Nonlinear optics

Focus
Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, Integrated Photonics, Nanophotonics, Metasurfaces, Laser Writing, Spectroscopy, Microscopy, Thermometry and Sensing

Group Leader
Dr Alexander Solntsev

  • How to turn a red beam of light into blue?
  • How to 3D-print with precision 100 times finer than the width of a human hair?
  • How to create elementary particles of light, one by one or in pairs?
  • How to make computers and the Internet of the future faster, safer, and greener?
  • How to measure temperature, analyze the material composition, and peek inside an object – all without touching it?

We do it with nonlinear optics. We work in a special regime when interactions between light and matter cannot neatly fit on a line, hence the term “nonlinear.” 

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