Ondřej Podrazký, Ph.D.

Professional activities:

2008 - Senior research fellow at the Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy Sciences of the Czech Republic.
2006 - 2007: Employed as a post-doc at the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of Czech Academy of Sciences. Concerned with research on preparation of special optical fibers for sensors and communications.
April 2003 – December 2005: Employed as a post-doc in Institute of Chemical Processes Fundamentals of Czech Academy of Sciences. Concerned with optical biosensors and monitoring of microorganisms by intrinsic fluorescence.
September 2001 – March 2002: Employed in Institute of Chemical Processes Fundamentals of Czech Academy of Sciences as a research assistant.

Scientific internship:

February - August 1999: Socrates/Erasmus stage at École des Mines d’Albi (France). The stage was oriented to an analysis of soil polluted by heavy metals

Materials for students:

Student materials from lectures can be found here

Education:

1998-2003: Doctoral study at Department of Environmental Chemistry of ICT Prague in cooperation with Institute of Chemical Processes Fundamentals of Czech Academy of Sciences Doctoral thesis: „Monitoring of Environmental Influence on Model Microorganism Cultures by Optical Methods” graduated in June 2003, received Ph.D. title

1993-1998: Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Faculty of Environmental Technology, Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering. Diploma thesis: „Removal of Heavy Metals from Water Solutions by Means of Special Sorbents “ graduated in June 1998, received M.Sc. title.

Awards:

2010: The Visegrad Group Academies Young Researcher Award

Current projects:

Principal investigator of projects:

• Transparent ceramics optical fibers for lasers operating around 2.9 μm

Member of projects:

Selected past projects:

Principal investigator of the projects:

• Fiber optic pH meter for microscopic biological samples
• Optical fibers with nano-structures core for optical amplification

Member of projects:

• Research of novel geometries and layouts of double-clad rare-earth-doped fibers for high power fiber lasers
• Novel optical fibers and their spectroscopy for fiber lasers operating beyond 2 um
• European Action COST MP1401 Advanced fiber lasers
• Biomedical photonic devices for advanced medical diagnostics and therapy
• Novel silica-based Ho -doped nanomaterials for 2-μm-class fibre laser research
• eyesafe2u - Fiber optic components for "eye-safe" spectral region around 2 um
• Bragg fibers for delivery of high laser powers
• Tm-doped optical fibres for fibre lasers in 2 um spectral range
• Special glasses on the base of heavy metal oxides
• Benefit 7 - Rozvoj výzkumného týmu BIO-OPT-XUV na FBMI ČVUT
• Preparation and properties of silica-based optical glasses containing rare-earth- and chromium-doped nano-particles
• FILA - Compact high-power passively Q-switched all-fiber lasers
• scan4surf - Inline Process Metrology for Laser Structuring Systems (project of the European Micro and Nano Technology program MNT-ERA.net)
• Regulation of morphogenesis of plant cells and organs
• Design, preparation and characterization of novel types of optical microresonators for chemical detection
• Special glass materials for photonics applications
• Quasi single-mode optical fibers for telecommunications and distributed fiber-optic sensors
• Optical fibers modified by nanostructured photocatalytic layers with high activity in visible spectrum
• Thulium doped silica fibres for fibre amplifiers
• Novel approaches to reversible opto-electrochemical fibre sensing of chlorine in water
• Air-silica microstructure fibers for evanescent-wave chemical sensing

Patents:

• Pavel Peterka, Pavel Koska, Ondrej Podrazky, Vlastimil Matejec, Ivan Kasik, "Amplifying module, method of making the same, and cladding pumped optical device incorporating the module," CZ Pat. 305888, 9 March 2016.

Utility models:

• O.Podrazký, J.Mrázek, I.Kašík, L.Šašek, R.Schilhart: “Optický pH metr s mikroskopickou sondou”, Utility model CZ 30867 U1, registered 31 July 2017.

Publications:

Books:

1. Kašík, O. Podrazký, J. Mrázek, J. Aubrecht, V. Matějec: „Chlorine in water“, R. Mangione, D. Carlyle (Eds.): „Chlorine: Properties, applications and health effects“, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011, book chapter

Journal papers:

1. P. Vařák, M. Kamrádek, J. Mrázek, O. Podrazký, J. Aubrecht, P. Peterka, P. Nekvindová, I. Kašík. Luminescence and laser properties of RE-doped silica optical fibers: The role of composition, fabrication processing, and inter-ionic energy transfers. Optical Materials: X, Vol. 15, 100177 (2022). 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. O. Podrazký, J. Mrázek, J. Proboštová, S. Vytykáčová, I. Kašík, Š. Pitrová, Ali A. Jasim “Ex-Vivo Measurement of the pH in Aqueous Humor Samples by a Tapered Fiber-Optic Sensor,” Sensors, 21, 5075, (2021). Link
4. P. Vařák, J. Mrázek, A. A. Jasim, S. Bysakh, A. Dhar, M. Kamrádek, O. Podrazký, I. Kašík, I. Bartoň, P. Nekvindová „Thermal stability and photoluminescence properties of RE-doped (RE = Ho, Er, Tm) alumina nanoparticles in bulk and fiber-optic silica glass,“ Optical Materials, Vol. 118, 111239, (2021). Link
5. 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
6. 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.
7. P. Vařák, J. Mrázek, W. Blanc, J. Aubrecht, M. Kamrádek, O. Podrazký “Preparation and properties of Tm-doped SiO2-ZrO2 phase separated optical fibers for use in fiber lasers”, Optical Materials Express, Vol. 10, Issue 6 (2020). Link.
8. 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
9. 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
10. O. Podrazký, P. Peterka, I.Kašík, S. Vytykáčová, J. Proboštová, J. Mrázek, M. Kuneš, V. Závalová, V. Radochová, O. Lyutakov, E. Ceci-Ginistrelli, D.Pugliese, N.G. Boetti, D. Janner, D. Milanese, „In-vivo testing of a bioresorbable phosphate-based optical fiber“, J. Biophotonics. 2019;e201800397. DOI   
11. 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. 
12. M. Kamrádek, I. Kašík, J. Aubrecht, J. Mrázek, O. Podrazký, J. Cajzl, P. Vařák, V. Kubeček, „Ceramic nanoparticle-doping implementation into MCVD method for fabrication of holmium-doped fibers for fiber lasers“, IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1-10, 2019. doi: 10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2940747.
13. 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. 
14. 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)
15. Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Koška, P., Todorov, F., Aubrecht, J., Podrazký, O., Kašík, I. Reflectivity of transient Bragg reflection gratings in fiber laser with laser-wavelength self-sweeping: Erratum. Optics Express. 2016, 24 (14), 16222-16223.
16. Koška, P., Peterka, P., Aubrecht, J., Podrazký, O., Todorov, F., Becker, M., Baravets, Y., Honzátko, P., Kašík, I. Enhanced pump absorption efficiency in coiled and twisted double-clad thulium-doped fibers. Optics Express. 2016, 24 (1), 102-107.
17. Frank, M., Jelínek, M., Kubeček, V., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O., Matějec, V. Air and silica core Bragg fibers for radiation delivery in the wavelength range 0.6-1.5 um. Optical Fiber Technology. 2016, 31, 36-41.
18. Cui, Q., Podrazký, O., Mrázek, J., Proboštová, J., Kašík, I. Tapered-fiber optical sensor for physiological pH range. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2015, 15 (9), 4967-4973.
19. Mrázek, J., Kašík, I., Procházková, L., Čuba, V., Aubrecht, J., Cajzl, J., Podrazký, O., Peterka, P., Nikl, M. Active optical fibers doped with ceramic nanocrystals. Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2014, 12 (6), 567-574.
20. Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Koška, P., Todorov, F., Aubrecht, J., Podrazký, O., Kašík , I. Reflectivity of transient Bragg reflection gratings in fiber laser with laser-wavelength self-sweeping. Optics Express. 2014, 22 (24), 30024-30031.
21. Honzátko, P., Baravets, Y., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O. Wideband thulium-holmium-doped fiber source with combined forward and backward ASE at 1600-2300 nm spectral band. Optics Letters. 2014, 39 (12), 3650-3653.
22. Kašík, I., Podrazký, O., Mrázek, J., Cajzl, J., Aubrecht, J., Proboštová, J., Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Dhar, A. Erbium and Al2O3 nanocrystals -doped silica optical fibers. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Technical Sciences. 2014, 62, 641-646. 
23. Podrazký, O., Matějec, V., Mrázek, J., Martan, T., Aubrecht, J., Kašík, I. Tapered optical fiber sensor for detection of pH in microscopic volumes. Sensors & Transducers. 2014, 27, 312-318.
24. Matějec, V., Bartoň, I., Mrázek, J., Podrazký, O. U-shaped fiber-optic detection elements for investigation of photocatalytic decomposition of toluene dissolved in water. Sensors & Transducers. 2014, 27, 244-252.
25. Martan, T., Aubrecht, J., Podrazký, O., Matějec, V., Kašík, I. Detection of hydrocarbons using suspended core microstructured optical fiber. Sensors and Actuators B-chemical. 2014, 202, 123-128.
26. Kašík, I., Podrazký, O., Mrázek, J., Martan, T., Matějec, V., Hoyerová, K., Kamínek, M. In vivo optical detection of pH in microscopic tissue samples of Arabidopsis thaliana. Materials Science & Engineering C. 2013, 33 (8), 4809-4815.
27. Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Becker, M., Todorov, F., Písařík, M., Podrazký, O., Kašík, I. Monolithic Tm-doped fiber laser at 1951nm with deep-UV femtosecond-laser-induced FBG pair. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 2013, 25 (16), 1623-1625.
28. Dhar, A., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O., Matějec, V. Fabrication and properties of Er-doped nanocrystalline phase-seperated optical fibers. Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2013, 11 (1), 29-35.
29. Dhar, A., Kašík, I., Dussardier, B., Podrazký, O., Matějec, V. Preparation and properties of Er–doped ZrO2 nanocrystalline phase-separated preforms of optical fibres by MCVD process.  International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 2012, 9 (2), 341-348.

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. Mrázek, J., Kašík, I., Aubrecht, J.,  Podrazký, O.,  Cajzl, J., Peterka, P.  Nanocrystalline Ceramic Phosphors for High-Power Lasers Operating at 2μm.  In: 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON). 2019, p. 1-4.
3. Frank, M., Jelínek, M., Kubeček, V., Podrazký, O., Kašík, I., Matějec, V. Delivery of 1.9um laser radiation using air-core Bragg fibers. In: Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics (SPIE). 2016, 10142, p. 101421D-101421D-9.
4. Proboštová, J., Slánička, J., Mrázek, J., Podrazký, O., Benda, A., Peterka, P. Measurement of refractive index profile of non-symmetric, complex silica preforms with high refractive index differences. In: Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV (SPIE). 2016, 9886, p. 98861G-98861G-8.
5. Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Koška, P., Podrazký, O., Kašík, I. Transient-fiber-Bragg grating spectra in self-swept Fabry-Perot fiber lasers. In: Fiber Lasers XII: Technology, Systems, and Applications (SPIE). 2015, 9344, p. 934423.
6. Podrazký, O., Mrázek, J., Vytykáčová, S., Proboštová, J., Kašík, I. Fiber-optic pH sensing system with microscopic spatial resolution. In: Optical Sensors 2015 (SPIE). 2015, 9506, p. 950612.
7. Aubrecht, J., Cajzl, J., Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Podrazký, O., Todorov, F., Kašík, I. Characterisation of double-clad thulium-doped fibers with increased quantum conversion efficiency. In: Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV (SPIE). 2015, 9507, p. 95070P.
8. Mrázek, J., Kašík, I., Boháček, J., Proboštová, J., Aubrecht, J., Podrazký, O., Cajzl, J., Honzátko, P. Special optical fibers doped with nanocrystalline holmium-yttrium titanates (HoxY1-x)2Ti2O7 for fiber-lasers. In: Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV (SPIE). 2015, 9507, p. 950703.
9. Matějec, V., Podrazký, O., Kašík, I., Frank, M., Jelínek, M., Kubeček, V. Transmission of red-laser radiation by using Bragg fibers with air cores. In: Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV (SPIE). 2015, 9507, p. 95070Q-95070Q-7. 
10. Cajzl, J., Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Mrázek, J., Podrazký, O., Todorov, F., Gladkov, P., Sahu, J. K., Nunez-Valazquez, M., Nekvindová, P., Kašík, I. Characterization of fluorescence lifetime of Tm-doped fibers with increased quantum conversion efficiency. In: Photonics, Devices and Systems VI (SPIE). 2015, 9450, p. 9450171-9450178.
11. Podrazký, O., Kašík, I., Peterka, P., Aubrecht, J., Cajzl, J., Proboštová, J., Matějec, V. Preparation of optical fibers with non-circular cross-section for fiber lasers and amplifiers. In: Photonics, Devices and Systems VI (SPIE). 2015, 9450, p. 94501A1-94501A6.
12. Matějec, V., Podrazký, O., Kašík, I., Frank, M., Jelínek, M., Kubeček, V. Comparison of characteristics of Bragg fibers with silica and air cores. In: Photonics, Devices and Systems VI (SPIE). 2015, 9450, p. 94500Y.
13. Podrazký, O., Matějec, V., Kostka, P., Pedlíkova, J., Bašinová, N., Zavadil, J. Optical fibers of As2S3 glasses: Preparation and characterization. In: Photonics, Devices, and Systems VI (SPIE). 2015, 9450, p. 94501B1-94501B1.
14. Bartoň, I., Matějec, V., Mrázek, J., Podrazký, O. Preparation and characterization of coatings with a high reflectivity on planar substrates and inside silica tubes. In: Photonics, Devices, and Systems VI (SPIE). 2015, 9450, p. 945019.
15. Peterka, P., Honzátko, P., Kašík, I., Cajzl, J., Podrazký, O. Thulium-doped optical fibers and components for fiber lasers in 2 μm spectral range. In: Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics (SPIE). 2014, 9441, p. 94410B1-94410B6.
16. Jelínek, M., Frank, M., Kubeček, V., Matějec, V., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O. Air core Bragg fibers for delivery of near-infrared laser radiation. In: The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). 2014, 9441, p. 94411B.
17. Mrázek, J., Nikl, M., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O., Aubrecht, J., Beitlerová, A. Nanoparticle-doped radioluminescent silica optical fibers. In: Optical Fibers and Their Applications (SPIE). 2014, 9228, p. 922805-1.
18. Cajzl, J., Podrazký, O., Mrázek, J., Aubrecht, J., Matějec, V., Peterka, P., Nekvindová, P., Kašík, I. The influence of nanostructured optical fiber core matrix on the optical properties of EDFA. In: Optics and Optoelectronics (SPIE).  2013, 8775, p. 8775-09.
19. Bobuskyy, V., Podrazký, O., Mrázek, J. Special optical fibers and fiber capillaries coated with Indium-Tin-Oxide. In: Optics and Optoelectronics (SPIE). 2013, 8775, p. 8775-0I.
20. Koška, P., Peterka, P., Kašík, I., Matějec, V., Podrazký, O. Double-clad rare-earth-doped fiber with cross-section tailored for splicing to the pump and signal fibers: analysis of pump propagation. In: Optics and Optoelectronics (SPIE). 2013, 8775, p. 8775-0V.
21. Matějec, V., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O., Aubrecht, J., Frank, M., Jelínek, M., Kubeček, V. Preparation and characterization of bragg fibers with air cores for transfer of laser radiation. In: Optics and Optoelectronics (SPIE). 2013, 8775, p. 8775-08.
22. Jelínek, M., Kubeček, V., Jelínková, H., Matějec, V., Kašík, I., Podrazký, O. Experimental investigation of high power picosecond 1.06 um pulse propagation in Bragg fibers. In: Nonlinear Optics and Applications (SPIE). 2013, 8772, p. 8772-1E.
23. Peterka, P., Todorov, F., Kašík, I., Matějec, V., Podrazký, O., Šašek, L., Mallmann, G., Schmitt, R. Wideband and high-power light sources for in-line interferometric diagnostics of laser structuring systems. In: Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics ( SPIE). 2012, 8697, p. 869718.