The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)

ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Catalan:Institut de Ciències Fotòniques) (Spanish: Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas) is a research center devoted to the science and technology of light.

SmartLens provides an adjustable technique to manipulate light without any mechanical movement

A team of researchers reports on a dynamically tuneable lens capable of achieving almost any complex optical function. Camera performance on mobile devices has proven to be one of the features that most end-users aim for. The importance of optical image quality improvement, and the trend to have thinner and thinner smartphones have pushed manufactures

SmartLens provides an adjustable technique to manipulate light without any mechanical movement

Health monitoring, food inspection and night vision based wearables made from graphene

The Graphene Pavilion, organised by the Graphene Flagship and supported by the European Commission and GSMA, is returning to Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 with over 20 graphene-based prototypes, four of which are developed by the Graphene Flagship partner ICFO, based in Barcelona. These technologies aim to turn mobile phones into life saving devices. The first of ICFO’s

Health monitoring, food inspection and night vision based wearables made from graphene

Squeezing light to one atom will pave the way to ultra-small optical switches, detectors and sensors

In a recent study published in Science, researchers at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, along with other members of the Graphene Flagship, reached the ultimate level of light confinement. They have been able to confine light down to a space one atom, the smallest possible. This will pave the way

Squeezing light to one atom will pave the way to ultra-small optical switches, detectors and sensors

Cleaner and greener cities with integrated transparent solar cells

High power conversion of new solar cells that are thin, flexible, and transparent makes them ideal for a wealth of new applications Imagine buildings in which the windows allow the sun’s light to enter, and at the same time capture the energy from the sun needed to meet all their energy needs. In this seemingly

Cleaner and greener cities with integrated transparent solar cells

Graphene: A material that multiplies the power of light

ICFO scientists show that graphene is highly efficient in converting light to electricity Bottles, packaging, furniture, car parts… all made of plastic. Today we find it difficult to imagine our lives without this key material that revolutionized technology over the last century. There is wide-spread optimism in the scientific community that graphene will provide similar

Graphene: A material that multiplies the power of light

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Nanotechnology and art collide in mind-bending new Israeli museum
on July 5, 2021 at 3:39 am
Interdisciplinary new museum features collaborations between scientists and artists that explore the wild world of nanotechnology ...
The first commercially scalable integrated laser and microcomb on a single chip
on July 1, 2021 at 11:00 am
UC Santa Barbara electrical and materials professor John Bowers pioneered a method for integrating a laser onto a silicon wafer. The technology has since been widely deployed in combination with other ...
New ternary hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium join the ranks of high-temperature superconductors
on June 30, 2021 at 9:00 pm
Welcome a new member in the family of superconducting polyhydrides: A team led by Skoltech professor Artem R. Oganov studied the structure and properties of ternary hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium ...
Optical–ultrasound technology boosts thyroid cancer screening
on June 22, 2021 at 4:38 am
This innovative technology, developed by scientists in the LUCA consortium and coordinated by the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, aims to provide enhanced information during ...
Spatiotemporal imaging of 2D polariton wave packet dynamics using free electrons
on June 15, 2021 at 10:09 pm
1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel. 2 ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and ...

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New quantum repeaters could enable a scalable quantum internet – Physics World - physicsworld.com
June 11, 2021
Physicists link 'quantum memories' in early step toward quantum internet - Livescience.com
June 10, 2021
Optical–ultrasound technology boosts thyroid cancer screening – Physics World - Medical Physics Web
June 22, 2021
Physicists link “quantum memory” in the early stages towards the quantum internet - Eminetra
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Entangled quantum memories for a quantum repeater: A step closer to the Quantum Internet - EurekAlert
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New ternary hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium join the ranks of high-temperature superconductors
on June 30, 2021 at 9:00 pm
Welcome a new member in the family of superconducting polyhydrides: A team led by Skoltech professor Artem R. Oganov studied the structure and properties of ternary hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium ...
Makers and shakers
on June 30, 2021 at 6:20 am
Three researchers making a material difference.
SPIE announces a $1 million endowed diversity-focused Chair at ICFO
on June 24, 2021 at 5:00 pm
The [email protected] Chair for Diversity in Photonic Sciences is the first of its nature and magnitude awarded by SPIE to a European institute. ICFO (Institute for Photonics Sciences; Barcelona, Spain) is a ...
Optical–ultrasound technology boosts thyroid cancer screening
on June 22, 2021 at 4:38 am
This innovative technology, developed by scientists in the LUCA consortium and coordinated by the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, aims to provide enhanced information during ...
Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest
on June 21, 2021 at 8:40 pm
“The material science ... The discovery suggests that crystals like this can self-assemble, which is encouraging for engineers looking for better ways to make materials for photonic applications.