» Dr. Philip Measor leaves Applied Optics group to start LiquiLume Diagnostics Inc. and develop medical diagnostic devices based on liquid-core waveguide technology. Congratulations, Philip! (January 2012)

» Professor Schmidt's work in Nanoscale Optofluidics and chip-based biosensing featured in EEWeb.com. Article (November 2011)

» Review article by Holger Schmidt and Aaron Hawkins on photonic integration using optofluidics appears in focus issue of Nature Photonics: Article (October 2011)

» Article by Mikhail Rudenko on detection of single ribosomes using solid-state nanopores published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: Article (August 2011)

» Prof. Schmidt's work highlighted as Featured Engineer on EEWeb.com: Article (June 2011)

» Congratulations to Kavit Kumar for winning a UCSC Undergraduate Research Dean's Award (May 2011).

» Article by Philip Measor on a miniaturized particle manipulation chip published in SPIE Newsroom: Article (March 2011).

» Kavit Kumar and Holger Schmidt at UC LEADS poster symposium in UC Berkeley. Kavit presented a poster on "Portable Pathogen Detection on Mobile Devices" (March 2011).

» Article by Philip Measor liquid-core waveguide based optofluidic filter published in Lab on Chip: Article (January 2011).

» Article by Bin Wu on creating slow light and other quantum interference effects in an atomic spectroscopy chip appears as cover article in Nature Photonics: Article (November 2010)

» Interview with Prof. Schmidt on slow light research appears in Nature Photonics: Interview (November 2010)

» Article by Evan Lunt and Bin Wu on large improvements in hollow-core guiding with a self-aligned fabrication process published in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters: Article (August 2010).

» Article by Matt Holmes, Mikhail Rudenko and Philip Measor on micro/nanopore fabrication in ARROW waveguides published in JM3: Article (April 2010).

» Congratulations to Samantha Downey and Melissa Eberle for winning UCSC Undergraduate Research Dean's and Chancellor's Awards (May 2010).

» Handbook of Optofluidics edited by Aaron Hawkins and Holger Schmidt and published by CRC Press has been released (April 2010).

» Review article on atomic spectroscopy and quantum optics on a chip by H. Schmidt and A. Hawkins published in Laser and Photonics Reviews: Article (January 2010).

» Prof. Schmidt and colleagues win Rogers Family Foundation "Bridging the Gap" Award for translational research: Official Press Relase (January 2010).

» Article by Sergei Kuehn on a new active optofluidic particle trap in Lab on Chip: Article (January 2010).

» Article by Philip Measor on multimode mitigation in optofluidic waveguides in Optics Express: Article (December 2009).

» Applied Optics Group develops new on-chip optical particle trap: Official Press Release (June 2009).

»Applied Optics graduate student Kaelyn Leake receives first year QB3 Fellowship (July 2009).

» W.M. Keck Foundation awards $1.5 Million to UCSC team led by Prof. Schmidt to establish Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics: Official Press Release (January 2009).

» Article by Sergei Kühn and Philip Measor on a new type of all-optical trapin Lab on Chip: Article Abstract (May 2009).

» Journal paper by Applied Optics students Mikhail Rudenko and Sergei Kühn on single virus detection on a chip appeared in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: Article Abstract (May 2009).

» Philip Measor wins Outstanding Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Award (April 2009).