The Laboratory of Thin Film and Optics focuses part of R&D activities on the design, fabrication and characterization of multilayer samples using classical thin film materials as well as nanostructured materials with plasmonic behavior. We have a large expertise on the characterization and modeling of materials in thin films using non-destructive optical methods (spectro-photometry and spectroscopic ellipsometry). Once the material properties are known, design of complex multilayer structures is performed using numerical methods. Our latest research activities focus on the fabrication of two and three dimensional photonic microstructures by the electric field assisted dissolution of metal nanoparticles.
