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Honoring Professor Larry Coldren, a Photonics giant

Some sixty people, including UC Santa Barbara faculty colleagues, alumni, and industry partners, convened at UCSB’s Loma Pelona Center…

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Newsletter: April 2018

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news and research from January through March 2018. View the full newsletter at the…

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Chris Van de Walle

Professor Van de Walle's group gains new insights in doping of transparent conductors

Materials that are simultaneously transparent and electrically conductive play a key role in light-emitting diodes, solar cells, and…

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The Future of Photonics Using Quantum Dots

Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables crisscross the globe and package everything from financial data to cat videos into light. But…

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Professors Jonathan Klamkin and Larry Coldren receive NASA grant to design energy-efficient photonics-based circuits

If the parts in a satellite, a drone or other specialized device are large in size, weight and power consumption — in other words, if…

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A three-step plan for carbon neutrality at the University of California

Author: Jenny Seifert 

Universities across the United States have set ambitious goals to shrink their…

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Kaustav Banerjee yields a smaller, higher-performing alternative to the classic inductor

A basic building block of modern technology, inductors are everywhere: cellphones, laptops, radios, televisions, cars. And surprisingly…

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Chandra Krintz and Rich Wolski Help Ecologists with their Project: "Where's the Bear?"

Facing a daunting, digital pile millions of photographs high, how would you find the few images you need? Could you, even? It’s a…

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where's the bear?

Chandra Krintz and Rich Wolski Help Ecologists with their Project: "Where's the Bear?"

Facing a daunting, digital pile millions of photographs high, how would you find the few images you need? Could you, even? It’s a…

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1/2018 newsletter

Newsletter: January 2018

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news and research from November 2017 through January 2018. View the full…

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John Bowers

Recent Advances in Quantum Dot Lasers for Silicon Photonics

Silicon photonics is revolutionizing optical technologies by enabling scalable manufacturing of densely integrated photonic systems on a…

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Molecular Spring-Loaded Coulombic Sensor Governs Smart Biophotonics

Squids and octopi exhibit a remarkable ability to adaptively change skin color for camouflage and communication. We recently discovered…

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UCSB RACELab wins best paper award at IEEE Cluster Conference

The RACELab in the Computer Science Department at UCSB directed by Professors…

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