• Chemistry - Materials
  • Complex systems and software engineering

Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory (LPQM)

Research unit

Description

LPQM's themes are orientated towards molecular photonic and non linear optics. It is composed of three teams: The Non linear nanophotonic and biophotonic team mainly studies non linear properties of nanostructures, action potential in artificial neurons and is also interested in digital microfluidics. The 'Components and technologies for the photonic team is interested in components in optical telecommunications, photonic cristals, laser micro-cavities, optofluidic sensors and in mocular engineering. The ultrafast nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics and heat transfer team works on ultrafast plasmonic, heat nano-sources and heat photo-inducted transfers. Because it takes interest in the whole nano-photonic spectrum and owns a lot of equipment, among others the technological platforms of the D'Alembert institut, the laboratory is an interesting partner for possible collaborations.

Contacts

  • Mrs Isabelle LEDOUX-RAK

http://www.lpqm.ens-cachan.fr/|http://www.centralesupelec.fr/fr/laboratoire-de-photonique-quantique-et-moleculaire-lpqm-umr-cnrs-8537-ens-cachan

Innovation themes

Affiliated laboratory

Map and access

61, avenue du Président Wilson
ENS Cachan
94236 CACHAN CEDEX

Our research areas

Expertises

- ultrafast plasmonic
- micro-lasers
- heat nano-sources
- photonic cristals
- nano-imaging
- nano-production
- two photons fluorescence
- biophotonic
- heat transfer
- Second Harmonic Generation
- opto-fluidic sensors
- digital microfluidics

Applications sectors

  • IT / software
  • Networks / Telecom
  • Electronic / photonics
  • Materials (Metal, Glass, Ceramic, Composite...)

Total number of employees

Total number of employees : 24
Number of researchers : 10
Number of doctoral students : 10

Equipment(s) open to collaboration

Academics:
- various lasers (femtoseconds, picoseconds, nanoseconds, continuous) from 400 nm up to 2.5 µm
- electro-optical microscope
- characterization test bench (non linear optics, photonic components)
- spectroscopic ellipsometer
- platform for microsopy non-linearities measurements
- access to D'Alembert institute's technological plateforms: http://ida.ens-paris-saclay.fr/version-francaise/plateformes/

Industry:
- characterization test bench of photonic components (based on optic waves) centered at 1550 nm, non-linear optic (1.06 and 1.9 µm)

Keywords

Our results

Valuation offer

- conception and production of polymer-based photonic components
- 3D direct photo-inscription with laser (patents registered)
- non linear polarised imaging, electro-optic imaging
- nanothermics
- opto-electronic oscillators

Projects examples

- development of an optofluidic sensor made from polymer microresonators with a reduced limit of detection of chemical and biological pollutants

Industrial and scientific relations

Scientific collaborations

- France: numerous collaborations with University of Paris-Saclay's laboratories (SATIE, LPA, PPSM, C2C, LPTMS, LPICM, Institut d'Optique?), University of Paris 5, Gustave Roussy Institute, LPL (Paris XIII), ENS Lyon, University of Rennes 1, IMS (University of Bordeaux)
- International: Georgia Tech (USA), UWO (Canada), Université of Münich (Allemagne), Weizmann Institute, Technion, University of Tel-Aviv (Israël), CNR (Italie), University of Valparaiso (Chili), CCU (Taïwan), Université of Technology of Wroclaw (Pologne), IMS (Hanoï, Vietnam), Universities of Sfax and Gafsa (Tunisie), ITMO (Russie), Academy of Science of Ukraine (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

Private collaborations

- collaboration with several major groups
- PhD : cotutella agreements and CIFRE
- post-doc

Ecosystem

Establishments of affiliation

Département(s) de recherche

  • EOE (Electrical, Optical and Electronic Engineering)
  • PHOM (Physics of waves and matter)
  • SDV (Life sciences)

Liens PIA

  • LabEx PALM
  • LabEx LASIPS
  • LabEx NanoSaclay