I am Ikerbasque Research Associate Professor and Distinguished Researcher at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) in Spain. My main research interests are focused on the science and applications of intense light-matter interactions in confined geometries, in particular in micro- and nano-structured optical fibres.
Outside the scientific world, I am a passionate traveler, musician, sportsman and reader. Partner of a wonderful person and proud father of a wonderful little girl.
Interests
- Nonlinear & Quantum photonics
- Fibre optics
- Ultrafast laser science
- Extreme light-matter interaction
- Machine learning
Education
PhD in Physics, 2011
University of Vigo
MsC in Photonics and Laser Technologies, 2008
Universities of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña and Vigo (Spain)
BSc in Physics, 2006
University of Vigo (Spain)
Latest
- Analyses of the dyes and geometric separations of stacked arrays of fluorescent polymer optical fibers functioning as solar concentrators
- The EFO-Team was at Zientzia Astea 2025!
- Analyses of the dyes and geometric separations of stacked arrays of fluorescent polymer optical fibers functioning as solar concentrators
- David has been distinguished OPTICA Senior Member!
- David has been promoted to an Ikerbasque Research Associate Professor position! 🧑🔬⬆
- New grant for the application of anti-resonant fibres in lightwave quantum technologies! 🎯💰
- New paper published in Journal of Lightwave Technology! 🎯📚
- Attendance to OPTOEL 2025
- Invited talk at the workshop "Quantum Technologies Present and Future" ⚛💡🧠
- See you at OPTOEL 2025 💡📚
- Invited talk at USTS 2024
- Scaling of nonlinear dynamics driven by stimulated Raman scattering in gas-filled hollow-core fibers
- Entanglement transfer during quantum frequency conversion in gas-filled hollow-core fibers
- Invited talk at USTS 2024
- Invited talk at QNS
- New paper published in Europhysics Letters! 🎯📚
- Many talks since the last update! 📽😎
- Outreach talk during "Pint of Science" 🍺⚛🔬
- We attended the VII ISLIST in Santander!
- Invited talk at ICTON24
- Narrowband stimulated Raman scattering and molecular modulation in anti-resonant hollow-core fibres
- Generation of THz radiation through molecular modulation in hydrogen-filled hybrid anti-resonant fibers
- Shortcuts to Adiabatic Soliton Compression in Active Nonlinear Kerr Media
- Invited speaker at the 31st International Laser Physics Workshop 📚🤓
- 📰 "Optics & Photonics News" highlights our work as one of the breakthroughs in 2022! 🔊
- Invited speaker at PQE 2023💡⛷🤓
- Invited talk at FIO LS 2022
- High-quality 8-fold self-compression of ultrashort near-UV pulses in an Ar-filled ultrathin-walled photonic crystal fiber
- Talk at CLEO-PacRim 2022
- Invited speaker at FIO 2022💡
- New grant for the development of portable sources of ultraviolet light! 🎯💰
- Talk at the XXXVIII Bienal de Física
- ⚛"Physics World"⚛ highlights our work! 🔊
- Invited talk at CLEO USA 2022
- Breaking news! New publication in Science💥
- Tunable and state-preserving frequency conversion of single photons in hydrogen
- Invited talk at OFC 2022
- New book chapter on extreme temporal compression of ultrashort mid-infrared pulses!📕
- Invited speaker at OFC 2022!💡
- Appointed Panel Member for Spotlight on Optics!📚
- New paper published in Nature Photonics💥
- Talk at CLEO Europe 2021
- Specialty Photonic Crystal Fibers and Their Applications
- Arrived in Bilbao! A new adventure begins...
- Efficient self-compression of ultrashort near-UV pulses in air-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers
- Seven-octave high-brightness and carrier-envelope-phase-stable light source
- Sub-40 fs pulses at 1.8 μm and MHz repetition rates by chirp-assisted Raman scattering in hydrogen-filled hollow-core fiber
- Narrowband Vacuum Ultraviolet Light via Cooperative Raman Scattering in Dual-Pumped Gas-Filled Photonic Crystal Fiber
- Robust excitation and Raman conversion of guided vortices in a chiral gas-filled photonic crystal fiber
- Optical traps and anti-traps for glass nanoplates in hollow waveguides
- Thresholdless deep and vacuum ultraviolet Raman frequency conversion in hydrogen-filled photonic crystal fiber
- Polarization-Tailored Raman Frequency Conversion in Chiral Gas-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers
- Broadband and tunable time-resolved THz system using argon-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber
- UV Soliton Dynamics and Raman-Enhanced Supercontinuum Generation in Photonic Crystal Fiber
- Dominance of backward stimulated Raman scattering in gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers
- Effect of anti-crossings with cladding resonances on ultrafast nonlinear dynamics in gas-filled photonic crystal fibers
- Enhanced Control of Transient Raman Scattering Using Buffered Hydrogen in Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers
- Coherent control of flexural vibrations in dual-nanoweb fibers using phase-modulated two-frequency light
- Mid-infrared dispersive wave generation in gas-filled photonic crystal fibre by transient ionization-driven changes in dispersion
- Fresnel-Reflection-Free Self-Aligning Nanospike Interface between a Step-Index Fiber and a Hollow-Core Photonic-Crystal-Fiber Gas Cell
- Generation of broadband mid-IR and UV light in gas-filled single-ring hollow-core PCF
- Universality of Coherent Raman Gain Suppression in Gas-Filled Broadband-Guiding Photonic Crystal Fibers
- Resolving the mystery of milliwatt-threshold opto-mechanical self-oscillation in dual-nanoweb fiber
- Generation of a vacuum ultraviolet to visible Raman frequency comb in H2-filled kagomé photonic crystal fiber
- Dramatic Raman Gain Suppression in the Vicinity of the Zero Dispersion Point in a Gas-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber
- Photoionization-Induced Emission of Tunable Few-Cycle Midinfrared Dispersive Waves in Gas-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers
- Broadband-tunable LP01 mode frequency shifting by Raman coherence waves in a H2-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber
- Modulational instability windows in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation involving higher-order Kerr responses
- Self-induced mode mixing of ultraintense lasers in vacuum
- Supercontinuum up-conversion via molecular modulation in gas-filled hollow-core PCF
- Selective excitation of higher order modes in hollow-core PCF via prism-coupling
- Multistability and spontaneous breaking in pulse-shape symmetry in fiber ring cavities
- Optimized photonic gauge of extreme high vacuum with Petawatt lasers
- The key role of off-axis singularities in free-space vortex transmutation
- Dynamical generation of interwoven soliton trains by nonlinear emission in binary Bose-Einstein condensates
- Measuring Extreme Vacuum Pressure with Ultraintense Lasers
- Ultrasolitons: Multistability and subcritical power threshold from higher-order Kerr terms
- Coherent atomic soliton molecules for matter-wave switching
- Nonlinear waves in optics and ultracold atomic gases
- Fermionic Light in Common Optical Media
- Filamentation processes and dynamical excitation of light condensates in optical media with competing nonlinearities
- Continuous atom laser with Bose-Einstein condensates involving three-body interactions
- Pressure, Surface Tension, and Dripping of Self-Trapped Laser Beams
- Non-quantum liquefaction of coherent gases
- Supersolitons: Solitonic Excitations in Atomic Soliton Chains