NanoStructures Laboratory

The RLE Nanostructures Laboratory (NSL) develops techniques for fabricating surface structures with feature sizes in the range from nanometers to micrometers, and uses these structures in a variety of research projects. The NSL includes facilities for lithography...

Digital Signal Processing Group

What is the future of signal processing? Analog and digital algorithms interacting seamlessly together Signal processing implemented using a combination of living cells, photons, and electrons Nonlinear mathematics for new classes of signal processing...

Optical and Quantum Communications Group

Quantum superposition and quantum entanglement are the bedrock on which new paradigms for information transmission, storage, and processing are being built. The preeminent obstacle to the development of quantum information technology is the difficulty of transmitting...

Auditory Physiology Group

The RLE Auditory Physiology Group conducts research on the mechanics of the auditory system, including the external, middle, and inner ear, and neural processing mechanisms. Other interests include cochlear implants as auditory prostheses and cochlear micromechanics....