Research Highlights

Lasers operate by stimulated emission, where a single photon is emitted per electronic transition. Two photons, with combined energy matching the transition energy, can also

Chalcogenide glass (ChG) – based optical materials that transmit throughout the infrared (IR) have seen increasing use in a diverse range of infrared optical system.

Highly portable compact integrated sensors that are capable of fast response times are very attractive and in great demand for many applications in the medical

The advent of plasmonics has enabled the focusing of visible light down to few-nanometer spot sizes, more than an order of magnitude below the diff

Studying the polarization of light has been pursued for over two centuries, since Étienne Malus did the first related observations using a birefringent calcite crystal

Optical supercontinuum (SC) results from the synergy of several nonlinear and linear processes, all acting together. Supercontinuum generation is these days finding applications in biomedical

Since its invention in the late 16th Century, the optical microscope, has become an essential tool in modern biology, leading to numerous discoveries. Fluorescence is

Nanocomposites, in particular inorganic-organic hybrids, allow for a wide range of combinations of phases with broad applications including solar energy harvesting, lighting, imaging, radiation sensing,

Mid-infrared subharmonic optical parametric oscillators (OPO) produce frequency comb light with one-and-half-octave-wide instantaneous band and superior temporal coherence, suitable for real-time trace molecular detection. Optical

Achromatization by Combined Volume Bragg Gratings & Surface Diffraction Gratings Over the last decades phase masks have found numerous applications including imaging, encryption, beam shaping,

Nonlinear phenomena are fundamental to laser optics and photonics throughout a wide range of fields. However, these are generally neglected or intentionally avoided when considering

In recent years, the increasing penetration of flexible devices into the consumer products market has led to a surge of interest in flexible photonics, i.e.,