Light Propagation and Photonics Group (Lp²g) is a research group from the OptMA Lab., held in the School of Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
Our research activities are based on applied and computational electromagnetism as a major topic, divided into two lines, (1) Photonic devices for sensors, biosensors, plasmonics, all-optical digital circuits and systems, Nonlinear Optics, Opto-mechanics, Opto-electronics, Acoustic-optics, and telecommunications devices and systems, and (2) Microwave Impedance Microscopy (MIM) for sub-nanometric imaging.

We aim to converge our expertise to evaluate how we can contribute from the academy to improve a broad spectrum of applications in the real world. In this sense, we look to stimulate a multidisciplinary environment and bring together people with varied profiles and interests for research and education.

Infrastructure

OptMA Lab - Laboratory for Optronics and Microtechnology Applications.

LCPNano - Nanomaterials Characterization and Processing Laboratory of the UFMG.

Center for Miscrocopy of the UFMG.

09/2023 - On 09/29 our student Renan Matheus, satisfactorily defended his Master's dissertation, entitled "MODELAMENTO DE GUIA DE ONDA ULTRACOMPACTO DE BAIXA PERDA BASEADO EM CRISTAL FOTÔNICO COM CONFIGURAÇÃO EM ESPIRAL E SERPENTINA," as a requirement to obtain the Master's degree in Electrical Engineering in the Electrical Engineering Graduate Program at UFMG. Congratulations!!!!

09/2023 - During August, our students, Felipe Aragão, Renan Matheus, Reinaldo Velasquez, and Gabriel Novy, were participating in the international conferences hosted in Brazil SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference/International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (SBFoton/OMN), and the 37th Symposium on Microelectronics Technology and Devices – SBMicro 2023, co-located in Chip in Rio 2023

Funding Institutions

Collaborations

Prof. Adrian Fernandez Gavela (University of Oviedo - Spain). Prof. Cassio Gonçalves do Rego (Universidade Federal Minas Gerais - UFMG - Brazil). Prof. Clara M. Mosquera-Lopez (Oregon Health and Science University - OHSU - USA). Prof. Clascídia Aparecida Furtado (Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear - CDTN - Brazil). Prof. Diego Camilo Tami (Federal University of Itajubá - Unifei - Brazil). Prof. Ferney O. Amaya Fernandez (Pontifical Bolivarian University - UPB, Medellin – Colombia). Prof. Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro (Universidade Federal Minas Gerais - UFMG - Brazil). Prof. Juliana Beaudette Drummond (Universidade Federal Minas Gerais - UFMG - Brazil). Prof. Lúcia A. M. Saito (Mackenzie Presbiterian University - Brazil). Prof. Omar P. Vilela Neto (Universidade Federal Minas Gerais - UFMG - Brazil). Prof. Wagner Nunes Rodrigues (Universidade Federal Minas Gerais - UFMG - Brazil).