UID/FIS/00068/2013
Laser Technology Group
Head of Research: Dr. Dawei Liang (Associate Professor)
Our solar-pumped lasers laboratory was established to largely enhance both the collection efficiency and beam quality of present-day solar-pumped lasers, resulting in the following research highlights:
A significant advance in solar laser collection efficiency was achieved by our team in PROMES-CNRS in (2012)
CSP TODAY http://social.csptoday.com/technology/sfera-flushes-out-groundbreaking-csp-research
Our research "Design of ultrahigh brightness solar-pumped disk laser" was selected by
Spotlight on Optics, Sept.14, (2012), The Optical Society of America.
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/spotlight/summary.cfm?uri=ao-51-26-6382
Our research on the first TEM00 solar-pumped laser was reported by Senior Editor Gail Overton in World News:"Novel Lasers: Solar-Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers Getting Brighter"
Laser Focus World, Dec. 9, (2013)
Our research article "A 40 W cw Nd:YAG solar laser pumped through a heliostat: a parabolic mirror system" was highlighted by Laser Physics in (2013)
Laser Physics, Highlights of 2013
http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1555-6611/page/Highlights-of-2013
Our research"Side-pumped continuous-wave Cr:Nd:YAG ceramic solar laser" was selected as a Key Scientific Article contributing to excellence in energy research
Advances in high efficiency solar-powered laser
http://prezi.com/lr95vsblpt4y/advances-in-high-efficiency-solar-powered-lasers/
The Next Big Future, 09-10-(2014) highlighted our solar laser researches
Towards Megawatt Solar Powered Lasers for Magnesium Production and future space applications
http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/10/solar-powered-lasers-for-magnesium.html
Certificate of Excellence In Reviewing
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells(IF 5.34), (2015)
https://www.reviewerrecognition.elsevier.com/#/profile/a875c541-cc59-4063-88f9-c5fbd479492f
Certificate of Excellence In Reviewing
Renewable Energy (IF 4.34), (2016)
https://www.reviewerrecognition.elsevier.com/#/profile/a875c541-cc59-4063-88f9-c5fbd479492f
Member of Editorial Board
International Journal of Modern Physics: Advances in Theory and Applications (2016)
http://www.jyotiacademicpress.org/jyotic/journalview/28/editorial-board
"Most efficient continuous-wave 1064nm solar laser emission within a laboratory"
Key Scientific Article contributing to excellence in energy research
Renewable Energy Global Innovations, Oct. 13, (2016)
https://renewableenergyglobalinnovations.blogspot.com/search?q=solar+laser
Laser Focus World, Dec. pp.7 (2016)
http://digital.laserfocusworld.com/laserfocusworld/201612?sub_id=T2n5brVOAT8f&u1=DA1216&pg=9#pg9
Certificate of Recognition for Dedication to Quality Scientific Reviews in 2016-2017.
OSA Publishing, 2018
FCT/MCTES Junior Researcher position awarded to Dr. Joana Almeida 2018
Dr. Joana Almeida from our Solar-Pumped Laser Laboratory has been awarded a 6 years Junior Research Contract by FCT/MCTES:
"First solar-pumped four-pass, four-active mirror Nd/Cr:YAG ceramic laser amplifier"
This novel solar laser amplifier proposal was classified as the second highest eveluation score among all the junior researcher proposals in Physical Science in 2018.
Media Report of the solar laser laboratory in CEFITEC, DF-FCT-UNL
SIC Notícias Oct. 30, 2018 (63100 Views, one of the highest nnumber of views from SIC noícias videos)
https://www.facebook.com/sicnoticias/videos/316129865843740/
REN https://www.ren.pt/pt-PT/media/comunicados/detalhe/laser_para_captacao_de_energia_do_sol_premio_ren_
e_expresso_dao_a_conhecer_exemplos_de_inovacao_nas_universidades_portuguesas/
EXPRESSO: Prioridade: eficiência energética (10 VÍDEOS QUE NÃO PODE PERDER) “E se, em vez de usarmos painéis solares, pudéssemos ter um laser no espaço a captar a energia do Sol e a enviá-la para a Terra? É a proposta dos investigadores da FCT Nova.” Nov. 20, 2018
https://expresso.pt/economia/2018-11-20-Prioridade-eficiencia-energetica
Featured content of Journal of Photonics for Energy
Joana Almeida, Dawei Liang, Bruno D. Tibúrcio, Dário Garcia, Cláudia R. Vistas, “Numerical modeling
of a four-rod pumping scheme for improving TEM00-mode solar laser performance,” J. Photon.
Energy 9(1), 018001 (2019)
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-photonics-for-energy
TWITTER by African Physics, May 10 2019
Homogenization and penetration effects of 1064 nm Nd:YAG solar laser and concentrated solar radiations on ex vivo chicken breast samples http://j.mp/2Yu0am7 via @AIP_Publishing
https://twitter.com/AfricanPhysics/status/1127257754945687552
Featured content of Journal of Photonics for Energy
Bruno Tibúrcio, Dawei Liang, Joana Almeida, Dárico Garcia, Cláudia R. Vistas, “Dual-rod pumping approach for tracking error compensation in solar-pumped lasers” J. Photon. Energy 9(2), 028001 (2019)
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-photonics-for-energy
Contact:
Prof. Dawei Liang dl@fct.unl.pt
https://www.facebook.com/sicnoticias/videos/316129865843740/
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