Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE

RESEARCH LINES

• Non-linear optics;
• Nonlinear photonics;
• Photonic devices;
• Imaging diagnostic techniques;
• Optical sensors;
• Sistemthose of networks and optical communications.

SKILLS

• Characterization of linear optical parameters of optical materials and nanomaterials (glasses, semiconductors, polymers, etc.) using Z-scan techniques (and their various variations),
• wave mixing, phase self modulation temporal and spatial, generation of harmonics (second, third, fourth);
• Manufacture of D Profile fibers;
• Hetero-core fiber manufacturing;
• Optical reflectometry of metallic and multilayer thin films;
• Measurement of solubility of molecules in liquid substance;
• Gas-phase spectroscopy by harmonic spectrum detection;
• Constant measurement of diffusion of molecules in liquid substance.

ACTIVITY FOCUS AREA

• communications;
• Health;
• Education.

MOST ADVANCED RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES

• Optical sensor of partial discharges in LT insulators;
• Optical network planning tool;
• Cancer nanotherapeutics;
• UVC decontamination chamber;

HIGHLIGHTS

• Research involving special glasses and optical fibers (pure and doped with rare earth ions);
• Research based on organic materials for applications in optical communications and bio-photonics (conductive polymers, porphyrins, various dyes), amorphous films and
• anoparticles based on transition metal oxides;
• Research in nonlinear optics of plasmonic composites.