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Research programs at ICFO target the forefront of science and technology based on light.
From the short-term to the long-term, our programs aim at providing
new understanding,
new solutions and new tools,
to tackle major challenges faced by industrial progress and by our
global society at large. The major motivation thrusts of our program include:
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Information,
by classical and quantum
photonic devices for local, long-haul and
satellite communication, high-performance
specialized computing, data storage, ultra-
broadband compact photonic devices, etc.
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Health,
by an increasing
number of unique techniques for advanced
imaging and probing, early diagnosis and new therapies,
including revolutionary nano-medicine concepts and minimally invasive tools.
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Environment, where photonics provides a wealth of high-performance
sensors to monitor, e.g., moisture, salinity and pollution, and for
efficient environmental management and clean-technologies.
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Safety,
where photonics affords all types of advanced tools, for example for food quality control, surveillance, inspection, secure data transfer and safe driving.
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Energy,
where by its very nature, photonics is at the core of all light
harvesting concepts and technologies, in particular in photovoltaics
and in solar cells, as well as in efficient illumination and lighting.
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Optical Tweezers; Plasmonics Oncology;
Nano-Surgery & Neuro-Photonics;
Chemically Selective Imaging;
Sensors;
Lab-on-a-Chip; Single-Molecule Photonics;
Ultrafast Microscopy; Cell Spectroscopy.
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Quantum Information Processing &
Communication; Quantum Cryptography;
Quantum Imaging & Metrology;
Coherent Control & Quantum Biology;
Single-Atom Photonics; Quantum Dynamics.
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All-Optical Photonic Devices; Frequency Conversion and OPOs; Photonic Crystals; Ultrafast & Atto-Optics; Tunable Lasers; Electro & Acousto-Optic Devices; Fiber & Integrated Sensors; Photonics Clean-Tech.
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Nano-Photonic Devices; Organic LEDs; Light Harvesting; Solar Cells; Plasmonics; Molecular NanoPhotonics; Nano-Optical Tweezers; Nano-Optical Manipulation on a Chip; Nano-Antennas; Nano-Cavities.
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