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The Atwater group has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

A new experimental approach to examining thin samples of superconducting materials led to the discovery of a missing piece of the puzzle from both theoretical and experimental perspectives on superconductivity.

Kerry Vahala, Ted and Ginger Jenkins Professor of Information Science and Technology and Applied Physics, has been awarded 2025 Charles Hard Townes Medal for his pioneering contributions to the development and application of optical microresonators and nonlinear optical oscillators.

Caltech team from the Liquid Sunlight Alliance demonstrates the feasibility of using a solar-thermal heating system to produce jet fuel

Kerry Vahala, Ted and Ginger Jenkins Professor of Information Science and Technology and Applied Physics; Executive Officer for Applied Physics and Materials Science, is the recipient of the Charles Hard Townes Medal from the Optica Foundation.