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May 7, 2026

Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors

With a novel design, MIT researchers overcame a stubborn problem that has limited the effectiveness of chip-based systems for lidar.

April 29, 2026

Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies

MIT researchers leveraged a surprise discovery to devise a faster and more precise biomedical imaging technique.

March 13, 2026

New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space

Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers.

February 20, 2026

Results You Can Touch

One year into the new 6-5 degree program, students are discovering the joy of hands-on electrical engineering.

January 15, 2026

Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based trapped-ion quantum computers

New technique could improve the scalability of trapped-ion quantum computers, an essential step toward making them practically useful.

September 2, 2025

New laser “comb” can enable rapid identification of chemicals with extreme precision

The ultrabroadband infrared frequency comb could be used for chemical detection in portable spectrometers or high-resolution remote sensors.

Thesis defense: Aziza Almanakly

Doctoral Thesis Title: Towards a Quantum Network with Waveguide Quantum ElectrodynamicsPresenter: Aziza AlmanaklyPresenter’s Affiliation: RLEThesis Supervisor: William D. Oliver Date: July 22, 2025 Time: 9 am Location: 3-270 Zoom

Thesis defense: Uttara Chakraborty

Time: July 16 at 3 pm Location: Room 3-133. Supervisors: Prof. Duane Boning and Prof. Carl Thompson. Title: Techniques for Reliability and Robustness in Integrated Electronic and Photonic

July 2, 2025

The high-tech wizardry of integrated photonics

PhD candidate Sabrina Corsetti builds photonic devices that manipulate light to enable previously unimaginable applications, like pocket-sized 3D printers.

June 12, 2025

Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing

By performing deep learning at the speed of light, this chip could give edge devices new capabilities for real-time data analysis.