Matthew Pelton

Faculty

Pelton Group

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The Pelton lab uses optical techniques to experimentally probe the dynamical processes that occur when light interacts with materials on the nanometer scale. Our research contributes to a fundamental understanding of the unique physical phenomena that occur on the nanoscale, with the overarching goals of (1) providing insight into how macroscopic phenomena arise from interactions among individual atoms and molecules, and (2) enabling future technologies in classical and quantum information processing, solar energy conversion, and sensing.