Research - Institute for the Sciences of Light
700 permanent faculty members and researchers contribute to the advancement of the sciences of light in 28 laboratories at University Paris-Saclay. A very broad spectrum of topics is covered, ranging from fundamental concepts in quantum physics or optoelectronics to imaging applications for life sciences or development of cutting-edge instrumentation for environmental or space sciences.
The sciences of light are central to many research programs of the "Physics" and "Engineering and Systems Sciences" Graduate Schools. They also play a key role in other Graduate Schools: Chemistry, Life Sciences and Health and Geosciences, Climate, Environment, Planets. The Institute for the Sciences of Light aims to create synergies in cross-cutting research themes between these Graduate Schools.
Research topics
Extreme light, optics at the limits
(Ultrahigh intensity, relativistic optics, ultrashort pulses, X-UV optics and sources)
Imaging
(Biomedical imaging and microscopy, super-resolution, image sensors, lensless imaging, SNOM, …)
Information and Communication Technologies
(optoelectronics, optical fibers…)
Instrumentation
(Sensors, detectors, LIDAR, optical diagnostics, …)
Materials
(Inorganic, semiconductor, organic, liquid crystal, photochromics)
Nanophotonics
(Plasmonics, metamaterials, 2D materials, surfaces and interfaces, optomechanics)
Laboratories
(Currently under construction)