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NAME	DESCRIPTION
Anisotropic Optics Group	• Theory of propagation of polarized light • Properties of optically anisotropic media • New methods of measuring of anisotropic media properties • Interference of coherent and noncoherent, partially polarized lightwaves.
Atomic and Plasma Spectroscopy Group	• Atomic spectroscopy • Plasma diagnostics • Plasma application • Sonoluminescence
Bio-Optics Group	• Laser applications in medicine - Photosensitive materials - fibreoptics sensor - Optical fibres in medicine - Optical methods for reconstructing the 3-D object shapes from a 2-D endoscopic images - Interferometric techniques - Moiré techniques - Deflectometry and holography in biomedicine • Computers in medicine - Computer aided analysis of interferometric patterns from examination of biological objects • Laser tissue-interaction - Changes in enzymes activity upon laser irradiation • Sol-gel technologies - Sol gel based sensors • Optical and physico-chemical properties of different photosensitive dyes entrapped into the sol-gel matrices • Transillumination methods • Thermal imaging • Physical medicine.
Centre for Laser Technologies of Metals	• Sheet metals and pipes laser forming • Laser welding of various metals • Laser hardening • Internal stresses and structure analysis following the laser treatment • Design of tools for laser treatment • Development of control procedures and interaction of laser system with manipulators
Chair of Optical Spectroscopy	• Elastic and elastooptic properties, point defects and phase transitions in ferroelectric and ferroelastic crystals, oxide compounds, high Tc superconductors, monomers, semiconducting heterostructures and liquid crystals • Long - range orientational order and spectral properties of low molecular liquid crystals as well as liquid crystalline dimers and polymers doped with nonmesogenic guest • Thermodynamics and spectral properties of Langmuir and Langmuir - Blodgett films.
Computational Physics and Semiconductors Division	• Semiconductor thin film technology • Physics of semiconductor thin film • Thin film physical sensors • Numerical simulations • Physics of knots • Environmental physics • Lidars • Toxicity operational research
Department of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics	• High resolution spectroscopy methods • Electron impact excitation of atoms Electron-photon coincidence technique is used to acquire data on Electron impact coherence parameters • Coherent interactions of atoms with multiple radiation fields atomic media in the state of Coherent Population Trapping • Entangled photons and quantum information processing
Department of Nonlinear Optics	• Quantum information theory • Quantum cryptography • Quantum description of optical phase • Photon statistics, squeezed states of light • Generalized Jaynes-Cummings models • Theory of multiphoton resonant and nonresonant Rayleigh and Raman spectroscopy (collisionally induced light scatterings) • Laser induced autoionization • Molecular dynamics in nonlinear optics and electro-magnetic phenomena in gases and dense media - investigations of nonlinear Kerr, Faraday, Pockels, etc. effects • Pulse induced Kerr effect • Classical and quantum chaos in optical systems • Raman spectroscopy (experiment)
Department of Optics
Department of Optoelectronics	• Optoelectronics • Telecommunications • Laser
Department of Optoelectronics	• Solid state physics • Solid state spectroscopy and luminescence • Optical properties of various solid state materials (crystals, glasses, ceramics) activated by rare-earth (RE) and transition metal (TM) ions that could potentially be used as materials for detectors of ionizing radiation (scintillators), lighting and display phosphors, and laser materials.
Department of Physics of Electronic Phenomena	• Electron behaviour in crystals • Molecular layers xerogels and other disordered structures • Electronic collisions and photoionization in atomic and molecular gases.
Department of Quantum Physics	• Foundations of quantum mechanics • Applications of quantum mechanics to modellingmany-electron systems • Quantum optics, atomic and molecular spectroscopy • Theory of nano-structures • Theory of open systems.
Department of Semiconductor and Carbon Physics	• Physics of Semiconductorsgrowth and : characterization of wide-gap II-VI binary compounds and their ternary and quaternary solid solutions with Mg, Be and Mn as constituents • Radiospectroscopy and Carbon Physics • Luminescence Dating - dating of geological and archaeological objects, - fundamental research of the stimulated luminescence phenomenon, performed by the solid state physics methods, - joint research and cooperation aimed at laboratory problems that are specific for luminescence dating procedures.
Diffractive Optics Group	• Diffraction • Scanning microscopy.
Fiber Optics Group	• Polarization optics • Standard birefringent fibres • Photonic crystal fibres: birefringent, nonlinear, large-mode area, photonic band gap • fibre-optic sensors • Low-coherence interferometry • In-fibre Bragg gratings.
Glass Technology Laboratory	Elaborating of synthesis and melting methods of different types glasses for optics, electronics and optoelectronics, and fibre optic manufacturing
Group of Physiological Optics	• Modern interferometric and polarymetric measurements • In vivo interferometric measurements of topography of the human cornea, its dynamic changes due to the intraocular pressure (iop) variations as well as kinetics of the tear film on the cornea and on the contact lens • In vivo examination of the corneal anisotropy distribution by measurements of the corneal birefringence and the azimuth of the optical axis • Study of the complex refractive properties of the eye, mainly the anisotropy of the cornea and aberrations of the gradient index crystalline lens • Modelled study of the elastic properties of the human cornea and sclera by use of finite element method (fem) • Numerical study of optical properties of the tear film and their influence on the imaging properties of the eye • Measurements and modellingof the pupil reaction • Software for processing of ophthalmic images.
Imaging Optics Group	• Analytical and numerical methods for estimation of the image quality of diffractive and hybrid optical elements. • Design of diffractive and hybrid optical elements for wavefront transformation. • Design of classic and hybrid optical elements for Vision correction. • Measurement of aberrations of optical imaging elements. • Study of the wavefronts with singularities (both practical and theoretical aspects). • Evaluation of human Vision quality and eye aberrations.
Institute of Micro- and Optoelectronics
Institute of Optoelectronics
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion	• Physics of intense laser beams interaction with matter, including selected problems of controlled inertial confinement fusion • Physics of dense magnetized plasma produced in high current pulse generators of the plasma focus type • Theory of tokamaks, theory and numerical modellingof physical processes in hot plasmas • Physics and technology of high-peak-power lasers • Pulsed power generator’s technology • Application of laser-produced plasma in material science and technology • Modern methods for diagnostics of fast-varying processes.
Microwave Electronics and Photonics Division
Molecular Luminescence Division	• Forward and reverse excitation energy transport in disordered systems • Fluorescence quenching in liquid and solid solutions • Influence of aggregation processes of fluorescent molecules on fluorescence observables • Fluorescence intensity and anisotropy decay in the presence of light quenching • Influence of water structure on the rotational depolarization of fluorescence
Molecular Physics Division	• Light energy conversion into electric energy in photoelectrochemical cells based on synthetics organic dyes, photosynthetic pigments and elements of photosynthesis apparatus • Spectroscopic properties of photosensitizers for their applications in photodynamic therapy and diagnosis of cancer • Structure and functions of the photosynthetic apparatus • Mechanisms of deactivation of (macro)molecules excited states • Mechanical properties of molecules by AFM
Optical Systems Group	• Optical design and its application, diffraction performance and image evaluation • Fourier transform realization by conventional and holographic lenses, coherent optical systems, bandpass filter design, spatial filtering, frequency analysis by optical imaging systems, two-dimensional operations, optical information processing problems • Holographic optics, geometrical optics of holograms and holographic grating, ray tracing matrix examination, holographic optical element on curved substrate in comparison with a flat one, optimization of the optical transfer function of holograms.
Optics Division	• LIDAR - retrieving areosol size distribution with multiwavelength LIDAR - theory and experiment - improving LIDAR techniques for atmosphere probing • Plasma research - collisions of electrons with excited alkali atoms - measurements methods for resonant laser radiation created plasma • Laser Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules - polarisation labelling spectroscopy of alkali dimers • Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy - development of broadband CRDS - investigation of chemical reaction kinetics using CRDS technique - determination of low absorption coefficients in gases • Ultrafast Phenomena - development of femtosecond lasers and amplifiers - novel diagnostic techniques of ultrashort pulses - nonlinear propagation for tightly focused femtosecond pulses in dispersive media - transient absorption spectroscopy of organic molecules - ultrafast dynamics of short-range order in liquids - time-domain terahertz spectroscopy - ultrafast dynamics of neutral and charged excitons (in cooperation with Solid State Division)
Optoelectronics Division	• Integrated Optoelectronics • Laser Applications • Laser Engineering • Laser Physics • Photonics’ Fundamentals • Semiconductor Devices for Optoelectronics • fibre Lasers and Amplifiers
Quantum And Nonlinear Optics Group	• Optical cooling and trapping of neutral atoms • Nonlinear magneto-optics • Optical nonlinear effects in dense atomic vapours • Medical and biological effects of low-level laser radiation
Quantum Electronics and Nonlinear Optics Group	• Macroscopic properties of liquid crystals • Electrical and photoelectrical properties of semiconductors and insulators and metal-semiconductor junctions • Photothermal methods in the examination of gaseous, liquid and solid samples • Laser modification of the surface roughness of metals and its alloys • Laser flash method for measuring of thermal and optical properties of materials • Laser modification of the electrotechnical steel • Laser surface roughness measurements
Quantum Optics and Atomic Physics Division	• Quantum Optics and Radiation Theory • Quantum Interference Effects in Phase Space • Quantum and Classical Noise Effects • Interaction of quantum systems with intense laser fields • Functional methods in physics • Quantum electrodynamics effects in light hydrogenic systems
Section of Electrodynamics and Optics	•Theoretical research in the field of quantum electrodynamics, quantum optics and nuclear physics. • influence of atoms with strong luminous fields, quantizing of electromagnetic field in dispersive dielectrics. • Application of non-linear methods in theory of chaos for modellingbiological processes, application of artificial neuronal networks and statistic methods for analyzing medical data.