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Summer 2020 Graduates

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 *…

Novel infrared gradient refractive index materials

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…

Professor Shin-Tson Wu’s paper selected as outstanding paper in 2019 for Light: Science & Applications

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,…

Mini-LED, Micro-LED, and OLED displays: Present status and future perspectives

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…

Professor Miguel Bandres publishes paper “Observation of branched flow of light” in Nature

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.…

Tao Zhan receives 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship

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,…

Spring 2020 Dean’s List

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…

Nicholas Cox named Fulbright fellow

May 26, 2020
Graduate student Nicholas Cox has been named a Fulbright fellow. Nicholas will be traveling to Barcelona to work at ICFO. He will be using attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to study electron dynamics in solids. “The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs.  A candidate will…

Graduate student Tao Zhan wins 2020 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

May 13, 2020
Graduate student Tao Zhan wins 2020 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship. Winners are selected based on their “prospect for long-term contribution that the granting of an award will make to the field of optics, photonics or related field.”  Kate Medicus, the 2020 Scholarship Committee Chair, noted, “Congratulations to the winners of the SPIE 2020…

Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland Speaks with Spring 2020 CREOL Grads

May 13, 2020
Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland joined UCF College of Optics and Photonics graduates for a live Q&A session after their virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday May 2, and the public was invited to watch online. Strickland is renowned as one of the world’s leading pioneers in the field of ultrafast lasers. Her research with French physicist…