Physics and Engineering Physics

Dr. E. H. Yang's Team Awarded AFOSR Grant to Develop Advanced Infrared Detection Technology

September 28, 2012

The research team develops cost-effective, portable wide-spectrum infrared detection using graphene Any object with a temperature above absolute zero emits infrared (IR) radiation, and the ability to detect IR light has profoundly expanded visual capabilities, allowing people to see at night and machines to sense motion. Just as visible light can be picked up by the sensor pixels of a common digital camera made from silicon, infrared radiation can be detected by the sensor pixels of an IR camera using a special material. The wavelength information can then be processed to produce a visual representation of an object. Infrared vision has numerous [Read more...]

Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya Awarded NSF Grant to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Control

September 6, 2012

Optical frequency combs provide the next step toward the realization of quantum computers Controlling the quantum-mechanical properties of microscopic particles is essential to the establishment of quantum computing, an extremely fast and powerful technology that would use the quantum state of atoms and molecules to store information rather than the electrical switches currently used in computers. Because a quantum bit is susceptible to environmental factors such as heat, researchers are developing control methods at temperatures approaching absolute zero. Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate [Read more...]

Svetlana Malinovskaya, Expert in Quantum Physics, Elected Chair of Theoretical Physics Community

July 25, 2012

Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor in the Physics Department at Stevens Institute of Technology, was elected as Chair of the Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Community (TAMOC). As chair, Dr. Malinovskaya will coordinate the activities of TAMOC, including the organization’s website, annual meetings, and outreach events. Nominated to the position by Dr. Pierre Meystre, Professor of Physics at the University of Arizona, Director of Biosphere 2 Institute and elected by her peers, Dr. Malinovskaya is “extremely reliable and tireless, and will work very hard to further raise the level of activities and visibility of TAMOC. She is keenly [Read more...]

Stevens Researcher Tackles Obstacle to Quantum Computing

May 31, 2012

Dr. Malinovskaya leads a Colloquium at the University of Nevada, Reno Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics recently presented a Physics Colloquium at University of Nevada, Reno, where she assessed the latest developments in the quantum control of ultra-cold atoms and molecules and proposed potential solutions to the problem of decoherence. Dr. Malinovskaya Quantum control is essential to the establishment and implementation of quantum computing, an extremely fast and powerful technology that would use the quantum state of atoms and molecules to store information rather than the electrical switches currently used in computers. A hindrance to its implementation [Read more...]

Dr. Knut Stamnes' Seminal Paper Informs Research in Climate Change, "Greenhouse" Effect

March 6, 2012

His work is the most cited in the 50-year history of the influential journal Applied Optics Professor Knut Stamnes of the Stevens Institute of Technology Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is renowned for simplifying the process now used to remotely sense the particles in the atmosphere, the microbiological constituents of the ocean, and the composition of sheets of ice and snow. His incisive 1989 article introduced a new mathematical algorithm for the calculation of radiative transfer through layered material, and it continues to be a vital contribution to researchers around the world. It is particularly valuable to atmospheric research because radiative [Read more...]

Stevens Professor Ting Yu Receives AFOSR Grant to Study Entanglement in Quantum Systems

February 7, 2012

Investigating the scientific obstacles to quantum computing and cryptography Researchers are on the cusp of momentous research breakthroughs in quantum systems; however, quantum decoherence due to environmental noise is a major obstacle to technological advancement. Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Dr. Ting Yu, Professor at the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, and his collaborator Professor Joseph H. Eberly of the University of Rochester are at the forefront of this struggle to control quantum entanglement by developing new error correction codes for thermal, colored and correlated noise interference. “This grant from the [Read more...]

Dr. Strauf's Research Team Featured in Photonics Spectra

November 17, 2011

The plasmonic nanogap array research of Dr. Stefan Strauf's research team has been the subject of an article in Photonics Spectra. Read the article on the Photonics Media Web site. [Read more...]

NSF Grant Supports Graphene Nanoelectronics Research at Stevens

September 30, 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a research grant to Dr. Eui-Hyeok (EH) Yang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, to study the properties of graphene nanoribbons for use in infrared (IR) detection. Assistant Professor Stefan Strauf of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is the co-PI of this grant. This funded research is to investigate the properties of actively controlled graphene nanoribbon arrays that researchers can "tune" for use in IR detectors covering an ultra-wide spectral range. "This NSF grant recognizes the role that Stevens is playing in developing an understanding of how to [Read more...]

Stevens Researchers Pioneer Novel Technique to Make Plasmonic Nanogap Arrays

September 6, 2011

In the quest to exploit unique properties at the nanoscale, scientists at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a novel technique for creating uniform arrays of metallic nanostructures. A team of faculty and students in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, led by Dr. Stefan Strauf, appropriated methods from holographic lithography to demonstrate a new approach for scaling up the fabrication of plasmonic nanogap arrays while simultaneously reducing costs and infrastructure. A paper on the technique recently appeared in Nano Letters 11, 2715 (2011). "Prof. Strauf is doing research at the forefront of physics," says Dr. Rainer Martini, Department Director [Read more...]

Stevens 2011 Commencement

June 9, 2011

In the moment that you made your final decision to come to Stevens, you accepted a special challenge and a special responsibility from society. At that moment, society entrusted you with its future and well being. Starting tomorrow, you will be called upon to make good on that responsibility. -Provost George P. Korfiatis to the Class of 2011 On May 26, Stevens Institute of Technology bid a proud farewell to undergraduate and graduate students of the Class of 2011 at the 139th Commencement. The ceremonies on May 26th concluded a week of events starting [Read more...]