Michal Kamrádek, MSc.

Research interests:

Materials and methods for optical fibers preparation and their characterization.

Professional activities:

10/2016 – today: Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. student

01/2016 – 09/2016: Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Research staff member

Education:

2016 – today: postgradual study at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, supervisor Pavel Peterka, Ph.D. Doctoral thesis: “Spectroscopic characterization of rare-earth-doped optical fibers for fiber lasers”

2010 – 2012: master’s study at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Diploma thesis: “The Influence of Chloride Ions on Electrocatalytical Activity of Conducting Polymer/Pt Composite”, graduated in June 2012, with honours, attained M.Sc. degree

2007 – 2010: Bachelor study at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Bachelor’s thesis: “The Kinetics of Reduction of Tetraamminecopper(II) Ion by Hydrazine and Hydroxylamine”, graduated in October 2010, with honours, attained B.Sc. degree

Current research projects:

• Nanoparticle-doped soft-glass optical fibers for fiber-lasers

Selected past projects:

• Novel silica-based Ho -doped nanomaterials for 2-μm-class fibre laser research

Publications:

Conference papers:

1. J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, P. Koška, P. Honzátko, M. Jelínek, M. Kamrádek, M. Frank, V. Kubeček, I. Kašík: “ Spontaneous laser-line sweeping in Ho-doped fiber laser“, Fiber Lasers XIV: Technology and Systems (SPIE), 10083, 2017, 100831V
2. M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Podrazký, P. Honzátko, J. Cajzl, J. Mrázek, V. Kubeček and I. Kašík: "Spectral properties of thulium doped optical fibers for fiber lasers around 2 micrometers", Proc. SPIE 10232, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres V, 2017, 1023205
3. Aubrecht, J., Peterka, P., Koška, P., Honzátko, P., Jelínek, M., Kamrádek, M., Frank, M., Kubeček, V., Kašík, I. Spontaneous laser-line sweeping in Ho-doped fiber laser. In: SPIE Photonic West, 28 January - 2 February, San Francisco, United States, 2017.
4. Kašík, I., Aubrecht, J., Peterka, P., Podrazký, O., Cajzl, J., Mrázek, J., Honzátko, P., Proboštová, J., Kamrádek, M. Influence of RE3+ vicinity on luminescence properties of silica-based materials for lasers operating around 2 μm. In: 12th Laser Ceramic Symposium, 27 November – 2 December, Saint-Louis, France, 2016.

Presentations and posters:

1. I. Kašík, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Podrazký, J. Cajzl, J. Mrázek, P. Honzátko, J. Proboštová, M. Kamrádek: „Influence of RE3+ vicinity on luminescence properties of silica-based materials for lasers operating around 2 μm“, 12th Laser Ceramic Symposium, 27 November – 2 December, Saint-Louis, France, 2016, oral
2. J. Mrázek, I. Kašík, P. Peterka, J. Aubrecht, O. Podrazký, M. Kamrádek, J. Proboštová: „Ceramic-nanoparticles-doped active fibers for fiber lasers“, 17th Conference on Optical Fibers and Their Applications, January 23-27, Bialystok  – Suprasl, Poland, 2017, oral
3. M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Podrazký, P. Honzátko, J. Cajzl, J. Mrázek, V. Kubeček, I. Kašík: „Advanced photonic glasses doped with thulium or holmium“, Slovak and Czech Glass Conference & Seminar on Defects in Glass, June 28-30, Trenčianské Teplice/Kursalon, Sovakia, 2017, poster
4. M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Podrazký, P. Honzátko, J. Cajzl, J. Mrázek, V. Kubeček, I. Kašík: „Thulium-doped optical fibers for fiber lasera“, Photonics Prague 2017 The 8th International Conference on Photonics, Devices and Systems, August 28-30, Prague, 2017, oral
5. J. Cajzl, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko, O. Podrazký, M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, J. Proboštová, I. Kašík: “Evaluation of energy transfer coefficients in Tm doped fibers for fiber lasers”, Photonics Prague 2017 The 8th International Conference on Photonics, Devices and Systems, August 28-30, Prague, 2017, oral
6. M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Podrazký, P. Honzátko, J. Cajzl, J. Mrázek, I. Kašík: „Spectroscopic study of silica optical fibers doped with holmium and thulium“, ICG Annual Meeting & 32nd Sisecam Glass Symposium, October 22-25, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017, oral
7. J. Mrázek, I. Kašík, M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, O. Podrazký, I. Bartoň, V. Matějec, P. Peterka: „Sol-gel route to holmium-doped SiO2-GeO2 glasses for photonic applications“, ICG Annual Meeting & 32nd Sisecam Glass Symposium, October 22-25, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017 oral