The Antenna Group has been active for more than 20 years in different areas of applied electromagnetism: horn antennas, planar antennas, photonic crystals, metamaterials and metasurfaces, THz communication systems, … In recent years it has expanded its research topics to areas such as THz inspection or radiative cooling with special emphasis on their application in the Energy field.  In this project, 4 permanent staff members plus 1 Ramon y Cajal post-doc researcher will participate: Miguel Beruete, Jorge Teniente, Juan Carlos Iriarte and Iñigo Liberal.

The group cooperates with other institutions:

In the energy field:

– CENER: THz inspection of solar cells

– AIN: Algorithms for radiative cooling based on metasurfaces

 

In metamaterials:

• Siegen University
• University of Siena

 

In the radiative cooling area it collaborates with:

– EHU-CFM (Material Physics Centre)

– Tecnalia (TECNALIA Research & Innovation)

– TU-DARMSTAD (Institute of Construction and Building Materials)

– KU Leuven (Technology Cluster Construction)

Participation in the following international projects:

• MIRACLE-Photonic Metaconcrete with infrared RAdiactive Cooling capacity for Large Energy savings, H2020-FETOPEN-964450
• ENZSICSENS-Epsilon-near-zero technologies as an optical interface to harsh-environment silicon carbide sensors, H2020-ATTRACT.
• FP7-SEC-2012-1 -312496. TERASCREEN: Multi-frequency multi-mode Terahertz screening for border checks.
• EIFFEL: Early invasive fungal infection detection with Terahertz sensor systems, EUROTRANSBIO Program
• European Training Network (ETN) on Multimodal Environmental Exploration Systems – Novel Technologies, Menelaos_NT

 

National projects:

• Development of inspection techniques for polymeric packages for photovoltaic modules using terahertz spectroscopy, TERA-PV, PC044-045, Gobierno de Navarra, 01/06/2019 – 30/11/2019.
• Evolutionary Algorithms applied to META-based radiative cooling devices PC082-083 AEVOMETA Gobierno de Navarra, 01/12/2018 – 301/11/2019.

• Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables – CENER, Spain
• Siegen University, Germany
• ANTERAL S.L., Spain
• Asociación de la Industria Navarra – AIN, Spain
• Material Physics Centre – CFM, Spain
• TU Darmstadt – TUD, Germany
• KU Leuven- KUL, Belgium

A research stay for 6 months will be offered at CENER. CENER is the National Renewable Energy Center of Spain. This secondment will enable the researcher to make the necessary link between basic research and the particular needs and requirements of the photovoltaic industry, as well as gaining specific insights of the industry and building partnerships with collaborators. Moreover, CENER will contribute to the career development of the post-doc researcher, providing photovoltaic technological skills and relevant contacts. In addition, CENER commits to provide access to the equipment in its installations and training in cutting edge techniques.

An additional research secondment for 6 months is possible at Siegen University, Germany (Institute for High Frequency and Quantum Electronics, Prof. Haring-Bolivar). This secondment will provide additional expertise in the field of THz metasurfaces and parameter extraction techniques.

Other research stays are possible at the company ANTERAL S.L. with experience on the field of ICT.

The research group finds relevant synergies in research with partner organizations beyond the academia, such as CENER and AIN. CENER is a testing laboratory accredited by the Spanish National Accreditation Entity (ENAC) and also by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) https://www.cener.com/en/what-is-cener/

At the European level, important collaborators are Siegen University (Prof. Haring-Bolivar, Co-supervisor) and other research groups involved in granted FET-OPEN proposal.