Faculty: 15
Staff: 2
Post Docs: 0
Grads: 12
Under Grads: 90
Research Areas:
Modern Optics:Cooling and trapping of atoms,
Quantum Computing and Information,
Photonic Bandgap Materials,
Nanoscale Lasers.
Condenesed Matter:Properties of Ceramic Materials,
Magnetic Multilayers,
Phase Transition Simulations.
Astrophysics: Planetary Formation.
Physics Education:
Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory development,
Physics With Toys,
Innovations in the Introductory Course.
Facilities:
Observatory,
3 Optics Labs,
2 Condensed Matter Labs,
2 Computer Labs,
NSF supported facilities for advanced undergrad
labs in laser physics, spectroscopy, materials
physics, and electronics.
'As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.'