Grupo de luz estructurada (UCM)

The UCM node, composed of the research groups GICO (Interdisciplinary Group of Computational Optics) and GIHL (Light Beams Engineering Group), specializes in the design and characterization of structured laser beams (continuous wave and ultrashort laser pulses) and their applications in polarimetry, self-focusing, optical encryption, laser free-space optical communications, optical imaging, and optical trapping and manipulation of micro/nano-particles. This group has been a pioneer in the field of structured light since the 1993 EUREKA EU-2359 European Project. Over the past 10 years, they have published over 100 articles indexed in JCR journals.

Additionally, the GICO-UCM, with researchers Enar Franco, Óscar Martínez-Matos, and José A. Rodrigo, has developed an innovative technique to program the propagation of ultrashort laser pulses. Their experiments were conducted in the GICO-UCM laboratories and at the Ultrafast Lasers Center (CLUR) of the same university.

Main publications and results

  1. Enar Franco, Óscar Martínez-Matos, and José A. Rodrigo, “Curve-shaped ultrashort laser pulses with programmable spatiotemporal behavior” Optica 10, 379-392 (2023)
  2. José A. Rodrigo, Mercedes Angulo, and Tatiana Alieva, “All-optical motion control of metal nanoparticles powered by propulsion forces tailored in 3D trajectories,” Photon. Res. 9, 1-12 (2021)
  3. Rodrigo, J.A., Angulo, M. & Alieva, T. Tailored optical propulsion forces for controlled transport of resonant gold nanoparticles and associated thermal convective fluid flows. Light Sci Appl 9, 181 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-020-00417-1
  4. Rosario Martínez-Herrero, David Maluenda, Marcos Aviñoá, Artur Carnicer, Ignasi Juvells, and Ángel S. Sanz, “Local characterization of the polarization state of 3D electromagnetic fields: an alternative approach,” Photon. Res. 11, 1326-1338 (2023)
  5. Martínez-Herrero, R., Piquero, G., Santarsiero, M., Gori, F., & González de Sande, J. C. (2022). A class of vectorial pseudo-Schell model sources with structured coherence and polarization. Optics & Laser Technology, 152, 108079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.108079 
  6. Suárez-Bermejo, J. C., Gorgas, J., Pascual, S., Santarsiero, M., de Sande, J. C. G., & Piquero, G. (2024). Bayesian inference approach for Full Poincaré Mueller polarimetry. Optics & Laser Technology, 168, 109983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2023.109983
 

Contact info

Representative of the node in the network: 

Jose A. Rodrigo (jarmar@ucm.es)

Node webpage: https://produccioncientifica.ucm.es/grupos/5262/detalle

attoGrupo de luz estructurada (UCM)