The Center's research program includes: active film structures, particularly for electrochromic control of window transparency and for high density rechargable batteries, digital image processing, photonics with emphasis on optical interconnect and network devices.
The digital image processing involves research in maximum entropy restoration, phase-only filtering, medical imaging, and computer-aided tomography. Image processing techniques have been used to restore the quality of Hubble telescope images and are under study for use in adaptive optics systems for compensation of optical distortion due to atmospheric turbulence.
The photonics research emphasizes nonlinear optics for high speed optical data processing and communication.
Other areas of collaboration include: a fiber optics system to test ground water contamination at an underground source, acousto-optic devices synthesized from mercurous halide crystals, and the influence of electromagnetic fields on cells and proteins.
There are also related research efforts outside the Center in: thermo-optical properties of materials, magnetic semiconductors, submillimeter spectroscopy, biological effects of electromagnetic fields, and environmental monitoring.