The Photonics Research Lab, lead by Thomas E. Murphy at the University of Maryland, conducts research related to integrated optics, nanophotonic devices, nonlinear dynamics, terahertz photonics, nonlinear optics, ultrafast optics, microwave photonics, and optical communication systems. Our central goal is to explore new devices and techniques that improve the speed, sensitivity, resolution, and efficiency of optical communication and sensor systems.
- Research on Aluminum Nitride Electrooptic Sensing featured in Optica
As described in May in Optica 11, 714-723 (2024), by using a combined microwave resonance and optical resonance, we demonstrated a passive metal-free electrooptic microwave detector that circumvents the need for conducting antennas, electrodes or electrical amplification. The device uses optical resonators made of deposited aluminum nitride thin films, one of very few CMOS-compatible electrooptic… Read more: Research on Aluminum Nitride Electrooptic Sensing featured in Optica - Congratulations to Dr. Evan Dowling!
Evan receives his Ph.D. at the CMNS Graduate Commencement Hooding Ceremony on May 20 - (OFC 2024) 3D Self-Aligning, Polarization-Independent Fiber-to-Chip Couplers
Check our our paper at OFC 2024 on Monday at 8:00am (PDT), describing our new design for a polarization-independent coupler from an optical fiber to an on-chip silicon nitride optical waveguide. Trisha Chakraborty will be presenting the work, in place of Ramesh Kudalippalliyalil. - Evan Dowling Defends PhD Thesis
Congratulations to Dr. Evan Dowling (Physics), who on Tuesday 3/5 defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Feedback experiments using entangled photons for polarization control in future quantum networks”