Congratulations to Rui Oliveira e Silva for successfully defend his MSc thesis in Physics Engineering!
In his thesis entitled “Design of optical spectrometers with RamSERS project”, Rui evaluates the parameters for the design of two Raman spectrometers , with the goal of achieving very competitive specifications using off-the-shelf optical elements. The design is verified by paraxial analysis and Zemax.
The ultimate goal of the project is to develop a portable device for the identification of cancer biomarkers through Raman spectroscopy.
Well done, Rui!
 

Celso João, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in 2016, has now been awarded the Prize for the Best PhD Thesis in Optics by the Portuguese Society for Optics and Photonics (SPOF).
Celso, a postdoc researcher and member of the Group for Lasers and Plasmas, has specialised in high power laser design and development. In his thesis entitled “Diode-pumped solid-state lasers for optical parametric amplification pumping”, he describes the implementation of new two diode-pumped ytterbium lasers for pumping OPCPA amplifiers.
The first laser amplifier is installed at IST, while the second was added to the front end of the PHELIX laser at GSI Darmstadt, through a collaboration with IOQ/IAP-FSU Jena. The work was supervised by Prof. Gonçalo Figueira (IST), head of the Laboratory for Intense Lasers in Lisbon.
SPOF was created in 2009 with the goals of promoting optics from the viewpoints of research, training and education. The national prize for the…

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announced last week the winners of the 2016 edition of its prestigious Prize for Stimulus to Scientific Research. Victor Hariton is one of the two winners in the physics category, for his project “Fab-Laser – Femtosecond ablation of biological samples with shaped laser pulses”.

Students of ATHENS international exchange programme visited the L2I and got to know the research facility along with members of X-GoLP. The students were introduced to the different topics of investigation carried at the laboratory and had the chance of executing a hands on experience, in particular on measuring wavefront of laser beams.
 

André Boné (João Mendanha MSc student), Joana Duarte (Marta Fajardo MSc student) and João Branco (Marta Fajardo MSc student) are congratulated for successfully defending their Master theses and for achieving excellent marks.

Former X-GoLP Master student Hugo Pires successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Intense ultrashort laser pulse generation”. X-GoLP hereby gives its congratulations on the achievement.