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Looking ahead
Fall 2009 First Day of Classes - August 24
FEATURED STORY
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering congratulates
Professor Junichiro Kono who will become full professor in July 2009.
He joined Rice University in 2000 as Assistant Professor in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and rose to Associate
Professor in 2005, and in 2009 he received a joint appointment in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy. Current research in the Kono Laboratory
focuses on the fundamental physics of semiconductor nanostructures and
carbon nanomaterials. Using state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques,
his research group investigates various optical and terahertz processes
in a variety of nanostructures. Recent accomplishments include
ultrafast optical manipulation of ferromagnetism in semiconductors,
magnetic brightening of “dark” excitons in carbon nanotubes, and
generation of coherent lattice vibrations in carbon nanotubes. These
studies can lead to innovative semiconductor ‘opto-spintronic’ devices
for controlling magnetism by light as well as for filling the terahertz
‘technology gap’ that exists between electronics and photonics. Such
devices can become the fundamental building-blocks for future
technology such as optical quantum information processing, which can
have tremendous impact on information technology by revolutionizing the
way we process and store information. Furthermore, these systems can
provide a controlled environment in which to address unanswered basic
questions in many-body physics. |
Save the Date 10.14.2009
ECE Corporate Affiliates Meeting 2009
08:00AM in Duncan Hall, McMurtry Auditorium ![]()
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