PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Optics and Photonics (Biophotonics) in Ann Arbor United States | University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Michigan's optical science program boasts a longstanding heritage in optics research, tracing its roots to the 1960s when Professor Emmett Leith and Juris Upatnieks pioneered optical holography, while Physics Professor Peter Franken achieved the groundbreaking discovery of second harmonic generation. Today, the University has expanded its optics research significantly, with more than 25 faculty members from various departments and schools engaged in cutting-edge studies and engineering in optics and photonics. Nine of these faculty members are primarily based in the EECS Optics and Photonics Lab. Their research spans diverse fields such as photonics, quantum optoelectronics, and ultrafast optical science. Current investigations focus on nonlinear optics, optical MEMS (linking optical fields with mechanical motion), ultrafast optics, semiconductor quantum optoelectronics, Terahertz applications, fiber and integrated photonics, high-power fiber lasers, x-ray and EUV generation, quantum computing, optical microcavities, nanophotonics, single quantum dot spectroscopy, biophotonics, and biomolecular structure analysis.