Photonics/Communications Physics: University Research Fields

[Mark Wolter]

What field of physics would communications / photonics fall under? My university does research in Astronomical Physics, Biological Physics, Biomedical Physics, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics, Theoretical Particle Physics and String Theory, Mathematical Physics, and Neuroscience Physics. Sorry for the long list but I was just curious about which field of research (if any of them) would correlate to photonics / communications physics. Thanks.

 

[Orodruin]

None of those fields strike me as one that would do photonics.

 

[Drakkith]

I believe photonics is a branch of optical sciences.

 

[Fervent Freyja]

The most likely out of your list is probably Condensed Matter Physics...

 

[Mark Wolter]

Okay, thanks for the responses!

 

[Dr. Courtney]

AMO

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Photonics is a branch of optical.

More applied than fundamental at that end. Odds are you'll publish in the optics and comms journals, not Phys Rev A.

 

[StatGuy2000]

To the OP:

Are you a student at the University of Toronto (my alma mater), by any chance? The list of research areas looks very similar to what I've found in the physics department website:

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/research

At Toronto, photonics researchers work under the Quantum Optics group, along with faculty from the electrical engineering department.

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/quantum-optics

https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/photonics/photonics-about/

 

[Mark Wolter]

No, I'm a student at Virginia Tech.