PHYSICS

I am a postdoctoral scholar in the department of physics at the California Institute of Technology.  I work in the Micro- and Nano-Photonics Research Group of Professor Oskar Painter, focusing on the interactions of optics and mechanics at the nanoscale.

PATENT LAW

I am also a registered U.S. patent agent (Reg. Num. 60,896) and the founder of the Caltech Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA).

WHAT’S NEW

November 2009 paper in Nature on optomechanical crystals or corresponding press releases:

Nature review; Nature editor’s summary; Science review; Caltech press release; Slashdot.com; AtoZ of Optics; etc. (google “optomechanical crystal” for more).

May 2009 Paper in Nature on the “Zipper” optomechanical cavity or corresponding press releases:

Nature editor’s review; Science review; Caltech press release; Science Daily; Nanotechnology Now; Physorg.com; Photonics.com; Laser Focus World; etc. (google “picogram nanometer zipper” for more).

CONTACT INFORMATION

email

matt@caltech.edu

mailing address

Matt Eichenfield

Caltech 128-95

Pasadena, CA  91125

phone

(626) 395-6160