Andrea Alù Explains How He Tricks Light and Sound
Posted on October 18, 2022
By Bonnie Eissner The renown physicist describes his breakthroughs in designing metamaterials and cloaking objects, in “Scientific American.” Creating metamaterials that trick sound and light may sound more like science fiction than science, but that is what Distinguished Professor Andrea Alù (Physics), founding director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center atRead More [...]
Andrea Alù and Team Present First Topological Insulator on an Integrated Chip
Posted on June 1, 2022
Topological insulators are materials that conduct electricity on their surface but behave like insulators on the inside. Their potential is so enormous that a group of scientists who made theoretical discoveries using topological concepts won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2016. A new paper published last month in the journal Nature Electronics presents anRead More [...]
Research Team Makes Breakthrough Discovery in Light Interactions with Nanoparticles, Paving the Way for Advances in Optical Computing
Posted on February 28, 2022
The work is a significant step toward realizing a new generation of ultra-compact, low-energy-use computers capable of complex mathematical computation NEW YORK, February 25, 2022 — Computers are an indispensable part of our daily lives, and the need for ones that can work faster, solve complex problems more efficiently, and leave smaller environmental footprints byRead More [...]
Postdoc Spotlight: Emanuele Galiffi
Posted on September 2, 2021
Dr. Emanuele Galiffi will join Andrea Alù’s group in the ASRC’s Photonics Initiative to conduct research on time metamaterials, investigating whether useful new functionalities can be enabled in materials that change their properties over time. [...]
Scientists Discover a New Type of Infrared Polaritons at the Surface of Bulk Crystals
Posted on August 27, 2021
The discovery could advance control of infrared nanolight used in a variety of technologies [...]
Andrea Alù Named Blavatnik National Awards Laureate
Posted on July 20, 2021
The award recognizes Alù’s challenges to the boundaries of materials science and physics, which have brought about advances in electromagnetics, nano-optics, and acoustics. [...]
Photonics Initiative Director Andrea Alù Receives Sixth Nomination for the Prestigious Blavatnik Award
Posted on June 15, 2021
Winners from the award’s three categories will be announced on July 20. [...]
A New Way to Control Light Emission from Ultrathin Surfaces Enables Breakthrough in Technology, Such as Customizable LED Lights
Posted on June 4, 2021
The new paper from the lab of Professor Andrea Alù appears in Physical Review X. [...]
Professor Gabriele Grosso Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Grant for Photonics Research
Posted on February 5, 2021
Grosso plans to use the funding, totaling over $537,000, to research new materials for quantum information technology, and to make this sometimes-intimidating field more accessible to students. [...]
Physics World Names ASRC-led Team’s Application of “Twistronics” to Light Propagation Top-10 Research Breakthrough
Posted on December 15, 2020
Their findings hold the promise for leapfrog advances in a variety of light-driven technologies, including nano-imaging devices; high-speed, low-energy optical computers; and biosensors. [...]
