Applied Physics Program
Welcome to the Applied Physics Program in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics.
Undergraduate Program
The applied physics undergraduate program stresses the basic physics that underlies most developments in engineering and the mathematical tools that are important to both physicists and engineers.
Graduate Programs
We offer graduate studies leading to the Master of Science (MS), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.
Applied Physics (AP) includes plasma physics and controlled fusion, solid-state physics, optical and laser physics
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May 09 2023 | General Atomics
Paz-Soldan Appointed Member of DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Prof. Carlos Paz-Soldan has been appointed a member of the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC). MoreOct 24 2022
Led by Columbia Engineering, Researchers Build Longest, Highly Conductive Molecular Nanowire
A 2.6nm-long single molecule wire has quasi-metallic properties and shows an unusual increase of conductance as the wire length increases; its excellent MoreJul 06 2022 | By Holly Evarts | Photo Credit: Liang Li/Columbia University
Columbia University Plasma Physicists at the 2022 APS-DPP Meeting
Columbia University students, scientists, and faculty presented seventy-one research presentations at the 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma MoreOct 28 2022 | By Professor Michael Mauel
'Optical magic': New flat glass enables optimal visual quality for augmented reality goggles
Researchers at Columbia Engineering report that they have now invented just this kind of glass. Led by Nanfang Yu, associate professor of applied physics and MoreSep 30 2022 | phys.org
What temperature is too hot for butterflies?
Prof. Nanfang Yu discusses how heat impacts a butterfly's ability to fly MoreJun 30 2022 | weirdnewsera.com
Engineers resolve single photons 70x faster than other techniques
Research on advancing quantum information processing from Alexander Gaeta’s lab was recently published in Optica MoreJun 29 2022 | Tech Explorist
How Can Quantum Physics Help Researchers Understand the Deep Earth?
Renata Wentzcovitch and her group are currently working with seismologists and geodynamicists on a reference model of the distribution of mineral phases and MoreApr 25 2022 | Columbia Quantum Initiative
Seeing More Deeply into Nanomaterials
New 3D imaging tool reveals engineered and self-assembled nanoparticle lattices with highest resolution yet—7nm—about 1/100,000 of the width of a human hair MoreApr 13 2022 | By Holly Evarts | Photo Credit: Oleg Gang/Columbia Engineering
A New Vision for Virtual and Augmented Reality
Michal Lipson and her team are developing new VR/AR technologies with multiple applications MoreMar 25 2022 | Columbia Engineering Magazine
New Device Modulates Visible Light—Without Dimming It—with the Smallest Footprint and Lowest Power Consumption
Visible-spectrum, compact, power-efficient, low-loss phase modulator is a breakthrough in integrated photonics; the device will improve LIDAR for remote sensing MoreNov 22 2021 | By Holly Evarts | Photo credit: Heqing Huang and Cheng-Chia Tsai/Columbia Engineering
Yu Named 2022 Optica Fellow
Nanfang Yu has been named a 2022 Optica Fellow "for the invention and development of metasurfaces and their application to imaging and cooling". MoreNov 19 2021