Applied Optics, IMT
| Institute: | University of Neuchâtel |
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| Address: |
Rue A.-L. Breguet 2 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland |
| Website: | http://www-optics.unine.ch |
| Contact person | Herzig Hans Peter |
| Presentation: | IMT.pdf (975.13 kB) |
Description
The Applied Optics Lab is a research group within the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT) of the University of Neuchâtel (UniNE). It counts more than 20 members (researchers and technical staff) and has experience in micro-optics. Micro-fabrication technologies like photolithography, resist processing, and reactive ion etching (RIE) are used to manufacture refractive and diffractive micro-optical elements, birefringent optics (liquid crystal devices), as well as nano-scale optics (subwavelength structures, photonic crystals, near field microscopy). The Applied Optics Lab has a vast palette of modelling tools enabling simulations in several fields like rigorous diffraction theory, photonic band gap, resonant filters, liquid crystals. There are fully equipped optical labs, with several light sources, high resolution monochromator, AFM, microscopes. The Applied Optics Lab has a strong collaboration with the group of Sensor, Actuators and Microsystems Laboratory (SAMLAB, Prof. N. de Rooij), which is experienced in silicon micro-machining, thick resist technology and hot embossing. Clean room facilities are fully equipped for the fabrication and characterization of silicon based devices, in particular deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) for MEMS fabrication. With these facilities, the Applied Optics lab will contribute respective to the centres for "Modelling and design", "Micro-Optical Structures for Sensing", "Micro-Optical Elements for Industrial and Biomedical Application", "Optical MEMS", "Subwavelength Structured Optical Surfaces”.
