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Photonic Materials

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Group leader: Prof. dr. Albert Polman

The Photonic Materials group focuses on three main research themes

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Quantum cathodoluminescence microscopy

Cathodoluminescence holography
Photon-induced near-field electron microscopy
Picosecond CL pump-probe spectroscopy

Light management in photovoltaics 

Spectrum splitting in perovskite/Si tandem solar cells, colored PV
Metal nanowire selective contacts on Si solar cells
Light trapping in thin-film and tandem solar cells
Novel spectrum splitting, downconversion, LSC architectures

Optical metamaterials 

Analog computational optical metasurfaces
Passive radiative cooling metasurfaces
Switchable optical metasurfaces

Group Members

more about Photonic Materials

  • Albert Polman receives ERC Advanced Research Grant

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  • European grant for electron microscopy techniques

    The European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme has awarded a FET Proactive grant to a consortium of 8 European institutions to develop new ways to perform electron microscopy.

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  • Mathematics at the speed of light

    AMOLF researchers and their collaborators from the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC/CUNY) in New York have created a nanostructured surface capable of performing on-the-fly mathematical operations on an input image.

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  • AMOLF, Thermo Fisher and Delmic present ultrafast SEM cathodoluminescence microscopes

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Visiting address

  • Science Park 104
  • 1098 XG Amsterdam
  • The Netherlands

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  • 1098 XG Amsterdam
  • The Netherlands

Mail address

  • P.O. Box 41883
  • 1009 DB Amsterdam
  • The Netherlands

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