Research Area: PHY | EECS at UC Berkeley
Physical Electronics (PHY)
Overview
Topics
Electromagnetics
High frequency integrated circuit design, simulation, waveguides, and wireless channels.
Electronic Devices
Integrated circuit devices, organic electronics, semiconductor technologies, and superconductive devices.
Micro/nano Fabrication
Fabrication technologies for semiconductor, electromechanical, photonics, and other micrometer and nanometer-scale systems; advanced processing modules; integration of heterogeneous systems; process modeling and simulation; lithography; and advanced metrology and manufacturing systems.
Microelectromechanical Systems
Electronic and biomedical applications, micro-robotics, resonators, sensors and actuators, and silicon structures.
Nanotechnology
Carbon nanotubes, nanowires, quantum dots, DNA and other biomaterials, and programming their self-assembly.
Optoelectronics
Lasers, light-emitting diodes, optical detectors, optical tweezers, optical communication, solar cells, Lidar.
Optics
Optical design and engineering, ray and wave models for light propagation, aberration theory, interference and diffraction. Integrated and nonlinear optics.
Quantum Devices
Integrated quantum devices and transducers. Superconducting, spin, and photonic quantum technologies.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Signal formation and modeling, contrast generation, RF transmission and receiver array, RF Safety, peripheral instrumentation, and patient monitoring sensors.
Research Centers
Berkeley Center for Computational Imaging
Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science
Center for Integrated Access Networks
Electronic Materials Program at LBNL
Marvell NanoLab
NSF Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (CIQC)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Faculty
Primary
Ana Claudia Arias
Jeffrey Bokor
Yuan Cao
Constance Chang-Hasnain
Zaijun Chen
Jun-Chau Chien
Ali Javey
Boubacar Kanté
(coordinator)
Asir Intisar Khan
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Michael Lustig
Eric Y. Ma
Guanghan Meng
Aditya Varma Muppala
Kater Murch
Sayeef Salahuddin
Alp Sipahigil
Haoning Tang
Laura Waller
Ming C. Wu
Eli Yablonovitch
Mengjie Yu
Secondary
Jessica Boles
Bernhard Boser
Chenming Hu
Luke Lee
Richard S. Muller
Rikky Muller
Clark Nguyen
Ali Niknejad
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
Kristofer Pister
Kameshwar Poolla
Jaijeet Roychowdhury
Costas J. Spanos
Vladimir Stojanovic
Grigory Tikhomirov
Faculty Awards
National Medal of Technology and Innovation:
Chenming Hu, 2016.
IEEE Medal of Honor:
Chenming Hu, 2020.
Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame:
Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2018.
Chenming Hu, 2017.
Harvey Prize:
Eli Yablonovitch, 2011.
Okawa Prize:
Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2018.
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Member:
Eli Yablonovitch, 2003.
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Member:
Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2018.
Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2017.
Eli Yablonovitch, 2003.
Chenming Hu, 1996.
Richard S. Muller, 1992.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member:
Eli Yablonovitch, 2011.
Berkeley Citation:
Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2025.
Chenming Hu, 2011.
Richard S. Muller, 1994.
UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award:
Chenming Hu, 1997.
Kameshwar Poolla, 1996.
Sloan Research Fellow:
Yuan Cao, 2026.
Michael Lustig, 2013.
Ali Javey, 2010.
Constance Chang-Hasnain, 1994.
Eli Yablonovitch, 1978.
Related Courses
EE 117. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
EE 118. Introduction to Optical Engineering
EE 130. Integrated-Circuit Devices
EE 134. Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Devices
EE 143. Microfabrication Technology
EE 210. Applied Electromagnetic Theory
EE 218A. Introduction to Optical Engineering
EE 230A. Integrated-Circuit Devices
EE 232. Lightwave Devices
EE C235. Nanoscale Fabrication
EE 236A. Quantum and Optical Electronics
EE C239. Partially Ionized Plasmas
EE 243. Advanced IC Processing and Layout
EE C246. Parametric and Optimal Design of MEMS
EE 290Y. Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering: Organic Materials in Electronics