MSc in Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Optics and Photonics (Ultrafast Optics) 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 from various departments and schools engaged in cutting-edge research and engineering in optics and photonics. The EECS department houses nine primary faculty members in its Optics and Photonics Lab. These laboratories focus on diverse photonics research areas, quantum optoelectronics, and ultrafast optical phenomena. Current investigations span nonlinear optics, optical MEMS (bridging light fields with mechanical movement), ultrafast optical technologies, semiconductor quantum optoelectronics, Terahertz wave applications, fiber and integrated photonic systems, laser development (including 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 through biophysical methods.