Fundamental Research in Photonics
Since its establishment in 1980, the Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering (IEO) emphasizes fundamental research in photonics. Many of our research programs are the first of its kind in Taiwan, including gas laser, vertical-cavity-surface-emitting -laser, holography, liquid crystal, magneto-optical data storage, optical soliton communication, ultrafast laser and tera-hertz technology. Our current research topics include coherent control of light-matter interaction, generation of coherent optical and tera-hertz radiation and their applications for material characterization and for biomedical discipline. The left Figure shows one of our recent achievements on generating attosecond laser pulses at tera-hertz repetition rate over the entire visible spectrum.