Advanced Photonics &
Optoelectronics Lab

Light makes
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We explore how light interacts with matter, and turn that understanding into photonic materials, devices, and intelligent systems.

Conceptual nanostructured optical material with a subtle blue diffraction sheenLIGHT · MATERIALS · DEVICES
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Bio-inspired vision
InfoMat · 2026

Bio-inspired artificial retina with receptive fields for in-sensor multiply-and-accumulate operations

Receptive fields for in-sensor multiply-and-accumulate operations.

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Optical security
Adv. Sci. · 2025

Multi-Level Optical Physical Unclonable Function Based on Random Surface Scattering for Hierarchical Cryptographic Protocols

Hierarchical optical keys from random surface scattering.

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Energy photonics
Adv. Sci. · 2025

Color-Tunable Glass for Adaptable Thermal Management Based on Silver Phase Change

Color-tunable glass for adaptable thermal management.

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