Technical skills

microscope theory and principle of operation: widefield, phase contrast, darkfield, confocal, two-photon, super-resolution (SIM, SMLM, STED)
hands on experience in confocal and STED

principle of laser operation (gas, FL-LD, vcsel, dfb, dbr, fiber laser, etc.)
injection-locking of multimode sources to a single wavelength by self-tuning in an expanded resonant cavity or external source
tuning an injection-locked source to an unknown excitation wavelength by diode temperature or current - patents
mode locking - creating a pulsed laser
fiber optic technology - communications and sensors
noise of incoherent sources (ASE, WCFP-LD, RSOA…)
RF photodetector noise
light modulation by direct source modulation or external modulator (intensity, absorption)
intensity modulation suppression methods (optical ring, saturated amplification of optical amplifiers, current saturation FP-LD)
laser spectrum measurements - homodyne and heterodyne methods
optical sensor systems - FBG fiber, Sagnac interferometer, fiber as a sensor
fiber optical rings - suppression of modulations and as optical filters
light polarization: measurement, S-parameters, light depolarization
photonic signal processing - IIR / FIR optical filters

design and implementation of a series of transceivers, link - user architecture, and two-way communication up to 10 Gbps
optical noise measurements

design and implementation of a distributed temperature measurement system with FBG sensor
operation of a vibration measurement system with a fiber optic as a sensor

RF and optical spectrum, bit-error-rate tester, optical polarization, laser spectrum, RF photodetector response
work with laser sources: FP-LD, SOA, RSOA, DFB, ECDL, ASE
fiber optic splicing and connector placement