Recent research projects:

• Laser spectroscopic and resonant nonlinear optical measurements on rare-earth doped single crystals.
• Investigation of diffractive optical elements and waveguides fabricated by ion implantation.

Instrumentation:

• Vibration isolated optical tables
• He-Ne, Ar ion and semiconductor (980 nm) lasers
• Phase contrast and polarization microscopes
• Measuring setup for holograms produced by two and four-wave mixing
• Z-scan measurement setup
• Optical setup for laser spectroscopic measurements