Research in Optical Sciences

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UA's Optical Sciences is recognized nationally and internationally for its innovative and unusually comprehensive research programs and for its state-of-the-art laboratories.  Research encompasses a broad set of technologies and techniques for exploiting the properties and applications of light and touches virtually every field of science and all modern industries.  Optical Sciences is unique in that nearly all research is sponsored:  funded by contracts from industry or governmental agencies.  Faculty members partner with scientists, researchers, engineers and administrators from industry, government and academia to conduct the leading-edge research that powers the future of the world's high-technology industries.