• Optical measurement of pH in microscopic samples
  • Biological samples unfold into single-protein details in the laboratory of Nano Optics.
  • The laboratory operates the National standard time and its frequency and it implements the national time scale UTC (TP), which is involved in the creation of the Co-ordinated Time UTC.
  • Fiber lasers can achieve better pump-absorption efficiency by unconventional coiling of the active fiber.
  • Highly sensitive measurement of endogenous luminescence of organisms enables non-invasive monitoring of oxidative stress
  • Optical Biosensors can be used, for example, in medical diagnostics, food quality control or environmental monitoring.

News update

Registration for WSOF 2025 is now open
Registration for the 8th Workshop on Special Optical Fibers and their Applications (WSOF), which will be held April 7-10, 2025 in Prague, is now open.
70 years of industrial development and knowledge: ÚFE celebrates its anniversary
Optical biosensors, fiber lasers, nano-optics, semiconductors and nanomaterials, as well as diagnostics and therapy using electromagnetic waves. This is the research scope of the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, which was founded in January 1955. More in the press release (in Czech only).
Pavel Honzátko represented ÚFE at the annual membership meeting of the Czech Optical Cluster
On 27 and 28 November, the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS in Brno hosted the annual membership meeting of the Czech Optical Cluster and the follow-up workshop Photonics and Strategic Cooperation. Pavel Honzátko represented our institute.
ÚFE marks 70 years since its foundation
ÚFE marks 70 years since the start of its research activities. The first event marking the 70th anniversary of the ÚFE took place on 26 November at Villa Lanna in Prague's Bubeneč.
Miroslav Miler received an award from the Czech Standards Agency
The Czech Agency for Standardization awarded former scientist Miroslav Miler for the promotion and development of standardization.
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The annual conference, held at the Castle Hotel in Třešt’, this time included a block of presentations related to the LasApp project.

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In the Laboratory of the National Time and Frequency Standard, we create exact time and implement the national time scale UTC (TP).
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The team is engaged in the research of photonic and plasmonic (nano) structures and functional biomolecular files, the development of optical measuring methods and systems, the study of biomolecular interactions and detection of chemical and biological agents in areas such as medical diagnostics, food quality control or environmental monitoring.

Research covers the high power fiber lasers and their use for material processing, medicine and nonlinear optics.

Activities of the department are focused on the characterization of materials and structures destined for use in optoelectronics and microelectronics. Major attention has been paid to III-V materials, binaries GaP, InP, GaAs and GaSb, ternaries InGaP, AlGaAs and quaternary InGaAsP.

The team explores novel paths to future electrodynamic and electronic therapeutic and diagnostic methods in biotechnology and medicine. Team develops new theoretical methods and nanotechnology enabled experimental tools to analyze both active and passive electromagnetic properties of biomaterials from the level of molecules to tissues.

The newly established Nano Optics group focuses on advancing the knowledge of light-matter interactions below the diffraction limit of light as well as development of novel experimental methods that address current topics in biology, biophysics, and biochemistry.

Research in the Time and Frequency Department is focused on ultra-sensitive short-term frequency stability measurement at low radio frequency in ambient temperature, both in time and frequency (spectral) domains. Research also concerns applications of the dual-mixer time-difference multiplication method in accurate measurement of short time-delays in electronic components.

IPE carries out fundamental and applied research in the scientific fields of photonics, optoelectronics and electronics. In these fields, IPE generates new knowledge and develops new technologies.

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