Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering
Atoms, molecules, and fabricated nanostructures---fundamental principles of functional nanoscale systems from quantum to bio; nano measurement and control.
Lasers and Accelerators
Physics and applications of photon and charged particle sources including table-top lasers, accelerators, and Linac Coherent Light Source---the world's first x-ray laser.
Condensed Matter Physics
Developing and characterizing novel materials; quantum many-body physics; nanoscale and ultrafast probes; applications ranging from energy science to molecular and cellular biology.
Experimental and Theoretical Biophysics
Physics-based approaches to complex problems in the life sciences; single-molecule biophysics, neuroscience and evolutionary dynamics.
Alumni
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Facts & Figures
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Energy dissipation per edge, in spontaneous binary phase-shift keying by a dressed two-level atom (Mabuchi Lab)
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sensitivity (radians) in cryogenic Kerr/Faraday measurements by Kapitulnik Lab.