{"id":3226,"date":"2016-10-20T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/?page_id=3226"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:39:25","slug":"photonic-materials-and-devices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/research\/photonic-materials-and-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Photonic Materials and Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/research-themes\/photonic-materials-devices\/' class='button button-primary'>See Related Posts<\/a><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.bu.edu\/photonics\/2026\/04\/16\/photonics-in-space-symposium-recap\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/04\/20260409_Annual-Sympsoium-9-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/2026\/04\/16\/photonics-in-space-symposium-recap\/\">Photonics In Space Brings Together Out of this World Speakers<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(4\/16\/2026)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/2026\/01\/05\/asking-the-big-questions-in-kirit-karkares-cosmology-lab\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/20251119_Kirit-Karkare-Profile-Shoot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/2026\/01\/05\/asking-the-big-questions-in-kirit-karkares-cosmology-lab\/\">Asking the BIG Questions in Kirit Karkare&#8217;s Cosmology Lab<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(1\/5\/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>Photonic materials are materials that emit, detect, or manipulate or control light. At the Photonics Center research includes device design and fabrication and processing techniques.<\/p>\n<h4>Faculty Labs:<a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/basu\/LABindex.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/basu\/LABindex.html\"><span>High Temperature Oxidation Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Soumendra Basu)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csm\/\"><span>Center for Semiconductor Materials &amp; Devices Modeling<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Enrico Bellotti)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/research-impact\/our-approach\/materials-by-design\/\">Materials by Design<\/a>\u00a0(David Bishop)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/kabrownlab\/home\"><span>KABLab<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Keith Brown)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bunch\/\"><span>Atomic Membrane Lab<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Scott Bunch)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/nems\/\"><span>Nanometer Scale Engineering Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Kamil Ekinci)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/icsg\/\"><span>Integrated Circuits, Architectures &amp; Systems Group<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Ajay Joshi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/physics.bu.edu\/sites\/whu\/wanzheng\/\">Hu Lab: Light and Quantum Materials<\/a>\u00a0(Wanzheng Hu)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/xling\/\"><span>Ling Group: Nanomaterials, Structures, &amp; Spectroscopy<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Xi Ling)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/profile\/sean-lubner\/\">Lubner Lab<\/a>\u00a0(Sean Lubner)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/joshua-semeter\/\">Semeter Lab\u00a0<\/a>(Joshua Semeter)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmi.fraunhofer.org\/en\/about-us\/asharon\"><span>Center for Manufacturing and Innovation<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Andre Sharon)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/anna-swan\/\"><span>High Spatial Resolution Spectroscopy<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Anna Swan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msonlab.com\/\"><span>The Son Lab<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Minjung Son)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bwalsh\/\"><span>Space, Physics, and Technology Lab<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Brian Walsh)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tyw-lab.github.io\/\"><span>Tianyu Wang Research Group<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Tianyu Wang)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/xinz\/\"><span>Laboratory for Microsystems Technology<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Xin Zhang)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photonic materials are materials that emit, detect, or manipulate or control light. At the Photonics Center research includes device design and fabrication and processing techniques. Faculty Labs: High Temperature Oxidation Laboratory\u00a0(Soumendra Basu) Center for Semiconductor Materials &amp; Devices Modeling\u00a0(Enrico Bellotti) Materials by Design\u00a0(David Bishop) KABLab\u00a0(Keith Brown) Atomic Membrane Lab\u00a0(Scott Bunch) Nanometer Scale Engineering Laboratory\u00a0(Kamil Ekinci) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4998,"featured_media":0,"parent":90,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15145,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226\/revisions\/15145"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}