Director, The Institute of Optics at The University of Rochester

Professor of Optics             Live WebCam OPT-BME Building

Professor of Physics

Senior Scientist at The Laboratory for Laser Energetics   

OSA Board Profile October 2004

Rochester Business Journal Article 5/16/03 (2 MB .pdf)

2004 Goergen Award for Undergraduate Teaching

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Research interests include:

Ultrafast laser physics and prototyping
Dispersion Micromanagement in Holey and Photonic Crystal Fibers
Ultra-short pulse lasers (8 fs and below)
Ultra-broadband laser systems in NIR and telecom bands
Dispersion - limits, measurements, compensation schemes
Biomedical Optics using novel Ultrafast Lasers
Nanodissection, targeted transfection and medical applications
Limits of Wavelength Division Multiplexing systems
Femtosecond Micromachining of Polymers
Novel fiber components based on fiber tapering
Dispersion compensation devices
High nonlinearity fiber devices
 

Contact Information :

Wayne H. Knox                                                                                 

Assistant Gina Kern   585-275-4722

Wilmot 113

275 Hutchison Road

Rochester, NY 14627

585-273-5520

585-273-1072 (fax)

wknox@optics.rochester.edu

Supported by a 2001 Faculty Development Award and Distinguished Professor Award by:

Eastman School of Music: