Research Topics - phD projects openings

phD projects openings :

Research topics covered in the EUROPHOTONICS Doctorate program :

Know-how

Identified key applications

Institut

Fresnel

- Nanophotonics

- Biophotonics

- Advanced microscopy techniques (single molecule, nonlinear, optical tomography)

- Electromagnetic modeling

- Optical waves in complex media

- Laser damage

- Thin film optics

- Signal and image processing

- Inverse problems

- super-resolution imaging

- photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers

- Nonlinear optical processes and coherent control applied to imaging

- Plasmonics: nanoscale fields control in plasmonics, electromagnetic modeling, microscopy imaging, metamaterials

- Fluorescence single molecule detection in cell membranes

- Bio-imaging in complex and scattering media

LENS

- Biophotonics

- Linear and Non Linear Imaging

- Optical Manipulation

- High Sensitivity Imaging

- Biomedical Imaging

- Laser Cooling and Trapping

- Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy

- Quantum Waves in Complex Media

- ultra resolution single particle tracking

- single molecule/cell biophysics

- tissue imaging

- cell biology

- molecular biology

- biosensors

- optical and magnetic tweezers

- degenerate quantum gases

- ordered and disordered photonic structures

- quantum transport models

ICFO

- Nano- and micro- structuring materials

- Spectral and spatial engineering of plasmonic properties

- Optical trapping

- Field mapping with nanometric precision

- Nonlinear optics

- Raman spectroscopy

- Ultrafast optics

- Optical techniques for testing tissue function and morphology

- Electro-optic devices

- Ultra-thin film technology

- Nano-structured photovoltaics

- Transparent solar cells

- High sensitivity sensing

- Single molecule detection

- Thermo-plasmonics applied to physics, biology, and chemistry

- Secure communications

- Optical control of neuronal growth and regeneration, nano-surgery

- Automobile head-up display, and 3D displays.

- Clinically deployable bed-side monitors for neuro-critical care

- Optical mammography for monitoring of cancer treatment

UPC

- Color science

- Visual Optics

- Optical information processing

- Artificial vision

- Optical metrology

- Adaptive optics

- Optomechanical system design

- Optical instrumentation

- Nonlinear optics and nonlinear dynamics in nano-structured materials

- Microelectronics and photonic crystals

- Remote sensing, devices for optical communications.

- Influence of light on biological processes

- Industrial applications of photonics

- Characterization of lithographic patterns in the micro and nano scales

- Nanotechnology

- Color reproduction in multimedia

- Shape and roughness determination on diffuse and reflective surfaces.

- Novel optical sensors and instrumentation

- Adaptive optics and adaptive optical instrumentation

- Preventive characterization of visual diseases

- Security

- Devices for remote sensing, communications and inform. processing.

- Systems biology

KSOP

- Artificial photonic nanostructures
- Large area optoeelectronics
- Advanced spectroscopy
- Confocal microscopy
- Direct two photon laser writing
- Nanobiology

Optical system Design

- Photonic crystals and metamaterials

- Organic LED and Solar cells

- Spin optoelectronics

- Combustion diagnostics

- Single object spectroscopy

- Axon guidance

- Nanostructured artificial environments in biology

- Optical metrology