Physics research underlies the progress in almost every area of science, from chemistry to biology to electronics to medicine, and physicists defined the html code for the Internet as we know it. You want to see tumors in your body, try tools from physics. You want to see better, try laser surgery using the math that we astronomers invented to see better on the ground and in space. You want to see oil reserves underground, use sound waves and the math that physicists invented.

Then of course there is the cultural benefit of understanding who we are and where we could go if we try.

-- Dr. John C. Mather, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics

Faculty Research

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Theory

Ivan Deutsch

Ivan Deutsch

Quantum optics, quantum information & control, atomic physics

Alejandro Manjavacas

Alejandro Manjavacas

Nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterials, heat transfer, Casimir force

Experiment

Victor Acosta

Victor Acosta

Quantum sensing, NV centers, biological and chemical imaging

F. Elohim Becerra-Chavez

F. Elohim Becerra-Chavez

Quantum optics, nonlinear optics, quantum Information, cold atoms

Tonmoy Chakraborty

Tonmoy Chakraborty

Biomedical imaging, optics instrumentation, light-sheet microscopy

Jean-Claude Diels

Jean-Claude Diels

Ultra-fast optics, laser physics, nonlinear optics

Tara Drake

Tara Drake

Frequency combs, nonlinear & quantum optics, integrated photonics

Keith Lidke

Keith Lidke

Super-resolution microscopy, biophysics, quantum imaging

Arash Mafi

Arash Mafi

Quantum & nonlinear optics, fiber optics, laser cooling

Wolfgang Rudolph

Wolfgang Rudolph

Ultra-fast optics, biophysics, laser damage, dielectric coatings

Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

Laser cooling of solids, Terahertz optics, ultrafast optics

James Thomas

James Thomas

Biophysics, fluorescence microscopy, ultrasound methods

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