News

Graduate student joined the group (May 2022)

Graduate student Devi joined the group.

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Undergraduate student joined the group (May 2022)

Undergaduate student Cameron joined the group.

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Graduate student joined the group (April 2022)

Graduate student Yuxuan joined the group.

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Jack passed his qualifying exam (December 2021)

Jack became a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Jack!

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Dr. Garima Nagar's award (December 2021)

Garima has been selected to receive a Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research from Binghamton University. Great news for Garima for 2 days in a row!  

Congratulations, Garima!

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Dr. Garima Nagar (December 2021)

Garima has successfully defended and become Dr. Garima Nagar. She has accepted a research scientist position at Corning among multiple offers. 

Congratulations, Garima!

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Nicole's fellowship (December 2021)

Nicole has been awarded a Clark Diversity Fellowship at Binghamton University for her Ph. D study.  Nicole's story in Binghamton U News

Congratulations, Nicole!

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Optics Express publication (August 2021)

Our theory manuscript "Study of wavelength-dependent pulse self-compression for high intensity pulse propagation in gas-filled capillaries" is published in Optics Express.

Congratulations, Garima!

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Communications Physics publication (May 2021)

Our manuscript "Wavelength scaling of electron collision time in plasma for strong field laser-matter interactions in solids" is published in Communications Physics.

Congratulations, Garima and Dennis!

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High-order harmonic generation (January 2021)

After constructing a flat-field UV/soft x-ray spectrometer and a main interaction chamber, we started generating and detecting high-order harmonic signals.

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Garima and Dennis are featured in news (September 2020)

Garima and Dennis's achievements are featured in Binghamton U News

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A graduate student joined the group (August 2020)

Graduate student Jack joined the group.

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New workstation (August 2020)

A 256-GB memory, dual-CPU simulation workstation is operational thanks to NSF and IEEC support.

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IEEC grant (July 2020, sole PI)

Our group has been awarded an IEEC grant for fabricating 2-D and 3-D photonic devices via laser micromachining. We would like to thank IEEC of Binghamton University and our industry collaborators.

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National Science Foundation Grant (May 2020, sole PI)

Our group has been awarded a 3-year sole-PI grant from NSF to support our research on laser-plasma interactions. We would like to thank NSF for the support.

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Optics Letters publication (January 2020)

Our manuscript "Single-shot ultrafast visualization and measurement of laser matter interactions in flexible glass using frequency domain holography" has been accepted to Optics Letters.

Congratulations, Dennis and Garima!

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Dennis passed his qualifying exam (August 2019)

Dennis became a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Dennis!

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Students joined the group (Summer 2019)

Undergraduate students Russell and Nicole joined the group.

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Poster Award for Dennis and Garima in CLEO 2019 (May 2019)

Dennis and Garima won the poster award via our laser waveguide work in the energy technical group poster session in CLEO 2019 which is one of the largest laser and optics conferences in the world. Congratulations!

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Corning visit (February 2019)

Graduate students, Garima and Dennis, and Dr. Shim visited Corning Research & Development Corporation.

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Ross became Dr. Grynko (December 2018)

Ross has successfully become Dr. Grynko. Congratulations!

He has accepted a very nice industry position in Oregon among multiple offers. Best of luck! 

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Top Student Poster Award for Garima and Dennis (September 2018)

Garima and Dennis have won the first place in the student poster competition of the 30th annual Electronics Packaging Symposium. Congratulations, Garima, Dennis, Ross, and Dr. James Sutherland of Corning for nice work!

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Physical Review A publication (July 2018)

Our theory manuscript " Wavelength-scaled laser filamentation in solids and plasma-assisted sub-cycle light-bullet generation in the long-wavelength infrared" has been accepted to Physical Review A.

Congratulations, Ross and Garima!

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IEEC grant (June 2018, sole PI)

Our group has been awarded an IEEC grant for fabricating optical tomography. We would like to thank IEEC of Binghamton University and our industry collaborators.

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Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Grant (April 2018, sole PI)

Our group has been awarded a 4-year sole-PI grant from AFOSR to support our research on high order harmonic generation and nonlinear propagation. We would like to thank AFOSR for the support.

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Summer Scholar Award for Corey (April 2018)

Corey has been selected as one of Binghamton University Summer Scholars for summer 2018. Congratulations, Corey!

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An undergraduate student joined the group (April 2018)

Undergraduate student Matt joined the group.

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New Lab in Smart Energy Building (January 2018)

Our lab has moved to the state-of-the-art new smart energy building. 

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Research Award for Ross (December 2017)

Ross will receive a Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research from Binghamton University (Ceremony will be in March). Congratulations, Ross!

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Garima passed her qualifying exam (December 2017)

Garima became a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Garima!

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Two undergraduate students joined the group (November 2017)

Undergraduate students Jayson and Clement joined the group.

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National Science Foundation Grant (August 2017, sole PI)

Our group has been awarded a 3-year sole-PI grant from NSF to support our research on laser filamentation in solids. We would like to thank NSF for the support.

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IEEC grant (July 2017, sole PI)

Our group has been awarded an IEEC grant for fabricating laser waveguides. We would like to thank IEEC of Binghamton University and our industry collaborators.

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Physical Review A publication (June 2017)

Our manuscript Ross Grynko et al. "Effects of higher-order nonlinear processes on harmonic generation phase matching" has been accepted to Physical Review A.

Congratulations, Ross!

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An undergraduate student joined the group (June 2017)

Undergraduate student Corey joined the group.

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Darshana received his PhD (May 2017)

Darshana received his doctorate degree. Congratulations!

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Summer Scholar Award for Dennis (March 2017)

Dennis has been selected as one of Binghamton University Summer Scholars for summer 2017. Congratulations, Dennis!

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Two undergraduate students joined the group (October 2016)

Undergraduate students Jack and Dorje joined the group.

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An undergraduate student joined the group (September 2016)

Undergraduate student Mathew joined the group.

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A graduate student joined the group (September 2016)

Graduate student Garima joined the group.

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Optics Letters publication (August 2016) 

Our manuscript Ross Grynko et al. "Inhibition of multi-filamentation of high power laser beams" has been accepted to Optics Letters.

Congratulations, Ross!

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An undergraduate student joined the group (August 2016)

Undergraduate student Dennis joined the group.

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Two high school interns joined the group (July 2016)

High school interns Andrew and Shania joined the group.

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An undergraduate student joined the group (February 2016)

Undergraduate student Sean joined the group.

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Ross passed his qualifying exam (August 2015)

Ross became a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Ross!

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Physical Review Letters publication (January 2015) 

Our manuscript Darshana Weerawarne et al. "Higher-order nonlinearities revisited and their effect on harmonic generation" has been accepted to Physical Review Letters.

Congratulations, Darshana!

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An undergraduate student joined the group (January 2015)

Undergraduate student Lin joined the group.

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A graduate student joined the group (September 2014)

Graduate student Ross joined the group.

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Two undergraduate students joined the group (May 2014)

Undergraduate students Sam and Henry joined the group.

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CLEO conference paper (March 2014)

Our work "Test of Higher-Order Nonlinearity via Low-Order Harmonic Generation Revisited" has been accepted as an oral presentation for CLEO 2014.

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TAE grant in collaboration with Prof. C. J. Zhong group (November 2014)

We are awarded a smart energy TAE grant in collaboration with Prof. C. J. Zhong group in Chemistry for laser sintering work using nanoparticles.

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An undergraduate student joined the group (September 2014)

Undergraduate student Zach joined the group.

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Darshana passed his qualifying exam (August 2014)

Darshana became a PhD candidate. Congratulations!

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Lasers have been installed (June 2013)

Lasers have been installed.

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Two graduate students joined the group (May 2013)

Graduate students, Darshana and Gavin joined the group.