Laser Processing Group
Study and development of photonic materials/waveguides and techniques/devices for producing, processing or manipulating photons, by means of nanostructured materials. Understanding fundamental phenomena at the nanometer scale and at the femtosecond and picosecond time scales.
We are located at the Instituto de Óptica “Daza de Valdés”, CSIC
Group activity
E-MRS Spring Meeting 2026 (European Materials Research Society)
From 24 to 29 May, members of LPG Group participated in the E-MRS conference in Strasbourg, in which Mario García Lechuga also worked as conference coordinator. Alongside more over 2.300 attendees, our colleagues successfully presented their latest work across various...
IV PhDay 2026
On 25 May, the Serrano Campus hosted the fourth edition of PhDay, with the participation of our PhD students: Alka Phillip, Irene Solana and Belén Valiente. For the fourth consecutive year, the CSIC Pre-doctoral Network is organising this event to enable PhD students...
11F workshops of the laser processing group
The activities have taken place at the IES Pablo Picasso (Pinto) and IES Blas de Otero high schools, both in Madrid. Once again, the scientific and technical staff of the Laser Processing Group are proud to support the International Day of Women and Girls in Science...
News
Laser Processing Group in META 2026 Conference on Metamaterials, Photonics and Plasmonics
Fernando Sánchez-Chacón and Rosalía Serna, members of the LPG Group, had a busy and productive week in Dublin while attending the META 2026 Conference on Metamaterials, Photonics and Plasmonics. Throughout the conference, they engaged with colleagues from several CSIC...
Mario García Lechuga is co-organizing Symposium N at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2026
Researcher Mario García Lechuga, from the Laser Processing Group of the Institute of Optics (IO-CSIC), participated as co-organizer of Symposium N at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2026, held from May 25 to 29 in Strasbourg (France), one of the main international meetings...
Students visit the LPG labs in the 35 Introductory Course to Research in Optics and Photonics
University students Participating in the 35 Curso de Introducción a la Investigación en Optica in the Laser Synthesis Lab of the GPL. They are observing one of our Pulsed laser deposition systems for the preparation of nanophotonic films, while Fernando Chacón and...