Microphotonics

Profile area One micrometer, or one millionth of a meter, is the scale at which the sensitivity of our normal senses starts to recede. Yet it is an important scale at which many physical phenomena happen and even become intensified. At Microphotonics group, we study in particular light-matter interactions at the micro scale towards efficient information- and energy-transfer applications.

News:

2026-03-23: New postdoc Anuj Pratim joins the team. Welcome!
2025-09-01: New PhD Jonás Sanchez Juarez and postdoc Rinat Yapparov join the team. Welcome!
2025-04-24: Together with RISE scientist Oskars Ozolins, we have secured a "SSF Research Institute PhD student" grant on hollow-core fiber technology for 3.25 MSEK.

Current and previous research projects:

Hollow-core optical fiber
Thermal-emission based IR light source
Passive radiative cooling
Near-field enhanced radiative heat transfer
Metamaterial-based terahetz hollow waveguide
Photonic integrated circuit
Cellulose-based optics and photonics
Surface/bulk acoustic wave for microwave filter

Funders:

VR (The Swedish Research Council)
Vinnova (The Swedish Innovation Agency)
SSF (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research)
ÅFORSK (The ÅForsk Foundation)
STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and High Education)
KEMPE (The Kempe Foundations)
ESA (European Space Agency)