{"id":3220,"date":"2016-10-20T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/?page_id=3220"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:14:30","slug":"nanophotonics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/research\/nanophotonics\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanophotonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/research-themes\/nanophotonics\/' class='button button-primary'>See Related Posts<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><br \/>\n<h2 class=\"display-posts-title\">Recent News<\/h2>\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iXQrbjkab9E\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/mqdefault-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/mqdefault-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/mqdefault-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iXQrbjkab9E\">Milo\u0161 Popovi\u0107 Featured on NSF Podcast | &#8220;Photonic Quantum Chips Promise Fast Future&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(4\/28\/2026)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/reporter.nih.gov\/search\/Yv4BhQwalEmWgoeULBCi7g\/project-details\/11260730\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-636x636.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-189x189.png 189w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2022\/10\/Logo8.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/reporter.nih.gov\/search\/Yv4BhQwalEmWgoeULBCi7g\/project-details\/11260730\">Masha Kamenetska Awarded 5-Year, $2.1M NIH Grant<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(3\/23\/2026)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2025\/best-of-brink-inspiring-inventions-impactful-ideas\/?utm_campaign=bu_today&#038;utm_source=email_20251217_full&#038;utm_medium=2_must_read_1&#038;utm_content=research_brain\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2025\/best-of-brink-inspiring-inventions-impactful-ideas\/?utm_campaign=bu_today&#038;utm_source=email_20251217_full&#038;utm_medium=2_must_read_1&#038;utm_content=research_brain\">Xin Zhang, Irving Bigio, and More Featured in &#8220;Best of The Brink 2025&#8221; Inventions List<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(12\/17\/2025)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div><\/h4>\n<p>Nanophotonics is the study of electronic and optical properties of materials at the nanoscale and developing techniques for manipulating and controlling light at subwavelength scales, and developing applications to take advantage of these length scales.<\/p>\n<h4>Faculty Labs:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/boas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bio Optical &amp; Acoustic Spectroscopy Lab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David Boas)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/nano\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nanomaterials &amp; Nanostructures Optics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Luca Dal Negro)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/people\/profiles\/ian-davison\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neurocircuits in Olfactory Systems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ian Davison)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nil\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Anna Devor)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gabellab.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gabel Lab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Christopher Gabel)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madlab.bu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molecular Aging and Development Lab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lee Goldstein)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hanlab\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han Lab<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Xue Han)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mklab\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Molecule Spectroscopy Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Maria Kamenetska)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/paiella\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paiella Research Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Roberto Paiella)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/milos-popovic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantum Integrated Photonic Circuits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Milos Popovic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reinhardlab\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Bj\u00f6rn Reinhard)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottcognitionlab.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laboratory of Comparative Cognition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ben Scott)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tyw-lab.github.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tianyu Wang Research Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tianyu Wang)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nanophotonics is the study of electronic and optical properties of materials at the nanoscale and developing techniques for manipulating and controlling light at subwavelength scales, and developing applications to take advantage of these length scales. 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