This research group is led by Dr. Raúl E. Balderas-Navarro, with postdoctoral researcher Dr. Oscar Ruiz Cigarrillo serving as repository administrator and research collaborator.
The group focuses on studying the optical, electronic, and electromagnetic properties of nanostructured semiconductor materials and photonic nanostructures, combining experimental and theoretical approaches. Experimental techniques include Reflectance Anisotropy Spectroscopy (RAS), Photoreflectance (PR), Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (SE), Photoluminescence (PL), and Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect (MOKE). On the theoretical side, we perform first-principles and many-body ab initio calculations (DFT, GW-BSE, TDDFT) using codes such as Quantum Espresso, YAMBO, VASP, and GPAW, complemented by classical electromagnetic and photonic simulations (FDTD, FEM) with COMSOL Multiphysics, Lumerical, and Tidy3D. We are also incorporating machine learning and deep learning methods to accelerate materials discovery and data analysis.
Current undergraduate student members:
- Ana Sofía Solorio Orozco
- Daniel Alejandro Martínez Lara
- David Alejandro Zarazúa Martínez
- Benjamín Adonay Culebro García
- Óscar Iván Muñoz Pimentel
- Alejandro Martínez Reyes
- Brandon Aguilera
All of them are actively contributing to research and development within the group.
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We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by:
Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación
Laboratorio Nacional de Supercómputo del Sureste de México
Centro Nacional de Supercómputo
Instituto de Investigación en Comunicación Óptica