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Congrats to Corey for receiving the Best Student Paper Award at the 37th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE 2023). Congrats Corey!

Seth is now the Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering #2!

Sept. 1, 2023

Seth is now the Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering #2!

A very nice News and Views of our nanophotonic avalanche detectors

July 5, 2023

A very nice News and Views of our nanophotonic avalanche detectors can be found...

Congrats to Kevin for being named a 2023 Goldwater Scholar!

April 14, 2023

Congrats to Kevin for being named a 2023 Goldwater Scholar!

Congrats to Corey for receiving the Best Student Paper Award from the 2022 MRS Electronic Materials Conference!

Dec. 6, 2022

Congrats to Corey for receiving the Best Student Paper Award from the 2022 MRS Electronic Materials Conference! Congrats Corey!

Congrats to Alec for defending his thesis!

Nov. 8, 2022

Congrats to Alec for defending his thesis! Best of luck at UCSB!

Seth is elected Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America, OSA)

Nov. 8, 2022

Seth is elected Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America, OSA)

Congrats to Corey for receiving a Best Student Paper Award at the 36th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE 2022).

Sept. 22, 2022

Congrats to Corey for receiving a Best Student Paper Award at the 36th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE 2022). Congrats Corey!

LASE receives a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award

March 3, 2022

LASE receives a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to collaborate with researchers at UT, Harvard, CUNY, and UC-Irvine on the nonlinear optical properties of digital alloys!

Congrats to Stephen for receiving a Ben Streetman Prize

Jan. 20, 2022

Congrats to Stephen for receiving a Ben Streetman Prize for his contributions to digital alloy avalanche photodiodes. Congrats Stephen!

Seth is elevated to IEEE Fellow!

Jan. 1, 2022

Seth is elevated to IEEE Fellow!

Congrats to Farzad for defending his thesis!

Nov. 19, 2021

Congrats to Farzad for defending his thesis! Good luck at GenXComm!

Congrats to Rasha for defending her thesis!

Nov. 19, 2021

Congrats to Rasha for defending her thesis! Good luck at MIT Lincoln Labs!

LASE receives a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award

Nov. 4, 2021

LASE receives a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to acquire a new MBE system!

Congrats to Dr. Briggs for defending his thesis!

June 17, 2021

Congrats to Dr. Briggs for defending his thesis! Good luck at Transwave Photonics!

Seth received a 2021 Dads’ Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship from UT-Austin!

June 7, 2021

Seth received a 2021 Dads’ Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship from UT-Austin!

Congrats to Stephen for defending his thesis!

June 3, 2021

Congrats to Stephen for defending his thesis!

Congrats to Ashlee for receiving the ECE Grad Student Leadership Award!

May 19, 2021

Congrats to Ashlee for receiving the ECE Grad Student Leadership Award!

Congrats to Ashlee for winning a NXP Fellowship!

May 17, 2021

Congrats to Ashlee for winning a NXP Fellowship!

Congrats to Teddy for being named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar!

March 30, 2021

Congrats to Teddy for being named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar!

Congrats to Rasha for being selected to participate in the Rising Stars 2020 program!

Oct. 8, 2020

Congrats to Rasha for being selected to participate in the Rising Stars 2020 program!

Congrats to Hari on being promoted to Research Assistant Professor at Cornell!

Sept. 1, 2020

Congrats to Hari on being promoted to Research Assistant Professor at Cornell!

Congrats to AK for defending her thesis!

Aug. 7, 2020

Congrats to AK for defending her thesis! Good luck at the Army Applications Lab!

Congrats to Siff for defending his thesis!

July 22, 2020

Congrats to Siff for defending his thesis! Good luck at SPEC!

LASE receives two Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awards

April 21, 2020

LASE receives two Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awards to advance mid-IR photodetector performance!

Congrats to Rasha for winning a NXP Fellowship!

March 19, 2020

Congrats to Rasha for winning a NXP Fellowship!

Seth received the Gordon T. Lepley IV Memorial Teaching Award

Dec. 3, 2019

Seth received the Gordon T. Lepley IV Memorial Teaching Award from the ECE department!

LASE receives a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award

Nov. 20, 2019

LASE receives a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award from the Army Research Office (ARO) to upgrade our digital alloy MBE growth capabilities!

Seth is now the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering #6!

Sept. 1, 2019

Seth is now the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering #6!

Congrats to Kyle for defending his thesis!

April 26, 2019

Congrats to Kyle for defending his thesis! Best of luck at MIT Lincoln Labs!!

Congrats to LASE REU alum Corey White for receiving a NSF Graduate Fellowship!

April 9, 2019

Congrats to LASE REU alum Corey White for receiving a NSF Graduate Fellowship! Congrats Corey!!!

Congrats to Kyle for winning a best student paper award from the MRS Electronic Materials Conference

Jan. 12, 2019

Congrats to Kyle for winning a best student paper award from the MRS Electronic Materials Conference for his talk "BGaAs/GaP Heteroepitaxy for Strain-Free Luminescent Layers on Si" at the 2018 meeting. Congrats Kyle!!

LASE group selected for two NSF projects

Sept. 24, 2018

LASE group selected for two NSF projects to develop new devices and integrated photonic circuits for quantum information processing! (NSF and UT press releases)

Congrats to Emily for winning a Best in Session Award at SRC Techcon 2017!!!

Sept. 11, 2018

Congrats to Emily for winning a Best in Session Award at SRC Techcon 2017!!!

Congrats to Dan for defending his thesis!

Sept. 7, 2018

Congrats to Dan for defending his thesis!

Seth is promoted to Full Professor!

Sept. 1, 2018

Seth is promoted to Full Professor!

Congrats to Nate on joining Skorpios Technologies!

Aug. 27, 2018

Congrats to Nate on joining Skorpios Technologies! Contrats Nate!!!

Congrats to Emily for defending her thesis!

March 30, 2018

Congrats to Emily for defending her thesis! Congratulations and good luck in Intel's component R&D!

Congrats to Rasha for winning a TI Fellowship!

Sept. 11, 2017

Congrats to Rasha for winning a TI Fellowship! Congrats Rasha!!!

Congrats to Emily for being selected to participate in the 2017 Rising Stars in EECS Workshop!

Aug. 4, 2017

Congrats to Emily for being selected to participate in the 2017 Rising Stars in EECS Workshop! Congrats Emily!!!

Congrats to Emily for winning a TI/SRC Fellowship to study 2D bismuth growth!

June 22, 2017

Congrats to Emily for winning a TI/SRC Fellowship to study 2D bismuth growth! Congrats Emily!!!

Congrats to Sam Steakley for winning a Fulbright Award!

March 18, 2017

Congrats to Sam Steakley for winning a Fulbright Award! Sam was a REU in the group over Summer 2016 and will spend 2017-2018 at the Pontifical University of Chile researching smartgrid/controls. Congrats Sam!!!

Congrats to Dan for winning a best student paper award from 58th MRS Electronic Materials Conference

Oct. 7, 2016

Congrats to Dan for winning a best student paper award from 58th MRS Electronic Materials Conference for his paper "Optimal Integration of Rare-Earth Monopnictide Nanostructures in III-V for High Optical Quality Applications" -- congrats Dan!

Congrats to Nate for winning the Best Mentor from NSF NASCENT

July 29, 2016

Congrats to Nate for winning the Best Mentor from NSF NASCENT for his work with our summer high school teacher and researchers!

Congratulations to former LASEr Hari and Ramya on the birth of their beautiful girl, Aditi!!!

June 27, 2016

Congratulations to former LASEr Hari and Ramya on the birth of their beautiful girl, Aditi!!!

A very nice News and Views of our staircase avalanche detector work can be found

May 31, 2016

A very nice News and Views of our staircase avalanche detector work can be found here or in PDF form here.

LASE group selected as part of the DARPA DETECT team to perform basic research on single photon counting!

May 18, 2016

LASE group selected as part of the DARPA DETECT team to perform basic research on single photon counting!

Alum Prof. Kumar Appaiah becomes a permanent faculty member (equivalent to tenure) at IIT-Bombay.

May 10, 2016

Alum Prof. Kumar Appaiah becomes a permanent faculty member (equivalent to tenure) at IIT-Bombay. Congratulations Kumar!!

Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Center, including the MBE lab.

April 27, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Center, including the MBE lab.

Seth and Scott S. invited to participate in the NSF International Year of Light outreach event.

Sept. 12, 2015

Seth and Scott S. invited to participate in the NSF International Year of Light outreach event.

Congratulations to Scott Maddox for winning a best student paper award from the 56th MRS Electronic Materials Conference!

June 24, 2015

Congratulations to Scott Maddox for winning a best student paper award from the 56th MRS Electronic Materials Conference! Scott's paper "Effects of Growth Rate, Substrate Temperature, and a Bi Surfactant on Doping Limits in InAs:Si Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy" was one of three papers selected out of approximately 170. Great job

Congratulations to Dr. Davis (née Krivoy) on the birth of (the future Dr.) Orli Raquel Davis!

May 8, 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Davis (née Krivoy) on the birth of (the future Dr.) Orli Raquel Davis!

Congratulations to Dr. Maddox on the Ph.D.!!

April 30, 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Maddox on the Ph.D.!!

Congratulations to Dr. Salas on the Ph.D!

April 23, 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Salas on the Ph.D.!! Good luck at MIT Lincoln Labs!

Congratulations to Ann Kathryn on receiving a NSF Graduate Fellowship!

March 31, 2015

Congratulations to Ann Kathryn on receiving a NSF Graduate Fellowship!

FTIR and IR microscope is installed, so we can now characterize from visible to sub-THz!

Dec. 12, 2014

FTIR and IR microscope is installed, so we can now characterize from visible to sub-THz!

Congratulations to Kumar on his appointment as Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay!

Aug. 29, 2014

Congratulations to Kumar on his appointment as Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay!

LASE group receives a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award

May 30, 2014

LASE group receives a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award from the Army Research Office (ARO). The award will enhance our ability to characterize the optical properties of nanocomposites and nanostructures. (Announcement)