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Nanotechnology & materials

Shu Yang

Designs "smart" photonic devices for lightning-fast computers and communications networks.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania
Region
Global

"Designs ""smart"" photonic devices for lightning-fast computers and communications networks. While at Bell Labs, she codeveloped a liquid microlens that can be electronically focused in milliseconds to direct light signals inside optical fibers."

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