Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics and Photonics

Pictured: experimental facility for research into nonlinear optical processes. Laboratory researchers (from left) Vyacheslav Kim and Kalvis Kalniņš.

The Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics and Photonics was established in 2021, when the ERDF ERA Chairs project No. 1.1.1.5/19/A/003 “Development of Quantum Optics and Photonics at the University of Latvia” began (01.05.2019 - 30.11.2023, amount 2.5 million EUR). Dr. Rashid Ganeev (Uzbekistan), whose specialization is nonlinear optics and high-harmonics generation, PhD cand. Vyacheslav Kim (Uzbekistan) and Dr. Naresh Kumar Reddy Andra (India) worked there. Bachelor of Physics students from Latvia also participated in the work. At least 40 publications were prepared during the project.

The Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics and Photonics has an experimental facility for research into nonlinear optical processes, which includes an optical table, a picosecond laser EKSPLA PL-2230, detectors, a spectrometer, etc. (see image).

The main cooperation partners of the Laboratory, which also provide access to scientific equipment, such as femtosecond lasers, are the Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia (Spectroscopy Laboratory) and the Centre for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, Germany.