Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit within the Colleges of Science and Engineering, the institute focuses on the study of new lasers from short-wavelength to high-power, quantum computing, advanced optical materials with applications in lithography and ultrafast signal processing, remote sensing from ocean temperature to sensors for nitric oxide, and nonlinear optics. Contact: Marlan Scully; 845-1534; scully@physics.tamu.edu [pdf of documents available]