Cardenas Lab
@cardenaslab.bsky.social
We manipulate light inside chips that fit on the tip of a needle.
Cardenas Lab is a fun research group at the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, working to transform how people do science and technology using nanoscale optical devices.
Cardenas Lab is a fun research group at the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, working to transform how people do science and technology using nanoscale optical devices.
11/24/2025
5 years ago the Pandemic didn't stop our gratitude. We cherish these memories.
We are grateful for our group.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
@urengineering.bsky.social
5 years ago the Pandemic didn't stop our gratitude. We cherish these memories.
We are grateful for our group.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
@urengineering.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
11/24/2025
5 years ago the Pandemic didn't stop our gratitude. We cherish these memories.
We are grateful for our group.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
@urengineering.bsky.social
5 years ago the Pandemic didn't stop our gratitude. We cherish these memories.
We are grateful for our group.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
@urengineering.bsky.social
11/18/2025
Supun presented his invited talk at the annual CNF meeting. @urengineering.bsky.social
Supun presented his invited talk at the annual CNF meeting. @urengineering.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
11/18/2025
Supun presented his invited talk at the annual CNF meeting. @urengineering.bsky.social
Supun presented his invited talk at the annual CNF meeting. @urengineering.bsky.social
11/01/2025
Dr. Lori Lepak joined our team. Welcome!
Dr. Lori Lepak joined our team. Welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
11/01/2025
Dr. Lori Lepak joined our team. Welcome!
Dr. Lori Lepak joined our team. Welcome!
11/13/2025
Optics 101 students working on their final proyects on waveguide loss and interference at our lab with Ramiro and Yuhan. @urengineering.bsky.social
Optics 101 students working on their final proyects on waveguide loss and interference at our lab with Ramiro and Yuhan. @urengineering.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
11/13/2025
Optics 101 students working on their final proyects on waveguide loss and interference at our lab with Ramiro and Yuhan. @urengineering.bsky.social
Optics 101 students working on their final proyects on waveguide loss and interference at our lab with Ramiro and Yuhan. @urengineering.bsky.social
11/07/2025
We are very happy to share Sushant Kumar's recent work that demonstrates a fully passive alignment platform for photonic and electronic ICs and optical fibers. The paper just came out in Optics Express: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.... @urengineering.bsky.social
We are very happy to share Sushant Kumar's recent work that demonstrates a fully passive alignment platform for photonic and electronic ICs and optical fibers. The paper just came out in Optics Express: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.... @urengineering.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
11/07/2025
We are very happy to share Sushant Kumar's recent work that demonstrates a fully passive alignment platform for photonic and electronic ICs and optical fibers. The paper just came out in Optics Express: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.... @urengineering.bsky.social
We are very happy to share Sushant Kumar's recent work that demonstrates a fully passive alignment platform for photonic and electronic ICs and optical fibers. The paper just came out in Optics Express: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.... @urengineering.bsky.social
09/09/2025
Congratulations to Gadg for presenting his REU work from this summer at Techcon. Great work Gadg! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Congratulations to Gadg for presenting his REU work from this summer at Techcon. Great work Gadg! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
09/09/2025
Congratulations to Gadg for presenting his REU work from this summer at Techcon. Great work Gadg! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Congratulations to Gadg for presenting his REU work from this summer at Techcon. Great work Gadg! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
08/12/2025
Jiewei defended his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr Xiang! @urengineering.bsky.social
Jiewei defended his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr Xiang! @urengineering.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
08/12/2025
Jiewei defended his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr Xiang! @urengineering.bsky.social
Jiewei defended his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr Xiang! @urengineering.bsky.social
07/31/2025
Kellen gave a great REU presentation. Way to go!
Kellen gave a great REU presentation. Way to go!
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
07/31/2025
Kellen gave a great REU presentation. Way to go!
Kellen gave a great REU presentation. Way to go!
07/31/2025
Gadg gave an interesting REU presentation. Great job!
Gadg gave an interesting REU presentation. Great job!
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
07/31/2025
Gadg gave an interesting REU presentation. Great job!
Gadg gave an interesting REU presentation. Great job!
Jiewei will defend his thesis on Tuesday, August 12, at 1 pm. Come to Goergen 109 to support him. @urengineering.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Jiewei will defend his thesis on Tuesday, August 12, at 1 pm. Come to Goergen 109 to support him. @urengineering.bsky.social
06/30 - 07/03
Our team did a great job at this year's Photon Camp.
Learn more about Photon Camp and how we’re introducing high school students to the world of Optics:
youtu.be/nsyvM2340pw?...
@urengineering.bsky.social
Our team did a great job at this year's Photon Camp.
Learn more about Photon Camp and how we’re introducing high school students to the world of Optics:
youtu.be/nsyvM2340pw?...
@urengineering.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
06/30 - 07/03
Our team did a great job at this year's Photon Camp.
Learn more about Photon Camp and how we’re introducing high school students to the world of Optics:
youtu.be/nsyvM2340pw?...
@urengineering.bsky.social
Our team did a great job at this year's Photon Camp.
Learn more about Photon Camp and how we’re introducing high school students to the world of Optics:
youtu.be/nsyvM2340pw?...
@urengineering.bsky.social
07/10/2025
Summer celebration 2025. Welcome new team members. Farewell REUs, keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
Summer celebration 2025. Welcome new team members. Farewell REUs, keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
07/10/2025
Summer celebration 2025. Welcome new team members. Farewell REUs, keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
Summer celebration 2025. Welcome new team members. Farewell REUs, keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
07/07/2025
Supun, Kellen (REU student), April, Betty, and David (Institute of Optics undergrads) instruct participants of NCAIST Workshop, which is organized to facilitate photon integrated circuit education to communities and institutions. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Supun, Kellen (REU student), April, Betty, and David (Institute of Optics undergrads) instruct participants of NCAIST Workshop, which is organized to facilitate photon integrated circuit education to communities and institutions. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
07/07/2025
Supun, Kellen (REU student), April, Betty, and David (Institute of Optics undergrads) instruct participants of NCAIST Workshop, which is organized to facilitate photon integrated circuit education to communities and institutions. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Supun, Kellen (REU student), April, Betty, and David (Institute of Optics undergrads) instruct participants of NCAIST Workshop, which is organized to facilitate photon integrated circuit education to communities and institutions. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
06/10/2025
As part of the AIM Photonics Member Meeting 10th Anniversary, our team guided a tour of our Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
As part of the AIM Photonics Member Meeting 10th Anniversary, our team guided a tour of our Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
06/10/2025
As part of the AIM Photonics Member Meeting 10th Anniversary, our team guided a tour of our Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
As part of the AIM Photonics Member Meeting 10th Anniversary, our team guided a tour of our Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
05/16/2025
Dining together to celebrate this year's graduates. Congratulations Sushant, Jiewei, Tengqian, Tingxia, and Shuo. Farewell and keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
Dining together to celebrate this year's graduates. Congratulations Sushant, Jiewei, Tengqian, Tingxia, and Shuo. Farewell and keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
05/16/2025
Dining together to celebrate this year's graduates. Congratulations Sushant, Jiewei, Tengqian, Tingxia, and Shuo. Farewell and keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
Dining together to celebrate this year's graduates. Congratulations Sushant, Jiewei, Tengqian, Tingxia, and Shuo. Farewell and keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social
05/16/2025
Today we celebrated Commencement. Congratulations Jiewei! @urengineering.bsky.social
Today we celebrated Commencement. Congratulations Jiewei! @urengineering.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
05/16/2025
Today we celebrated Commencement. Congratulations Jiewei! @urengineering.bsky.social
Today we celebrated Commencement. Congratulations Jiewei! @urengineering.bsky.social
05/09/25
Last day at CLEO. Great job Jiewei and Yuhan! @urengineering.bsky.social
Last day at CLEO. Great job Jiewei and Yuhan! @urengineering.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
05/09/25
Last day at CLEO. Great job Jiewei and Yuhan! @urengineering.bsky.social
Last day at CLEO. Great job Jiewei and Yuhan! @urengineering.bsky.social
05/06/2025
Yuhan presented her poster at CLEO on "Ultra-High Weak Value Amplification." Way to go! Congratulations! @urengineering.bsky.social
Yuhan presented her poster at CLEO on "Ultra-High Weak Value Amplification." Way to go! Congratulations! @urengineering.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
05/06/2025
Yuhan presented her poster at CLEO on "Ultra-High Weak Value Amplification." Way to go! Congratulations! @urengineering.bsky.social
Yuhan presented her poster at CLEO on "Ultra-High Weak Value Amplification." Way to go! Congratulations! @urengineering.bsky.social
05/09/25
Jiewei gave a talk at CLEO on "Silicon Nitride Brillouin Platform", a collaboration with Renninger Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social
Jiewei gave a talk at CLEO on "Silicon Nitride Brillouin Platform", a collaboration with Renninger Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
05/09/25
Jiewei gave a talk at CLEO on "Silicon Nitride Brillouin Platform", a collaboration with Renninger Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social
Jiewei gave a talk at CLEO on "Silicon Nitride Brillouin Platform", a collaboration with Renninger Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social
05/02/2025
Congratulations Dr. Sushant Kumar!!! Best wishes for a bright future. @urengineering.bsky.social
Congratulations Dr. Sushant Kumar!!! Best wishes for a bright future. @urengineering.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
05/02/2025
Congratulations Dr. Sushant Kumar!!! Best wishes for a bright future. @urengineering.bsky.social
Congratulations Dr. Sushant Kumar!!! Best wishes for a bright future. @urengineering.bsky.social
05/01/2025
Sushant's PhD defense, "Laser-Fusion and Passive Alignment Platform for Broadband & High Power Electro-Optic Systems," is tomorrow. @urengineering.bsky.social
Sushant's PhD defense, "Laser-Fusion and Passive Alignment Platform for Broadband & High Power Electro-Optic Systems," is tomorrow. @urengineering.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
05/01/2025
Sushant's PhD defense, "Laser-Fusion and Passive Alignment Platform for Broadband & High Power Electro-Optic Systems," is tomorrow. @urengineering.bsky.social
Sushant's PhD defense, "Laser-Fusion and Passive Alignment Platform for Broadband & High Power Electro-Optic Systems," is tomorrow. @urengineering.bsky.social
05/03/2025
End of term ice cream party with the TAs. Thank you all! @urengineering.bsky.social
End of term ice cream party with the TAs. Thank you all! @urengineering.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
05/03/2025
End of term ice cream party with the TAs. Thank you all! @urengineering.bsky.social
End of term ice cream party with the TAs. Thank you all! @urengineering.bsky.social
04/03/2025
Professor Cardenas presented some of the group's work at the Industrial Associates Symposium. @urengineering.bsky.social
Professor Cardenas presented some of the group's work at the Industrial Associates Symposium. @urengineering.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
04/03/2025
Professor Cardenas presented some of the group's work at the Industrial Associates Symposium. @urengineering.bsky.social
Professor Cardenas presented some of the group's work at the Industrial Associates Symposium. @urengineering.bsky.social
03/31/2025
Cardenas Lab former and current members got together at OFC for some catching up. Thanks for keeping in touch! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Cardenas Lab former and current members got together at OFC for some catching up. Thanks for keeping in touch! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
03/31/2025
Cardenas Lab former and current members got together at OFC for some catching up. Thanks for keeping in touch! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Cardenas Lab former and current members got together at OFC for some catching up. Thanks for keeping in touch! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
03/31/2025
Dinning with Professor Stefanie Kroker from TU Braunschweig. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Dinning with Professor Stefanie Kroker from TU Braunschweig. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
03/31/2025
Dinning with Professor Stefanie Kroker from TU Braunschweig. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Dinning with Professor Stefanie Kroker from TU Braunschweig. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social