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The Applied Physics Department seeks out and develops new areas of physics with broad impact on science, engineering and society through research and education.
News & Research Highlights
 Hideo Mabuchi leads interdisciplinary course combining art, archaeology, and physics
Course encourages students to look at art through the lens of science and quantitative reasoning.
By Taylor Kubota
An interdisciplinary course combining art, archaeology,...
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 Mark Schnitzer and Jelena Vučković named Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows
Two Applied Physics faculty named Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows. Mark Schnitzer (Professor of Applied Physics) and Jelena Vučković (Professor of Applied Physics, by...
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 New hardware shows a way to develop delicate quantum technologies
By bringing the benefits of mechanical devices into the quantum realm, Stanford researchers aim to create advanced computing and sensing devices.
BY ADAM HADHAZY
Stanford...
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 Optica Names Shanhui Fan the 2022 R.W. Wood Prize Recipient
Optica (formerly OSA) announces that Shanhui Fan, Professor of Applied Physics (By Courtesy), has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the R.W. Wood Prize. Fan...
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 A new way to shape a material’s atomic structure with ultrafast laser light
David Reis, Professor of Applied Physics, and Yijing Huang, graduate student in Applied Physics, conduct X-ray laser experiments that show that intense light distorts the...
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 AP faculty named AAAS Fellows
Applied Physics Professors Phil Bucksbaum, Tony Heinz, and Aharon Kapitulnik have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS...
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