Cardenas Lab
We manipulate light inside chips that fit on the tip of a needle
welcome to Cardenas Lab
Cardenas Lab is a fun research group working to transform how people do science and technology using nanoscale optical devices.
We do optics on a chip by engineering structures at the nanoscale level using microfabrication techniques.
We work with any materials needed for our application, ranging from recently discovered 2D materials all the way to glass.
Some examples of the questions we want to answer or problems we want to solve are:
How do you package photonic devices for low cost and high volume applications?
What tools can be conceived and built that will revolutionize other scientific fields such as neuroscience, cellular biology, or astronomy?
What new platform will revolutionize nanophotonics?
In our lab, you will design and fabricate nanophotonic devices to solve (or answer) some of today’s challenging problems (or questions).
Our Mission
To prepare students for their career goals in industry or academia.
To revolutionize science and technology in interdisciplinary fields using photonics.
To transform the field of photonics using novel materials, techniques, and devices.
Who we are
Research
Our current research areas are in novel optical materials and devices and packaging
Our workplace
Located in the Institute of Optics in the University of Rochester
Graduate stories
Our graduates wrote about their time in our group.
Join our team
To become a student of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, please follow this link.
If you are already a student of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, please follow the link below.
Latest publications
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Fiber array to chip attach using laser fusion splicing for low loss
Multiple fiber-to-chip fusion splicing has the potential to enable high throughput optical packaging with a robust, high efficiency, and low-cost solution.
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Fully Packaged On-Chip Ring Resonator Spectrometer
On-chip optical spectrometers are key components in miniaturized optical sensing for mobile platforms, the Internet of things, and chip-based diagnostics.
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BasicUltrabroadband, High Color Purity Multispectral Color Filter Arrays
Multispectral imagers that capture spatiospectral information are of growing 
importance in various fields, particularly in remote sensing and metrology…
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Characterization of the on-chip cavity coupled emission of 2D materials at room temperature
Light sources or lasers based on two-dimensional (2D) materials have been recently demonstrated with different photonic cavities emitting into free space. ..
