Research

Chip-Scale Photonic Sensing Systems

The integration of sensors, photonics, microfluidics, and electronics at the chip scale for applications in medicine, environmental sensing, and security.

III-V thin film lasers integrated onto silicon

The heterogeneous integration of thin film lasers onto Silicon and Silicon CMOS integrated circuits, as well as with photonic passive and active components on Silicon host substrates.

Integrated Optoelectronics

The integration of active and passive photonic components into nano- and micro-systems, including lasers, photodetectors (thick/thin-film), sensors, and waveguide components, for applications in sensing, communications, medicine, and security.

Optoelectronic Devices

Advanced optoelectronic devices for high performance optical systems, including high speed, and massively parallel, and wavelength multiplexed systems.

Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics

Design, fabrication, modeling and test of integrated plasmonic structures and chip scale systems that contain plasmonic components or functions. Fabrication of metamaterial structures at the nano and micro scales for frequency ranges from THz to millimeter wave.

Optical Interconnects 

Design, fabrication, and test of optical interconnects in electrical systems for applications in communications and computing.