5 *…
July 21, 2020
In a new article “Monolithic Chalcogenide Optical Nanocomposites Enable Infrared System Innovation: Gradient Refractive Index (GRIN) Optics” published in Advanced Optical Materials, a collaborative team, led by Professor Kathleen A. Richardson (corresponding author) and Dr. Myungkoo Kang (lead author) from the College of Optics and Photonics, reported a first-ever integrated approach to the design-processing-structure-property-performance relationship…
July 20, 2020
Professor Shin-Tson Wu’s paper “Liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode display: present status and future perspectives” has been selected as an outstanding paper in 2019 for Nature’s Light: Science & Applications. Recently, ‘Liquid crystal display (LCD) vs. organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display: who wins?’ has become a topic of heated debate. In this review,…
July 16, 2020
In a new paper “Mini-LED, Micro-LED and OLED displays: present status and future perspectives” published in Light: Science & Application, a team of scientists, led by Professor Shin-Tson Wu from the College of Optics and Photonics, conducted a comprehensive analysis of the performance of emerging display technologies used in smartphones, tablets, desktop monitors, TVs and…
July 7, 2020
Professor Miguel Bandres et al has published a paper “Observation of branched flow of light” in Nature. “When waves propagate through a weak disordered potential with correlation length larger than the wavelength, they form channels (branches) of enhanced intensity that keep dividing as the waves propagate. This fundamental wave phenomenon is known as branched flow.…
July 6, 2020
Graduate student Tao Zhan from Dr. Shin-Tson Wu‘s LCD group is one of the 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship recipients. The IEEE graduate student scholarship is highly competitive. Each year, there are only 10 recipients worldwide. Tao is the 7th recipient from the LCD group. Group members received this scholarship in 2006, 2009,…
June 11, 2020
Professor Peter Delfyett has been chosen as the recipient of the IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award for 2020. The William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award was established to recognize an exceptional single scientific contribution which has had a significant impact in the field of lasers and electro-optics in the past ten years. He…
May 31, 2020
The Dean’s List is compiled in recognition of scholastic honors to degree-seeking undergraduate students who earn a minimum 3.4 GPA, complete a minimum of 12 credit hours, earn no grade less than “C” (2.0) and no “I,” “U,” “N,” “NC,” or “WF” grades during a term. We congratulate these students who have achieved this high…