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CRC Press publishes 2nd edition of Dr. Shih's book

This is the second edition of Yanhua Shih’s book “An Introduction to Quantum Optics”. This book is a selected collection of Dr. Shih’s thirty-year lecture notes on quantum optics for his Ph.D....

Posted: February 22, 2021, 6:31 PM

Dr. Johnson receives OSA Distinguished Service Award

The Optical Society Names Anthony M. Johnson the 2021 Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award Recipient. Founded in 1916, OSA is the leading professional organization for scientists,...

Posted: February 12, 2021, 1:23 PM

New article by grad student Akram Touil and Prof. Deffner

“Information Scrambling versus Decoherence—Two Competing Sinks for Entropy” Akram Touil and Sebastian Deffner A thermodynamic description of quantum scrambling for open quantum system...

Posted: January 15, 2021, 10:11 AM

Ataca group highlighted in UMBC news and Phys.org

Two recent papers published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces from Dr. Ataca's group have been highlighted in UMBC news and phys.org. The first publication, written by graduate student...

Posted: December 17, 2020, 3:43 PM

New article by grad student Daniel Wines and Dr. Ataca

“Influence of Cr-substitution on the structural, magnetic, electron transport, and mechanical properties of Fe3-xCrxGe Heusler alloys” Rabin Mahat, Shambh KC, Daniel Wines, Sudhir Regmia, Upama...

Posted: October 30, 2020, 1:56 PM

Congratulations to our new PhD Candidates!

Congratulations to our grad students who have advanced into PhD Candidacy over the past year: Neranga Prasadi Kaluappuwa Hannadige Mentor: Dr. Pengwang Zhai Vijin Kizhake Veetil Mentor:...

Posted: October 26, 2020, 9:31 AM