[Seminar] Haoning Tang: Twisting Light with Nanomachines

[Tiffany Chien]

The UC Berkeley Photobears invite you to our first optics and computational imaging lunch seminar of the semester on Tuesday, August 27th!

Presenter: Dr. Haoning Tang, Adjunct Professor, Berkeley EECS

Title: Twisting Light with Nanomachines

When: Tuesday August 27th 12-1pm

Physical Location: Soda 510

Zoom: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/99190506818?pwd=8j3Lm36bzdAHfNxTTNrolrXGeGXzb9.1 

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP here for lunch. (If you already replied ‘Yes’ to Laura’s calendar event, don’t fill out the form.)

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Abstract:

Optical nanostructures and quantum materials have optical properties that are widely tunable via several approaches, such as heating, electrostatic gating, and interfacial engineering such as twisting. Being able to tailor the interfacial properties in a similar real-time manner represents the next leap in our ability to modulate the underlying physics and build exotic photonics devices. We demonstrate the first on-chip platform designed for optical nanostructures and quantum materials with in situ tunable interfacial properties, utilizing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). Each of these compact, cost-effective, and versatile devices is a standalone micromachine that allows voltage-controlled approaching, twisting, and pressurizing of two sheets of materials with high accuracy.

Speaker Bio:

Haoning Tang is the Adjunct Professor at Berkeley EECS. She was the Harvard Quantum Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at John A. Paulson School of Engineering Applied Science at Harvard University. She obtained bachelor's degree at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in, and Ph.D. at Harvard. Her primary research interest is in the nonlinear and quantum optical properties of metamaterials and quantum materials, and the engineering of these optical properties through advanced nanotechnologies including micro-electricalmechanical systems (MEMS).

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[Tiffany Chien]

Reminder that this talk is happening tomorrow at noon! Come meet and hear about the research of a new faculty member in EECS :) RSVP here for lunch.