This is the official website of the Photonics Research Laboratory (PRL) of the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Originally founded as the Laser Physics lab back in 1983, the Photonics Research Laboratory is one of the oldest of the research laboratories of NIP.
PRL has three research clusters: the Structured Light and Applications (SLA) cluster, the Holography and Coherent Metrology (HCM) cluster, and the Laser Systems and Applications (LSA) cluster.
Latest from the Lab
National Institute of Physics – University of Northern Physics Research Seminar, New Lab Equipment, and Training
Photonics Research Laboratory, Sem-starter (September 8, 2025)
Candidacy exam of Dennis Pablico
Marsden Badlisan and Roel Baybayon (PRL members) at the 13th ASTHRDP Graduate Scholar’s Conference
(Hermosa, 2015)
“Seeing things with a new light”