Applied Physics and Photonics (Research unit)

Id: VUB_471

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The Department of Applied Physics and Photonics at the VUB (TONA/TW/VUB) belongs to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences of our University. It consists of a group of about twenty researchers -engineers and physicists- who are working together on materials, components, devices and subsystems for bringing light into communication and information processing systems.These research themes go from fundamental research to near the market demonstrator systems. The group is also responsible for a successful Photonics curriculum for students in Electrical Engineering. The group is currently involved in thirty important research projects financed by the Flemish government , the Federal Science Foundation , the EC and Industry. The main research themes are : 1. Photonics in Digital Parallel Computing Demonstrators; 2. Micro-Optics for Optical Interconnects; 3. Polarisation in Photonic switching; 4. Organic Materials for Photonics; 5. Photonics in sensing and Nuclear Environments; 6. Holography and Diffractive Optics; 7. Optical Metrology; 8. Biomedical Optics; 9. Photonics and Optics in Education.

Post addresses:

Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, BE

Electronic addresses:

+32-2-6293450

Electronic addresses:

+32-2-6293454

Electronic addresses:

http://www.tona.vub.ac.be/

Acronym:

TONA

Keywords:

Opto-Electronic Devices,Photonics,Plastic Photonics,Semiconductor Technology,Vcsels,Holography,Micro-Optics,Non-Linear Optics,Optical Computing,Optical Fibre Sensors,Optical Instrumentation,Optical Interconnects,Optical Materials,Optical Measurement

Discipline codes:

• PHYSICAL SCIENCES (P)
  • Physics
    • Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics
• TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES (T)
  • Material technology
    • Optical materials