Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics
At the University of Dayton, we are proud to be one of only a handful of academic programs in the world to offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electro-Optics and Photonics (EOP). Lasers, cameras, fiber-optics, lidar, holograms, semiconductor chip fabrication and more all heavily rely on optics and photonics.
Our world-class laboratories and research directly aligns with government labs and commercial industries, allowing you to obtain real-world and highly marketable skills. Our students present their work at leading international conferences and participate in internships at our partner industries. We have close ties with high-tech industries, defense labs and academia. All of our graduates are highly sought after, with starting salaries over $100,000.
Photonics is all around us
- Display technology: all modern computers, TV's and cell phones
- Lidar: drones for aerial mapping and by self-driving cars
- Optical spectroscopy: detection of hazardous chemicals and pathogens
- Optical lithography: critical step in semiconductor chips manufacture
- 3D imaging and holograms: technologies, such as Hololens and forensic sciences
- Optical data storage: DVDs, Bluray, etc.
- Optical coatings: mirrors, displays and even your cell phone screens
- Photodetectors and imaging: nearly every camera and cell phones
- Night vision cameras: surveillance, military and energy industries
- Fiber optics: backbone of our broadband communication network
- Laser machining: emerging technology quickly replacing traditional machining
- Lasers: many areas from medical surgery and telecommunications to even spacecraft propulsion
- Plus many more . . .
Researchers observed unexpected atmospheric effects in a set of measurements that are difficult to make, given a small portion of the U.S. with total solar eclipse, lack of currently available instruments and an appropriately equipped testing site.
Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics professor Dr. Partha Banerjee visited Tsinghua University in Beijing, China to present an invited lecture on his recent research. Banerjee, who is Director of the Holography and Metamaterials Lab, specializes in digital and dynamic holography, metamaterials, photorefractives and acousto-optics.
This past summer, four UD graduate students, along with students from U.S. universities, traveled to Taiwan for a week to explore Taiwan's display technology industry, thanks to a joint NSF Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) grant between Penn State University and University of Dayton.