Welcome to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at the University of Maryland. We are part of the Joint Quantum Institute and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics. We are working to develop quantum technology based on nanoscale photonic and semiconductor devices for applications in quantum computation, communication, and sensing.
Jehyung and Shahriar's paper on integrating quantum emitters with silicon photonics appears in Nano Letters
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03220
This letter is featured in Nature Photonics research highlights:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-017-0082-3
Also appears in several news releases: SemiconductorToday, Photonics.com, Phys.org, Science Newsline, EurekAlert, Asia Research News, and ECN Magazine.
Waks Elevated to Fellow of the Optical Society of America
Professor Edo Waks was named a 2016 fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA). The OSA Fellow Members Committee and Board of Directors honored Professor Waks specifically for outstanding contributions to optical quantum information processing using quantum dots coupled to nanophotonic devices.
JQI Fellows Edo Waks and Ian Spielman Receive PECASE Award
JQI Fellows Edo Waks of the University of Maryland (UMD) and Ian Spielman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among 85 scientists and engineers nationally to receive this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.