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The Guided Wave Optical Lab (GWOL) primarily performs research in the areas of guided wave optics, quantum computing and biophotonics.
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Guided wave optics research is primarily focused in the area of polymer integrated optical devices. The polymer device research at GWOL ranges from Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) and Organic Photodetectors (ODET) to nonlinear optical (NLO) waveguide devices such as Mach-Zhender modulators, parametric down conversion waveguides and Slow Wave Optical Rectification Detectors (SWORDs). |
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Quantum computing research is primarily focused on the area of deterministic continuous variable quantum computing (CVQC) systems that can be implemented using nonlinear integrated optical devices. At present work is focused on the development of a slow wave guide with a high Kerr nonlinearity to generate Cat states.
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| Biophotonics research is primarily focused on the optical characterization of normal and cancerous tissue samples. The methods used to characterize tissue are standard image processing techniques of Hemotoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stained slides, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), diffuse reflectance spectroscopic techniques and fluorescence spectroscopy. |
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