A graduate student in Professor Bouwmeester’s lab measures optical properties of photonic crystal microcavities.


Professor Elizabeth Gwinn working with graduate students.


Professor Joe Incandela, spokesperson for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) collaboration at LHC, in front of the CMS detector during construction.


A prototype Reference Point Indentation instrument developed in the Hansma lab measures bone fracture resistance.


Professor Ben Mazin's lab specializes in the development of superconducting detector and instruments for Astrophysics.


Superconducting qubits (Martinis lab) may revolutionize quantum computing.


Atomic Force Microscope image of bone revealing collagen fibrils with and without mineral plates.


Photons exchanging information between optical microcavities containing individual electron spins.


Optical network of core-shell quantum dots communicating quantum spin information between nodes.


Grad student Kurt Soto reflected in the 10 meter mirror of the Keck telescope, used to gather data for his PhD thesis.


Imaging and manipulating arrays of single spins in semiconductors.


Superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (Mazin lab) counts single photons.


Scanning Electron Microscope (Hansma lab) measuring bone strength.

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News

Nature article reflects excitement surrounding detector advances

Updated: January 24, 2012 - 10:07am

Seth Meeker from the Mazin group presents results from their MKID array at Palomar Observatory

David Weld receives an Air Force Young Investigator Award

Updated: January 18, 2012 - 3:32pm

The YIP is open to scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.

Tommaso Treu contributes to exciting NASA discovery

Updated: January 10, 2012 - 8:49am

Hubble Space Telescope uncovers distant galaxies under construction

Room temperature qubits in silicon carbide defects discovered by David Awschalom's group

Updated: January 9, 2012 - 9:53am

Atomic scale defects have long-lived spin states at room temperature

Deborah Fygenson talks to Physics World about her interest in biophysics

Updated: December 23, 2011 - 10:04am

Biophysics' attraction is its touch with the personal

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Events

Physics Department Tea
Event Date: January 30, 2012 - 3:00pm

Refreshments served

Einstein's equations: good for more than just gravity!
Speaker: Laurence Yaffe - University of Washington
Event Date: January 31, 2012 - 4:00pm

Refreshments served at 3:40

Filming Hydration and Conformational Dynamics of a Light-Activated Membrane Protein
Speaker: Sunyia Hussain - Chemical Engineering, UCSB
Event Date: February 2, 2012 - 12:30pm

ITST Seminar - Refreshments served

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