Apr 19, 2017
A research team led by UCLA electrical engineers has developed a new technique to control the polarization state of a laser that could lead to a new class of powerful, high-quality lasers for use in medical imaging, chemical sensing and detection, or fundamental...
Oct 6, 2016
Prof. Williams’ Terahertz and Infrared Photonics group is featured in UCLA Engineer Magazine. Link
Jun 6, 2016
Prof. Williams is awarded a 2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The ceremony for all of the winners took place at the White House in May 2016....
Feb 6, 2016
Congratulations to Luyao Xu for winning the Best Student Presentation Award in the VECSEL Conference at SPIE Photonics West 2016! Her presentation was entitled “Terahertz quantum cascade VECSEL” and was co-authored by Luyao Xu, Christopher A. Curwen, Philip W....
Aug 30, 2015
We report at ITQW 2015 the first demonstration of an external cavity laser based upon an amplifying reflectarray metasurface – a THz VECSEL (vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser). It is published in Applied Physics Letters...
May 6, 2013
Congratulations to Amir Ali Tavallaee, for winning the EE department’s “Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award in Physical & Wave Electronics” for 2012-13! His thesis on “Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Transmission-Line Metamaterials” includes a report of the...
