Our end goal

Supported by our expertise in coherent ultrafast non-linear spectroscopy, we aim to develop a suite of mixed spectral domain techniques to reveal coherent correlations between quasiparticles separated by many orders of magnitude in energy.
We are currently developing capabilities to generate ultrashort pulses from terahertz (THz) to the visible range, enabling experiments across three decades of frequency.
The manipulation and synchronization of these pulses into a train of coherent pulses, using various phase control techniques, will ultimately allow their integration into complex coherent control sequences to dissect many-body interactions in complex systems at the frontier of physics and chemistry.
For collaboration opportunities and access to our infrastructure, please contact us:
cercsilva@silvascience.org.

Infrastructure

Three amplified femtosecond systems

  • Coherent Astrella (6 mJ, 1 kHz), TOPAs
  • Light Conversion Carbide (400 µJ, 100 kHz), one orpheus-N-2H and one orpheus-N-3H, Orpheus-One-HP
  • Light Conversion Pharos (400 µJ, 50 kHz), Orpheus-F 
  • Spectral capability: 300 nm – 17000nm – available pulsewidths: 8-300 fs, pulse energies: 400 µJ – 6 mJ

Spectroscopic setups

  • Transient two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (Phasetech)
    Coherent transient four-wave mixing (home made COLBERT MDCS)
  • Colinear transient four-wave mixing (MNSTR Sense Bigfoot)
  • Pump-probe, pump-dump probe, two-dimensional pump-probe (Light-conversion Harpia)
  • Time resolved photoluminescence (streak camera, TCSPC)

Cryogenics:

  • Montana Instruments Cryocore, CryoAdvance (4 K)
  • Attocube microscope (4 K, NA 0.9)
  • PASQAL with magnetic field (7 T, 2 K)
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CERC Carlos Silva Acuña team at GCM 40th anniversary event - October 2024

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Visit of Christopher Wallerius from the University of Cologne - October 2024

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Group lunch - September 2024

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Weekly group meeting - September 2024

Fotografías Recepción - Día de la Independencia de México

Prof Silva and the Mexican Ambassador Carlos Joaquín: Ceremony Celebrating ''el Día de la Independencia de México'' - September 2024

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NATAS conference - September 2024

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"Week of Mexico in Canada" - Embassy of Mexico in Canada - September 2024

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Embassy of Mexico in Canada - Prof. Silva with the embassy culture Director - September 2024

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Visit at UNAM - August 2024

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International Materials Research Congress (IMRC) - August 2024

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RQMP summer school - August 2024

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Gordon Research Conferences - July 2024

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Gordon Research Conferences - July 2024

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Core team (partial) - July 2024

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Leadership Team - July 2024

01_CERC annual workshop - Atelier annuel de la CERC - July_Juillet 2024 - Carlos Silva

CERC annual workshop - July 2024

01_CERC annual workshop - Atelier annuel de la CERC - July_Juillet 2024

CERC annual workshop - July 2024

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