Groups, Centers and Labs
Laboratories
Bright Beams Collective Research Group
Location: 0204A Energy Research Facility
The BBC Group's research is centered on exploring the physics of charged particle beams at the extreme frontier of intensity.
Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment
Location: Energy Research Facility: 0124 (Control Room), 0153 (Laboratory)
The Centrifugal Mirror is a magnetized plasma in mirror configuration that is put into azimuthal rotation by imposition of a radial electric field that sets up an ExB flow. The Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX) will test this concept by running experiments operating at intermediate fusion conditions, as proof of principle.
Dimensional Materials Laboratory
Location: 0300A Energy Research Facility
The current research interest includes the growth of various metallic, semiconducting and insulating two-dimensional materials, transition metal oxides and dichalcogenides in particular, for environmental and biological sensors, batteries, and fuel cells
Laboratory for Intense Laser Matter Interactions
Location: 0102, 0110, and 0112 Energy Research Facility
The University of Maryland's Intense Laser Matter Interactions Laboratory studies the basic physics and applications of the interaction of extremely intense laser light with matter.
Laboratory for Plasma Processing of Materials
Location: 0113 Energy Research Facility
The Laboratory for Plasma Processing of Materials in the Energy Research Facility is focused on developing the science of low temperature plasma (LTP) - materials interactions that is required in many applications.
Laboratory for Ultra Fast Optical Science (UFOs)
Location: 0130 Energy Research Facility
The research in our group is focused on ultrafast lasers and optical science, including the study of intense, ultrafast laser interaction with atoms, molecules, solids, and plasmas.
Materials and Interface NanoTechnology Laboratory
Location: 0145 Energy Research Facility
The Materials and Interface NanoTechnology Laboratory conducts research in a wide variety of topics related to nanoscience and nanotechnology. The central goal is to explore the new physics that emerges from shrinking the dimensions of materials to the nanoscale, and to identify the significance of the new science for an array of applied fields such as sensing, energy, and biomedicine.
Nonlinear Dynamics Laboratory
Location: 0206 and 0300 Energy Research Facility
Our Nonlinear Dynamics Laboratory is dedicated to studying turbulence using both novel experiments and theory.
Photonic Materials & Devices Laboratory
Location: 0132/0138 Energy Research Facility
The Photonic Materials & Devices Group studies nanoscale light-matter interactions and applies nanomaterial properties in high-performance optoelectronic devices and systems. Current research interests are phase-change materials for photonics, photonic integrated circuits for (neuromorphic) computing and sensing, and low-energy reconfigurable photonics.
Photonics Research Laboratory
Location: 0205 Energy Research Facility
The Photonics Research Laboratory conducts research related to integrated optics, nanophotonic devices, nonlinear dynamics, terahertz photonics, nonlinear optics, ultrafast optics, microwave photonics, and optical communication systems. The central goal is to explore new devices and techniques that improve the speed, sensitivity, resolution, and efficiency of optical communication and sensor systems.
Photonics Systems Laboratory for Aerospace and Communication Engineering
Location: 0151 Energy Research Facility
Our research activities are mainly focused on the science and technology of photonic systems such as high-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators, time-delayed optoelectronic oscillators, and optical fiber architectures. The targeted applications include aerospace systems, optical and wireless communications, machine learning, quantum networks, time-frequency metrology, and fiber sensors.
Quantum Photonics Laboratory
Location: 0201, 0204, and 0205A Energy Research Facility
The Quantum Photonics Laboratory at the University of Maryland is part of the Joint Quantum Institute and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics.
Rubloff Research Group - ALD Nanostructures Laboratory (ANSLab)
Location: 0202 Energy Research Facility
The ALD Nanostructures Laboratory (ANSLab) is aimed at fabrication of 3D nanostructures for energy storage applications, using atomic layer deposition (ALD) widely as integrated with other techniques for deposition, modification, and characterization of these structures.
Research Groups
Extreme Astrophysical Plasmas Group
Location: 3365 A.V. Williams Bldg.
We are a theoretical astrophysics research group, focusing on studying the behavior of astrophysical plasmas in extreme conditions around neutron stars and black holes.
Landreman Group
Location: 3333 A.V. Williams Bldg.
Our group studies the effects of symmetry and geometry in magnetized plasmas.
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Location: 3329 A.V. Williams Building
Since the mid-1970s, the Chaos Group at Maryland has done extensive research in various areas of chaotic dynamics ranging from the theory of dimensions, fractal basin boundaries, chaotic scattering, controlling chaos, etc.
Plasma Theory Group
Location: Third Floor, A.V. Williams Bldg.
The Plasma Theory Group is part of the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics at the University of Maryland. IREAP has participating researchers from the Departments of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Geology, Materials Science and Engineering, and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology.
Centers
Maryland NanoCenter
Location: Kim Building
The Maryland NanoCenter promotes major nano research and education initiatives, provides one-stop shopping for those seeking expertise and/or partnerships at Maryland, and supplies infrastructure to facilitate nano activities at Maryland through equipment, staff support, and informational and administrative functions.
Quantum Technology Center
Location: IDEA Factory
The Quantum Technology Center (QTC) will have a global impact creating translational technologies to address some of society's toughest challenges.
SolFER DRIVE Science Center
The SolFER DRIVE Science Center is a multi-institutional collaboration whose goal is to understand the release of magnetic field energy and associated particle acceleration in flares in the solar corona.