Research group
The main interest of the Photonic Glasses group (PGG) is the development of rare-earth codoped glass-based materials which could find application as optical fibers, waveguide lasers, optical amplifiers, multicolor displayers, solid state lasers, mid-infrared lasers, Q-switched devices and active glass-ceramic (GC)/composites. Main research activity is to investigate the composition-structure-property relationships of optical glass-based materials. PGG work bridges advanced glass science with cutting‑edge chip technologies by engineering functional glass materials that enable high‑performance photonic and microelectronic components.
Research infrastructure
The group is equipped with multiple melting (up to 1650oC) and annealing furnaces and also a uniaxial hydraulic press combined with a tube furnace (Mti Corp., USA, YLJ-HP6) for the processing of glasses and glass-ceramics. The lab also has two chemical hoods. We have access to OHAUS Adventurer Analytical Scale device for density measurement, NETZSCH STA 449 F1 Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer (UV-3600 Plus, Shimadzu), Panalytical EMPYREAN multipurpose X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), optical microscopes, a VEECO 3D Optical surface profiles and AFM, METRICON for refractive index measurement at 5 different wavelengths (from UV to NIR), PerkinElmer Spectrum One FTIR2000 Spectrometer (Waltham, MA, USA) including the Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) mode, inVia Qontor confocal Raman microscope, Edinburgh and optical set-ups for spectroscopic properties measurement (including lifetime measurement).