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What is Photonics?

Photonics is the study of light, including its generation, propagation, and interaction with matter, where "light" includes more than just the visible wavelengths. In photonics, energy and information are carried by photons (particles of light), rather than by electrons, as in electronics. Photonics uses the wave/particle nature of light to create novel, high technology, optical materials and devices.

The New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Photonics Applications (CAT) at the City University of New York (CUNY) develops and disseminates knowledge in photonics technology in order to promote New York economic development for the medical, biological, industrial and military sectors. The City University of New York was recently re-designated for 10 years as the site for a New York State Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) by the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR). To fulfill its mission, the CAT carries out cutting edge photonics research, develops technological innovations and applications, facilitates product development and leverages its NYSTAR funding with industrial and federal funds. It supports NYS industry through licensing of intellectual property, technology transfer, project collaboration and training of technicians and students. (NYSTAR). To fulfill its mission, the CAT carries out cutting edge photonics research, develops technological innovations and applications, facilitates product development and leverages its NYSTAR funding with industrial and federal funds. It supports NYS industry through licensing of intellectual property, technology transfer, project collaboration and training of technicians and students.

The CAT Program

The CAT has recently completing its 10th year of funding through the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR). Since its inception in 1993 the CAT at CUNY has leveraged NYSTAR funding with Industrial and federal support to accomplish the mission of the program. To fulfill its mission, the CAT carries out cutting edge photonics research, develops technological innovations and applications, and facilitates product development. It supports New York State industry through licensing of intellectual property, technology transfer, project collaboration, and training of technicians and students.

Mission:

The New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Photonics Applications (CAT) at the City University of New York (CUNY) develops and disseminates knowledge in photonics technology in order to promote New York economic development for the medical, biological, industrial, homeland defense and military sectors.

CAT Achievements

The attached fact sheets summarize the CAT's extraordinary achievements in economic development, technology and education.

CAT Capabilities

The CUNY CAT draws on CUNY's outstanding photonics research faculty and staff and its impressive photonics facilities. About 15 senior faculty researchers, 60 post doctorate associates and graduate students, and 12 technical and administrative staff participate in the CAT and CAT leveraged activities. CAT capabilities and activities are leveraged to obtain major federally funded research grants and Centers that focus on technological innovation in photonics. CAT researchers have published over 250 papers in refereed journals and generated over 50 patents.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Alan Doctor Deputy Director for Business Development City College Phone: (718) 997-4279 Email Alan Doctor

Industrial Advisory Board

CUNY Faculty Associated with the CAT

Non-Faculty Senior Research Staff

CAT Administrative Staff

Harry D. Gafney Director of CAT, Professor of Chemistry Queens College Phone: (718) 997-4114 Email Harry Gafney

Joseph Tomaras Senior Administrative Assistant Phone: (718) 997-4285 Email Joseph Tomaras

The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), comprised of academic and industry professionals, provides guidance and direction to the CAT’s leadership in developing and achieving the technical and programmatic goals of the Center IAB members help to foster communication and collaboration between the CAT, private industry and government agencies and to identify areas where the CAT’s resources and capabilities can be used to develop new applications.

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Technology Opportunities

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What is Technology Transfer? Licensing at the CAT Benefits of Technology Transfer? How Does IT Work?

What is Technology Transfer? In simplest terms, the CUNY Photonics CAT’s technology transfer program is a process by which photonic technology developed by CUNY is transferred to businesses for use in commercial applications. • Technology Achievements of the CAT (pdf) Technology Transfer and Licensing at the CAT CAT offers a number of exciting opportunities for business to utilize our technological advances. • Technology Opportunities available at the CAT •Patents Available for Licensing What are the Benefits of Technology Transfer? •Stimulates our New York State economy • Increases competitiveness within the private sector • Promotes innovation and creativity within CUNY • Allows New York State companies access to CUNY's vast technical resources How Does Technology Transfer Work? There are several ways in which private companies can work with CUNY Photonics CAT and reap the many benefits. • Licensing of CUNY’s patents and other intellectual property • Research agreements • Technical Consulting

Military and Homeland Defense The CAT conducts high level research in areas related to the development of products and processes using light enabled

technologies. These include: optical medical diagnostics, optical imaging, tunable solid state lasers, ultrafast laser technology, optical semiconductor materials and devices, nanoscale photonic materials and devices, compact photonic devices, optical communications, biological sensing and processes, optical computing and optical bio-defense. Follow the links below to read about our current research projects, which are categorized according to the industries they are most applicable: Follow the links below to read about our current research projects, which are categorized according to the industries they are most applicable:

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR WIRELESS SENSORS DETECTION OF BACTERIA, SPORES AND VIRUSES INFRARED TERAHERTZ PROBING AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES

Infrared Terahertz Probing and Imaging Techniques Detection of Bacteria, Spores and Viruses

Applications: Homeland defense and industrial Applications: Military communications and sensors Applications: Homeland defense and medical Project Description: Investigate terahertz (Thz) beam generation and detection in order to develop a time-domain ThzProjectDescription: Description:Develop Developreal-time, self-organizing network infrastructures andspores disseminate real-time information for Project in situ sensor methods to detect the presencetoofgather bacteria, and viruses using optical spectroscopy technique for studying the far-infrared transmission and dielectric properties of organic and inorganic composite and spectroscopy. This research is focused on such determining the optical signatures of bacteria, and viruses, which willsources form the controlling dynamic enterprise systems, as battlefields, where very large numbers spores of highly mobile sensor data and biological organisms. Potential uses include detection of hidden objects for security and counter terrorism and detection and basis ofmay a real-time, in situ method to detect bio-agents. users be scattered over a wide with little or no fixed network support. large surveillance sensor networks must imaging of corrosion and/or cracks on area metallic and ceramic surfaces beneath paintThese for industrial applications. adapt rapidly to dynamic changes in sensormethods nodes configuration. query Benefits: Easier, faster and more accurate to determine Dynamic the presence of processing bioagents and target tracking through this Benefits: Easier, more accurate imaging and probing technology than currently available unstructured sensor network of surveillance information sources and users must use appropriate distributed services and network protocols to solve the problems of mobility, dispersion, weak and intermittent disconnection, dynamic reconfiguration and limited power availability. Benefits: Improve communications in dynamic situations, including new features.