Forgot your password?
Short Term Scientific Mission
STSM Coordinator - Trevor Benson
Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) – Should you intend to perform one, please follow the guidelines in COST Vademecum, Section 3 at http://www.cost.esf.org/participate/guidelines . Please follow the steps:
- Agree with your COST partner in another country on the topic and period,
- Ensure a Working Group Leader supports your application (your STSM should be relevant to WG goals!),
- Submit your application online at https://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=91 ,
- Send a copy to Trevor Benson, STSM Coordinator.
COST MP0702 Short-Term Scientific Mission:
dates | WG | guest name | host | topic | further cooperation (joint papers, projects, etc.) |
20.04 – 27.04.2008
| 3 | Ignac Bugar, SK | Ryszard Buczynski, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University
| Nonlinear pulse propagation in multicomponent glass pcfs
|
|
2.05 – 20.05.2008
| 2 | Maciej Dems, PL | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Applied Physics and Photonics
| Optimization of the properties of dichroic PC-VCSELs with vectorial and semi-vectorial methods
| The results obtained during the STSM will be presented on the ICTON conference in Athens, Greece, 22-26 June 2008. Furthermore, a publication on the subject is currently in preparation. In the article we will show in details our numerical results and discuss the applicability of photonic-crystals for polarisation control in VCSELS. In summary the reported STSM was very useful and resourceful for the work of modelling PC-based VCSELs done in cooperation between Technical University of Lodz and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
|
7.07 – 31.07.2008
| 3 | Beata Derkowska PL | Prof. Angela B. Seddon, Advanced Materials Research Group, Nottingham(GB), Prof. Ajoy Kar, Nonlinear Optics Group, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Physics Department, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh (UK)
| Nonlinear Optical Properties of Chalcogenide Glasses using for Photonic Applications
| It will be presented our paper entitled “Experimental Studies of Non-Linear Properties of Chalcogenide Glasses” authored by E. Romanova, A. Afanasiev, V. Shiryaev, G. Snopatin, D Furniss, A Seddon, T Benson, B. Derkowska, S. Guizard, and N. Fedorov on 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2009, Island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. We also singed agreement (Socrates/Erasmus Programme) between our University (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK and Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun, Poland). We are also finished writing a paper, which we want to send to Journal of Optical Society of America B.
|
15.09 – 12.10.2008
| 3 | Anna Migalska-Zalas, PL | Bouchta Sahraoui Laboratory POMA, University of Angers, FRE
| Functionalized organometallic compounds with azobenzene molecules for NLO applications.
| B. Sahraoui, J. Luc, A. Meghea, R. Czaplicki, J-L. Fillaut and A. Migalska-Zalas, "Nonlinear optics and surface relief gratings in alkynyl-ruthenium complexes" J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 11 024005 , 26pp, (2009)
|
19.09 – 22.09 2008
| 3 | Rafal Kotynski, PL | Prof. Krassimir Panajotov, Vrije Univ. Brussel
| Supercoupling of fundamental PCF modes through silver slabs
| We intend to: 1. Finalise the preparation of a publication. 2. Continue the work along the initial workplan - which assumed the period of 12 days – in the framework of the present COST action.
|
20.02 – 8.03 2009
| 3 | Massimo Alonzo, IT | Delphine WOLFERSBERGER Supelec
| Solitonic Coherent Collisions in Photorefractive Iron Doped Indium Phosphide
| The reported work is only a first stage and future collaborations have been planned in order to complete the characterization of the interaction processes and moreover to develop a working model for photorefractivity. The obtained results are quite promising as we chose a condition for which the efect are expected to be minimized, because of the minimization of the photorefractive gain. We think that it is possible to strongly improve the repulsion e_ect so to get a Real all-optical routing device.
|
15.02 –21.02.2009
| 3 | Giorgio Tosi Beleffi, IT & Paulo André, PT | Prof. Hovik Baghdasaryan, Fiber Optics Communication (FOC) Laboratory at the State Engineering University of Armenia
| Theoretical & experimental knowledge exchange in the photonic devices area
| Future collaboration with host institution: The possibility of having a visit from the host visiting one or both of the two visiting institutions was discussed in order to increase the know-how exchange and the scientific results validation by means of simulation activity. Projected publications/articles resulting or to result from the STSM: A preliminary report activity will be prepared during the MC/WG meeting at ICTON 2009. One or two articles on the subject are predicted in the next months, especially on the simulation validation of the organic/inorganic device structure for low cost TLC applications. |
28.01 – 16.02.2009
| 3 | Davide Massimiliano Forin, IT | Dr. Miroslav Karasek, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences, Prague | HNLF and PCF application for fast all optical signal elaboration | We intend to continuing the study the system, we are especially interested in using high er pumps level, especially the L band pump, to see the effect of a higher and flatter gain. Moreover we will try to use some PCF to see the possible reduction of the non linear spam of fiber. Another use of this technique can be the time domain demultiplexing archievable modulating one or both the pumps in order to select in the replica only one of the tributary channel. |
20.04 – 09.05.2009
| 2 | Gediminas Seniutinas, LT | Prof. Bouchta Sahraoui, Département de Physique; Laboratoire des Propriétés Optiques des Matériaux et Applications, France. |
| The experience and scientific results obtained during this STSM provides a good platform for new emerging collaboration between two research labs in Angers and Vilnius.
|
04.05. – 17.05. 2009
| 3 | Irena Matulkova, CZ | Prof. Bouchta Sahraoui, University of Angers, Angers, France
| Nonlinear optical properties of crystals based on salts of organic N-containing bases and inorganic or organic acids |
|
11.05 – 30.05.2009
|
| Alessio Tierno, UK | Dr. Robert Kuszelewicz, Marcoussis, France
| Nonlinear refractive index of quantum dot samples
| This measurement taken and analyzed successfully has opened a new channel for future collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and CNRS. We are planning to extent the collaboration with a visit in autumn with a probable financial support applied at CNRS. It is expected that the results obtained then with the improvements mentioned will lead to results publishable in a refereed journal. The Strathclyde side is planning to set up a complementary experiment on their 1300 nm QD samples, probably using first interference with an external reference beam. Sensitivity and other pros and cons of these two interferometric approaches will be compared. A proposal for a 2-year international collaboration grant will be submitted to the Rogal Society / CNRS in June. |
24.05 – 31.05.2009
| 3 | Malgorzata Suchanska, PL | Bouchta Sahraoui, University of Angers; Laboratory | Characterization of optical properties of nanostructural carbonaceous films with palladium nanoparticles
| The experience and scientific results obtained during this STSM provides a good platform for new emerging collaboration between three research laboratories in Angers, Warsaw and Kielce. |
24.05 – 31.05.2009
| 3 | Elzbieta Czerwosz, PL | Bouchta Sahraoui, University of Angers; Laboratory
| Characterization of optical properties of nanostructural carbonaceous films with palladium nanoparticles
| The experience and scientific results obtained during this STSM provides a good platform for new emerging collaboration between three research laboratories in Angers, Warsaw and Kielce. |
3.04 – 18.04.2009 |
| Jacob Scheuer, IL | Prof. Yuri Kivshar | Light propagation in nonlinear slow-light polymeric photonic structures | The outcome of the STSM was the identification on a new and fruitful research direction which will be pursued by both groups. During the STSM a preliminary analysis of the nonlinear coupled microrings structure was carried out and a self-consistent procedure was developed to tune the structure in order to achieve a resonant condition ("dark-state") for any given wavelength. In addition, a nonlinear time-domain formalism was developed in order to examine the stability properties of the self-consistent solution. The next step is to implement the time-domain formalism numerically and study the dynamics of the nonlinear system. In particullar, the formalism will be used to study the stability properties of the solution, its sensitivity to perturbation and additional dynamical properties such as stabilization time constants, switching time, etc. |
6.04 - 17.04.2009 |
| Crina Cojocaru, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. de Física, Terrassa, Spain | Prof. Wieslaw Krolikowski, Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia | Second harmonic generation in materials with nonlinear random distribution | The results achieved in the framework of my collaboration with the group of Wieslaw Krolikowski and Yuri Kivshar, one of the leading laboratories in the field of the nonlinear optics, were very satisfactory and very interesting. I think that in this short tine we have considerably advanced both in our experimental and theoretical investigation. We will continue to collaborate in the future on several topics related to the nonlinear interactions in random materials. My visit to CUDOS ANU, thanks to the STSM in the framework of COST MP0702 was very fruitful and I consider it crucial for our future collaboration Papers: “Spatial distribution of the second harmonic generated signal in crystals with disordered nonlinear domain structures” V. Roppo, S.M. Saltiel, C. Cojocaru, J. Trull, R. Vilaseca, D.N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Y.S. Kivshar - article in preparation to submit to Optics Express “Femtosecond Pulse Duration Measurements By Transverse Second Harmonic Generation In Random Nonlinear Media” R. Vilaseca, V. Roppo, J. Trull, C. Cojocaru, K. Staliunas, D. Dumay, W. Krolikowski, S. M. Saltiel, D. N. Neshev, Yu. S. Kivshar Invited communication to the “Nonlinear Optics” OSA conference to be held in Hawaii, July 13-15, 2009. “Second harmonic generation in disordered media: fundamentals and applications”, V. Roppo, W. Wang, K. Kalinowski, S. Saltiel, J. Trull, C. Cojocaru, D.N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, R. Vilaseca, K. Staliunas, Y.S. Kivshar, Invited talk at the 18th International Laser Physics Workshop, Barcelona, July 13-17, 2009. |
25.05 - 30.05.2009
| 3 | Ignac Bugar, SK | Andrius Baltuska, Institut für Photonik, TU Wien, Wien(AT) | Tailoring of ultrafast pulses in fiber lasers by photonic crystal fibers |
|
10.06 - 27.06.2009 | 3 | Ali Reshak, CZ | Stelios Couris, Univ. Patras |
| |
14.06 – 20.06.2009
| 3 | Mauro Pereira, UK | Marian Marciniak, National Institute of Telecommuni -cations Warsaw | THz QCLs and Waveguides for Telecommunications |
|
01.07 - 08.08.2009
| 1 | Andrzej Stefanski, PL | Prof. Javier Garcia de Abajo, Instituto de Optica - CSIC, Madrid (ES) CSIC, Madrid | Modelling electromagnetic properties of materials |
|
6.07 – 11.07.09
| 3 | Paulo Andre, PT | Dr Marios Nestoros Photonics & Optoelectronics Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cyprus, | Short Term Scientific Mission to Cyprus for thermal measurements
|
|
20.07 -20.10.2009
| 3 | Mr Quang Khai Le, Ghent University, BE | Trevor Benson, Nottingham University | Efficient modelling of optical propagation in nonlinear materials |
|
5.10 – 16.10.2009 |
| Gabriele Incerti University of Tor Vergata – ISCOM Ministry of Economic Development, Rome, | Marian Marciniak, National Institute of Telecommuni -cations Warsaw | Experiments and characterization on Pcf
|
|
16.10 – 03.10.2009
|
| Tomasz Stefaniak University of Warsaw, Poland | Hovik Baghdasaryan, State Engineering University of Armenia, Yerevan(AM), | Numerical modelling of metal-dielectric multi-nanolayers
|
|
16.10 – 25.10.2009 |
| Gil Porat, Tel Aviv University | Kaloian Koynov,Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research,Mainz(DE) | High power characterization of a nonlinear polarization switch |
|
12.07 – 25.07.2010 |
| Dr Jaroslaw Mysliwiec, Wroclaw University of Technology
| Bouchta Sahraoui, University of Angers | All optical and electrical switching in liquid crystalline photochromic polymers
|
|
26.07 – 04.09.2010 |
| Pr Johannes Heitz
| Nicolas Voelcker, Flinders University of South Australia | Sub-Wavelength Photonic Structures for Applications in Cell Biology
|
|
23.08. – 31.08.2010 |
| Dr Jacob Scheuer,Tel-Aviv University,Tel Aviv(IL) ,
| Elyahou Kapon, EPFL, Lausanne(CH)
| Slow-light propagation in semiconductor arrays and its applications.
|
|
01.10. – 31.10.2010 |
| Mr Michael Bergmair, CD Laboratory for Surface Optics, Linz(AT)
| Alexander Fuerbach, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney(AU) | Spectroscopic Ellipsometry on Metallic Gratings and the Energy Density in Absorbing Media
|
|
New PhD positions
