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Mikael P Backlund

Mikael P Backlund

· Assistant Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Biophysics & Quantitative Biology

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Research topics

  • Optics
  • Physics
  • Materials science
  • Computer science
  • Statistical physics

Frequent coauthors

  • W. E. Moerner

    Stanford University

    17 shared

  • Ronald L. Walsworth

    University of Maryland, College Park

    15 shared

  • Adam S. Backer

    Apple (United States)

    11 shared

  • Matthew D. Lew

    Washington University in St. Louis

    10 shared

  • Pauli Kehayias

    9 shared

  • Steffen J. Sahl

    7 shared

  • Ginni Grover

    Intel (United States)

    5 shared

  • Rafael Piestun

    5 shared

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