Quantum optics, nonlinear optics and laser physics - QOVAL

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2019-462

 
Description of research activity:

The group has been doing research in quantum optics, nonlinear optics, laser dynamics and other systems since 1989, with stable and uninterrupted funding through the national research plans of the Spanish government. The research is of a basic nature and seeks to describe new phenomena, both through theory and experiment. An important part of the group's activity is the training of PhDs, with 10 doctoral theses having been defended by 2019.

 
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Estudi de nous mecanismes per a la reduccio de les fluctuacions quantiques de la llum
  • Descripcio de nous formalismes per a l'estudi de la dinamica de lasers modelocked
  • Busca de nous comportaments en passejades quantiques i de les seues implementacions
  • Descripcio de noves formes d'actuar sobre la dinamica espaciotemporal de sistemes no lineals, optics en particular
 
Research lines:
  • Laser physics.Modelling and characterisation of the dynamics of mode-locked lasers.
  • Quantum fluctuations of light.Study of quantum fluctuations of light, in particular mechanisms that produce a squeezing of quantum noise below the shot noise level, as well as quantum entanglement.
  • Non-linear dynamics.Modelling, simulation and experimental study of the non-linear dynamics of optical cavities and other systems, solitons and spatial patterns.
  • Quantum walks.Theoretical studies on quantum walks and proposed implementations in optical devices.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
GERMAN JOSE DE VALCARCEL GONZALVODirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
FERNANDO SILVA VAZQUEZMemberUniversitat de València
EUGENIO ROLDAN SERRANOMemberUniversitat de València
ADOLFO ESTEBAN MARTINMemberUniversitat de València
CARLOS NAVARRETE BENLLOCHMemberUniversitat de València
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • Optics and Optometry and Vision Sciences
 
Keywords:
  • laser; mode-locking
  • squeezing; entanglement; quantum optics
  • nonlinear dynamics; chaos; nonlinear oscillations; solitons; pattern formation; bifurcations
  • quantum walks; optical implementation