Research and scientific profile
Research activity areas
- RARE – Earth Doped Glasses and Optical Fibers for ASE and Fiber Lasers and Sensors:
- design and fabrication silica optical fiber preforms co-doped with rare-earth – MCVD
- special, soft glass optical fibers, rare – earth – co-doped
- glasses and glass-ceramics materials co-doped with rare-earth
- luminescent polymeric fibers
- luminescence measurement and analysis UV – 3 µm
- bioactive glasses and fibers
- Inteligent Lighting Systems:
- design spectrally tunable LED sources
- daylighting
- light-optical systems
- Immunity of electrical and electronic equipment to surges and ESD
- Protective characteristics of interference protection devices and systems
- Emission of electromagnetic disturbances from electrical and electronic devices
- Measurements of the emission of electromagnetic field sources in the environment
- Simulation studies of lightning threats in electronic systems
- Selection of solutions for lightning and surge protection systems
- Voltage and current surge strength testing of electrical and electronic devices
- Research on the effectiveness of surge protection devices and systems for limiting surges
- Audits in the field of lightning and surge protection
- Damage expertise’s caused by overvoltage and lightning discharges
- Simulations of lightning hazard of electronic devices and systems (theoretical and experimental)
- Solutions for lightning protection systems of building objects and overvoltage protection
- Measurements of electromagnetic fields and protection of electronic devices against their impact
- Research in the field of electromagnetic compatibility
- Susceptibility of WLAN, WPAN, LPWAN to inter- and intra-network interference
Examples of research topics
- Development of glass technology and optical fibers co-doped with rare earth ions and analysis of their luminescent properties. Analysis of the influence of active dopant concentrations and the refractive index profile in terms of obtaining effective donor-acceptor energy transfer and, as a result, enhanced spontaneous emission
- Analysis of the possibility of developing thin-film waveguide, luminescent and sensor structures obtained by applying from a solution as well as vapor deposition. Development of technology for the production of cylindrical and planar luminescent polymer optical fiber structures doped with lanthanide compounds and organic dyes
- Development of light-optical systems (including in 3D printing technology) for tunable semiconductor lighting systems; including power supply systems, control and measurement of electro-optical parameters
- Development of methods for analyzing the impact of radiation from artificial sources and their application on energy efficiency as well as circadian, photometric and photobiological parameters
- Development of systems for the analysis of solar radiation and the day and night sky, including the assessment of light pollution
- Development of methods for optimizing solar radiation gain in passive systems, absorbers, photovoltaic and photothermal systems
- Analysis of the application properties of multispectral LED sources in qualitative research
- Development of dedicated spectral distributions of semiconductor illuminators for special applications
- Analysis of the possibility of using functionalized photonic materials as converters of optical radiation also in sensor applications