Cornell Nanophotonics Group

Press

Articles on Prof. Lipson's MacArthur Genius Award:

IEEE The Institute: IEEE Members Earn "Genius" Awards.
The OptoIQ Digital Network: Cornell University photonics pioneer Michal Lipson wins "Genius Award".
TMCnet.com: Photonics Pioneer Michal Lipson Named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.
EE Times: Silicon photonics pioneer gets 'genius' award.
The New York Times: MacArthur Foundation Honors 23.

Articles on Controlling photonic structures using optical forces:

Cornell Chronicle: Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects.
Scientific American: Nanodevices Bend under the Force of Light.
Science Daily: Small Optical Force Can Budge Nanoscale Objects.
USA Today: Nanodevices Bend under the Force of Light.
Nanotechnology Now: Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects.
AZoNano.com: Cornell Researchers Use Very Tiny Beam of Light to Move Silicon Structure up to 12 Nanometers.
Physorg.com: Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects.
Scienceblog.com: Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects.
Newswise.com: Small Optical Force Can Budge Nanoscale Objects .

Articles on Cloaking at Optical Frequencies:

National Geographic: Two New Cloaking Devices Close In on True Invisibility.
Brisbanetimes.com.au: Muggle invisibility cloak closer to reality.
BBC News: Invisibility cloak edges closer.
Physics World: Invisibility cloaks go optical.
Nextbigfuture.com: Optical Wavelength Cloaking Carpet.
Digitaljournal.com: From invisibility cloaks to magic carpets.
Endgadget.com: Quest for invisibility cloaks revisited by two research groups.
TechnologyReview.com: Carpet Cloaks Bring Invisibility to the Optical World.
Redorbit.com: Scientists Develop New Invisibility Cloak Technology.
Sindhtoday.net: Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak edges closer.

Older News

Integrated EOM looks good for intrachip optical interconnects, Laser Focus World, 01 May 2009.

View several articles on our recent Nature paper on trapping nano- and biomolecules using slot waveguides:
- Using light to move and trap DNA molecules (physorg.com)
- Nano "Tractor Beam" Traps DNA(NSF)
- Using light to move and trap DNA molecules (chemie.de)
- Using light to move and trap DNA molecules (Cornell News, Dec 2008)
- Using light to manipulate with DNA (nanomedecinecenter.com)
- Tractor beams trap and move DNA (nano.org.uk)

Long and Nick's paper "Compact bandwidth-tunable microring resonators" is covered in the Research Highlights of Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 6, Jan. 2008.
Optical signals interact with MEMS, EE Times Europe, 05 Nov. 2007.
Optofluidic trapping and transport on solid core waveguides within a microfluidic device, Optics Express, 29 Oct. 2007.
Storing Light on Chip, technologyreview.com, 20 June 2007.
Broadband Light Amplifier on a Chip Created, www.photonics.com, 06 July 2006.
A Broadband Light Amplifier on a Photonic Chip, www.physorg.com, 06 July 2006.
Microchips powered by light, Science Worlds, 07 July 2006.
Four-wave mix, The Engineer Online, 07 July 2006.
Researchers create a broadband light amplifier on a chip, www.brightsurf.com, 07 July 2006.
Researchers Create Broadband Light Amplifier On A Photonic Chip, www.sciencedaily.com, 07 July 2006.
Broadband Light Amplifier On A Chip, www.blogspan.org, 07 July 2006.
Photonic chips see light at the end of the tunnel, www.fibers.org, 13 July 2006.
From the Lab: Information Technology, MIT Technology Review Magazine TechnologyReview.com, September 2005.
Ultratiny Silicon Modulator Achieves Gigahertz Speeds, Photonics Spectra, August 2005.
Nanocavity in a silicon waveguide affords ultrasensitive nanoparticle detection, Biophotonics International, January, 2005.
Guiding light for optical circuits, Interview with Prof. Lipson, EE Times, 31 January, 2005
Silicon ring boosts light chips, Technology Research News (Selected by TRN as a Top Pick for Technology Research Advances of 2004), 15 December 2004.
Silicon circuit demonstrates optical switch , EE Times, 01 November 2004.
Cornell Devises All-Optical Switch , Photonics.com, 29 October 2004.
Optical Waveguides a Focus at Cornell, Semiconductor International, 01 March 2004.
Optical computer components unveiled, EE Times, 16 February 2004.
Cornell-developed tools to guide and switch light could lead to photonic microchips and practical home fiber-optic lines, Innovations-Report, 16 February 2004.
Tools to Guide and Switch Light for Photonic Microchips, Newswise, 11 February 2004.
Low-index slot serves as waveguide, Laser Focus World, February 2004.
Photonic tech comes to light, CommsDesign, 02 June 2003