Optics Faculty at the University of Colorado

Research Areas

Kelvin Wagner, ECE, OCS :ECOT2-33, 492-4661, kelvin@boulder.colorado.edu
- RF Photonics for adaptive array processing
- Optical Processing and Computing, optical neural networks
- Nonlinear Optics, Spatial Soliton Interactions
Dana Anderson , Physics, JILA
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear optics for RF
- Real-time holographic systems, optical sensing, and atom optics.
Zoya Popovic, ECE :ECOT4-33, 492-0374, zoya@schof.colorado.edu
- Quasi optical antennas, optical control of RF

Noel Clark , Physics
- Liquid Crystal Physics, ferroelectric Liquid Crystals.
Garret Moddel, ECE, OCS: ECOT2-31
- Amorphous silicon photoconductors, porous Silicon light emission.
- liquid crystal spatial light modulators.
Dava Walba, Chemistry
- Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
- Second Harmonic Generation

Dana Anderson , Physics, JILA
- Real-time holographic systems, optical sensing, and atom optics.
Tracy Clement, NIST
- ultrashort pulse laser systems, linear and nonlinear optical properties of materials
John (Binks) Cooper
- interaction of light with atomic systems
Steve Cundiff, JILA
- Optical properties of Semiconductors and quantum wells, ultrafast lasers and spectroscopy
Sydney Geltman
- multiple photon absorption, and laser-induced collision processes
John Hall , JILA
- laser stabilization and measurement techniques, optical squeezing
Jun Ye - Ye-Hall Labs
- Precision optical metrology, ultra-sensitive laser spectroscopy, optical frequency metrology
- quantum optics using cold atoms
Leo Hollberg , NIST
- laser physics, laser detection of isotopes, and optical frequency synthesis.
Kelvin Wagner, ECE, OCS :ECOT2-33, 492-4661, kelvin@boulder.colorado.edu
- Optical Processing and Computing, optical neural networks
- Nonlinear Optics, Spatial Soliton Interactions

Eric Cornell
- Laser Cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation
Chris H. Greene
- photon-atom interactions, spectrum of hydrogen in a strong magnetic field
Carl Lineberger Chemistry, JILA
- interaction of radiation with ions, photodissociation with pulsed lasers.
Christopher R. Monroe
- trapping and laser cooling of atomic ions for quantum computation.
Carl E. Wieman
- laser spectroscopy, laser trapping and cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation.

John Hall , JILA
- laser stabilization and measurement techniques, optical squeezing
David Nesbit JILA, NIST, Chemistry,
- laser spectroscopy and dynamics of molecules.
- nonlinear frequency generation, CW and pulsed laser technology.
Josef Michl , Chem
- photochemistry, photophysics, and spectroscopy of reactive organic species and organosilicon compounds
- laser spectroscopy of gaseous cluster ions
Carl E. Wieman
- laser spectroscopy, laser trapping and cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation.

Josef Michl , Chem
- photochemistry, photophysics, and spectroscopy of reactive organic species and organosilicon compounds
- laser spectroscopy of gaseous cluster ions

Tracy Clement,
- ultrashort pulse laser systems, linear and nonlinear optical properties of materials
Steve Cundiff,
- Optical properties of Semiconductors and quantum wells, ultrafast lasers and spectroscopy
Barry Ellison, Chemistry
Douglas Franzen
- Short pulse waveforms, Optical fibers
David Jonas , Chemistry
- ultrafast time resolved spectroscopy, heterodyned photon echoes
Henry Kapteyn, JILA
- Ultrafast lasers and physics
Margaret Murnane, Physics, 2-7839
- Ultrafast lasers
- high-order nonlinear optics, coherent x-rays
Rafael Piestun, ECE
- Microoptics and Nanooptics, Photonic Band Gaps
- Computer Generated Holography, Diffraction
- Ultrafast Lasers
Kelvin Wagner, ECE, OCS :ECOT2-33, 492-4661, kelvin@boulder.colorado.edu
- Optical Processing and Computing, optical neural networks
- Nonlinear Optics, Spatial Soliton Interactions

Dana Anderson , Physics, JILA
- Real-time holographic systems, optical sensing, and atom optics.
Frank Barnes, ECE
- Optoelectronic devices
- Optical communications, fiber optics
Douglas Franzen
- Short pulse waveforms, Optical fibers
Sarah Gilbert , NIST
- Fiber gratings, fiber lasers, wavelength standards for optical communications.
Jon Sauer
- Optical fiber communication, wavelength multiplexed networks, optical solitons.

Mark J. Ablowitz , APPM
- Nonlinear wave equations, optical solitons and interactions, inverse scattering theory
Steve Cundiff,
- Optical properties of Semiconductors and quantum wells, ultrafast lasers and spectroscopy
Jon Sauer
- Optical fiber communication, wavelength multiplexed networks, optical solitons.
Alan Gallagher
- Laser spectroscopy, optical soliton in resonant gases
Kelvin Wagner, ECE, OCS :ECOT2-33, 492-4661, kelvin@boulder.colorado.edu
- Optical Processing and Computing, optical neural networks
- Nonlinear Optics, Spatial Soliton Interactions

Brian Hooker
- Guided wave optics
Alan Mickelson, ECE
- Guided wave optics, microwave optics
- optical metrology
Rafael Piestun
- Microoptics and Nanooptics, Photonic Band Gaps
- Computer Generated Holography, Diffraction
- Ultrafast Lasers

Arnoldo Majerfeld
- Semiconductor optoelectronic materials and devices
Jacques Pankove, Emeritus
- Optical properties of semiconductors, GaN blue emitters
Woun Park
- Luminescent Materials
- Displays
Bart Van Zeghbroeck
- High speed photodetectors, Optical MEMS devices, microfabrication

Kelvin Wagner, ECE, OCS :ECOT2-33, 492-4661, kelvin@boulder.colorado.edu
- Optical Processing and Computing, optical neural networks
- Nonlinear Optics, Spatial Soliton Interactions

Dana Anderson , Physics, JILA
- Real-time holographic systems, optical sensing, and atom optics.
Thomas Cathey, ECE, OCS
- Advanced Imaging
- Optics and Holography
Kelvin Wagner, ECE, OCS :ECOT2-33, 492-4661, kelvin@boulder.colorado.edu
- Optical Processing and Computing, optical neural networks
- Nonlinear Optics, Spatial Soliton Interactions