Laboratories and Facilities
Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics
The Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics seeks to advance the science and engineering of organic and hybrid nanostructured materials and enable technological innovations for applications in communications, sensing, displays, energy-efficient solid-state lighting, and power generation. New products based on organic semiconductors will save energy, reduce costs, be light-weight and flexible, increase national security, and enhance the quality of the environment.
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (EOSL)
The Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory has basic and applied research activities that include areas of EO modeling and analysis, remote sensing, acoustic and mechanical systems, micro-electronic device design and fabrication, nanotechnologies, performance support systems, and prognostics.
Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (FROG) Laboratory
Directed by Professor of Physics Rick Trebino: the FROG Laboratory utilizes a technique that completely characterizes an ultrashort laser pulse in time. Since its introduction in the mid-1990s, FROG has evolved into a fairly general and powerful technique for measuring ultrafast laser pulses. To become truly useful, however, any optical technique must go beyond measurement of mere laser pulses to the measurement of light pulses, whose intensity and phase are not as well behaved in space, time, and frequency as lasers.
Laser Dynamics Laboratory (LDL)
Directed by Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Mostafa El-Sayed: Includes research on ultrafast electron-hole dynamics in semiconductor nanoparticles, shape control synthesis and stability of metallic nanoparticles, photothermal stability of metallic nanoparticles, optical and electrical characterization of assembled metallic nanoparticle arrays, and dependence of catalytic efficiency on metallic nanoparticle shapes.
Atom Trapping & Quantum Computing Laboratory
The Ultracold Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics Lab houses research that is focused on investigating the quantum behavior of atoms and photons, often at the single particle level. Lasers are employed to confine and cool atoms to nano-Kelvin temperatures, which are used for studies including fundamental atom-photon interactions, atom optics and interferometry, and quantum computing and communication. Recent achievements include the first all-optical Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), the first storage ring for neutral atoms, and cavity QED with optically transported ultracold atoms.
Signature Technology Laboratory (STL)
The Signature Technology Laboratory (STL) of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is nationally known for its research, computer modeling and simulation capabilities in multispectral signature control, primarily as applied to aircraft and weapon systems designs. Many STL projects meet classified U.S. Department of Defense needs—but other research holds significant potential for commercial, medical or heretofore unexplored applications.
