Investigation of optical nonlinearities of advanced photonic materials

• Grant number: 10/18497-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: June 01, 2011
• End date: August 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Sérgio Carlos Zilio
• Grantee: Yashashchandra Dwivedi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This proposal aims at the synthesis and optical characterization of rare earth doped/undoped nanocrystalline powders and glass ceramics; and aimed particularly to understand the various optical phenomenona (fluorescence, nonlinear and energy transfer processes) in rare earth doped materials. Efforts will be made to enhance the optical efficiency by varying the host compositions, rare earth combinations, concentration and also the synthesis process in order to develop luminescent devices based on these materials.