Pavel Honzátko, Ph.D.

Pavel Honzátko
Position: 
Deputy Director; Team leader
Team: 
Fiber lasers and non-linear optics
Phone: 
+420 266 773 431
E-mail: 
honzatko@ufe.cz
Location: 
Main building of IPE, Praha 8 - Kobylisy
Room: 
III/15

Research interests:

Fiber and nonlinear optics, fiber lasers.

Professional activities:

2013 - today: Member of the Council for Cooperation with the application and industry AV ČR
2012 - today: Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Institute of Photonics and Electronics AS CR, vvi
2012 - today: Member of the Academic Assembly of the Republic
2009 - 2010: member of the evaluation panel, # 205, GA
2004 - 2009: Member of the sub advisory committee # 102, GA
2002 - 2013: Member of the Council for Science Popularization AV ČR
2000 - 2003: Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Photonics and Electronics AS CR, vvi
1998 - 2003: Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Photonics and Electronics AS CR, vvi

Education:

1997: Ph.D. - Nonlinear and Quantum Optics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dissertation Thesis: "Cubic-quinth nonlinear phenomena in optical fibers."

1989: M.S. - Multichannel Communications, Moscow Electrotechnical Institute of Telecommunications, Moscow

Awards:

2020: Ocenění TA ČR 2020 in the category Business for the project "Thulium fiber lasers for industrial and medical applications"

2013: Ocenění TA ČR 2013 in the category Original solutions for the project entitled "Optical Packet Switch"

Current research projects:

Principal investigator of projects:

Co-investigator of projects:

Member of the projects:

Selected past projects:

Principal investigator of the projects:

Member of the projects:

Supervised students:

M.S. Students:

  • Soumik Kundu Babuya (2020)
  • Ján Tomko (2015)
  • Tomáš Němeček (2013)
  • Matěj Komanec (studium ukončeno 2009)
  • Pavel Škoda (studium ukončeno 2008)
  • Zdeněk Chmelař (studium ukončeno 2005)

Ph.D. Students:

  • Y. Baravets
  • M. Vanek
  • Aleš Kumpera 
  • Boleslav Vraný, MSc.

Publications:

Journal papers:

  1. D.C. Kirsch, A. Bednyakova, P. Varak, P. Honzatko, B. Cadier, T. Robin, A. Fotiadi, P. Peterka, M. Chernysheva. Gain-controlled broadband tuneability in self-mode-locked Thulium-doped fibre laser. Commun Phys. 5 (2022) 1–10. Link
  2. P. Vařák, I. Kašík, P. Peterka, J. Aubrecht, J. Mrázek, M. Kamrádek, O. Podrazký, I. Bartoň, M. Franczyk, R. Buczynski, P. Honzátko. Heat treatment and fiber drawing effect on the luminescence properties of RE-doped optical fibers (RE = Yb, Tm, Ho). Optics Express Vol. 30, Issue 6, pp. 10050-10062 (2022). Link
  3. A. Borodkin, P. Honzátko „High-energy all-PM Yb-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear optical loop mirror“, Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 143, 107353 (2021). Link
  4. M. Grábner, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko „Formula for temperature distribution in multi-layer optical fibres for high-power fibre lasers,“ Opto-Electronics Review 29, 126-132, (2021). Link 
  5. M. Kamrádek, J. Aubrecht, P. Vařák, J. Cajzl, V. Kubeček, P. Honzátko, I. Kašík, P. Peterka “Energy transfer coefficients in thulium-doped silica fibers,” Optical Materials Express, Vol. 11, 1805, (2021). Link
  6. A. A. Jasim, P. Peterka, O. Podrazký, M. Kamrádek, F. Todorov, P. Honzátko “Efficient approach to designing low OH diffusion in the thermally shaped double-clad fibers,” Optical Fiber Technology, Vol. 63, 102513, (2021). Link
  7. M. Grábner, K. Nithyanandan, P. Peterka, P. Koška, A. A. Jasim, P. Honzátko "Simulations of Pump Absorption in Tandem-Pumped Octagon Double-Clad Fibers," IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 1-14, 1500314, (2021). Link
  8. P. Honzátko, J. Čtyroký “Flat metal-dielectric grating with 100% retro-diffraction efficiency: rigorous theory”, Journal of Optics, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2021). Link
  9. F. Todorov, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Schreiber, A. A. Jasim, J. Mrázek, O. Podrazký, M. Kamrádek, N. Kanagaraj, M. Grábner, Y. Baravets, J. Cajzl, P. Koška, A. Fišar, I. Kašík, P. Honzátko "Active Optical Fibers and Components for Fiber Lasers Emitting in the 2-μm Spectral Range", Materials, 13, 5177 (2020). Link.
  10. A. A. Jasim, O. Podrazký, P. Peterka, M. Kamrádek, I. Kašík, P. Honzátko “Impact of shaping optical fiber preforms based on grinding and a CO2 laser on the inner-cladding losses of shaped double-clad fibers”, Optics Express, Vol. 28, Issue 9, (2020). Link
  11. J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko, O. Moravec, M. Kamrádek, I. Kašík “Broadband thulium-doped fiber ASE source”, Optics Letters, Vol. 45, No. 8 (2020). Link.
  12. Y. Baravets, P. Dvořák, F. Todorov, J. Čtyroký, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko „Broadly tunable laser based on novel metallic resonant leaky-mode diffraction grating”, Optics Express 4340, Vol. 28 (2020). Link
  13. I. Kašík, Vl. Matějec, M. Hayer, M. Kamrádek, O. Podrazký, J. Mrázek, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko „GLASS MATERIALS FOR OPTICAL FIBERS”, Ceramics-Silikáty 64 (1), 29-34 (2020). Link
  14. A. Theodosiou, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, I. Kasik, F. Todorov, O. Moravec, P. Honzatko, K. Kalli, "Er/Yb double-clad fibre laser with fs-laser inscribed plane-by-plane chirped FBG laser mirrors," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 31, issue 5, pp. 409-412
  15. I. Kasik, M. Kamradek, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, O. Podrazky, J. Cajzl, J. Mrazek, P. Honzatko, Thulium-doped optical fibers for fiber lasers operating around 2 um, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Technical sciences, Vol. 67, No.5, 2019, DOI: 10.24425/bpasts.2019.130883   
  16. N. Kanagaraj, A. Theodosiou, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, M. Kamrádek, K. Kalli, I. Kašík, P. Honzátko „All fiber mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser using a novel femtosecond-laser-inscribed 45°-plane-by-plane-tilted fiber grating“, Laser Phys. Lett. 16, 095104 (2019). Link.  
  17. M. Kamrádek, I. Kašík, J. Aubrecht, J. Mrázek, O. Podrazký, J. Cajzl, P. Vařák, V. Kubeček, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko „Nanoparticle and solution doping for efficient holmium fiber lasers“, IEEE Photonics Journal (2019). Link. 
  18. M. Vanek, J. Ctyroky, P. Honzatko, "Leaky-mode resonant gratings on a fibre facet," Opt. Quant. Electron. (2018) 50: 50. link, link 2, 
  19. P. Honzatko, Y. Baravets, and A. K. Myakalwar, "Single-frequency fiber laser based on a fiber ring resonator filter tunable in a broad range from 1023  nm to 1107  nm," Opt. Lett. 43, 1339-1342 (2018). link
  20. Jan Aubrecht, Pavel Peterka, Pavel Koška, Ondřej Podrazký, Filip Todorov, Pavel Honzátko, and Ivan Kašík, "Self-swept holmium fiber laser near 2100 nm," Opt. Express 25, 4120-4125 (2017)
  21. Martin Vanek, Jan Vanis, Yauhen Baravets, Filip Todorov, Jiri Ctyroky, and Pavel Honzatko, "High-power fiber laser with a polarizing diffraction grating milled on the facet of an optical fiber," Opt. Express 24, 30225-30233 (2016), link
  22. Pavel Honzatko, Yauhen Baravets, Ivan Kasik, and Ondrej Podrazky, "Wideband thulium–holmium-doped fiber source with combined forward and backward amplified spontaneous emission at 1600–2300  nm spectral band," Opt. Lett. 39, 3650-3653 (2014), link
  23. M. Písařík, P. Peterka, S. Zvánovec, Y. Baravets, F. Todorov, I. Kašík, P. Honzátko, "Fused fiber components for “eye-safe” spectral region around 2 um," Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 46, pp. 603-611, 2014, link, link 2
  24. P. Honzatko, Y. Baravets, F. Todorov, Coherently combined power of 20 W at 2000 nm from a pair of thulium-doped fiber lasers, Laser Phys. Lett.  10,  095104,  2013, link, link 2,
  25. P. Peterka, P. Honzátko, M. Becker, F. Todorov, M. Písařík, O. Podrazký, and I. Kašík, "Monolithic Tm-Doped Fiber Laser at 1951 nm with Deep-UV Femtosecond-Induced FBG Pair," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 25(16):1623-1625, 2013
  26. P. Honzatko, Y. Baravets, F. Todorov, “A mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser based on a nonlinear loop mirror,” Laser Phys. Lett. 10, 075103, 2013, doi: 10.1088/1612-2011/10/7/075103., link,
  27. P. Peterka, P. Navrátil, J. Maria, B. Dussardier, R. Slavík, P. Honzátko, and V. Kubeček, Self-induced laser line sweeping in double-clad Yb-doped fiber-ring lasers, Laser Phys. Lett. 9, 445-450, 2012, link, link 2
  28. B. Vrany, P. Honzatko, J. Kanka, Optimization of genetic algorithm for reconstruction of cross-phase modulation frequency-resolved optical gating data, Int. J. of Numerical Modelling-Electronic Networks Devices and Fields  24,  448-456, 2011, link, link 2
  29. P. Honzatko, M. Karasek, 10 and 20 Gb/s all-optical RZ to NRZ modulation format and wavelength converter based on nonlinear optical loop mirror, Optics Communications  283, 2061-2065, 2010, link, link 2,
  30. P. Honzatko, All-optical wavelength converter based on fiber cross-phase modulation and fiber Bragg grating, Optics Communications 283, 1744-1749, 2010, link, link 2,
  31. M. Komanec, P. Honzatko, S. Zvanovec, "Single-shot all-optical sampling oscilloscope using a polarization-maintaining resonator for pulse replication," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 52, 2452, 2010.
  32. P. Peterka, J. Maria, B. Dussardier, R. Slavik, P. Honzatko, V. Kubecek, "Long-period fiber grating as wavelength selective element in double-clad Yb-doped fiber-ring lasers", Laser Physics Lett. 6, 732-736 (2009), link
  33. A. Kumpera, P. Honzatko, R. Slavik, "Novel 160-GHz wavelength converter based on a SOA and a long period grating," Optics Commun. 9, 1775-1779 (2009), link
  34. P. Honzatko, A. Kumpera, and P. Skoda, "Effects of polarization dependent gain and dynamic birefringence of the SOA on the performance of the ultrafast nonlinear interferometer gate," Opt. Express 15, 2541-2547 (2007), link, link 2
  35. P. Honzatko, J. Kanka, B. Vrany, Measurement of pulse amplitude and phase using cross-phase modulation in microstructure fiber, Optics Lett. 30 (2005) 1821, link
  36. P. Honzatko, J. Kanka, B. Vrany, Retrieval of the pulse amplitude and phase from cross-phase modulation spectrograms using the simulated annealing method, Optics Expr. 12, (2004) 6046-6052, link, link 2
  37. M. Karasek, J. Kanka, P. Honzatko, et al., Channel addition-removal response in all-optical gain-clamped lumped Raman fiber amplifier, IEEE Photonic Tech. Lett. 16 (2004) 771, link
  38. M. Karasek, J. Kanka, P. Honzatko, et al., Protection of surviving channels in all-optical gain-clamped lumped Raman fibre amplifier: modelling and experimentation, Opt. Commun. 231 (2004) 309, link
  39. P. Honzatko, P. Peterka, J. Kanka: Three- and four-wave model of modulation instability fibre laser. J. of Optics A4 (2002) S135, link,
  40. P. Honzatko, P. Peterka, J. Kanka: Modulational-instability sigma-resonator fiber laser, Opt. Lett. 26 (2001) 810, link
  41. P. Peterka, I. Kasik, J. Kanka, P. Honzatko, V. Matejec, M. Hayer: Twin-core fiber design and preparation for easy splicing, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 12 (2000) 1656
  42. M. Hayer, V. Matejec, D. Berkova, I. Kasik, J. Kanka, P. Peterka, P. Honzatko: Effect of high-temperature treatment on optical properties of silica films doped with Al2O3, P2O5 and rare-earth elements, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 19 (2000) 293
  43. J. Kanka, P. Peterka, P. Honzatko, V. Matejec, I. Kasik: Er-doped twin-core fibre coupler as a saturable-absorber-based narrow-band filter for fibre lasers, Czech. J. Phys. 49 (1999) 889
  44. I. Kasik, V. Matejec, J. Kanka, P. Honzatko: Properties and fabrication of ytterbium-erbium co-doped silica fibres for high-power fibre lasers, Pure Appl. Opt. 7 (1998) 457
  45. P. Honzatko: Homodyne detection of Kerr states, Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 9 (1997) 975, link
  46. P. Honzatko: Interaction of two quasi-solitons in semiconductor-doped optical fibres, Opt. Commun. 127 (1996) 363, link
  47. M. Komanec, P. Honzatko, S. Zvanovec, "Single-shot all-optical sampling oscilloscope using a polarization-maintaining resonator for pulse replication," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 52, 2452, 2010.
  48. B. Vrany, P. Honzatko, J. Kanka, "Optimization of genetic algorithm for reconstruction of cross-phase modulation frequency-resolved optical gating data," Int. J. Numer. Model. (2010), doi: 10.1002/jnm.790
  49. P. Honzatko, M. Karasek, 10 and 20 Gb/s all-optical RZ to NRZ modulation format and wavelength converter based on nonlinear optical loop mirror, Optics Communications 283 (2010) 2061-2065, doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2010.01.019.
  50. P. Honzatko, "All-optical wavelength converter based on fiber cross-phase modulation and fiber Bragg grating," Optics Communications 283 (2010) 1744-1749, doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2009.12.075.
  51. P. Peterka, J. Maria, B. Dussardier, R. Slavik, P. Honzatko, V. Kubecek, "Long-period fiber grating as wavelength selective element in double-clad Yb-doped fiber-ring lasers", Laser Physics Lett. 6, 732-736 (2009).
  52. Kumpera, A., Honzátko, P., Slavík, R. Novel 160-GHz wavelength converter based on a SOA and a long period grating (2009) Optics Communications, 282 (9), pp. 1775-1779.
  53. Peterka, P., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Kacik, D. Measurement of chromatic dispersion of microstructure optical fibers using interferometric method (2008) Optica Applicata, 38 (2), pp. 295-303.
  54. Karasek, M., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Vojtech, J., Radil, J. Multi-wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s and 40 GHz based on nonlinear effects in HNLF (2007) Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications, 62 (7-8), pp. 925-937.
  55. Honzatko, P., Kumpera, A., Skoda, P. Effects of polarization dependent gain and dynamic birefringence of the SOA on the performance of the ultrafast nonlinear interferometer gate (2007) Optics Express, 15 (5), pp. 2541-2547. Cited 1 time.
  56. Honzatko, P., Kanka, J., Vrany, B. Measurement of pulse amplitude and phase using cross-phase modulation in microstructure fiber (2005) Optics Letters, 30 (14), pp. 1821-1823. Cited 4 times.
  57. Honzatko, P., Kanka, J., Vrany, B. Retrieval of the pulse amplitude and phase from cross-phase modulation spectrograms using the simulated annealing method (2004) Optics Express, 12 (24), pp. 6046-6052. Cited 3 times.
  58. Karasek, M., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Peterka, P. Modelling of a pump-power-controlled gain-locking system for multi-pump wideband Raman fibre amplifiers (2004) IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics, 151 (2), pp. 74-80. Cited 6 times.
  59. Karasek, M., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Peterka, P. Time-domain simulation of power transients in Raman fibre amplifiers (2004) International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, 17 (2), pp. 165-176. Cited 5 times.
  60. Karasek, M., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Radil, J. Channel Addition-Removal Response in All-Optical Gain-Clamped Lumped Raman Fiber Amplifier (2004) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 16 (3), pp. 771-773. Cited 9 times.
  61. Karasek, M., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Radil, J. Protection of surviving channels in all-optical gain-clamped lumped Raman fibre amplifier: Modelling and experimentation (2004) Optics Communications, 231 (1-6), pp. 309-317. Cited 8 times.
  62. Kasik, I., Matejec, V., Kanka, J., Peterka, P., Honzatko, P., Langrova, A. Using aerosol-based techniques and solution-doping for the fabrication of optical fibers for fiber lasers (2002) Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 47 (12), pp. 1241-1245.
  63. Honzatko, P., Peterka, P., Kanka, J. Three- and four-wave model of modulation instability fibre laser (2002) Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 4 (5), pp. S135-S139. Cited 1 time.
  64. Honzatko, P., Peterka, P., Kanka, J. Modulational-instability sigma-resonator fiber laser (2001) Optics Letters, 26 (11), pp. 810-812. Cited 8 times.
  65. Hayer, M., Matejec, V., Berkova, D., Kasik, I., Kanka, J., Peterka, P., Honzatko, P. Effect of high-temperature treatment on optical properties of silica films doped with Al2O3, P2O5 and rare-earth elements (2000) Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 19 (1-3), pp. 293-296. Cited 1 time.
  66. Peterka, P., Kasik, I., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Matejec, V., Hayer, M. Twin-core fiber design and preparation for easy splicing (2000) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 12 (12), pp. 1656-1658. Cited 7 times.
  67. Kanka, J., Peterka, P., Honzatko, P., Matejec, V., Kasik, I. Er-doped twin-core fibre coupler as a saturable-absorber-based narrow-band filter for fibre lasers (1999) Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 49 (5), pp. 889-894. Cited 4 times.
  68. Kasik, I., Matejec, V., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P. Properties and fabrication of ytterbium-erbium co-doped silica fibres for high-power fibre lasers (1998) Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom), 7 (3), pp. 457-465. Cited 7 times.
  69. Honzatko, P. Homodyne detection of Kerr states (1997) Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 9 (6), pp. 975-985.
  70. Honzatko, P. Interaction of two quasi-solitons in semiconductor-doped optical fibres (1996) Optics Communications, 127 (4-6), pp. 363-371. Cited 8 times.

Conference papers:

  1. P. Vařák, J. Mrázek, W. Blanc, J. Aubrecht, M. Kamrádek, O. Podrazký, P. Honzátko, "Nanocrystalline ZrO2-doped active optical fibers for fiber lasers operating at 2 μm," Proc. SPIE 11773, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VII, 1177317 (18 April 2021); doi: 10.1117/12.2589127

  2. Pavel Honzátko, Yauhen Baravets, Shyamal Mondal, Pavel Peterka, Filip Todorov: Coherent sources for mid-infrared laser spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE 10142, 20th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 1014202 (2016); doi:10.1117/12.2263504, Link to SPIE site, 
  3. Karasek, M., Honzatko, P., Radil, J., Vojtech, J. Multi-wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s and 40 GHz using a hybrid integrated SOA mach-zehnder interferometer (2008) Proceedings of 2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON, 1, art. no. 4598389, pp. 132-135.
  4. Peterka, P., Kašík, I., Matejec, V., Karásek, M., Kaňka, J., Honzátko, P., Kubeček, V. Amplifier performance of double-clad Er/Yb-doped fiber with cross-section tailored for direct splicing to the pump and signal fibers (2007) OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007, art. no. 4348396.
  5. Honzátko, P., Slavík, R., Kumpera, A., Škoda, P. Phase-to-amplitude conversion using long period fiber grating for wavelength conversion at 160 Gb/s (2007) Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, art. no. 4386423.
  6. Martan, T., Honzatko, P., Kanka, J., Novotny, K. Workplace for manufacturing devices based on optical fiber tapers (2007) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6609, art. no. 66090K.
  7. Karasek, M., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Vojtech, J., Radil, J. 10 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s multi-wavelength conversion based on nonlinear effects in HNLF (2006) 2006 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 1, art. no. 4013678, pp. 155-161. Cited 1 time.
  8. Matejec, V., Hayer, M., Kasik, I., Mrazek, J., Peterka, P., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P. Microstructure fibers for the development of fiber lasers (2006) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6180, art. no. 61800Z.
  9. Peterka, P., Kasik, I., Kubecek, V., Matejec, V., Hayer, M., Honzatko, P., Zavadilova, A., Dvoracek, P. Optimization of erbium-ytterbium fibre laser with simple double-clad structure (2006) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6180, art. no. 618010. Cited 1 time.
  10. Vrany, B., Honzatko, P., Kanka, J. Optimization of reconstruction algorithm for cross-phase modulation frequency-resolve optical gating in a high birefringence microstructured fiber (2006) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6180, art. no. 618012.
  11. Matejec, V., Mrazek, J., Hayer, M., Kasik, I., Peterka, P., Kanka, J., Honzatko, P., Berkova, D. Microstructure fibers for gas detection (2006) Materials Science and Engineering C, 26 (2-3), pp. 317-321. Cited 6 times.
  12. Peterka, P., Honzatko, P., Kanka, J., Matejec, V., Kasik, I. Generation of high repetition rate pulse trains in a fiber laser through a twin-core fiber (2002) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5036, pp. 376-381.
  13. Kanka, Jiri, Honzatko, Pavel, Peterka, Pavel, Kasik, Ivan, Matejec, Vlastimil Line-narrowing and wavelength stabilization in a tunable Er-Yb fibre ring laser with an Er twin-core fibre (2000) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4016, pp. 315-319. Cited 2 times.
  14. Peterka, Pavel, Kanka, Jiri, Karasek, Miroslav, Honzatko, Pavel, Abdelmalek, Fethi Characterization and modelling of Er/Yb codoped fibres (2000) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4016, pp. 282-287. Cited 4 times.

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