Photonics Facility of the Fresnel Institute

OVERVIEW
Acronym PHOTONIQUE-PTA
Partner institution

Aix-Marseille Université





Description

PHOTONIQUE (hosted by the Fresnel Institute) offers a set of optical techniques to perform optical characterization measurements of components or materials, to fabricate some of these components, and to perform microscopy imaging or even measurements on biological samples, including living ones.

SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN
Scientific domain

PE3_9 - Condensed matter – beam interactions (photons, electrons, etc.) - Condensed Matter Physics





 

PE3_1 - Structure of solids, material growth and characterisation - Condensed Matter Physics





Keywords

Photonics





 

bio-imaging





 

laser damage





 

optical coatings





 

optical properties





 

optical microscopies





 

laser processes





 

optical filters.





INFRASTRUCTURE
Remote access details

Requests must be sent by e-mail to the scientist in charge of the facility along with a detailed description of the needs. Depending on adequacy of the demand with our technological capabilities, an access of the platform will be or provided or not.

AMENITIES
Equipment

In more details, the services provided include:
-optical characterization of materials or optical components,
-thin film deposition,
-optical filter design,
-biological imaging (Coherent Raman, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, phase imaging, polarized fluorescence microscopy),
-laser interaction on materials or components (optical crystals, optical thin films) : damage, structuring.