Laser Physics and Photonic Materials Research groups

The “Laser Physics and Photonic Materials” group is located in the Department of Applied Physics of the School of Engineering of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Bilbao, and devotes most of its research efforts to the optoelectronic properties of new materials and structures for solid state lasing and photonic crystal properties. Its activity also covers the development of a complete set of high resolution techniques, the development of new low-energy phonons rare earth-doped dielectric materials for energy converters and/or solid state laser cooling applications, and the probing, characterizing, and modeling transport and/or confinement of ultrafast ultra-intense laser light in inhomogeneous (nano- micro) dielectric materials doped with optically active centers for nanosensors, displays, and bioimaging applications.