Institute of Physical Engineering

Institute of Physical Institute of Physical EngineeringEngineering

Technická 2896/2616 69 Brno

Tel.:+420 541 142 820 fax:+420 541 142 842

e-mail: [email protected] web: physics.fme.vutbr.cz


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DepartmentDepartmentss

Full professors – 5 Associate professors – 9 Assistant professors – 11 Research assistants – 13 Technicians and administrative staff - 6

StaffStaff

Department of Optics and Precise Mechanics Department of Solid State Physics and Surfaces Department of Micromechanics of Materials and

Engineering Acoustics

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Study Study BranchesBranches

Basic physics courses in bachelor and master programs: Physics I, Physics II, Selected chapters of physics

Lectures in Physical Engineering and Precise Mechanics and Optics study branches

Lectures on specific topics of metrology and mechatronics

Lectures in PhD. study programs

TeachingTeaching

Physical Engineering Precise Mechanics and Optics PhD. study program Physical and Material Engineering

Ústav fyzikálního inženýrstvíInstitute of Physical EngineeringInstitute of Physical Engineering

Number of students 80 bachelor and master students 40 PhD. students


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Physical Engineering(bachelor and master study)

Study branch has an inter-disciplanary character (cooperation with the Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University Brno) is a combination of engineering and physical courses prepares engineers students to work in areas that overlap the boundaries of several disciplines and where the physics ideas play an important role

In master study the student may specialize in engineering optics surface and thin film physics and engineeringand may spend one semester studying abroad. Graduates are trained to apply optoelectronics in design of fine machines and instruments utilize optical methods in metrology introduce and use new high-tech technologies and nanoscience Research oriented graduates from master program may continue in PhD. study of Physical and Materials Engineering program.


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Precise Mechanics and Optics(masters study)

Study branch covers technical optics precise mechanics computer support in engineering

Students may spend one semester studying abroad.

Graduates are trained to apply optoelectronics in design of fine machines and instruments utilize optical methods in metrology introduce and use new high-tech technologies use computers for engineering design

Research oriented graduates from master program may continue in a PhD. study program.


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Science and Science and ResearchResearch

Institute of Physical EngineeringInstitute of Physical EngineeringDepartment of Optics and Precise MechanicsDepartment of Optics and Precise Mechanics

Optical microscopy, particularly holographic optical microscopy

Laser spectroscopy (LIBS and LIBS+LIFS methods) Optical tomography Scalar diffraction theory and kinematical diffraction

theory Holographic interferometry Interferometric measurements of optical elements and

systems Rigorous numerical method for analysis and design of

photonic elements Developement of micro positioning mechanismsLaboratoriesLaboratories Laboratory of optical microscopy Laboratory of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and

capillary discharges Laboratory of coherent optics Laboratory of optical measurements Laboratory of optical diffraction


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ProjectsProjects International projectsSynchrotrone-Elettra Trieste program X-ray imaging of heavy metal hyper-accumulation in

vegetal tissues by microradiography (2003-2004) Experimental investigation of a new aproach in

phase-contrast computed microtomography (2006)

Ústav fyzikálního inženýrstvíOdbor optiky a přesné mechaniky



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ProjectsProjects National projectsCzech Science Foundation

Profiling of surfaces by means of holographic confocal microscopy (1998-2001)

Modern methods for analysis of optical waveguide devices (1998-2001)

Microscopy with the local probe held by optical forces (2000-2002)

Realization of the laboratory instrument for surface roughness measurements by holographic interferometry (2001-2003)

Optical and mechanical properties of DLC:Si thin films prepared by PECVD method (2001-2003)

Study of plasma created by capillary discharges (2002-2004)

Image reconstruction of three-dimensional objects by the methods of holographic confocal microscopy (2004-2006)

Realization of a laboratory digital spectrophotometer for a wide spectral region (2004-2006)

Multidimensional optical tomography of phase objects (2006-2008)



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ProjectsProjects National projects

The Fourier methods in diffraction theory and in structure analysis (2000)

Theory of three-dimensional image formation in microscopy (2002)

System for optical tomography designated for 3D visualization of phase objects (2002)



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Ministry of Education of ČR - Fund of Development of Universities

Ministry of Education of ČR – research plans

Advanced functionally gradient and nanostructured materials, co-investigator Miroslav Liška (1999-2004)

Simulation modeling of mechatronic systems , co-investigator Miroslav Ohlídal (2003-2007)

Inorganic nanomaterials and nanostructures. Formation, analysis, properties. Co investigators Radim Chmelík and Jozef Kaiser (2005-2010)

ProjectsProjects National projectsGrant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of ČR

Combined usage of laser micro-beam cytometric techniques in study of structure and dynamics of human genome (2002-2006)

Ministry of Industry of ČR

Analysis of optical properties of solar cells (2006-2009)



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Ministry of Education of ČR - COST

Modeling of optical properties of photonic crystals (2003-2007)

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Imaging of optical inhomogenities in glasses



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Optical inhomogeneities in a projection of jewellery product made by a press-and-injection process. Visualization of the inhomogeneities in the image has been performed by means of a spatial filtering method with an edge filter.

X-ray imaging of heavy metal hyperaccumulation in vegetal tissues by microradiography


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3D reconstruction of a root of Dyplotaxis erucoides.

Modelling of a linear waveguide in photonic crystalExamples of Examples of studiedstudied

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Imaging of biological samples by holographic microscope


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Scheme of image reconstruction in transmission holographic microscope. The specimen was the tumor cell K4.

CooperationCooperation Membership in organizing committee of regular “Czech-Polish-Slovak” optical conferences

Chairmanship in professional section “Fine Mechanics and Optics” and organizer of regular seminars of the section

Cooperation on organizing regular conferences at anniversaries of starting the optical production at Meopta Přerov

Cooperation with many Czech universities and institutes of the Academy of Sciences of ČR

Cooperation with industrial partners (PRECIOSA a.s., EUROTEC k.s., ON SEMICONDUCTOR ČR a.s, …)

InternationaInternational Contactsl Contacts

University of L‘Aquila, Italy Synchrotone Elettra Trieste, Italy University of Pécs, Hungary Universita degli Studi di Parma, Italy Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy in

Dortmund, Germany Queen Mary University of London, UK Cancer Research UK, London, UK



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Interest in Interest in cooperationcooperation

Reflected light and transmission microscopy of moving objects Monitoring of the geometrical precision of optical surfaces by the

method of phase shifted interferograms Development and design of precise micro-positioning

mechanisms Analysis of optical properties of thin films, digital holography and

optical profilometry Rigorous numerical methods for analysis and design of

waveguide elements



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Institute of Physical Institute of Physical EngineeringEngineeringDepartment of Solid State Physics and Department of Solid State Physics and SurfacesSurfaces

Study of the formation of early phases of thin films Thin layers of metals and their oxides Magnetic (ultra)thin films/multilayers and 1D-0D

nanostructures Superstructures and ultra thin films of Ga and wide-band

gap semiconductors Fabrication of nanostructures by nanolitography and

their application in a study of transport properties and plasmonics

Development of analytical techniques and methods for characterization of surfaces, thin films and nanostructures (UHV STM/AFM, TOF-LEIS, XPS, SIMS, spectral ellipsometry and reflectometry, LEED/AES, …)LaboratoriesLaboratories Newly built clear rooms (purity class < 100 000)

Laboratory of scanning probe microscopy Laboratory of surfaces, ultrathin films and in-situ

characterization Laboratory of ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) and

ion beam etching


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ProjectsProjects International projectsContact

Synthesis of GaN expitaxial layers, BUT and Arizona State University (1999-2001)

Application of STM and STS for the study of atomic surface structures, BUT and Vienna University of Technology (2001-2002)

A study of the formation of very first layers of thin films by STM and STS, BUT and Vienna University of Technology (2004-2005)

Application of TOF-LEIS for analysis of ultrathin films, BUT and Linz University (2003-2004)

TOF-LEIS in analysis of ultrathin films, BUT and Linz University (2005-2006)

Institute of Physical Institute of Physical EngineeringEngineeringDepartment of Solid State Physics and Department of Solid State Physics and SurfacesSurfacesphysics.fme.vutbr.cz

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ProjectsProjects International projectsSynchrotrone-Elettra Trieste program Depth profiling of ultrathin layered structures (2003)

Photoemission study of Ga (GaN) ultrathin layers and nanostructures (2004)

Photoemission study of Ga superstructures and ultrathin films (2005)

Photoemission study of Ga superstructures and ultrathin films – the influence of hydrogen (2006)


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Aktion

Application of STM and STS for the study of atomic surface structures, BUT and Vienna University of Technology (2000)


Ministry of Education of ČR – Research centres

Structures for the fundamental research – structures for nanophotonics and nanoelectronics, principle investigator Tomáš Šikola (2006-2010)

Czech Science Foundation

Study of ultrathin layers by photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray optical reflection (2002-2004)

Design and construction of a UV optical instrument for in situ monitoring of surface homogenity of thin films grown by IBAD (2002-2004)


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Ministry of Education of ČR– research plans

Progressive functionally gradient and nanostructured materials, co-investigator Tomáš Šikola (2000-2004)

Inorganic nanomaterials and nanostructures, , co-investigator Tomáš Šikola (2005-2010)



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Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of ČR

Nanoscience and nanotechnology by probe microscopes: from atomic scale phenomena to material properties (2004-2008)

Complex UHV apparatus



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Design and application of a ultra-high vacuum apparatus for the preparation and in situ analysis of surfaces and ultrathin films. The apparatus has been used for a successful low-temperature synthesis of GaN ultrathin films.

UHV STM/AFM microscope



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Design and application of a UHV STM/AFM microscope. The ultrahigh vacuum compatible design of the STM/AFM microscope built in a cooperation with Tescan Ltd.

Nanostructures fabricated by local atomic oxidation of a silicon surface

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Application of atomic force microscopy for the fabrication of nanostructures. Nanostructures with minimum dimensions of tens nanometers have been built by the local anodic oxidation method into various materials (Ti, Si, GaAS, Al,...).

CooperationCooperation


Salford University, UK Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Aston University, UK Vienna University of Technology, Austria Arizona State University, USA University of Linz, Austria Synchrotone Elettra Trieste, Italy Stanford University, USA

Department is a regular organizer of the international summer schools on science and technology at nanoscale

Department is a member of the Czech-Nanoteam group and co-organizes its regular workshops

Cooperation with institutes of the Academy of Sciences of ČR, mainly Institute of Physics in Prague and Institute of Scientific Instruments in Brno

Department cooperates with many departments of Universities in ČR

Cooperation with industrial partners (Tescan, FEI, On Semiconductor)


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Modification and Analysis of Surfaces Research on Thin Films Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Design of Scientific Instruments Vacuum Technology


Institute of Physical Institute of Physical EngineeringEngineeringDepartment of Micromechanics of Department of Micromechanics of Materials and Engineering AcousticsMaterials and Engineering Acoustics

Atomistic, mesoscopic and microscopic models of deformation and fracture

Experimental investigation of uniaxial and multiaxial mechanical fatigue

Quantitative fractography Measuring of elastic and inelastic properties of materials Measuring noise in working and living environment

LaboratoriesLaboratories Laboratory of micromechanics Accredited Acoustic Testing Laboratory No.1016


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ProjectsProjects National projectsCzech Science Foundation

Analysis of fracture along segregated grain boundaries in bicrystals and polycrystals (2002-2005)

Multiscale approach to relationships between mechanical and microstructural characteristics of materials (2006-2008)

Application of quantitative fractography and stereology to crack path analysis in biaxial fatigue (2006-2008)

Role of grain boundary morphology and chemistry in intergranular fracture (2006-2008)

Damage prediction of structural materials using cohesive models (2006-2008)

Solution of general stress concentrators in anisotropic heterogenous media via combination of FEM and continuously distributed dislocation technique (2006-2008)

Institute of Physical Institute of Physical EngineeringEngineeringDepartment of Micromechanics of Department of Micromechanics of Materials and Engineering AcousticsMaterials and Engineering Acousticsphysics.fme.vutbr.cz

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National projectsMinistry of Education of ČR - research plans

Advanced functionally gradient and nanostructured materials, co-investigators Jaroslav Pokluda and Pavel Šandera (2000-2005)

Simulation of mechatronic systems, co-investigators Jaroslav Pokluda, Pavel Šandera (2005-2009)

Ministry of Industry of ČR

New cement composites for building elements and constructions (2002-2004)

Ministry of Education of ČR - COST

Two-scale analysis od stress distribution under a nanoindentor tip (2006-2008)

Ministry of Education of ČR - Fund of Development of Universities

Innovation of the course Noise and Vibration (2006)

ProjectsProjects

Institute of Physical Institute of Physical EngineeringEngineeringDepartment of Micromechanics of Department of Micromechanics of Materials and Engineering AcousticsMaterials and Engineering Acousticsphysics.fme.vutbr.cz

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Ab-initio calculation of mechanical properties of cubic and hexagonal crystals

The total energy per atom as a function of the interplanar distance and the plane shift for the <110>{111} shear


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Quantitative fractography of steels fracture by multiaxial fatigue

3D micrograph of fracture surface of steel (crystallographical axes in a selected point are marked)


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Measurement of shielding properties of the noise barrier


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Measurement of the noise load on workers in a manufacturing plant


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CooperationCooperation

Austrian Academy of Siences, Austria Polytechnic University Opole, Poland Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia University of Bologna, Italy

Periodic conference MSMF (Material Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture)

Co-organisation of annual international conferences Nano (Nano-section of the CSNMT)

Seminars of the Czech Acoustic Society Periodic lectures at the Summer Schools on Fatigue of Materials

in Žilina cooperation with many Czech Universities Cooperation with industrial partners (Siemens Industrial

Turbomachinery s.r.o.)


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Theory and experiment of nanoindentation process Ab initio modelling mechanical properties of crystals Experiment and theory in multiaxial fatigue of materials Fractography in multiaxial fatigue Experiment and theory of shape-memory alloys Acoustic measurements of materials characteristics, components

and structures


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Future and Future and Perspectives Perspectives


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Combining educational and research activities on international level

Innovation of courses provided and development of modern study methods (e-learning)

Increasing the number of courses taught in English and internationalization of the study through various international programs

Development of all three departments and related scientific areas

Increasing of the quality of research and publication activities

Intensification of participation of foreign students, professors and researchers in institute’s life

Participation of the institute in international scientific programs

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