Young Photonics Congress 2022 - program

El Young Photonics Congress és un congrés científic protagonitzat per estudiants d’ESO i batxillerat que presenten els seus projectes de recerca.

Descobreix el món de la fotònica amb les xerrades flaix sobre la recerca que es fa a l’ICFO i amb els projectes de recerca de joves científics i científiques!

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11 de març de 2022 – ICFO (CAstelldefels)

09:30 – 10:00: Registre

10:00 – 11:00: Introducció i Xerrades flaix

Obrirem el congrés amb una breu introducció a la fotònica i a l’ICFO, seguida per projectes de recerca de l’ICFO explicats en primera persona per qui hi treballa.

11:00 – 12:45: Presentacions dels projectes

Aquesta secció tindrà l’estructura d’una típica sessió de pòsters d’un congrés científic. Es presentaran tots els projectes al mateix temps: els assistents podran descobrir els diferents projectes i fer preguntes als autors en petits grups de conversa.

12:45 – 13:00: Cloenda

xerrades flaix

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GIANVITO LUCIVERO

Gianvito Lucivero és actualment PROBIST fellow i dona classes de sensors quàntics en el Master en Quantum Science and Technologies de Barcelona.

Va obtenir el seu doctorat a ICFO, demostrant com es poden millorar els sensors atòmics amb llum squeezed. Entre 2016 i 2019 va treballar a la Universitat de Princeton, on va contribuir a la primera detecció de biomagnetisme humà en entorns no blindats amb magnetòmetres òptics.

Marina Cunquero

Marina es va llicenciar en Microbiologia l’any 2019 per la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, i va continuar els seus estudis de postgrau a la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. El 2016 es va incorporar a l’ICFO com a tècnica de laboratori i es va fascinar per l’ampli espectre de possibilitats de recerca que ofereix la microscòpia òptica. Actualment està cursant el seu doctorat en biofotònica al grup de Super-Resolution Light Microscopy and Nanoscopy, liderat per Pablo Loza. Els seus interessos de recerca són una barreja de neurociència i òptica. Estudia com es comuniquen les neurones a l’ull per trobar nous tractaments per a la discapacitat visual.

María Paula Ayala

María Paula Ayala és estudiant de grau de Física a la Yachay Tech University (Equador). Ha participat en projectes relacionats amb les Ciències dels Materials i les Nanociències Computacionals. Actualment, està fent pràctiques al Grup de Fotònica Tèrmica liderat per la Prof. Georgia Papadakis a l’ICFO, estudiant com ajustar l’emissió tèrmica.

Roland Terborg

Roland es va llicenciar en Física per la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) i va fer el doctorat en Fotònica a l’ICFO. Actualment treballa com a emprenedor a l’ICFO Launchpad, coordinant la investigació científica i desenvolupament de negocis per a un nou projecte spin-off en el sector Life-Science.

PROJECTES

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La criptografia quàntica és una manera segura per a enviar informació? (IS QUANTUM cryptography a safe way to transmit information?)

MarÍa amores cintora

British School of Barcelona – Castelldefels (1 bat)

Tutora: María Ángel Cintora

The aim of my project is to demonstrate how we can transmit a secure message using polarised light. I will use a laser, polarisers, a light intensity sensor, half-wave plates and a mirror.

La difracció de la llum

Èric Cornet Bonilla, Daniel Fernández Redondo, Jordi Sagrera Jorge

IES El Castell – Esparreguera (2 bat)

Tutora: Montserrat Muñoz

To apply the scientific method in a laboratory with the most adequate materials
To know the scientific and historical bases on the nature of light
Do a theoretical study of the magnitudes that define waves and its properties
Explain the phenomenon of diffraction
Using the diffraction we have calculated the diameter of different sewing threads.
Next, we compare the measurement obtained by the experimental procedure with the real value.

TRANSMISSIÓ DE DADES A TRAVÉS DE LA LLUM: PROTOTIP LIFI AMB LED RGB

Erik Marín Martín

Escola Virolai – Barcelona (2 bat)

Tutor: José Luis Touron

We live in the information society. Can we use existing infrastructures and technologies to cover this demand or use others when current ones have problems?

We have built a functional and economical prototype using VLC principles with LED RGB to be able to draw conclusions about this technology.

Tècniques de mesura FNIRS i anàlisis de dades reals com a procès d'aprenentatge (On fNIRS measuring techniques and the analyisis of real data as a learning procedure)

Chico Paulics Bresler, Laia Xiao Planas Toro, Pau Rocabert

Tutors: Umut Karadeniz, Marta Zanoletti, Turgut Durduran

The aims were to understand fNIRS using a Portalite, including cuff occlusion, and calf/prefrontal cortex activation. The results were an observed increase in HHb and a decrease in O2Hb for the cuff occlusion, the expected results were seen for the calf, no patterns were observed in the cortex.

Mètode de detecció i anàlisis de la variabilidad d'una estrella variable

Laia Cambra Chaler

Escola Virolai – Barcelona (2 bat)

Tutora: Mailhyn Cafiero

The aim of this thesis is to observe a variable star in order to determine
its light curve and period. In order to do this, a series of images have been taken and pre-treated. The information obtained has led to some results that have allowed us to speculate on the reason for its variation.

Disseny i construcció d'un espectròmetre

Adrià Capdevila Zurita

La Salle Manlleu – Manlleu (2 bat)

Tutor: David Corrons

This study was focused on designing and building a spectrometer made by low-cost and accessible components that measures in the visible region. It was compared with a commercial spectrometer doing three practices. The results confirm that it is possible to develop it with these features.

Buscant la partícula: càlcul numèric i física quàntica

Isabel Sitjà Castellarnau

La Salle Manlleu – Torelló (2 bat)

Tutor: David Corrons

This research project presents the probability distribution of a particle which is in an infinite square well potential and another in a finite square well potential. It is resolved through the Schrödinger equation which is a differential equation. I have applied the Euler’s method using programming languages.

És la velocitat de la llum certa?

Daniel López-Moya Casado

Col·legi Padre Damian – Barcelona (3 ESO)

Tutora: Alex Muñoz

A study of the different methods used throughout history for measuring the speed of light to try and prove if the speed of light is indeed the value known as “c”. From practicals experiments like Fizeau’s to theoretical demonstrations using Maxwells constants. In my work, I analyze why these experiments don’t necessarily prove”c” as the speed of light due to a certain number of assumptions that have to be made to accommodate the results. I attempt at measuring the speed of light myself to learn the difficulties that come with the process and why the errors in previous results have to be overlooked, and I propose a method that could properly measure the speed of light.

Propietats de la llum: difracció i interferències

Jan López Bocache

Institut Pla de les Moreres – Vilanova del Camí (2 bat)

Tutor: Jordi Fernández

My research is about the nature of light. In it I prove experimentally some properties of it like diffraction and interference. I also use these properties to measure the thickness of a human hair, the wavelenght of three colours and to analyze the spectres of different light sources using a spectrometer.

Difracció i mesures micromètriques

Eloy Estopiñá Viloria, Deybid Silver Villanueva Rojas

INS Pompeu Fabra – Martorell (2 bat)

Tutor: Carles Morera Taus

The purpose is to be able to show that with a laser and obstacles it’s possible to measure the width of the same, all this taking advantage of the phenomenon of diffraction that occurs. The whole process of experimentation can be carried out without the use of very specialized or complex instrumental.

el nostre futur amb els metamaterials (Our future with metamaterials)

Aileen Sangalli

The British School of Barcelona – Castelldefels (2 bat)

Tutor: Adam Sierens

The main objective of my research is to understand the structure and properties of metamaterials and to explain/outline their (possible) applications. I mainly used information from the internet to complete the project. My results show the multiple impressive uses of metamaterials and their ability to manipulate light.

La dualitat ona-partícula de la llum

Olau Vinyals i roca

Institut Jaume Vicens Vives – Girona (2 bat)

Tutora: Laura Vallejo

This poster presents (1) an experiment (in two versions) to check that light behaves as a wave, from which we calculated the wavelength of the emitted light; (2) an experiment to verify that light behaves as a particle; and (3) the design of an ideal experiment to check that each photon behaves both as a wave and as a particle at the same time.

Analitzant les anisotropies de SNR CASSIOPEIA A (analysing anisotropies of SNR Cassiopeia A)

Helena Villares Santiago

Institut Pompeu Fabra – Martorell (1 bat)

Tutor: Francisco Pérez García

This study aims to prove the anisotropies in core-collapse supernova explosions. X-Ray energy spectrum analysis of two different regions of SNR Cassiopeia A demonstrated that the explosion is not equal in all directions because the chemical elements have been found in different proportion.

Computació Quàntica

Pol Gonzalo Martí, Sam Grifoll Valcarcel, Abel Rodríguez Dominguez

Institut Sunsi Móra – Canet de Mar (2 bat)

Tutor: Jaume Murgadas Valldosera

This work explains quantum computation from a point of view that can be understood by everyone, exposing its bases, what it consists, clarifying from the most basic to the most general concept and trying to give a small conclusion and a reflection about how this field of physics can change our world and its sciences in a permanent way. The world of quantum computing is evolving a lot and very fast, and people who don’t know what it is can receive wrong information about it. We have tried to explain all with clarity so it can be well understood.

Espectroscòpia estel·lar: identificació del tipus espectral d’un seguit d’estrelles

Adrià Cantarero Carreras

Institut Pompeu Fabra – Martorell (2 bat)

Tutora: Verònica Santamaria Domenech

This project focuses on the study of the properties of Arcturus, the Sun and Vega; using the spectrum of each one, obtained with our own observational data: collected by the DADOS spectrograph and edited with MaxIm DL programme and Python.

La llum a través de l'interferòmetre

Arnau sirvent villòria

Maristes Montserrat Lleida – Lleida (2 bat)

Tutor: Xavier Pérez Garret

The aims of this study were to work with the Michelson – Morley interferometer and verify that it was possible to calculate the refractive index of glass, water, alcohol and the wavelength and the coherence length of a laser.
The methodology used was to do 3 experiments, collecting data and analysing it.
The outcome of this work is the result of my calculations compared to the real data, what drawn me to the following conclusions.

Desafiant la física clàssica amb els muons (Desafiando la física clásica con los muones)

Joel López Juncadella

Sagrada Família – Gavà (2 bat)

Tutor: Daniel Parcerisas Brossa

In this research work, I studied the behavior of muons and alpha particles in certain cases with particle detectors. Experiments have been carried out to study these particles, such as the determination of the speed of a muon or of the absorption of the alpha particles.

Si és la més feble, perquè l'anomenem partícula de déu?

Aina Rodríguez Bueno

Sagrada Família – Gavà (2 bat)

Tutor: Daniel Parcerisas Brossa

The Standard Model of Particle Physics is completed with the Higgs Field, as it gives particles mass. The goal of the project is to describe the field. I conducted a practical experiment with a particle detector called TimePix and different radioactive samples, to delve into nuclear physics.

Analitzant llum de l'exoplaneta Trappist-1b (Analysing light from Trappist-1b exoplanet)

Miquel García Urbán, Xavier Garrido Aguilera

IES Pompeu Fabra – Martorell (1 bat)

Tutor: Francisco Pérez García

A light curve analysis of Trappist-1b exoplanet obtained from Kepler space telescope using a python library called lightkurve give us a planet radius of 1.18 Earth radius and an orbital period of 1.51 days. Calculated distance to the parent star Trappist-1 was 0.115 astronomical units.

un ordinador que reconeix les partícules (A computer that knows particles)

Rubén Castaño Gómez

Sagrada Família – Gavà (2 bat)

Tutor: Daniel Parcerisas Brossa

This research work consists on programming an artificial intelligence, a convolutional neuronal network specifically, that will be able to analyse
an image obtained from a particles’ detector called Medipix and identify three different types of particles: Alpha, Gamma, Beta.

El CERN i els detectors de partícules

Julia González Pons, Bruguers Miranzo López

Santo Angel – Gavà (2 bat)

Tutora: Sonia Tarancón

In our project we experimented with the Medipix detector. We analyzed radioactive materials and objects with X-rays, concluding that the americium had relativistic alpha particles,the itrium a short disintegration span of time, the KNO3 relativistic beta particles and the Pb was an insulating material.

problemes d'il·luminació (Illumination problem)

Nicolás Atanes Santos

IES Navarro Villoslada – Pamplona

What do mathematicians think of light? How to illuminate a room without leaving gaps without lighting? Is mathematics a way to explain when a light bulb illuminates a room correctly? Discover the lighting problem, a nearly century-old mathematical problem posed by Nobel laureate in physics Roger Penrose, and even explained in Numberphile.

com de prop ens queda la criptografia quàntica?

inés alonso

Institut Mediterrània – Castelldefels (2 bat)

Tutora: Rosa Fernández Serra

Light has a lot of applications. How do we use it to exchange information? Looking for answers I came across quantum cryptography.
We have a goal: to encrypt messages.
How do we encrypt using quantum properties? Is it the same as classic encryption? At ICFO I was given the opportunity to perform the BB84 quantum protocol.

This activity is co-funded by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) allocated to the Programa operatiu FEDER de Catalunya 2014-2020, with the support of the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca of the Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement of the Generalitat de Catalunya for emerging technology clusters devoted to the valorization and transfer of research results (QuantumCAT 001-P-001644 and GraphCAT 001-P-001702).