Laboratory for Nonlinear and Extreme Nanophotonics

We have conducted an experimental and theoretical research of non-linear optical signal generation in various nano-photonic systems. We have demonstrated a multi-fold amplification of effects, explained the mechanisms of such amplification. We have experimentally researched the interaction of ultra-short pulses with semiconductor meta-surfaces, demonstrated the modification of light intensity and polarisation, determined methods of optical signal modulation at the sub-picosecond scale.

Our researchers have developed a methodology for laser 3D printing. New lenses have been produced for the X-ray range using this technology. Samples of waveguides and multiplexers for Bloch surface waves have been manufactured.

Implemented results of research:

A number of patents for inventions based on experiments conducted by the Laboratory have been obtained.

Education and career development:

An internship of an employee of the Laboratory at KU Leuven (Belgium).

An internship of a postgraduate at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)

7 Candidates of Science in Physics and Mathematics have been trained.

Collaborations:

• Ioffe Institute (Russia): internships of postgraduates and employees, joint research. Experiments in the optics of nano-structured semiconductor materials at low temperatures.

• KU Leuven (Belgium), Prof. Victor Moshchalkov's group: research collaboration in near-field microscopy, internships of employees. The distributions of local electromagnetic fields in semiconductor nano-particles have been measured.

• Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), Prof. Isabelle Staude's group: joint research, internships of employees and postgraduates. Our foreign partners have manufactured a run of samples for experiments in non-linear optics.