Power of light
HiLASE centre invite proposals for access to the Perla C and Bivoj lasers and LIDT and LSP target areas for the period 10/2017-9/2018. The deadline for submissions was prolonged till Thursday, 31st August, 2017, 12 pm (noon).
The Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space Ofir Akunis with his delegation visited the ELI Beamlines and HiLASE laser centres in Dolni Brezany on the 26th of June 2017.
The minister was welcomed by the director of the Instute of Physics Michael Prouza. The beginning of his visit was devoted to the presentation of the ELI scientific mission presented by the ELI Beamlines manager Roman Hvezda and was followed by Lukáš Masopust and his presentations of the laser centre HiLASE and the Central Bohemia region presentation.
In short discussion, it was told about successful Czech-Israeli cooperation and Minister Akunis expressed the hope that the Czech-Israeli cooperation will continue also within the centers ELI and HiLASE.
Afterwards, the delegation visited the ELI and HiLASE laser and experimental halls.
On Friday, April 28th, 2017, the Director General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Mr. Robert-Jan Smits together with Mrs. Martina Dlabajova, the Czech Member of the European Parliament visited HiLASE Centre.
HiLASE Centre becomes a new member of the Association of Laser Users (AILU) which is run by and for the laser community. Its membership extends over five continents and is made up of laser users in industry and academia as well as by manufacturers and suppliers of lasers and laser-related equipment and services.
The AILU e-newsletter, a monthly publication, is AILU’s new initiative to provide short news items and topical information quickly to laser users and those in associated fields.
Read HERE the Issue 105, April 2017, where HiLASE Centre is presented by Dr. Tomas Mocek.
On February 13-14, 2017, the first meeting of the Scientific and Industrial Advisory Committee (SIAC) was held at HiLASE in Dolní Břežany. The SIAC is included in the organizational structure of the HiLASE centre as an independent body playing the role of advisory group of experts from top-ranking research institutions. SIAC was established in 2016 and meets within 2-day meeting at least once a year, or more frequently if necessary.
The main goal of the kick-off meeting was related to approval of open access rules and assist with setting and preparation of the calls for proposals on regular basis. Moreover, the visit of the AB members focused on assessment of the Centre within a semi-operational period in the year 2016. The meeting was convened by the Head of the Centre Dr. Tomas Mocek and the SIAC members prof. Andrei Kanaev, prof. Valdas Sirutkaitis and prof. Marta Castillejo were presented. They were joined by the Open Access manager and the Leaders of individual research programmes.
SIAC members:
prof. Andrei Kanaev (France) – professor at the laboratory of Sciences of Processes and Materials under the national Center for Scientific Research in France
prof. Valdas Sirutkaitis (Lithuania) – Head of Quantum Electronics Department at Vilnius University
prof. Marta Castillejo (Spain) – Professor, PhD degree in Physics from Complutense University of Madrid, acted as management Committee member of the European Laser Consortium LASERLAB EUROPE
We are pleased to share with you the 14th issue of the ELI Beamlines Newsletter, where you can find what was happening at HiLASE in 2016 as well.
You can read the new issue of the ELI Beamlines Newsletter right now and here.
A group of 10 Senators from Czech Parliament visited ELI Beamlines on Monday , January 30th, 2017. They were invited by the director of IoP Jan Řídký. The project manager Roman Hvězda presented the goals and research activities of ELI Beamlines a HiLASE projects. After the discussion the senators had the opportunity to visit ELI and HiLASE laser halls. Martin Smrz presented HiLASE laser technologies and their applications in the industry.
Team HiLASE wishes you good health, personal joy, professional success and satisfaction in the New Year 2017.
In December 2016, Dr. Inam Mirza published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) (IF = 5.228) the paper called: „Ultrashort pulse laser ablation of dielectrics: Thresholds, mechanisms, role of breakdown“. In this research, clear connections have been established between the thresholds and mechanisms of the damage and white-light generation upon femtosecond laser irradiation of wide-bandgap transparent materials. The experimental results demonstrate co-existence of several ablation mechanisms which can be separated in time, that is also supported by sophisticated numerical modeling.
The HiLASE Centre has been granted a 6-year project entitled “Advanced designing of functional materials: From mono- to BI- And TRI-chromatic excitation with tailored laser pulses” (Acronym BIATRI) under the Operational Programme of Research, Development and Education (OP VVV) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic, Call “Excellent Research Teams”. The project leader is Professor Nadezhda Bulgakova, the leader of the Research Program 4 at HiLASE.
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