National Nuclear Energy Commission - CNEN

SAO PAULO-SP

Laboratory of Lasers and Photonic Applications

Coordinator: Wagner de Rossi
Email: wderossi@ipen.br

Deputy coordinator: Denise Maria Zezell
Email: zezell@usp.br

Website: https://www.ipen.br/portal_por/portal/interna.php?secao_id=3103

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RESEARCH LINES

  • New Lasers and Amplifiers – diode-pumped lasers, random lasers;
  • Micromachining with fs Laser – microfluidic circuits, functionalization of surfaces, production of nanoparticles, decontamination of surfaces;
  • Biophotonics – micro-FTIR for diagnosis, therapeutic processes with lasers and light;
  • Acceleration of electrons with fs – Protons, proton-therapy;
  • Nonlinear Photonics with fs Laser – Generation of high harmonics, Coherent X-rays.

SKILLS

  • New Lasers and Amplifiers
    • diode pumped lasers
    • random lasers
  • Environmental Applications – LIDAR
    • Aerosols
    • Greenhouse gases
    • fugitive gases
  • Acceleration of electrons with fs
    • Protons – proton therapy
  • Micromachining with fs Laser
    • microfluidic circuits
    • Functionalization of surfaces
    • Production of nanoparticles
    • Decontamination of surfaces (ns)
  • Biophotonics
    • Micro-FTIR for diagnostics
    • Therapeutic processes with laser and light
  • Nonlinear photonics with fs laser
    • Generation of high harmonics
    • coherent x-radios

ACTIVITY FOCUS AREA

  • Industry
  • Health
  • Environment
  • Nuclear
  • Alternative energies

MOST ADVANCED RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES

  • New Lasers and Amplifiers;
  • Therapeutic processes with lasers and light;
  • Environmental applications – LIDAR.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • creation of startups
    • LaserTools – Technology-based company spin off from IPEN laboratories
    • Biolambda – light against microorganisms IC – highlight CNPq – PIPE FAPESP

Highlight of laboratory infrastructure

Micromachining laboratory with ultrashort pulse laser.

Biophotonics Laboratory

Optical Coherence Tomography Laboratory

Multi-user laboratory SNOM – (Scanning Near field optical Microscopy)

Laser development laboratory

High Power Ultrashort Pulse Lasers Laboratory

Laser Environmental Applications Laboratory

Laboratory of Laser Applications in Nuclear Sciences

Optical Therapy Laboratory

Laboratory of Images and Devices (CRCN-NE/CNEN)

Molecular Imaging Laboratory (CRCN/CNEN)