The research activities carried out in the EMPhASys laboratory involve not only professors and researchers, but also B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.d. students in engineering. Scientific publications, funded projects, as well as B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses, are developed in the following research fields:
Theoretical-numerical studies, fabrication, experimental characterization of photonic and optoelectronic devices and microsystems for telecommunications and sensor applications, both in optical fiber and in free space, also made with liquid crystals, composite materials and polymers, on glass and silicon.
Electro-optically controlled photonic structures.
Optically controlled non-linear photonics.
Devices in channel waveguides on glass and in silicon oxide-on-silicon.
Reconfigurable micro-opto-fluidic devices, made with liquid crystals, PDMS and SU8.
Integrated lab-on-chips for biosensing, based on optical waveguides.
Waveguide biosensors with plasmonic and metamaterial nanostructures.
High efficiency, low-cost solar cells, based on hetero-structures in amorphous / crystalline silicon technology.
Mechatronic systems for the automation and control of laser pointing systems in space and satellite fields.
Microcontroller programmable electronic circuits and systems.