Overview
Optronlab Group, Unidad de Investigación Consolidada de Castilla y León Nº UIC051, is specialized in the nano- and microscopic analysis of semiconductors, devices (LEDs, laser diodes, etc.), and semiconductor nanoestructures.
Our group has extensive experience with group IV semiconductors (Si, Ge, and SiGe alloy), group III-V (GaAs, InP, InGaP, etc.), II-VI (CdTe, CdS, etc.), as well as emergent materials (2D materials, metasurfaces, etc.). The group is focused on many optical and optoelectronic techniques, with special emphasis on Raman spectroscopy and luminescence techniques (µ-PL, CL). These techniques have been extended to nanoscale resolution by using the plasmonic resonance of a metallic AFM tip, resulting in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) and Tip-Enhanced Photoluminescence (TEPL) techniques.
In recent years, the group has also focused on the characterization of wafers and solar cells of various materials, having a wide range of complementary optical and electrical characterization techniques adapted to this type of study.
Our Experience
Los miembros del grupo de investigación tienen una dilatada experiencia en investigación académica y colaboraciones con la industria, nuestro equipo ha llevado a cabo numerosos proyectos de investigación exitosos.
Research
Experience in regional, national and international projects, having also participated as researchers in various European projects.
Industry
Participation in projects with various companies: Pevafersa, DC-Wafers, Alcatel Optronics, Coherent, 3S Photonics, Solar Force, Monocrom, etc.
Education & Training
Our group has a proven training capacity, with numerous doctoral theses and final degree projects supervised.
Colaborations
The group maintains active collaborations with numerous universities: Universidad de Valencia, Barcelona, Autónoma de Madrid, Politécnica de Madrid, Cádiz, Burdeos, Nantes, Rennes, among others. We also collaborate with many research institutes, such as the Max Born Institute in Germany, IMEM Institute in Italy, and the Air Force Research Laboratory in the USA.
We also have collaborations with many companies: 3S-Photonics, Alcatel Thales, Solar Force, and Thales Research and Technology in France, or Monocrom and Pevafersa in Spain.
There are also collaborations with the National and Northern Universities in Colombia.