Fiber lasers and non-linear optics

Focus

The research team deals with investigation of high power fiber lasers and their use for material processing, medicine and nonlinear optics. The main topics are laser beam combining, generation and amplification of optical pulses, guiding the light and its interaction with materials. High laser beam power achievable with fiber lasers allows for investigation of nonlinear effects like difference frequency generation. Difference frequency generation in periodically poled KTP crystals can be used to generate mid-infared radiation for the use in laser spectroscopy and metrology.

Research projects

• Biomedical photonic devices for advanced medical diagnostics and therapy
• Thulium fibre lasers for industrial and medical applications
• Diffractive optical elements for high power fiber lasers
• Fiber optic pH meter for microscopic biological samples
• Novel silica-based Ho -doped nanomaterials for 2-μm-class fibre laser research
• Mid-Infrared Radiation Generation, Delivery and Applications

Complete overview of projects