Jelena Vuckovic

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. - Caltech, 2002

Biography

Research Group: Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab

News

• Coherent generation of nonclassical light on a chip via photon-induced tunneling and blockade published in Nature Physics (9/22/08)
• Gallium Phosphide Photonic Crystal Nanocavities in the Visible  (8/14/08)
• Dipole induced transparency in waveguide coupled photonic crystal cavities(7/29/08)
• Controlled Phase Shifts With a Single Quantum Dot, published in Science and highlighted in Stanford Report (5/8/08)

Earlier news

Associate Professor (with tenure), Stanford Electrical Engineering, Sept. 2008-

Assistant Professor, Stanford Electrical Engineering, Jan. 2003-Aug. 2008

[Also affiliated with: Ginzton Laboratory, Solid-State and Photonics Laboratory (SSPL), and Stanford Photonics Research Center]

Acting Assistant Professor, Stanford Electrical Eng., Sept. 2002-Dec. 2002

Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford: Jan. 2002-Aug. 2002

CV

School of Engineering profile

Recent Awards

DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2008

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007

Okawa Foundation Research Grant Recipient, 2006

Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2006

Frederick E. Terman Fellow, 2003
Charles Lee Powell Foundation Faculty Award Recipient, 2002

Principal Investigator of the MURI Center for Photonic Quantum Information Systems (founded in 2003)

Contact info

Ginzton Laboratory
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4088
e-mail (@stanford.edu): jela
phone: (650) 725-2288

fax:    (650) 723-5320

Office: Ginzton 1
Labs: Ginzton 52 and 53

Administrative Associate:
Ingrid Tarien

Research interests

Experimental and theoretical research in nanophotonics and quantum photonics (including photonic crystals, nanocavities, solid-state photonic quantum information systems, cavity QED, and nanofabrication). For more info, please visit the Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab site.

Publications

Classes

Currently teaching: EE136 - Introduction to Nanophotonics and Nanostructures (for other classes, follow the link on the left)