Research lines

Photoluminescence in nanosystems 

​L. Ming, I. Zabala-Gutierrez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, E. Ximendes, J. Rubio-Retama, R. Marin A brighter era for silver chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals Optical Materials 141, 113940 (2023) [PDF] 

​I. Zabala Gutierrez, C. Gerke, Y. Shen, E. Ximendes, M. Manso Silvan, R. Marin, D. Jaque, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Rubio-Retama Boosting the near-infrared emission of Ag2S nanoparticles by a controllable surface treatment for bioimaging applications ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14, 4871-4881 (2022) [PDF] 

​D. Lu, J. Rubio-Retama, R. Marin, M.I. Marques, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, P. Haro-Gonzalez, D. Jaque Thermoresponsive polymeric nanolenses magnify the thermal sensitivity of single upconverting nanoparticles Small 18, 2202452 (2022) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, V. Torres, I. Zabala Gutierrez, C. Gerke, C. Cascales, J. Rubio-Retama, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, M. Laurenti Upconverting nanoparticles in aqueous media: not a dead-end road. Avoiding degradation by using hydrophobic polymer shells Small 210562 (2021) [PDF] 

V. Torres-Vera,  D. Mendez-Gonzalez, D.J. Ramos-Ramos, A. Igalla, M. Laurenti, R. Contreras-Caceres, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, E. Diaz, J. Rubio-Retama, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon The effects of dopant concentration and excitation intensity on the upconversion and downconversion emission of beta-NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles  J.  Mater. Chem. C  9, 8902-8911 (2021) [PDF] 

​J. Yao, J. Lifante, P. Rodriguez-Sevilla, M. de la Fuente-Fernandez, F. Sanz-Rodriguez, D.H. Ortgies, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, E. Ximendes, D. Jaque, R. Marin In-vivo near-infrared imaging using ternary selenide semiconductor nanoparticles with an uncommon cristal structure Small, 2103505 (2021) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, P.P. Silva -Ibanez, F. Valiente-Dies, O.G. Calderon, J.L. Mendez-Gonzalez, M. Laurenti,, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Diaz, J. Rubio-Retama, S. Melle Oligonucleotide sensor based on magnetic capture and photoligation of upconverting nanoparticles in solid surfaces  J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 596,64-74 (2021) [PDF] 

​H.D.A. Santos, I. Zabala Gutierrez, Y. Shen, J. Lifante, E. Ximendes, M. Laurenti, D. Mendez-Gonzalez, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, E. Lopez Cabarcos, N. Fernandez, I. Chaves-Coira, D. Lucena-Agell, L. Monge, M.D. Mackenzie, J. Marques-Hueso, C.M.S. Jones, C. Jacinto, B. del Rosal, A.K. Kar, J. Rubio-Retama, D. Jaque Ultrafast photochemistry produces superbright short-wave infrared dots for low-dose in vivo imaging  Nature Comm. 11, 1-12 (2020) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Gonzalez-Izquierdo, L. Banares, D. Lopez-Diaz  M. Mercedes Velazquez,  E. Lopez-Cabarcos, J. Rubio-Retama, M. Laurenti Contribution of resonance energy transfer to the luminescence quenching of upconversion nanoparticles with graphene oxide J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 575, 119-129 (2020) [PDF] 

​A. Ortega-Rodriguez, Y. Shen, I. Zabala Gutierrez, H. A.A. Santos, V. Torres Vera, E. Ximendes, G. Villaverde, J. Lifante, C. Gerke, N. Fernandez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Marques-Hueso, D. Mendez-Gonzalez, M. Laurenti, C. M.S. Jones. J.M. Lopez-Romero, R. Contreras-Caceres, D. Jaque, J. Rubio-Retama 10-fold quantum yield improvement of Ag2S nanoparticles by fine compositional tuning  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 12500-12509 (2020) [PDF]  

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M. Laurenti, E. Cabrera-Granado, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, J. Rubio-Retama, E. Diaz Control of upconversion luminescence by gold nanoparticle size: from quenching to enhancement  Nanoscale 11, 13832-13844 (2019) [PDF] 

S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M. Laurenti, D. Mendez-Gonzalez, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, E. Cabrera-Granado, E. Diaz, J. Rubio-Retama Forster Resonance Energy Transfer Distance Dependence from Upconverting Nanoparticles to Quantum Dots  J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 18751-18758 (2018) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, M. Laurenti, A. Latorre, A. Somoza, A. Vazquez, A.I. Negredo, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Rubio-Retama Oligonucleotide Sensor Based on Selective Capture of Upconversion Nanoparticles Triggered by Target-Induced DNA Interstrand Ligand Reaction ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 12272-12281 (2017) [PDF] 

​A. Egatz-Gomez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, Elske M. Gort Homogeneous broadening effect on temperature dependence of green upconversion luminescence in erbium doped fibers  J. Lumin. 139, 52-59 (2013) [PDF] 

Slow and fast light propagation (2007-2018)

​E. Diaz, A. Villas, E. Cabrera-Granado, O.G. Calderon  Tunable slow- and fast-light devices based on molecular-aggregate nanofilms Phys. Rev. A 98, 043818 (2018) [PDF] 

​E. Diaz, G.C. Martinez-Calzada, E. Cabrera-Granado, O.G. Calderon Increasing applicability of slow light in molecular aggregate nanofilms with two-exciton dynamics Opt. Lett. 41, 2569-2572 (2016) [PDF] 

S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, A. Egatz-Gomez Spectral hole burning in erbium-doped fibers for slow light J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29, 2189-2198 (2012) [PDF] 

​E. Cabrera-Granado. E. Diaz. O.G. Calderon Slow light in molecular-aggregate nanofilms Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 013901 (2011) [PDF]

​F. Arrieta-Yanez, E. Cabrera-Granado, J.M. Ezquerro, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle Pulse-width-dependent subluminal and superluminal propagation in highly doped erbium fibers J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, 1172-1179 (2011) [PDF] 

​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M. Moreno Group velocity coupling and synchronization-like phenomenon of two light beams based on coherent population oscillations J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43, 215401 (10pp) (2010) [PDF] 

​F. Arrieta-Yanez, O.G. Calderon, and S. Melle Slow and fast light based on coherent population oscillations in erbium-doped fibres J. Opt. 12, 104002 (6pp) (2010) [PDF] 

​Y. Zhu, E. Cabrera-Granado, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, Y. Okawachi, A.L. Gaeta, and D.J. Gauthier Competition between the modulation instability and stimulated Brillouin scattering in a broadband slow light device J. Opt. 12, 104019 (7pp) (2010) [PDF] 

​​J.M. Ezquerro, G. Hernandez, M. Nombela, O.G. Calderon, and S. Melle Fast light enhancement by bidirectional pumping in erbium-doped fibers J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 19, 153-165 (2010) [PDF] 

​F. Arrieta-Yanez, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Anton, and F. Carreno Phase tunability of group velocity by modulated-pump-forced coherent population oscillations Phys. Rev. A 80, 011804(R) (2009) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, and F. Arrieta-Yanez Phase-controlled slow and fast light in current-modulted semiconductor optical amplifiers J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 095403 (2009) [PDF] 

​I. Gonzalo, M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, and O.G. Calderon Subluminal and superluminal propagation in a three-level atom in the radiative limit based on coherent population oscillations Phys. Lett. A 372, 6334-6339 (2008) [PDF] 

​E. Cabrera-Granado, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, and D.J. Gauthier Observation of large 10-Gb/s SBS slow light delay with low distortion using an optimized gain profile Opt. Express 16, 16032-16042 (2008) [PDF] 

O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, F. Arrieta-Yanez, M.A. Anton, and F. Carreno Effect of ion pairs in fast-light bandwidth in high-concentration erbium-doped fibers J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, C55-C60 (2008) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, F. Arrieta-Yanez, and E. Cabrera-Granado Propagation-induced transition from slow to fast light in highly doped erbium fibers Phys. Rev. A 78, 053812 (2008) [PDF] 

​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, C.E. Caro, E. Cabrera-Granado, M.A. Anton, and F. Carreno Modulation-frequency-controlled change from sub- to superluminal regime in highly doped erbium fibers Opt. Lett. 33, 827-829 (2008) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, O.G. Calderon, and S. Melle All-optical control of the time delay in a one-dimensional photonic bandgap formed by double-quantum-wells  Opt. Commun. 281, 644-654 (2008) [PDF] 

​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, F. Carreno, E. Cabrera, M.A. Anton, and S. Jarabo Effect of ion concentration on slow light propagation in highly doped erbium fibers Opt. Commun. 279, 53-63 (2007) [PDF] 

Atomic coherence effects (2002-2016)

Atomic coherence is the induced coherence between levels that occurs in multi-lelvel atomic systems interacting with coherent electromagnetic fields. We analyze several effects as electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), lasing wihtout inversion (LWI), index enhancamentt. We also studied surface plasmon effects on excitonic populations in quantum dots. 

​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, E. Cabrera-Granado Radiation emission from an asymmetric quantum dot coupled to a plasmonic nanostructure  J. Opt. 18, 025001 (14pp) (2016) [PDF] 

​F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, E. Cabrera-Granado, J. Cox, M.R. Singh, A. Egatz-Gomez  Plasmon-enhanced terahertz emission in self-assemnled quantum dots by femtosecond pulses J. Appl. Phys. 115, 064304 (2014) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, E. Cabrera-Granado, M.R. Singh Optical pumping of a single hole spin in a p-doped quantum dot coupled to a metallic nanoparticle Phys. Rev. B 87, 195303 (2013) [PDF] 

​​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, E. Cabrera-Granado, J. Cox, M.R. Singh Plasmonic effects in excitonic population transfer in a driven semiconductor-metal nanoparticle hybrid system Phys. Rev. B 86, 155305 (2012) [PDF] 

​​​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, and I. Gonzalo Optical switching by controlling the double-dark resonances in a N-tripod five-level atom Opt. Commun. 281, 6040-6048 (2008) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, O.G. Calderon, and S. Melle Tunable all-optical bistability in a semiconductor quantum dot damped by a phase-dependent reservoir Opt. Commun. 281, 3301-3313 (2008) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, I. Gonzalo, and F. Carreno All-optical switching and storage in a four-level tripod-type atomic system Opt. Commun. 268, 146-154 (2006) [PDF] 

​I. Gonzalo, M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, and O.G. Calderon Squeezing in Lambda-type three-level atom via spontaneously generated coherence Phys. Rev. A 72, 033809 (2005) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, O.G. Calderon, F. Carreno Spontaneously generated coherence effects in a laser-driven four-level atomic system Phys. Rev. A 72, 023809 (2005) [PDF]  

F. Carreno, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Anton, and I. Gonzalo Superluminal and slow light in Lambda-type three-level atoms via squeezed vacuum  and spontaneously generated coherence Phys. Rev. A 71, 063805 (2005) [PDF] 

​F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, and O.G. Calderon Intensity-intensity correlations in a V-type atom driven by a coherent field in a broadband squeezed vacuum J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 6, 315 (2004) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, F. Carreno, and O.G. Calderon Squeezing spectra in a V-type three-level atom interacting with a broadband squeezed field Opt. Commun. 234, 281 (2004) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, O.G. Calderon, and F. Carreno Control of the inversionless gain and refractive index in a V-type atom via squeezed vacuum and quantum interference Phys. Rev. A 69, 023801 (2004) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, O.G. Calderon, F. Carreno, and I. Gonzalo The role of the vacuum induced coherence in different phenomena related to V-type atoms Recent. Res. Devel. Quantum Electronics, 3 Transworld Research Network, ISBN: 81-7895-115-0 (2003) [PDF] 

​V.A. Malyshev, F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, O.G. Calderon, and F. Dominguez-Adame Superradiance from an ultrathin film of three-level V-type atoms; interplay between splitting, quantum coherence and local-field effects  J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 5, 313 (2003) [PDF] 

​F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, and O.G. Calderon Quantum interference effects in resonance fluorescence and absorption spectra of a V-type three-level atom damped by a broadband squeezed vacuum Opt. Commun. 221, 365 (2003) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton, O.G. Calderon, and F. Carreno Optical bistability in V-type atoms driven by a coherent field in a broadband squeezed vacuum Phys. Lett. A 311, 297 (2003) [PDF] 

O.G. Calderon, M.A. Anton, and F. Carreno Near dipole-dipole effects in a V-type medium with vacuum induced coherence Eur. Phys. J. D 25, 77 (2003) [PDF] 

​M.A. Anton and O.G. Calderon Optical bistability using quantum interference in V-type atoms J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 4, 91 (2002) [PDF] 

Free electron laser (2000-2001) 

​​O.G. Calderon, T. Kimura, and T.I. Smith Resonantlike phenomenon in short-pulse free-electron-laser oscillators with modulated desynchronism Phys. Rev. E 65, 016504 (2001) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, T. Kimura, and T.I. Smith Modulated desynchronism in a free-electron laser oscillator Nucl. Instruments Methods Phys. Res. A 475, 143 (2001) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon Stochastic resonance in free-electron lasers Phys. Rev. E 63, 016502 (2000) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, T. Kimura, and T.I. Smith Modulated desynchronism in short pulse free-electron laser oscillators Phys. Rev. Special Topics Acc. Beams 3, 090701 (2000) [PDF] 

Spatio-temporal dynamics in lasers (1996-2006) 

​E. Cabrera, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, and J.M. Guerra Evolution of the correlation between orthogonal polarization patterns in broad-area lasers Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 233902 (2006) [PDF] 

​​E. Cabrera, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, and J.M. Guerra Development of spatial turbulent from boundary-controlled patterns in class-B lasers Phys. Rev. A 73, 053820 (2006) [PDF] 

E. Cabrera, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, and J.M. Guerra Dynamic transition from modelike patterns to turbulentlike patterns in a broad-area Nd:YAG Opt. Lett. 31, 1067 (2006) [PDF] 

O.G. Calderon, E. Cabrera, F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, S. Melle, and J.M. Guerra Effects of injected atomic coherence in broad-area lasers  Phys. Rev. A 72, 033811 (2005) [PDF] 

E. Cabrera, O.G. Calderon, and J. M. Guerra Experimental evidence of antiphase population dynamics in lasers Phys. Rev. A 72, 043824 (2005) [PDF] 

​E. Cabrera, O.G. Calderon, and J.M. Guerra Pattern formation in large-aspect-ratio single-mode inhomogeneously broadened lasers  Phys. Rev. A 70, 063808 (2004) [PDF] 

​​F Encinas-Sanz, S. Melle, and O.G. Calderon Time-Resolved Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Transverse Patterns in Broad Area Lasers  Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 213904 (2004) [PDF] 

E. Cabrera, O.G. Calderon, and J.M. Guerra Effects of near dipole-dipole interactions on laser dynamics Recent. Res. Devel. Optics 4, 37-49 Research Signpost, ISBN: 81-7736-200-3  (2004) [PDF] 

O.G. Calderon, E. Cabrera, M. Anton, I. Gonzalo, F. Carreno, and J.M. Guerra From nearly tilted waves to cavity phase solitons in broad area lasers with squeezed vacuum Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 163901 (2004) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, E. Cabrera, M. Anton, and J.M. Guerra Local-field effects in pattern formation in large-aspect-ratio lasers Phys. Rev. A 67, 043812 (2003) [PDF] 

O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, and I. Gonzalo Optical bistability in lasers induced by active molecules with a large permanent dipole moment Phys. Rev. A 65, 023811 (2002) [PDF] 

​F. Encinas-Sanz, I. Leyva, O.G. Calderon, and J.M. Guerra Time resolved transverse patterns in a pulsed CO2 laser Recent. Res. Devel. Quantum Electronics, 2 1-14 Transworld Research Network, ISBN: 81-86846-65-4, (2000) [PDF] 

​F. Encinas-Sanz, O.G. Calderon, R. Gutierrez-Castrejon, and J.M. Guerra Measurement of spatiotemporal dynamics of simple transverse patterns in a pulsed transversely excited atmospheric CO2 laser Phys. Rev. A 59, 4764 (1999) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, I. Leyva, and J.M. Guerra Effect of the solvent viscosity on the local irregular intensity fluctuations in high Fresnel number dye lasers IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 35, 1 (1999) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon and I. Gonzalo Transverse effects in the laser threshold due to electronic-vibrational coupling Phys. Rev. A 57, 2056 (1998) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, I. Leyva, and J.M. Guerra The role of the solvent viscosity on the spatiotemporal instabilities of large aperture dye lasers Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 557 (1998) [PDF] 

​J.M. Guerra, I. Leyva, and O.G. Calderon Local irregular intensity fluctuations in high Fresnel number dye lasers  Proceedings of SPIE 3263, 29-36 (1998) 

​O.G. Calderon, J.M. Guerra, A. Costela, I. Garcia-Moreno, and R. Sastre Laser emission of a flash-lamp pumped rhodamine 6G solid copolymer solution Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 25 (1997) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, V.M. Perez-Garcia, J. Lega, and J.M. Guerra Loss-induced transverse effects in lasers Opt. Commun. 143, 315 (1997) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, V.M. Perez-Garcia, I. Martin, and J.M. Guerra Transverse-mode selection in single-longitudinal-mode lasers Phys. Rev. A 53, 3490 (1996) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon and I. Gonzalo Electronic-vibrational coupling effects in the single mode laser Opt. Commun. 125, 369 (1996) [PDF] 

Magnetorheological fluids under rotating magnetic fields (2002-2005) 

​P. Dominguez-Garcia, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Rubio Doublet dynamics of magnetizable particles under frequency modulated rotating fields Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 270-271, 270-276 (2005) [PDF] 

​​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Rubio, G.G. Fuller Microstructure evolution in magnetorheological suspensions governed by Mason number Phys. Rev. E 68, 041503 (2003) [PDF] 

​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, G.G. Fuller, M.A. Rubio Polarizable particle aggregation under rotating magnetic fields using scattering dichroism  J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 247, 200-209 (2002) [PDF] 

​​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Rubio, G.G. Fuller Chain rotational dynamics in MR suspensions  Int. J. Modern Phys. B 16, 2293-2299 (2002) [PDF] 

​​​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M.A. Rubio, G.G. Fuller Rotational dynamics in dipolar colloidal suspensions: video microscopy experiments and simulations results  J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 102, 135-148 (2002) [PDF] 

​​​​O.G. Calderon, S. Melle Dynamics of simple magnetorheological suspensions under rotating magnetic fields with modulated Mason number J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.  35, 2492-2498 (2002) [PDF] 

Nonlinear Optics 

​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Cabrera-Granado, F. Carreno, M.A. Anton  Thermally induced all-optical inverter and dynamic hysteresis loops in graphene oxide dispersions  Appl. Opt. 54, 9143-9151 (2015) [PDF] 

​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Cabrera-Granado, F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, H. J. Salavagione Phase shift of amplitude-modulated optical signals in graphene oxide water dispersions due to thermal lens focal length oscillation  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 31, 1018-1025 (2014) [PDF] 

​​S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, Z.C. Zhuo, M.A. Anton, F. Carreno Dynamic population gratings in highly doped erbium fibers J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, 1631-1637 (2011) [PDF] 

​​​M.A. Anton, F. Arrieta-Yanez, E. Cabrera-Granado, F. Carreno, J.M. Ezquerro, O.G. Calderon, I. Gonzalo, J.M. Guerra, S. Melle, M. Odin Soler Rus, M. Sanchez Balmaseda, R. Weigand Research lines of the Laser Physcis, Quantum Optics and Non Linear Optics UCM Group Opt. Pura Apl. 44, 279-288 (2011) [PDF] 

​V. Rastogi, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, A.A. Garcia, M. Marquez, O.D. Velez Synthesis of light-diffraction assemblies from microspheres and nanoparticles in droplets on a superhydrophobic surface Adv. Mater. 20, 4263-4268 (2008) [PDF] 

​O.G. Calderon, A.H. Chin, and J. Kono Multiphoton processes in the presence of self-phase modulation Phys. Rev. A 63, 053807 (2001) [PDF] 

​A.H. Chin, O.G. Calderon, and J. Kono Extreme midinfrared nonlinear optics in semiconductors Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3292 (2001) [PDF] 

​​O.G. Calderon, R. Gutierrez-Castrejon, and J.M. Guerra High harmonic generation induced by permanent dipole moments IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 35, 47 (1999) [PDF]