Astronomical Instrumentation, Heterodyne Interferometry, Photonics Technology for the IR- and THz-range; Optics and Laser Technology, IR- and THz-Spectroscopy, Micro-devices for radiation detection-, generation- and mixing in the IR- and THz-range

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
2017-2018 — Felipe Besser: "Design and Test of a Digital Correlator for the NIR Heterodyne Interferometer" (Master, finalized)
2010 - 2014 — Jaime Alvarez: "Design and Fabrication of Travelling-wave Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) Tunneling-Junction Diode for Photonic Terahertz Generation” (qualification exam (QE) in Oct. 2012)
2009 - 2013 — Laurent Pallanca: "Design and Development of highly phase-stable and polarization-inactive optical components for fiber-based femto-second timing transmission " (PhD, QE 2011)
2008 - 2014 — Victor Calle: "Simulations on THz Uni-Traveling Carrier Traveling-Wave Photodiodes" (PhD, finalized)
2008 - 2013 — Jorge Castillo: "Study on the limiting factors of a coherent optical fiber link, applied to phase transfer for femtosecond synchronization " (PhD, finalized)
2008 - 2013 — Claudio Barrientos: "Design and Fabrication of a THz Uni-Traveling Carrier Traveling-Wave Photodetector for Radio Astronomical Instrumentation" (QE 2010)
2004 - 2008 — co-mentoring at and in collaboration with MPIfR Bonn: Ivan Camara Mayorga, Ph.D. 2008, University of Bonn: “Photomixers as tunable terahertz local oscillators”
1997 - 1999 — co-mentoring of Ph.D-students of Saykally-group:
Serena Anderson, Ph.D. 2003, “Terahertz Laser Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions.”
Ryan McLaughlin, Ph.D. 1999, “Infrared Laser Absorption spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Biomolecules.”
Donald Wagner, Ph.D. 2001, “Single Photon Infrared Emission Spectroscopy of Candidate Interstellar PAHs.”

SUPERVISION OF ENGINEERING THESES
2020 - 2021 — Miguel Piña: "Diseño y adaptación de un interferómetro heterodino de dos a tres telescopios"
2017 - 2018 — Taky Parvex: "Astrometric precision spectroscopy: Experimental development of a dual-frequency laser synthesizer based on an optical frequency comb"
2014 - 2016 — Felipe Besser: “A low-cost telescope-to-fiber coupler actuator and control-loop”
2011 - 2013 — Pedro Sanchez: “Implementacion de un correlacionador basado en una placa ROACH para un interferómetro operando en el infrarrojo cercano”
2010 - 2011 — Cristobal Vio: "A low-cost fiber-based infrared heterodyne interferometer for astronomy: First setup and testing of components and the operation principle in the photonics laboratory."
2010 - 2011 — Juan Pablo Robledo: "Simulaciones Electromagnéticas Computacionales de Fotodiodos TW-UTC (Travelling Wave-Uni Travelling Carrier) para Terahertz."
2010 - 2013 — Manuel Mata: "Simulación de Fotodiodos Monopolares de Onda Viajera (TW-UTC-PD) para Aplicaciones en Tera-Hertz"
2011 — Gerson Morales: "Simulaciónes de Fotodiodos de tipo UTC con Synopsys TCAD"