VOXEL Lab: New High-Power Laser and Major Expansion Underway
VOXEL Laboratory is currently undergoing a major expansion, supported by the Flagships Compete 2030, PRR, and Equipar+2 projects. We gratefully acknowledge t...
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2026
VOXEL Participates in Técnico Innovation Summit 2026
VOXEL Laboratory took part in the Técnico Innovation Summit (TIS 2026), showcasing its research and technological capabilities.
Portuguese Air Force Delegation Visits VOXEL Laboratory
VOXEL Laboratory was visited by a delegation of the Portuguese Air Force, led by the Chief of Staff, General João Cartaxo Alves, as part of an institutional ...
2025
Training Future Physicists at the VOXEL Lab
As part of the curricular unit Física Experimental em Unidades de Investigação — a 3rd-year course in the Engenharia Física Tecnológica degree at Instituto S...
Coherence and Speckles — Matilde Fernandes’ Master Thesis Defense
Last week, Matilde Fernandes successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Incoherent Diffraction Imaging with Hard X-rays: Single-shot Characterization...
1st-Year Physics Students Visit the VOXEL Lab
Last week, first-year students from the course Física: a Terra e o Universo at Técnico Lisboa visited the VOXEL lab as part of their introduction to research...
Marta Fajardo at PhysFront’25: When Light Becomes Stronger Than Matter
The IST‑PhysFront’25 symposium (1st edition), held on 10 September 2025 at Técnico Innovation Center, is an annual event by the Department of Physics at IST ...
VOXEL at the 22nd International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas (APiP 2025)
PhD student Lucas Ansia represented VOXEL at the 22nd International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas (APiP 2025), held July 21–25 at Tokyo Metropoli...
VOXEL at the 51st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics
Last week, part of the GoLP team traveled to Vilnius, Lithuania, for the 51st European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics.
VOXEL Lab Welcomes High School Students During ‘Desafiar os Limites’
As part of the 13th “Desafiar os Limites em Ciência e Tecnologia” event, organized by the Department of Physics at Instituto Superior Técnico, high school st...
Mid-PhD Evaluation of Lucas Ansia
Earlier this month, our PhD student Lucas successfully completed his mid-PhD evaluation (Comissão de Acompanhamento de Tese – CAT) at Técnico Lisboa — a key ...
Aggregation Exam by Marta Fajardo
Marta Fajardo, an IPFN researcher and Associate Professor in the Physics Department at Instituto Superior Tcnico, has reached an important milestone in his a...
High harmonic generation study published in the journal Optics Express
A study of high harmonic generation in materials relevant to power electronics, led by GoLP members, has been published in the journal Optics Express. The wo...
2 million CPU hours in Deucalion awarded to X-GoLP Gareth W
As part of the FCT RNCA call for computing time, Gareth Williams was awarded 2 million CPU hours to investigate materials in extreme conditions using Deucali...
2024
VOXEL members at the 20th Radiative Properties of Warm Dense Matter (RPHDM 2024) conference
Members of GoLP from the VOXEL team (Lucas Ansia, Gareth Williams and Marta Fajardo) participated in the Radiative Properties of Warm Dense Matter (RPHDM 202...
2021
Marta Fajardo leads project funded by the European Innovation Council
The NanoXCAN project, coordinated by a team of researchers from IST/IPFN, is one of the winners of the Pathfinder Open program of the European Innovation Cou...