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2024 Optics Day

April 23, 2024
Optics Day, an annual event, invites curious minds of all ages and backgrounds to explore the wonders of optics and photonics. It provides an incredible opportunity for the community to become more familiar with CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics in a relaxed, non-classroom setting. Previous Next

UCF Researcher Pioneers Chiral Molecule Sensing Method to Enhance Drug Development

April 2, 2024
Promising UCF technology is illuminating new ways to examine molecules with precision, an advancement that can help enhance drug development and new therapies. The new technology, a plasmonic platform that significantly improves the detection of the chirality of molecules, was developed by UCF NanoScience Technology Center professor Debashis Chanda. The work is detailed in a…

UCF Awards Optics and Photonics Professor Shin-Tson Wu with Medal of Societal Impact

March 28, 2024
Nearly every modern device screen you’ve held in your hand, from an Apple iPhone and Nintendo Game Boy to augmented reality (AR) glasses, was made possible because of the invention of a UCF professor. College of Optics and Photonics Professor Shin-Tson Wu’s pioneering research in the evolution of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) has led to…

CREOL Faculty and CREOL Alum Lead $1.5M Project to Improve Efficiency of Solar Cells

March 11, 2024
A team of researchers from the University of Central Florida and the University of Delaware’s Institute of Energy Conversion has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Technologies Office to develop a novel metallization process that could improve the efficiency and lower the cost of solar cells, making solar energy…

CREOL Announces 2024 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Winner

March 1, 2024
Mr. Smirnov pioneered the early development of volume Bragg grating(VBG) technology in PTR glass. He was the principal investigator of ten + research projects on technology development of volume Bragg gratings for spectroscopy, high energy femtosecond lasers, and spectral beam combining. He is cofounder of OptiGrate Corp in 1999, coauthor of 10+ US patents and…

2023-24 Student of the year: Dmitrii Konnov

February 22, 2024
Dmitrii Konnov Dual-Comb Molecular Spectroscopy from Mid-IR to TH I present our recent results on the producing of ultra-broadband frequency combs in the mid-IR – THz range and their applications in dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) with electro-optic sampling (EOS) that feature: sub-Doppler resolution, sensitivity down to part-per-billion level, and up to video-rate acquisition speed. Brief bio:…

Fall 2023 Dean’s List

February 1, 2024
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…