Laboratory of Optics, Lasers and Systems (LOLS)
LOLS research is centred on lasers and optics and their integration in systems that can be used in space, astrophysics, biomedicine, defence, security, energy, or industry.
Optical systems are typically metrology enablers: they measure target parameters (physical or geometric) and static or dynamic system configurations, and may rely upon position and attitude dynamics, especially in the space field. Optical metrology and associated instrumentation are therefore at the core of LOLS activity. Currently, LOLS activity is driven by:
- How to gain orders of magnitude in optical metrology uncertainties and sensitivities
- How to introduce flexibility into systems, simplifying hardware requirements or improving recurrence of solutions for different fields of application
- How to comply with non-uniformity, natural dynamics, and modulation of physical properties of optical media
In addition, LOLS is active in:
- Photonics engineering: architecture, simulation, design, integration, and testing
- Dynamic system modelling, analysis, and control
- Spatio-temporal system studies
- Laser processing of materials.
Lasers, stabilised platforms, optical metrology equipment, optical and mechanical devices for assembling systems
LOLS research is centred on lasers and optics and their integration in systems that can be used in space, astrophysics, biomedicine, defence, security, energy, or industry.
Optical systems are typically metrology enablers: they measure target parameters (physical or geometric) and static or dynamic system configurations, and may rely upon position and attitude dynamics, especially in the space field. Optical metrology and associated instrumentation are therefore at the core of LOLS activity. Currently, LOLS activity is driven by:
- How to gain orders of magnitude in optical metrology uncertainties and sensitivities
- How to introduce flexibility into systems, simplifying hardware requirements or improving recurrence of solutions for different fields of application
- How to comply with non-uniformity, natural dynamics, and modulation of physical properties of optical media
In addition, LOLS is active in:
- Photonics engineering: architecture, simulation, design, integration, and testing
- Dynamic system modelling, analysis, and control
- Spatio-temporal system studies
- Laser processing of materials.