Article Abstracts | June 2007
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Diverse Photonics Research Part of University’s Curriculum
Research includes lasers, display devices and detector technologies.
by Eric W. Van Stryland, University of Central Florida
The Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) has been in existence since 1986 at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando and recently morphed into the first US college devoted solely to optics -- The College of Optics and Photonics. But we still refer to ourselves as CREOL.
Research is diverse here, focusing on topics from laser development (both large and small) to real-time information display devices, nonlinear optics, new detector technologies, and laser cutting and welding. The recent addition of the Florida Photonics Center of Excellence and the Townes Laser Institute, funded by initiatives of former Gov. Jeb E. Bush, are pushing research into biophotonics, lasers in medicine (associated with the new UCF College of Medicine), fiber and ceramic lasers, nanophotonics and imaging...
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