{"id":122086,"date":"2022-08-16T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=122086"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:23:16","slug":"pen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/departments-and-divisions\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/research\/pen\/","title":{"rendered":"Photonics, Electronics and Nanotechnology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Integration of novel materials at nanoscales and of innovative design concepts into optoelectronic devices and optical systems enables photonic technologies that empower the next-generation of light sources,\u00a0smart lighting detectors and sensors, biodetection, and on-chip communication. At BU we have a strong history of innovative research in the photonics and nanotechnology fields, including\u00a0the development of novel photonic and electronic materials from metamaterials to two-dimensional materials over plasmonics. Integrated optoelectronics, silicon photonics, quantum optics, optical devices and systems, fiber sources and power electronics pave pathways towards high-speed communication, novel detectors, MEMS\/NEMS sensors and next-generation laser and ultrafast optics. Sophisticated customized fabrication, design and modeling combined with state-of-the art characterization techniques down to nanoscales enables the demonstration of high performance photonic devices. All these technologies are centered around the detection, transmission and manipulation of light and photons and drive interdisciplinary applications in fields as smart lighting, optical characterization and biomedical instrumentation.\u00a0Research activities in Photonics, Electronics and Nanotechnology strongly connect ECE to the\u00a0<\/span>Photonics Center<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Nanotechnology Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0that serve as a fertile ground for cross-disciplinary collaborations.\u00a0We invite you to explore our research activities, meet our teams, and read about our success stories by visiting faculty, lab and research center pages below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Affiliated Faculty<\/h5>\n

Enrico Bellotti<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>David Campbell<\/a>, Luca Dal Negro<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>William Klein<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Robert Kotiuga<\/a>,\u00a0Min-Chang Lee<\/a>,\u00a0Roberto Paiella<\/a>, Milo\u0161 Popovi\u0107<\/a>, Siddharth Ramachandran<\/a>, Michelle Sander<\/a>, Alexander Sergienko<\/a>, Sahar Sharifzadeh<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Alex Sushkov<\/a>,\u00a0Anna Swan<\/a>, Selim \u00dcnl\u00fc<\/a>, Tianyu Wang<\/a>, Chen Yang<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Rabia Yazicigil<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Xin Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n

Affiliated Labs<\/strong><\/h5>\n