Welcome to the MIL group

The « Matériaux et Instrumentation Laser » (MIL) research group of the “Centre de Recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique” (CIMAP) laboratory has established a leadership in the fabrication and the investigation of rare-earth and transition metal ions doped materials for laser applications. Its main contributions have concerned the growth and the investigation of rare-earth doped fluoride crystals but also the behaviour of the rare-earth and transition metal ions in different kinds of ionic host lattices like dielectric and semiconductor crystals and glasses. Experimental and theoretical spectroscopic analyses are carried out in order to understand the interactions between the ions and their lattice environment which play a great role on the probability of electronic transitions. Within this fundamental understanding, the objective is to develop original and innovative electroluminescent devices and all-solid laser systems.
The experimental investigations take advantages of classical techniques based on registration of absorption, emission and excitation spectra and laser site-selective and time-resolved fluorescence measurements as well as of more sophisticated ones such as (i) excited state absorption and gain measurements in the continuous-wave or pulsed regime realized by using pump-probe techniques based on various kinds of broad-band light sources and lasers and (ii) pump-probe Z-scan, interferometric and transient grating experiments aimed at the study of thermal and electronic refractive index variations observed in highly pumped laser materials. These measurements are performed in the case of bulk materials as well as of thin films using laser light injection into waveguides. They provide important information on the absorption and relaxation mechanisms of the optical excitations within the active ions and, in case of electrical or optical excitation within the conduction band on the host materials, on the energy transfers from this band to the active ions. Laser resonators operating from the near UV to the IR are also available or specially developed to test the laser performance of the materials and build laser prototypes.
In addition to two international exchange programs (PICS-CNRS, COFECUB) and various contracts, the group is presently involved in one European (ITN-RAINBOW) and four ANR (FLUOLASE, OPTIQUE-CO2, DAPHNES and FEMTOCRYBLE) research projects. Richard Moncorgé, who is the head of the group is currently responsible for the CNRS national network CMDO+ “Cristaux Massifs, Micro-nano-structures et Dispositifs pour l’Optique” (http://cmdo.cnrs.fr/) and a Topical Editor of the Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

Physique Atomique et Moléculaire - Ions dans les Solides - Systèmes lasers : Tomes 1 et 2

CREMER Georgette-Laura, MONCORGE Richard, CHESNEL Jean-Yves, ADOUI Lamri

Collection intégration de savoirs et des savoir-faire éditée par Publications MRCT (CNRS)

Tome 1 : 500 pages ISBN : 978-2-918701-02-6
Tome 2 : 508 pages ISBN : 978-2-918701-03-3

Le contenu de cet ouvrage est le reflet d’enseignements dispensés, aux niveaux Maîtrise/M1 et DEA/M2, en Physique Atomique et Moléculaire et en Optique et Lasers à l’Université de Caen au cours des 25 dernières années. Il est destiné également aux chercheurs et ingénieurs travaillant dans les laboratoires de la recherche publique. Les thèmes abordés sont ceux des atomes d’hydrogène et d’hélium, des alcalins et alcalino-terreux, des atomes à plusieurs électrons de valence, de l’interaction atome-rayonnement, de la spectroscopie des molécules et des ions dans les solides et enfin des systèmes lasers les plus significatifs utilisant un milieu actif à base d’atomes, ions ou molécules en milieu dilué.

Pour plus de détails : http://publicationsmrct.cnrs.fr/collection.php?id=9&di=1

 

STAFF
	MONCORGE Richard Professeur (Team Leader) Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.58 richard.moncorge@ensicaen.fr Short CV
	CAMY Patrice Professeur Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.89 patrice.camy@ensicaen.fr Short CV
	BRAUD Alain Maitre de Conferences, HDR Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.60 alain.braud@ensicaen.fr Short CV
	DOUALAN Jean-louis CNRS Researcher Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.61 jean-louis.doualan@ensicaen.fr Short CV
	BRASSE Gurvan Research Engineer Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.89 gurvan.brasse@ensicaen.fr Short CV
	BENAYAD Abdelmjid Engineer Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.72 abdelmjid.benayad@ensicaen.fr Short CV
	MENARD Vivien Technician Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.61 vivien.menard@ensicaen.fr Short CV Personal page
	BOLANOS Western Post-Doc Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.89 western.bolanos@ensicaen.fr Short CV
PhD Students
	STARECKI Florent PhD student Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.62 florent.starecki@ensicaen.fr
	PELE Anne-Laure PhD student Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.63 anne-laure.pele@ensicaen.fr
	Vanessa MENEZES MARTINS COFECUB -CAPES PhD student Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.62
	LIU Zhe PhD student Xiamen University (China), MoU Xiamen Univ.-Ensicaen Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.62
	BRAGA GALLO Ivan COFECUB -CAPES PhD student Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.62 ivangallo@ursa.ifsc.usp.br
Recent former PhD students
	SERRANO Diana Former PhD student Phone: 33.(0)2.31.45.25.63 diana.serrano@ensicaen.fr
	SOULARD Rémi Former PhD student remi.soulard@ensicaen.fr
	XU Bin Former PhD student bin.xu@ensicaen.fr