Grupo de Tecnologías Ópticas y Optoelectrónicas

TecnOPTO (Grupo de Tecnologias Ópticas y Optoelectronicas) is the Group of Optics and Optoelectronic Technologies at University Miguel Hernández, in Elche, Spain.

Our group develops different research lines, all within the field of Physical Optics and Optolectronics. We are located at the University Miguel Hernández, in the beautiful city of Elche, in Spain.

We enjoy doing research and working in projects with collaborators all over the world. We also enjoy teaching and involving our students in our projects.

Open PhD student position available at TecnOPTO

We are looking for a MSc, preferably with experience in experimental optics and photonics, to develop a PhD Thesis in the field of optical polarimetry within a grant from the Valencian Government, Santiago Grisolía Program, ref. GRISOLIAP/2020/004.

Required conditions
– The candidate must hold a MSc degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optics or related degree from a non-Spanish institution.
– The degree must have finished after January 1st 2016 and must qualify to enter a PhD program.
– Candidates must not hold a previous PhD degree (the selected candidate will have to enroll a UMH Doctorate Program when starting the contract.
– English language OR Spanish (Spanish language is NOT required).

More details

Interested candidates should submit their application by email before June 23, 2020. Contact: i.moreno@umh.es

Special Section in Optical Engineering on Spatial Light Modulators

A special section on Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) – Devices and Applications has been published in the Optical Engineering issue corresponding to April 2020.

Ignacio Moreno and María Del Mar Sánchez-López are Guest Editors of this special section of the journal, together with Prof. Andrew Forbes and Prof. Yoshio Hayasaky.

The editorial to the Special Section can be read at the following link.

Revista Española de Física highlights our technique to generate vector beams 

Revista Española de Física -REF, the journal of the Real Sociedad Española de Física – RSEF, highlights our technique presented in our recent paper in Optics and Lasers in Engineering.

A summary has been included in the section ‘Puntos de Interés’ (link).

We thank Prof. Augusto Beléndez, Editor of REF, for selecting our research for this section.