kjzz.org: UA scientists are working on a new kind of telescope. Here's how it will be different Sept. 28, 2023 Read more
Image OSC Colloquium: Daniel Soh, "Squeezed Light Quantum Optical Imaging/Photon-number Resolving Single Microwave Photon Detectors" Sept. 21, 2023 Daniel Soh Associate Professor at Wyant College of Optical Sciences, the University of Arizona Prof. Soh will showcase how we can achieve super-resolution, surpassing the limitations set by Rayleigh diffraction in conventional imaging, using entangled multimode squeezed light. Compared to traditional imaging with classical light probes, quantum imaging with squeezed light markedly improves resolution. Read more
optica.org: James C. Wyant Named Optica Honorary Member Sept. 21, 2023 optica.org: James C. Wyant Named Optica Honorary Member
Image Superlative Staff: March SPOT Award & 2nd and 3rd Quarter Peer to Peer Sept. 20, 2023 Congratulations to the Wyant College of Optical Science's latest Staff Recognition Award winners! Belinda McCleese was nominated by Cyndy Noriega for the March 2023 SPOT award. Chris McCormack Obregon was selected for the 2nd Quarter Peer-to-Peer award, nominated by Dalziel Wilson, and Channel Lemon was selected for the 3rd Quarter Peer-to-Peer award, nominated by Kaye Rowan. Read more
techlauncharizona.edu: University of Arizona ranks #22 on list of top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2022 Sept. 19, 2023 Read more
Image Alumnus Appears in Apple's New Products Release Event Sept. 19, 2023 Wyant College of Optical Sciences alumni are all working on such exciting projects and studies. One such alumnus recently appeared in an Apple Events Video discussing the release of the new iPhone 15 Pro Camera design. Misha Scepanovic (OSC, MS 2005) is now the Director of Optical Engineering at Apple and is working on exciting new research that is developing the amazing new technology in Apple's phones. Watch the full event here, and find Misha's feature on the Pro Camera at the 1 hr and 10 min mark. Read more
techlauncharizona.edu: UArizona I-Squared Awards & Expo celebrates innovation, commercialization and impact Sept. 19, 2023 techlauncharizona.edu: UArizona I-Squared Awards & Expo celebrates innovation, commercialization and impact
Image Ashlesha Patil Honored as "Student Inventor of the Year" at Tech Launch Arizona's I-Squared Awards and Expo Event Sept. 19, 2023 Among those to be recognized at the I-Squared Awards & Expo Event is Ashlesha Patil, graduate student in the Wyant College of Optical Sciences and researcher in the NSF-ERC Center for Quantum Networks. Ashlesha was selected as Student Innovator of the Year for her work developing a computer game that teaches measurement-based quantum computation through using tangrams – puzzles where users have to fit together flat polygons. Read more
news.arizona.edu: UArizona scientists investigate new frontiers of sound with $30M center Sept. 19, 2023 news.arizona.edu: UArizona scientists investigate new frontiers of sound with $30M center
Image Largest Optical Science Library in Latin America Named after Wyant College of Optical Sciences Alumna Sept. 19, 2023 The Mexican science agency has named its largest optics library in Latin America after world-renowned Slovenian astrophysicist and engineer Marija Strojnik, alumna of Wyant College of Optical Sciences (OSC, PhD 1980). Part of the Mexican Optics Research Centre (CIO), the library, which houses the largest optics collection in Latin America, now pays tribute to Strojnik's research achievements. Read more
