Development of photonic devices

Photonic crystals (PCs) are an ideal environment to control the non-linear optic interactions. The epitaxial growth through a membrane can be a good methodology to obtain 1D, 2D, and 3D linear and non-linear structures for optic applications. With a proper design of the membrane it is possible to obtain different photonic crystals. Non-linear crystals like KTP and related compounds, KNP, and laser materials like KREW can be grown using this methodology through liquid phase epitaxy. Sol-gel growth methods through the membrane are also used with the same objective of obtaining photonic crystals in the nano scale.

Design, manufacturing, and characterization of laser crystals, linear and non-linear optic photonic crystals.

Designing and optimizing the crystal growth process in methods of solution at high temperature (HTS), FiCMA synthesizes different volumic optic materials, like monoclinic double tungstates (KREW), non-linear materials like RTP, and related phosphates like KNd(PO3)4 (KNP). The structural, thermal, and optical characterization of these matrices and the spectroscopic study of active ions introduced in them, together with the development of laser experiments, configure the complete study of these interesting optic materials for the optic technologies market.

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