Researchers Develop a Structure Capable of Long-Term Storage and Controlled Release of Mechanical Waves Without Energy Loss
Posted on August 30, 2019
Their proof-of-concept experiment may have broad implications for efficient harvesting, storing, and control of energy flow for mechanical and optical applications. [...]
Professor Andrea Alù Receives IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Posted on July 16, 2019
Alù received the award for his contributions to novel electromagnetic materials and their application. [...]
A New Theory for Trapping Light Particles Aims to Advance Development of Quantum Computers
Posted on June 24, 2019
The proposed protocol can be used to realize “optical memories” and achieve on-demand storing and releasing of single photons [...]
Andrea Alù Receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
Posted on May 2, 2019
The Defense Department’s most prestigious single-investigator award will provide $3 million to support Alù’s effort to engineer highly innovative materials for thermal wave manipulation NEW YORK, May 2, 2019 — Andrea Alù, founding director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advance Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Einstein Professor of Physics at TheRead More [...]
New Research Establishes Fundamental Principles Governing the Transmission of Light-Delivered Data Through Nonreciprocal Circuitry
Posted on January 16, 2019
The findings provide a key to unlock new approaches for miniaturizing circuitry chips that can efficiently process and deliver information using light NEW YORK, January 16, 2019 – The development of fiber optics technology has been indispensable to increasing the speed at which information is delivered over large distances by relying on light to carryRead More [...]
Researchers Discover a Metamaterial with Inherently Robust Sound Transport and Localization
Posted on December 31, 2018
The novel property may enable acoustic and ultrasound devices that are more resilient to noise, disorder and fabrication imperfections NEW YORK, December 31, 2018 – Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and at the City College of New York (CCNY) have developedRead More [...]
Professor Andrea Alù Named a Highly Cited Researcher
Posted on December 13, 2018
Professor Andrea Alù (Physics), founding director of the Photonics Initiative at The Graduate Center’s Advanced Science Research Center, joins a select group of scientists recognized as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics. This list “recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.” The list aims toRead More [...]
Gabriele Grosso Joins the Advanced Science Research Center’s Photonics Initiative
Posted on August 27, 2018
Grosso’s lab to focus on developing 2D materials aimed at leapfrogging opto-electronic device circuitry and information processing systems [...]
The Advanced Science Research Center’s Photonics Initiative Wins $3.2M Grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Posted on August 14, 2018
The four-year program will support efforts to model and develop next-gen equipment to mold light and other electromagnetic waves. [...]
ASRC Photonics Initiative Director Named a Finalist for the 2018 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Posted on May 30, 2018
Andrea Alù, director of the ASRC Photonics Initiative, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Alù is one of 31 U.S. researchers who will compete for the world’s largest unrestricted prizes for early career scientists. Each year, three Blavatnik National Laureates in the categories of life sciences,Read More [...]
High-Sensitivity Microsensors on the Horizon With Design Breakthrough by Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Posted on May 14, 2018
NEW YORK, May 14, 2018 — Wireless microsensors have enabled new ways to monitor our environment by allowing users to measure spaces previously off limits to research, such as toxic areas, vehicle components, or remote areas in the human body. Researchers, however, have been stymied by limited improvements in the quality of data and sensitivityRead More [...]
The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY’s Photonics Initiative Wins $7.5 Million in Research Funding from the U.S. Department of Defense
Posted on April 6, 2018
The highly competitive Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grant will help advance metamaterials research led by Initiative Director Andrea Alù NEW YORK, April 6, 2018 — Professor Andrea Alù, director of the Photonics Initiative at The Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (GC, CUNY), has been awardedRead More [...]
Breakthrough in Circuit Design Makes Electronics More Resistant to Damage and Defects
Posted on March 9, 2018
A newly published paper in Nature Electronics details how researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center, GC/CUNY, used an array of nonlinear resonators to overcome signal disruption when electronic circuits are broken or damaged NEW YORK, (March 9, 2018) —People are growing increasingly dependent on their mobile phones, tablets and other portable devices that help them navigateRead More [...]
Scientists realize breakthrough in controlling the transmission of light
Posted on February 8, 2018
NEW YORK, (Feb. 8, 2018) -- Operation of modern-day technology requires an ever-increasing use of broadband frequency signals. This, in turn, has grown the demand for reliable, efficient methods of signal transmission that prevent interference and are more efficient in their use of the scarcely available frequency spectrum. These requirements are constrained, however, by reciprocity--aRead More [...]
Top Photonics Researcher Andrea Alù Named a Director of the Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Posted on August 21, 2017
Andrea Alù, renowned engineer and photonics researcher, has been named the founding director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Alù, who will also hold the title of Einstein Professor of Physics at the Graduate Center in affiliation with the DepartmentRead More [...]
