Research groups
Department of Physics
Optical diagnostics
The aim of the group is to study the surface and bulk optical properties of materials currently used in various technical applications. For these purposes, appropriate measurement techniques based on spectral interferometry, fiber reflectometry, spectral polarimetry, refractometry, and ellipsometry are available. Experimental data obtained using modern instrumentation, including, for example, a supercontinuum source, spectral refractometer, optical spectrum analyzer, Fabry-Perot analyzer and spectral ellipsometer, are used for the design and implementation of optical and fiber sensors. The experimental data obtained also form the basis for appropriate theoretical models, which are used to describe the surface and volume optical properties of materials and the response of optical sensors.
Research topics:
Study of surface and volume optical properties of materials using the following techniques:
- Spectral interferometry
- Spectral reflectometry
- Fiber refractometry
- Spectral polarimetry
- Resonances of Bloch surface waves
- Surface plasmon resonances
- Tamm resonances
- Cavity resonances
Technical applications:
- Dispersion characterization of optical fibers
- Dispersion characterization of optical materials
- Optical characterization of thin layers
- Bloch surface waves and sensor applications
- Plasmonics and sensor applications
- Optical fiber sensors
- Optical sensors
Group leader: prof. RNDr. Petr Hlubina, CSc.
Laboratories
We use optical diagnostics to characterize optical materials and optical fibers, thin and plasmonic layers, and one-dimensional photonic crystals, which are widely used in many technical applications, e.g., in sensor technology, photonics, and plasmonics, especially in connection with optical sensors for physics, the environment, and biomedicine. Special optical fibers are used in sensor technology, while microstructured optical fibers are suitable for broadband supercontinuum sources. Optical sensors have a wide range of uses.
Laboratory of interferometry - G 408, head of the laboratory P. Hlubina
Laboratory of fiber optics and plasmonics - G 410, head of the laboratory P. Hlubina
Laboratory of ellipsometry and deposition of thin films - G 428, vedoucí laboratoře P. Hlubina
Gallery of laboratories
