PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Optics and Photonics (Fiber and Integrated Photonics and Lasers) 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 program significantly, with more than 25 faculty members across various departments and schools engaged in cutting-edge research and engineering in optics and photonics. Nine of these faculty members are primarily based in the EECS Optics and Photonics Lab. The laboratories focus on diverse photonics research areas, including quantum optoelectronics, ultrafast optical science, and related fields. Current investigations span nonlinear optics, optical MEMS (bridging optical fields with mechanical motion), ultrafast optics, semiconductor quantum optoelectronics, Terahertz technology, fiber and integrated photonics, laser development, high-power fiber lasers, x-ray and EUV generation, quantum optics and computing, optical microcavities, nanophotonics, single quantum dot spectroscopy, biophotonics, and biomolecular structure analysis.