The Institute of Physical Engineering celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, but its history is much richer
"For someone who believes in physics, the separation of past, present and future is just an illusion," Albert Einstein allegedly said.
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The Institute of Physical Engineering is an internationally recognized institution involved in teaching and research in the field of applied physics and its applications in high-tech fields and innovations. Our institute offers basic physics courses to all faculty students. For those with a deeper interest in physics, we provide comprehensive interdisciplinary education in the Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology program. Additionally, we offer the Precision Mechanics and Optics program for those interested in applied optics and micromechanics.
In our research activities, we specialize in the following areas:
Section of Surface Physics and Nanostructures
- Surface Physics and Thin Films – research and analysis of surfaces, interactions of atoms, molecules, and ions with surfaces
- Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructures – optical and electron beam lithography, growth of 0D-2D nanostructures, analysis of nanostructures and measurement of functional properties
- Nanophotonics – interaction of light with nanostructures, plasmonic and photoluminescent phenomena, optical dielectric metasurfaces
- Nanoelectronics – 2D FET (bio)sensors
- Nanomagnetism – magnonics, magnetization dynamics, spintronic phenomena in nanostructures, antiferromagnetic materials
- Development and Application of Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods – correlative and operando electron, probe, and optical microscopy and spectroscopy
Section of Optics and Precision Mechanics
- Advanced Light Microscopy and Biophotonics – development of imaging systems, research on living cells and functional properties of metasurfaces
- Computer Tomography – imaging of the internal structure of objects in industrial and biological applications
- Laser Spectroscopy – analysis and diagnostics of samples for biological, industrial, and space applications using plasma physics
Section of Micromechanics of Materials and Technical Acoustics
- Micromechanics of Materials – atomistic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic processes of deformation and fracture
- Fatigue and Fracture of Materials – uniaxial and multiaxial mechanical loading, fatigue of special materials, quantitative fractography
- Technical Acoustics – measurement of elastic and inelastic properties of materials, digital sound modeling, environmental noise measurement
Main Current Projects
- Shaped beams for a new era of electron microscopy and spectroscopy
- Boosting incoherent quantitative phase imaging by implementing 3D-image reconstruction
- Hybrid Tunable Quantum Nanophotonics Platforms
- Heat-driven phase transition in plasmonic nanostructures probed by analytical electron microscopy
- BeamShape EBMelt - unique instrument for metal additive manufacturing using electron beam
Main Results
- High-Resolution Quantitative Phase Imaging of Plasmonic Metasurfaces with Sensitivity down to a Single Nanoantenna
- Twisted Rainbow Light and Nature-Inspired Generation of Vector Vortex Beams
- Observing high-k magnons with Mie-resonance-enhanced Brillouin light scattering
- Correlation of characteristic signals of laser-induced plasmas
- Chiral Nanoparticle Chains on Inorganic Nanotube Templates
Research Activities
- Developing laser spectroscopy instrumentation and methodology for chemical analysis
- Development, implementation and application of microscopic and spectroscopic methods enabling detailed analysis of advanced materials
- Increasing the strength and fracture toughness of modern materials
- Innovative Light Microscopy Research and Instrumentation Development with Biomedical Applications
- Next-generation chips, research and application of advanced and environmentally friendly technologies, materials and nanostructures
- Photonic waveguide structures for efficient light control
- Research on the principles and application of interaction of electromagnetic radiation and electron beams with nanostructures and advanced materials
News from Institute
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