Photonics and Nano Devices Research at UW ECE includes quantum electronics, nanoscale optics, novel photon sources, and optical metamaterials, with applications in quantum science, imaging, biomedical sensing, and other areas. Our faculty work closely with colleagues in the Department of Physics and several faculty hold joint and secondary appointments in Physics.“Many ECE faculty are members of the Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoES), a NSF National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) node that hosts the Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF) to support academic institutions and companies throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond in designing and fabricating nanoscale materials, structures, devices and systems.
Modeling and fabrication of novel nanoscale materials and nanoscale structures and the design and fabrication of novel devices.
Faculty: M.P. Anantram, Scott T. Dunham, Robert B. Darling, Kai-Mei Fu, Lih Lin, Arka Majumdar, Mo Li
Design and fabrication of integrated photonic, optoelectronic, and quantum devices for applications in computation, communication, sensing, and quantum information.
Faculty: Kai-Mei Fu, Arka Majumdar, Lih Lin, Scott T. Dunham, Mo Li
micro-machining, lithography, x-ray and diamond patterning
Faculty: Karl F. Böhringer, Robert B. Darling, Lih Lin, Alex Mamishev,
Faculty: Robert B. Darling, Alex Mamishev, Matt Reynolds, Joshua Smith, Denise M. Wilson
Assistant Professor Arka Majumdar and his team of researchers have solved a major problem in integrated optical information processing and communication using new phase-change materials.
UW ECE doctoral students Vikram Iyer and Ali Najafi and other researchers at UW have developed a tiny, smartphone-controlled camera that can ride aboard an insect or insect-sized robot, giving us a steerable beetle's-eye view of their world.
Kai-Mei Fu and Mo Li are involved in the QuantumX initiative to stimulate research and teaching on "everything quantum", aiming to position the UW as a leader in the development of quantum-enabled technologies.
A new book by UW ECE faculty member Denise Wilson envisions a near-future where you won’t have to worry about charging your cell phone or any other small electronic device.
Professors Karl Böhringer and Arka Majumdar awarded $223,000 in Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop metasurface lenses (or metalenses) for imaging in satellites at the UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF).
Smith was named a Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to far‐ and near‐field wireless power, backscatter communication and electric field sensing.
