Leopoldo L. Martín Rodríguez – Researcher in experimental optics and photonics.
Leopoldo L. Martín Rodríguez
Leopoldo L. Martín Rodríguez is a Permanent Assistant Professor (Profesor Permanente Laboral) of Applied Physics in the Department of Physics at the Universidad de La Laguna. His research focuses on optical microresonators, photonic sensing, optical spectroscopy and laser-based instrumentation.
He received his degree in Physics from the Universidad de La Laguna in 2009 and his PhD from the same university in 2013. His doctoral thesis, “Optical microresonators made out of rare-earth-doped glasses for optical applications”, received the Extraordinary PhD Award. During his PhD, he carried out research stays at the Universitat de Barcelona and the University of Michigan.
After his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Prof. Tal Carmon’s Optomechanics Lab, where he worked on solid-state and liquid optical microresonators. He later worked on a Harvard–Telescopio Nazionale Galileo project related to laser frequency combs, and at the Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universidad Politécnica de València, on optomechanical microresonators. He returned to the Universidad de La Laguna as a Juan de la Cierva – Incorporación researcher and is now a faculty member in Applied Physics.
His teaching activity includes physics for the degree in Architectural Technology and optical spectroscopy and lasers for the degree in Physics. His current research interests include whispering-gallery-mode microresonators, photonic sensors, laser spectroscopy, rare-earth-doped optical materials and optical instrumentation.
Selected expertise:
Experimental optics and photonics
Optical coupling to microresonators using prisms, tapered fibers and free-space optics
Whispering-gallery-mode microresonators and microlasers
Optical spectroscopy, including continuous and time-resolved measurements
Laser systems and optical alignment
Photonic sensing and evanescent-field sensors
Optical instrumentation and laboratory automation
Numerical modelling and optical simulation
Software and technical tools
Mathematica, Matlab/Python, COMSOL Multiphysics, LabVIEW, Arduino/microcontrollers and optical design software.
Languages:
Spanish: native
English: fluent (B2)
Italian: basic
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