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Local boy makes good

posted January 19, 2016 at 6:00 pm

For both his master’s and his doctoral theses, Michael Watts (pictured) developed a photonic circuit that could align the polarizations of light traveling through an optical chip. Photo: Bryce Vickmark

Michael Watts took two decades to make the 20-mile trip from suburban Hingham to tenure at MIT. « more »

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