NATIONAL INSTITUTE for LASER, PLASMA and RADIATION PHYSICS
   LABORATORY of SOLID-STATE QUANTUM ELECTRONICS



TECHNOLOGY, STRUCTURE AND GLOBAL PROPERTIES OF ACTIVE PHOTONIC MATERIALS  

♦ Materials of interest

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                ● Laser active materials;
                ● Luminescent materials: phosphors for lamps, screens, white light emission, luminescent probes, radiation converters, detectors;
                ● Non-linear optical materials.
                

♦ Types of materials

                ● Transparent single crystalline, polycrystalline or nanocrystalline materials activated with ions of transitions groups (3d, rare earth, uranium).
                

♦ Technologies

                ● Crystal growth from melt;
                ● Production of nanocrystalline materials by precipitation, combustion, sol-gel techniques;
                ● Production of transparent polycrystalline materilas by ceramic techniques (solid-state synthesis, sintering of nanocrystalline materials);
                ● Processing of components (oriented cutting, polishing).
                

♦ Structural and global properties

                ● X-ray diffraction;
                ● Optical spectroscopy;
                ● Linear and nonlinear optical processes;
                ● Thermal properties.



 Laboratory of Solid-State Quantum Electronics