C. Jacinto

Carlos Jacinto was born in Brazil. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in physics from the Federal University of Alagoas, Alagoas, Brazil, in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and the D.Sc. degree from the Physics Institute of São Carlos—University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, in 2006, for his work on thermo-optical characterization of laser materials using the thermal lens technique. In August 2006, he became Associate Professor at the Physics Institute of the Federal University of Alagoas. His current research interests include: spectroscopic studies (energy transfer processes, fluorescence quantum efficiency, effects of impurities on the performance of systems, etc.) in polymers, solids, glasses and crystals doped with transition metals and rare earths ions using mainly the thermal lens and Z-scan techniques and conventional spectroscopy; thermal and electronics nonlinearities in materials with laser action; thermal and optical properties as a function of the temperature (at low and high temperatures); study of phase transition in ferroelectric and photorefractive materials; optimization of laser action in glasses and crystals; and high-power solid-state lasers, etc. Dr. Jacinto is a member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Optical Society of American (OSA).