Professor Nanfang Yu Wins DARPA Young Faculty Award for Optoelectronics Research
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Columbia Engineering Applied Physics Professor Nanfang Yu has won the prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award, which will support his work on metasurface-based flat optical modulators, using strong interactions between light and 2D-structured materials to control light at will. Yu hopes to demonstrate spatial light modulators--high-speed and light-weight optoelectronic devices--that are crucial for light detection and ranging, technology useful for a wide range of applications, including remote sensing, navigation, and surveillance.