Research Activities

 

The Photonics and Electromagnetics group of the Department of Engineering focuses his activity on the
theoretical and numerical modeling of the electromagnetic propagation at microwave and optical
frequencies. In this context, the group has a strong expertise in investigating wave propagation, analyzing
and designing optical devices and examining complex phenomena caused by light-matter interactions.
The group is internationally considered for his contributions to the area of nonlinear optics, which include
the theory of parametric wavelength conversion, instabilities in fiber optic devices, studies of optical
solitons and of the nonlinear response of cavities. Propagation in periodic nonlinear media and dispersive
shock waves are other topics of interest.
The group has also developed different numerical tools for the analysis of optical propagation in both time
and frequency domains (Beam Propagation Methods, Finite Difference in the Time Domain, Mode solvers,
etc.), the most demanding of which run on a cluster of personal computers.
Collaborations with research institutions of several counties include Thales Research and Technology,
CNRS-FOTON and CNRS-LPN, the University of Dijon, the University of Lille and the University of Nice in
France, the University of Glasgow and the University of Nottingham in UK, DTU Fotonik in Denmark, KAUST
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) in Saudi Arabia.

The Photonics and Electromagnetics group of the Department of Engineering focuses his activity on the 
theoretical and numerical modeling of the electromagnetic propagation at microwave and optical 
frequencies. In this context, the group has a strong expertise in investigating wave propagation, analyzing 
and designing optical devices and examining complex phenomena caused by light-matter interactions. 
The group is internationally considered for his contributions to the area of nonlinear optics, which include 
the theory of parametric wavelength conversion, instabilities in fiber optic devices, studies of optical 
solitons and of the nonlinear response of cavities. Propagation in periodic nonlinear media and dispersive 
shock waves are other topics of interest. 
The group has also developed different numerical tools for the analysis of optical propagation in both time 
and frequency domains (Beam Propagation Methods, Finite Difference in the Time Domain, Mode solvers, 
etc.), the most demanding of which run on a cluster of personal computers.
Collaborations with research institutions of several counties include Thales Research and Technology, 
CNRS-FOTON and CNRS-LPN, the University of Dijon, the University of Lille and the University of Nice in 
France, the University of Glasgow and the University of Nottingham in UK, DTU Fotonik in Denmark, KAUST 
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) in Saudi Arabia.