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Photons exchanging information between optical microcavities containing individual electron spins.

Photons exchanging information between optical microcavities containing individual electron spins.

Optical network of core-shell quantum dots communicating quantum spin information between nodes.

Optical network of core-shell quantum dots communicating quantum spin information between nodes.

Grad student Kurt Soto reflected in the 10 meter mirror of the Keck telescope, used to gather data for his PhD thesis.

Grad student Kurt Soto reflected in the 10 meter mirror of the Keck telescope, used to gather data for his PhD thesis.

A graduate student in Professor Bouwmeester’s lab measures optical properties of photonic crystal microcavities.

A graduate student in Professor Bouwmeester’s lab measures optical properties of photonic crystal microcavities.

Imaging and manipulating arrays of single spins in semiconductors.

Imaging and manipulating arrays of single spins in semiconductors.

Scanning Electron Microscope (Hansma lab) measuring bone strength.

Scanning Electron Microscope (Hansma lab) measuring bone strength.

Professor Elisabeth Gwinn working with graduate students.

Professor Elisabeth Gwinn working with graduate students.

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9th Annual Worster Summer Research Symposium!

The 9th Annual Worster Research Symposium will be held on Friday, October 11, 2019 at 2:00pm!

A Quantum Leap- Professors Stephen Wilson and Ania Bleszynski Jayich will co-direct the campus's new Quantum Foundry
  • Professors Stephen Wilson and Ania Bleszynski Jayich will co-direct the campus's new Quantum Foundry

$25M grant makes UC Santa Barbara home to the nation’s first NSF-funded Quantum Foundry, a center for development of materials for quantum information-based technologies

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We are now ranked among the top five graduate research physics programs according to the 2010 National Research Council rankings.

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Upcoming Event

Physics Department Colloquium: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - Lessons from molecular evolution in the RNA world

Irene Chen, UCSB

  1. October 22, 2019 - 3:45pm
  1. Physics Department Colloquium