In this program we explore new and advanced applications for photonics. The research projects are divided in the areas:

Advanced materials and structures:

Researches on new materials and structures with applications in optical communications, sensors, and bio-photonics

Photonics in life sciences:

Researches on new techniques using optical tweezers combined with micro-spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, and colloidal quantum dots.

Researches on lasers and materials with applications in odontology and medicine

Optical metrology:

Fundamental and applied research using femtosecond combs

Quantum Optics:

Quantum processes theoretical studies

Advanced Materials and Structure - Researches and Laboratories

Glass Materials Laboratory

Ultra-Fast optical devices using Fabry Perot Interferometers containing multilayers of semiconductor quantum dots of the family PbE & CdE (E = S, Se e Te)

Photonic crystal fibers and large bandwidth optical amplifiers in the 1550 nm window

Ultra fast Phenomena Laboratory

Linear and non-linear ultra fast optical properties in semiconductor quantum dots

Semiconductor quantum dot for all optical switching

Design, fabrication, and characterization of specialty optical fibers

Supercontinuum generation using Photonic Crystal Fibers

Optical sensing with Photonic Crystal Fibers

Photonics Materials Laboratory

Synthesis of silicon nanocrystals from silicon sub-oxides

Rare Earth doping of amorphous silicon alloys and nanocrystals

Synthesis and rare earth doping of ZnO nanowires

Rare earth doping of ZnO nanocrystals

Local structure of rare earth ions in semiconductors

Optoelectronic Device Group - LPD

Laser, Semiconductor Optical Modulators and Amplifiers

Microlasers, resonators and microsensors

Active layer of QW III-V semiconductor

Active layer of quantum dots in III-V semiconductor

Silicon photonics: amorphous silicon and/or nanoclusters

Photonics in Life Sciences - Researches and Laboratory

Biomedical Laser Applications Laboratory

Optical tweezers and micro spectroscopy for Leishmania Amazonensis Chemotaxi Study

Optical tweezers and optical scalpels as bio-engineering tools for cell and DNA manipulation

Lasers in Life Sciences Laboratories - IPEN

Optical Metrology - Researches and Laboratory

Lasers and Applications Laboratory

Optical atomic clocks and ultra stable optical and microwave oscillators

Stable frequencies at 1.5 µm and transmission of optical clock signals through optical fiber networks

TeraHertz waves

Quantum Optics - Researches

Quantum Optics Research Group

Quantum processes in QED cavities and trapped ions