- (10/05) Our paper "Optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanowire arrays with a large lattice constant for photovoltaic applications" by Chenxi Lin and Michelle Povinelli can be found in Optics Express.
- (9/09) Michelle Povinelli has received a 2009 NSF CAREER Award.
- (9/09) Michelle Povinelli has received a 2009 Army Young Investigator Award.
- (9/09) Our first paper is published. "Large tuning of birefringence in two strip silicon waveguides via optomechanical motion" by Jing Ma and Michelle Povinelli can be found in Optics Express.
- (9/09) Jing (Maggie) Ma will be giving a presentation at the Frontiers in Optics meeting in San Jose, CA in October on her work, "Large tuning of birefringence in two strip silicon waveguides via optomechanical motion."
- (8/09) Camilo Mejia has joined the group. Camilo is a 2nd year PhD student in Physics and holds a Provost's Fellowship.
- (6/09) Chenxi Lin presented a poster titled "Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Nanowire Arrays with Large Lattice Constants for Photovoltaic Application" at the OSA Optics and Photonics for Advanced Energy Technology topical meeting in Boston.
- (1/09) Master's student Steven Choi is joining the lab this semester for EE590: Directed Research.
- (1/09) Lab renovations are complete and we are starting to set up equipment for our optical characterization facility.
- (9/08) We have moved into our offices in VHE 309.
- (8/08) Congratulations to Eric Jaquay, Chenxi Lin, and Jing(Maggie) Ma for receiving the Annenberg, Provost, and Viterbi fellowships, respectively.
