UW, Microsoft, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory establish new Northwest Quantum Nexus for a quantum revolution in science, technology
“The technological and societal impact of the upcoming quantum revolution is going to be enormous."
Overview
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.
Topics
Nanoscale Materials and Structure
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
Integrated Photonics and Optoelectronics
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
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
micro-machining, lithography, x-ray and diamond patterning
Faculty: Karl F. Böhringer, Robert B. Darling, Lih Lin, Alex Mamishev,
Sensors and Sensor Systems
Faculty: Robert B. Darling, Alex Mamishev, Matt Reynolds, Joshua Smith, Denise M. Wilson
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Lenses are as thin as 190 nanometers — less than 1/100,000ths of an inch thick
Assistant Professor Arka Majumdar awarded Sloan Fellowship for early-career research
Assistant Professor Arka Majumdar has received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for his research at the forefront of combining quantum materials and nanophotonics.
Hybrid optics bring color imaging using ultrathin metalenses into focus
UW EE research breakthrough could lead to an ultrathin lens for cameras or microscopes — without glass.
Researchers
- Mo Li
- Kai-Mei Fu
- Arka Majumdar
- M.P. (Anant) Anantram
- Karl F. Böhringer
- Robert Bruce Darling
- Scott T. Dunham
- Lih Lin
- Alex Mamishev
- Matt Reynolds
- Joshua R. Smith
- Denise M. Wilson
Research Labs
- Photonics Lab
- UW Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM·C)
- Nano Optoelectronic Integrated System Engineering (NOISE) Lab
- Nanotechnology Modeling Laboratory
- Optical Spintronics and Sensing lab
- Laboratory of Photonic Devices
- Sensor Systems Lab
- Microfabrication Laboratory
- Microelectromechanical Systems Lab
- Distributed Microsystems Laboratory
- Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory (SEAL)
- Washington Nanofabrication Facility
Latest Projects
- Smart Eyewear
- Active self-cleaning technology for solar panels
- Enabling district shared parking via energy harvesting wireless sensing technology
- On-chip single photon detectors for hybrid photonic quantum networks
- Semiconductor-diamond nanophotonic transmitter for long-distance communication
- Ultrathin Flexible Quantum Dot Devices on Nanocellulose Paper
Representative Publications
- Metasurface optics for full-color computational imaging
- Frequency control of single quantum emitters in integrated photonic circuits
- Low-loss integrated photonic switch using sub-wavelength patterned phase change material
- Engineering of the resistive switching properties in V2O5 thin film by atomic structural transition: Experiment and theory
- A highly sensitive UV-Vis-NIR all-inorganic perovskite quantum dot phototransistor based on a layered heterojunction
- Safety Goggle Compliance Monitoring using Hall Effect Sensors
- Vibration Induced Transport of Enclosed Droplets