People Education Research Labs

The Unit of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

or UMDO (Unidad de materiales y dispositivos optoelectronicos)


People at UMDO
  • The Unit of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices is part of the Institute of Materials Science at the University of Valencia. You will find us at the Paterna University Campus near Valencia. The unit is headed by Prof. Juan Martinez Pastor. There is also a group of senior researchers with different specializations as well as a number of PhD and graduate students.


    Education
  • We provide the optoelectronic devices course for the Masters in Advanced Physics (specialising in photonics) given at the Department of Applied Physics and Optics (University of Valencia). The course has been recognised as being of superior quality.
  • Between 2006-2009 we provided at the same department the doctoral taught courses 'Photonics, fundamentals and devices' as part of the early doctoral assessement or 'DEA'.


    Research
  • The main activity and excellence of UMDO is in basic research of excitonic materials and from 2010 we have complemented this in the development and exploitation of plasmonic and photonic materials for optoelectronic devices such as fotovoltaics and sensors. Since 2000 we have received over 500 citations for more than 70 papers submitted to journals with an impact ratio typically between 3 and 7.


    Lab Facilities
  • LFNN - The laboratory for the fabrication for nanomaterials and nanodevices (Laboratorio de Fabricación de Nanomateriales y Nanodispositivos). It provides laser ablation, cleanroom based microfabrication complemented by our external collaborators facilities, for the fabrication of plasmonic and photonic based devices and materials.

  • LEON - The laboratory of optical spectroscopy for nanoscience (Laboratorio de Espectroscopía Optica para Nanociencias). Consisting of basic and specialist equipment such as low temperature SNOM and Confocal Microscopy for the characterization of plasmonic and photonic materials.

  • LSQN - The laboratory for the chemical sythnesis of nanoparticles (Laboratorio para la Sintesis Quimica de Nanoparticulas). A suitably equipped chemistry laboratory for the chemical synthesis of stable and functionalised semiconductor quantum dots and metal nanoparticles of controlled sizes within solgel solutions including within polymers.

  • LCDO - The laboratory for the characterization of optoelectronic devices (Laboratorio para la Caracterizacion de Dispositivos Optoelectronicos). Includes a fully equipped optics bench for optical characterization of photonic and plasmonic devices.


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