These advanced materials are key to new and improved information processing and communications systems as well as to the development of low cost, low weight flat panel displays. Pictured at left is superconducting thin film. The Center is a multi-disciplinary project that includes researchers from chemistry, materials, engineering and optics as well as other institutions. For more information, contact Professor Nasser Peyghambarian . The Center is committed to research in the areas of design, fabrication, integration, and packaging of optoelectronic devices and optical interconnects.
Fiber optics is the theme in the picture at left.
The research mission is the development of optical system design, fabrication, and testing capabilities of aspheric optic designs. The technology developed by this project will lead to significant reductions in the complexity and cost of adding sensors to modern hypersonic vehicles. Working with the Cooperative Excitation Project led by Dr. Makoto Gonokami, the Optical Sciences Center research focuses on various aspects of cooperative and coherent effects in solids like semiconductors and organics. The OSC team is working on theory and modeling of the new optical phenomena and the design and testing of various optical devices based on these effects. Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging is a collaborative effort between the Optical Sciences Center, the Department of Radiology, and Engineering.