Nonlinear Optics Laboratory
ETH Hönggerberg-HPF
CH-8093 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone +41 44 633 22 95
Fax +41 44 633 10 56

Welcome to the

Nonlinear Optics Laboratory

The nonlinear optics laboratory, which is part of the Institute of Quantum Electronics of ETH Zürich, was founded in 1987. The group directed by Prof. Dr. Peter Günter is active in the development and application of novel materials for optical telecommunication, optical information processing and optical data storage.

Inorganic materials such as KNbO₃, LiTaO₃ and Sn₂P₂S₆, as well as novel organic crystals, polymers and thin films deposited by organic molecular beam deposition are developed and investigated.
A wide variety of crystal growth and optical, as well as other physical characterization techniques are being used for the investigation of these materials.

The activites of the group also include application oriented research such as

• integrated electro-optics and nonlinear optics
• optical microcavities
• development of novel diode-pumped solid-state laser sources in the blue and ultraviolet spectral ranges by using nonlinear optical techniques
• optical parallel processing applications
• optical memories
• optical phase conjugating devices
• organic light-emitting diodes and organic field-effect transistors
• photorefraction at 1.55 μm
• Short-pulsed Terahertz devices
• Compact Terahertz laser source