PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR APPLIED ANALYTICS

In the current world, there is a clear need of advanced analytical systems capable of providing fast and quantitative detection of a huge range of hazards which could affect human health in our daily life. Sectors such as healthcare, veterinary, food safety or environment control, among others, will require these analytic tools to take fast and effective actions and prevent potential crisis impact. Photonics is a promising technology to reach the required tools, as it has high sensitivity and specificity with a high integration level as it can fabricated by CMOS-compatible techniques.

Our current research aims at the implementation of novel photonic tools for the analytical characterization of chemical, physical, or biotechnological processes for different applications affecting human health. Our developments include photonics analytical tools based on silicon/silicon nitride integrated circuits based of plasmonics and ring resonators as well as the use of silicon photonic integrated circuits to perform medical diagnosis based on Imaging biological of cells and tissues.