Federal University of Goiás - UFG

Goiânia/GO

Network of Integrated Photonics Laboratories – LIFóton

Coordinator: Lauro June Queiroz Maia
Email: lauro@ufg.br

Vice coordinator: Pablo Jose Gonçalves
Email: pablo@ufb.br

Website: https://pitt.prpi.ufg.br/pitt/laboratorios/details/3/195

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RESEARCH LINES

  • Compound synthesis processes;
  • Photophysical and photochemical characterization of organic compounds;
  • sis developmenttembionanotechnology;
  • Development of applications for photodynamic therapy;
  • Linear optical characterization of inorganic, organic and hybrid compounds;
  • Nonlinear optical characterization of inorganic, organic and hybrid compounds;
  • Theoretical determination of the first molecular hyperpolarizability and the absorption of one and two photons;
  • Synthesis of photonic materials and their characterization
  • Quantum correlations in the transverse and polarization degrees of freedom of the twin photons
  • Investigations into Quantum Thermodynamics
  • Simulations in the quantum state
  • Quantum information investigations

SKILLS

  • Advanced Materials for Photonics
  • Classical, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Instrumentation, Spectroscopy and Metrology
  • Sensors (Biomedical, SistemWearables, Optics and other developments and applications);
  • Displays and Lighting (LED, OLED and similar).

ACTIVITY FOCUS AREA

  • communications;
  • Health;
  • Energy.

MOST ADVANCED RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES

  • Optimization of properties of inorganic compounds;
  • Photophysical and photochemical characterization of organic molecules;
  • Photodynamic therapy;
  • Nonlinear optical characterization.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Scientific production accounts for 86 (eighty-six) articles in the last four years;
  • 4 (four) patents, (2) two in the energy area and (2) two in the health area;
  • Two examples of successful integration between the academic and business worlds, through cooperation with companies.

Highlight of laboratory infrastructure

Advanced Materials for Photonics

Chemical Synthesis Laboratory

Thin Film Laboratory

Thermal Analysis Laboratory

Discharge Laboratory Temtemperatures

Photoconductivity Laboratory

Spectroscopy, Classical, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics

Optical Spectrophotometry Laboratory

Luminescence Laboratory

Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory (LabMic/UFG)

Laboratory of Optics and Quantum Information

Nonlinear Optics Laboratory

Photonics Laboratory

Sensors (Biomedical and other developments and applications)

Biophotonics Laboratory

Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology