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href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vdelgadoperez\" target=\"_blank\">V\u00edctor Delgado<\/a><\/strong> during his four-month stay at the <em>Photonics and Ultrafast Laser Science Group<\/em> (University of Bochum, Germany), led by <strong>Prof. Clara Saraceno<\/strong>. His challenge at the high-power 2-micron laser lab: to design and build a new laser cavity to increase intracavity power and surpass the current average power records in these systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ================= WEEK 1 ================= --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 45px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0; padding-bottom: 30px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #0056b3; font-size: 1.4em; border-bottom: 2px solid #0056b3; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\ud83d\udcc5 Week 1: First impressions, the 2-micron lab, and life in Bochum<\/h3>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 25px; align-items: flex-start;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 300px; max-width: 380px;\"><a style=\"display: block; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"link-to-video-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 90%; height: auto; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\" src=\"\/\/www.clpu.es\/src\/uploads\/2026\/11\/victor-bata-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"V\u00edctor Delgado - Week 1 in Bochum\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SWqLD8uNEc0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"display: block; text-align: center; background: #0056b3; color: #fff; padding: 8px; margin-top: 8px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;\">\u25b6 Watch Week 1 Video<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 2 1 400px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">In this first episode of his weekly documentary, V\u00edctor shares how his first days in Germany have gone and how he is settling into Prof. Clara Saraceno&#8217;s team:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>In the lab:<\/strong> V\u00edctor is taken on a tour of the experimental setups at the high-power 2-micron lab and introduced to Ho:CALGO (Holmium:CALGO) as a highly attractive solid-state gain medium for these systems, with which the German group currently holds the average power record.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>First steps and scientific life:<\/strong> Starting the cavity design based on currently available materials and attending practice presentations as the group prepares for an upcoming international optical laser congress.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Beyond science:<\/strong> A welcome dinner with the team on Friday night and a climbing and <em>bouldering<\/em> session, one of the most popular sports among young people in Germany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Research Logbook: V\u00edctor Delgado at the University of Bochum Follow the week-by-week journey of our researcher V\u00edctor Delgado during his four-month stay at the Photonics and Ultrafast Laser Science Group (University of Bochum, Germany), led by Prof. Clara Saraceno. 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