Photonics at Stanford University
Photonics research at Stanford University is strongly interdisciplinary, and includes the fields of laser optics, microscopy, neuroscience, solar cells, ophthalmology, and telecommunications, to name just a few. Find out more »
Faculty Spotlight
Jelena Vuckovic: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Professor Vuckovic’s group performs experimental and theoretical research in nanoscale and quantum photonics. Particular areas of interest are photonic crystal devices and integration, solid state photonic quantum information technologies, and associated nanofabrication technology. Vuckovic’s group recently developed ultra-fast photonic crystal nanolasers with 100 GHz response, and quantum dot-photonic crystal cavity single photon sources for quantum cryptography. In collaboration with the Miller and Harris groups, Dr. Vuckovic’s group works on silicon-based lasers.
Research & News
Science Meets Innovation at Stanford Photonics Research Center
April 1, 2010
It's 50 years since the birth of the laser and to mark the imminent anniversary physicsworld.com will be cranking up its coverage of photonic science, technologies and applications over the coming weeks.
For starters, there's our latest video exclusive, a vox pop with faculty and students at the Stanford Photonics Research Center (SPRC), part of Stanford University in California and home to one of largest photonics research programmes in the US.
SPRC's Ginzton Laboratory is the focal point for that programme and an interdisciplinary research team that comprises around 40 professors and 200 graduate students and postdocs. Theirs is a wide-ranging brief – SPRC working groups span information technology, telecommunications, integrated photonics, microscopy, neuroscience and solar cells – though with a common objective: to partner with industry to bring innovative photonic technologies to market.
Behavior of single protein observed in unprecedented detail by Stanford chemists
March 10, 2010
Scrutinizing a single molecule for more than a few milliseconds used to require effectively "stapling" it down, inhibiting its normal behavior. Now, using a technique recently developed in their lab, Stanford chemists have for the first time confined a protein (one involved in photosynthesis), observed its behavior for more than a second and learned things about it that could influence solar energy technology and biofuels.
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Membership in the Stanford Photonics Research Center is available to companies interested in establishing mutually-beneficial relationships with the Stanford photonics community. Membership fees directly support research and teaching in photonics at Stanford; in turn, members gain facilitated access to Stanford photonics students, faculty, and current and emerging areas of research at Stanford.
Stanford Photonics Research Center
Ginzton Laboratory - AP 207 - Stanford University - Stanford, CA 94305-4088
P: 650-723-5627
F: 650-725-1822
Email: photonics@stanford.edu
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