Research in the Division of Laser and Atomic Research and Development

The Laboratory of Laser and Atomic Research and Development has been founded to perform basic research in the field of laser and atomic physics. Using this knowledge and experience, the laboratory has grown up into a larger division with the primary task to expand results from the basic research into applied research and development. Today in the Division of Laser and Atomic Research and Development basic and applied research is performed. Primarily, we perform basic research in the fields of optical thin films and design of sophisticated optical systems. Applied research is a natural continuation of the basic one, so we continue with applied research in these two fields. Additionally, we perform CAD-based research of the optomechanical devices and optoelectronical devices which are used in the development of our own products.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Book chapters
	1. Zorc, Hrvoje. Politika i znanstvena i tehnologijska politika // Systemic Thinking and the Process of Integration of Croatia in European Union / Juraj Bozicevic, editor(s). Zagreb : Hrvatsko drustvo za sustave, 2006. Str. 91-96.
	Scientific papers in CC journals
	1. Gradisnik, Vera; Pavlovic, Mladen; Pivac, Branko; Zulim, Ivan. Transient Response Times of a-Si:H p-i-n Color Detector. // IEEE Transactions on Electron devices. 53 (2006) , 10; 2485-2491 (journal article). 2. Harvey, JE; Krywonos, A; Bogunovic, Dijana. Nonparaxial scalar treatment of sinusoidal phase gratings. // JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A. 23 (2006) , 4; 858-865 (journal article). 3. Janicki, Vesna; Gäbler, Dieter; Wilbrandt, Steffen; Leitel, Robert; Stenzel, Olaf; Lappschies, Marc; Görtz, Björn; Ristau, Dieter; Rickers, Christoph; Vergöhl, M. Deposition and spectral performance of an inhomogeneous broadband wide-angular antireflective coating. // Applied Optics. 45 (2006) , 30; 7851-7857 (journal article). 4. Leitel, Robert; Stenzel, Olaf; Wilbrandt, Steffen; Gaebler, Dieter; Janicki, Vesna; Kaiser, Norbert. Optical and non-optical characterization of Nb2O5-SiO2 compositional graded-index layers and rugate structures. // Thin Solid Films. 497 (2006) ; 135-141 (journal article). 5. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Pavlovic, Mladen; Ivanda, Mile; Gaberscek, Miran; Crnjak Orel, Zorica. Influence of Intercalated Lithium on Structural and Electrical Properties of V2O5, Mixed V/Ce Oxide and Fe2O3. // Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES). 153 (2006) , 1; A122-A126 (journal article). 6. Janicki, Vesna; Wilbrandt, Steffen; Stenzel, Olaf; Gabler, Dieter; Kaiser, Norbert; Tikhonravov, Alexander; Trubetskov, Mikhail; Amotchkina, Tatiana. Hybrid optical coating design for omnidirectional antireflection purposes. // Journal of optics A: Pure and Applied Optics. 7 (2005) ; L9-L12 (journal article). 7. Kovacevic, Ivana; Dubcek, Pavo; Zorc, Hrvoje; Radic, Nikola; Pivac, Branko; Bernstorff, Sigrid. GISAXS characterization of Ge islands on Si (100) substrates. // Vacuum. 80 (2005) , 1-3; 69-73 (journal article). 8. Desnica, Uros; Buljan, Maja; Desnica-Frankovic, Ida-Dunja; Dubcek, Pavo; Bernstorff, Sigrid; Ivanda, Mile; Zorc, Hrvoje. Direct Ion Beam Synthesis of II-VI Nanocrystals. // Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B. 216 (2004) ; 407-413 (journal article). 9. Gracin, Davor; Dubcek, Pavo; Zorc, Hrvoje; Juraic, Krunoslav. Mediun Range Ordering of Amorphous Silicon-Carbon Alloys Studied by GISAXS Spectroscopy and IBA. // Thin Solid Films. 459 (2004) , 1-2; 216-219 (journal article). 10. Masetti, Enrico; Bulir, Jiri; Gagliardi, Serena; Janicki, Vesna; Krasilnikova, Anna; Di Santo, G.; Coluzza, C. Ellipsometric and XPS analysis of the interface between silver and SiO2, TiO2 and SiNx thin films. // Thin Solid Films. 455-456 (2004) ; 468-472 (journal article). 11. Harvey, James E.; Bogunovic, Dijana; Krywonos, Andrey. Aberrations of Diffracted Wave Fields: Distortion. // Applied Optics - OT. 42 (2003) , 7; 1167-1174 (journal article). 12. Pavlovic, Mladen; Desnica, Uros; Fang, Z.-Q.; Look, David C. Thermoelectric Effect Spectroscopy Measurements on Semi-Insulating GaN. // Vacuum. 71 (2003) ; 153-158 (journal article). 13. Pavlovic, Mladen; Santic, Branko; Desnica-Frankovic, Dunja Ida; Radic, Nikola; Smuc, Tomislav; Desnica, Uros V. The Impact of Deep Levels on Photocurrent Transients in Semi-Insulating GaAs. // Journal of Electronic Materials. 32 (2003) ; 1100-1106 (journal article). 14. Pivac, Branko; Pavlovic, Mladen; Kovacevic, Ivana; Etlinger, Bozidar; Zulim, Ivan. UV light induced defects in amorphous silicon thin films. // Vacuum. 71 (2003) ; 135-139 (journal article). 15. Bogunovic, D.; Harvey, J.E.; Krywonos, A. Tolerance on defocus precisely locates the far field (exactly where is that far field anyway?). // Applied Optics. 41 (2002) , 13; 2586-2588 (journal article). 16. Borjanovic, Vesna; Kovacevic, Ivana; Zorc, Hrvoje; Pivac, Branko. Irradiation effects on polycrystalline silicon. // Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 72 (2002) , 1-4; 183-189 (journal article). 17. Janicki, Vesna; Zorc, Hrvoje. Refractive index profiling of CeO2 thin films using reverse engineering methods. // Thin Solid Films. 413 (2002) , 1-2; 198-202 (journal article). 18. Miksic, Vesna; Pivac, Branko; Rakvin, Boris; Zorc, Hrvoje; Corni, F.; Tonini, R.; Ottaviani, G. DLTS and EPR study of defects in H implanted silicon. // Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials & Atoms. 186 (2002) ; 36-40 (journal article).
	Papers in the publishing process
	1. Janicki, Vesna; Sancho Parramon, Jordi; Stenzel, Olaf; Lappschies, Marc; Görtz, Björn; Rickers, Christoph; Polenzky, Christina; Richter, Uwe. Optical characterisation of hybrid antireflective coatings using spectrophotometric and ellipsometric measurements. // Applied Optics. (2007). 2. Janicki, Vesna; Sancho-Parramon, Jordi; Zorc, Hrvoje. Refractive index profile modelling of dielectric inhomogeneous coatings using effective medium theories. // Thin Solid Films. (2007). 3. Sancho-Parramon, Jordi; Janicki, Vesna; Zorc, Hrvoje. Compositional dependence of band-gap for Nb2O5-SiO2 mixture thin films. // Thin Solid Films. (2007). 4. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Pavlovic, Mladen; Dubcek, Pavo; Lucic-Lavcevic, Magdy; Etlinger, Bozidar; Bernstorff, Sigrid. SAXS/DSC Study of Polymer Electrolyte for Zn Rechargeable Nanostructured Galvanic Cells. // Journal of Electrochemical Society. (2007) (accepted for publication).
	Conference papers with international peer-review
	1. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Pavlovic, Mladen; Dubcek, Pavo; Lucic-Lavcevic, Magdy; Etlinger, Bozidar; Bernstorff, Sigrid. SAXS/DSC Study of Polymer Electrolyte for Zn Rechargeable Nanostructured Galvanic Cells // ECS Transactions Vol.2 Iss.20 Nanotechnology / Weidner, J., editor(s). Pennington : The Electrochemical Society, 2007. 11-23 (international peer-review). 2. Kopriva, Ivica; Zorc, Hrvoje; Persin Antun; Lipozencic, Jasna; Pasic, Aida; Kostovic, Kresimir, Loncaric, Martin. Comparative study of PDD fluorescent excitation and image processing methods // 6th International Symposium on Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy in Clinical Practice / H. Kostron, G. Jori, editor(s). (international peer-review). 3. Janicki, Vesna; Lappschies, Marc; Gortz, Bjorn; Ristau, Detlev; Schallenberg, Uwe; Stenzel, Olaf; Kaiser, Norbert. Comparison of gradient index and classical designs of a narrow band notch filter // Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5963. 2005. 5963-60 (international peer-review). 4. Janicki, Vesna; Leitel, Robert; Wilbrandt, Steffen; Stenzel, Olaf; Gabler, Dieter; Kaiser, Norbert. Design of hybrid coatings composed of homogeneous layers and refractive index gradients // Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5963. 2005. 5963-49 (international peer-review). 5. Pivac, Branko; Kovacevic, Ivana; Dubcek, Pavo; Zorc, Hrvoje; Radic, Nikola; Bernstorff, Sigrid. Grazing-incident small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) study of SiO/SiO2 superlattice // Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Semiconductor Nanocrystals, SEMINANO 2005, Vol. 1 / Podor, Balint ; Horvath, Zsolt J. ; Basa Peter, editor(s). Budapest : Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2005. 144-146 (international peer-review). 6. Gradisnik, Vera; Pavlovic, Mladen; Pivac, Branko; Zulim, Ivan. The Transient Photo-dark Current Ratio of a-Si:H p-i-n Photodiode // Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference / Matijasevic, Maja ; Pejcinovic, Branimir ; Tomsic, Zeljko ; Butkovic, Zeljko, editor(s). Zagreb : The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc., 2004. 27-29 (international peer-review). 7. Janicki, Vesna; Zorc, Hrvoje. Determination of refractive index profile of ZrO2 on amorphous and pre-evaporated substrates by reverse engineering // Advances in Optical Thin Films, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.5250 / Amra, Claude ; Kaiser, Norbert ; Macleod, H. Angus, editor(s). Washington, USA : SPIE, 2004. 546-553 (international peer-review). 8. Gradisnik, Vera; Pavlovic, Mladen; Pivac, Branko; Zulim, Ivan. The influence of blue light to a-Si:H photodiode voltage pulse transient response // MIPRO 2003, 26th International Convention : Proceedings / Biljanovic, Petar ; Skala, Karolj, editor(s). Rijeka : MIPRO, 2003. 59-61 (international peer-review). 9. Gradisnik, Vera; Pavlovic, Mladen; Pivac, Branko; Zulim, Ivan. The a-Si:H p-i-n Photodiode Transient Response on Simultaneous Light and Voltage Pulse // Proceedings 39th International Conference on Microelectronics, Devices and Materials, MIDEM 2003 / Pignatel, Giorgio ; Zemva, Andrej ; Sorli, Iztok, editor(s). Ljubljana : MIDEM, 2003. 311-316 (international peer-review). 10. Gradisnik, Vera; Pavlovic, Mladen; Pivac, Branko; Zulim, Ivan. The a-Si:h p-i-n color detector Response Time on Modulated Illumination // Proceedings of Eurocon 2003 / Zajc, Baldomir ; Tkalcic, Marko, editor(s). Ljubljana : IEEE Region 8 Slovenia section, 2003. 122-124 (international peer-review).
	Abstracts in Book of abstracts and unpublished papers
	1. Janicki, Vesna; Sancho-Parramon, Jordi; Zorc, Hrvoje. Refractive index profile modelling of dielectric inhomogeneous coatings using effective medium theories // . (abstract). 2. Sancho-Parramon, Jordi; Janicki, Vesna; Zorc, Hrvoje. Compositional dependence of band-gap for Nb2O5-SiO2 mixture thin films // . (abstract). 3. Capan, Ivana; Dubcek, Pavo; Duguay, S.; Zorc, Hrvoje; Radic, Nikola; Pivac, Branko; Slaoui, A.; Bernstorff, S. Silicon nanoparticles formation in annealed SiO/SiO2 multilayers // Zbornik sazetaka 13. Medjunarodni sastanak Vakuumska znanost i tehnika / Radic, Nikola, editor(s). Zagreb : Hrvatsko vakuumsko drustvo, 2006. 18-18 (abstract). 4. Kostovic, Kresimir; Lipozencic, Jasna; Pasic, Aida; Zorc, Hrvoje; Persin, Antun; Ceovic, R; Hrsan, Damir. Topical photodynamic therapy in the treatment of malignant epidermal precancerous and cancerous lesions // 6th International Symposium on Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy in Clinical Practice / H. Kostron, G. Jori, editor(s). 2006. (abstract). 5. Pavlovic, Mladen; Turkovic, Aleksandra; Dubcek, Pavo; Lucic-Lavcevic, Magdy; Etlinger, Bozidar; Bernstorff, Sigrid. Istrazivanja (PEO)8ZnCl2 Polimernih Elektrolita Pomocu SAXS i DSC Mjerenja // 13. Medjunarodni sastanak Vakuumska znanost i tehnika, Zbornik sazetaka / Radic, Nikola, editor(s). Zagreb, Hrvatska : Institut "Rudjer Boskovic", 2006. 21 (abstract). 6. Puizina-Ivic, Neira; Zorc, Hrvoje; Persin, Antun. PDT protocol improvements in treatment of Actinic Keratosis and Bowen's Disease // 6th International Symposium on Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy in Clinical Practice / H. Kostron, G. Jori, editor(s). 2006. (abstract). 7. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Dubcek, Pavo; Lucic-Lavcevic, Magdy; Pavlovic, Mladen; Crnjak Orel, Zorica; Bernstorff, Sigrid. GISAXS study of temperature evolution in nanostructured CeVO4 films // E-MRS 2006 Fall Meeting Warsaw (Poland), 4th-8th September, 2006, Scientific Programme and Book of Abstracts. Warsaw : Conference Engine@pielaszek research, 2006. 32 (abstract). 8. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Dubcek, Pavo; Pavlovic, Mladen; Lucic Lavcevic, Magdy; Bernstorff, Sigrid. Study of (PEO)8ZnCl2 polymer electrolytes via SAXS and DSC techniques // Anniversary Symposium, 10 Years Austrian SAXS Station at ELETTRA "SAXS on Nanosystems- Science and Technology" / Laggner, Peter, editor(s). Graz : Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2006. 14 (abstract). 9. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Dubcek, Pavo; Pavlovic, Mladen; Lucic-Lavcevic, Magdy, Crnjak Orel, Zorica; Bernstorff, Sigrid. Study of temperature evolution in nanostructured CeVO4 films via GISAXS techniques // Anniversary Symposium, 10 Years Austrian SAXS Station at ELETTRA, " SAXS on Nanosystems- Science and Technology" / Laggner, Peter, editor(s). Graz : Austrian Academy of Science, 2006. 15 (abstract). 10. Pivac, Branko; Kovacevic, Ivana; Dubcek, Pavo; Zorc, Hrvoje; Radic, Nikola. Self-organized growth of Ge islands on Si(100) substrates // 12. Medjunarodni sastanak Vakuumska znanost i tehnika : zbornik sazetaka / Radic, Nikola, editor(s). Zagreb : Hrvatsko vakuumsko drustvo, 2005. 28-28 (abstract). 11. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Pavlovic, Mladen; Ivanda, Mile; Gaberscek, Miran; Crnjak Orel, Zorica. Influence of Intercalated Lithium on Structural and Electrical Properties of V2O5, Mixed V/Ce Oxide and Fe2O3 // The Electrochemical Society INTERFACE, vol.14, No.1 / Rajeshwar, Krishnan, editor(s). Pennington : Cummings Printing Co., 2005. 37-37 (abstract). 12. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Pavlovic, Mladen; Ivanda, Mile; Gaberscek, Miran; Crnjak Orel, Zorica. Influence of Intercalated Lithium on Structural and Electrical Properties of V2O5 Mixed V/Ce Oxide and Fe2O3 // The Electrochemical society, Meeting Abstracts, Ma 2005-01, Quebec City, May 15-20, 2005.?. Pennington : The Electrochemical Society, 2005. 1356-1356 (abstract). 13. Etlinger, Bozidar; Pavlovic, Mladen. Thermally Stimulated Currents on InSe Semiconductor // Book 2, Poster Sessions, IVC-16, ICSS-12, NANO-8, AIV-17 / / Borello, G.P. ; Campani, M., editor(s). Venice, 2004. 942 (abstract). 14. Kovacevic, Ivana; Dubcek, Pavo; Zorc, Hrvoje; Radic, Nikola; Pivac, Branko; Bernstorff, Sigrid. Characterization of Ge islands on Si (100) substrates // Program and Book of Anstracts / Mozetic, M. ; Setina, J. ; Kovac, J., editor(s). Ljubljana : Infokart, d.o.o., 2004. 25 (abstract). 15. Pavlovic, Mladen; Desnica, Uros; Fang, Zhaobang; Look, David. Thermally Stimulated Currents Measurements on Semi-Insulating GaN Thin Films // Program and book of abstracts 10th Joint Vacuum Conference / M. Mozetic, J. Setina and J. Kovac, editor(s). Ljubljana : Infokart, d. o. o., 2004. 77 (abstract). 16. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Pavlovic, Mladen; Ivanda, Mile. Influence of Lithium Doping on Structural and Electrical Properties of Fe2O3 Thin-Films on Glass Substrate // Book 2, Poster Sessions, IVC-16, ICSS-12, NANO-8, AIV-17 / Borello, G.P. ; Campani, M., editor(s). Venice : REDHAT Linux, 2004. 827(2112) (abstract). 17. Gracin, Davor; Jaksic, Milko; Dubcek, Pavo; Zorc, Hrvoje; Juraic, Krunoslav. Medium range ordering of amorphous silicon-carbon alloys studied by GISAXS, optical spectroscopy and IBA // Abstracts of 8th European Vacuum Congress?. Berlin : Deutsche Vakuumgesellschaft, 2003. 86-86 (abstract). 18. Masetti, Enrico; Gagliardi, Serena; Janicki, Vesna; Bulir, Jiri; Di Sarcina, I.; Krasilnikova, Anna; Coluzza, C.; Di Santo, G. Ellipsometric and chemical analysis of the interface between silver and oxides, nitrides and fluorides thin films // 3rd International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Program and Abstracts. Wien, 2003. ThP F42 (abstract). 19. Radman, Ivo; Persin, Antun; Zorc, Hrvoje; Tisaj, Kresimir; Stanisic, Vitomir; Loncaric, Martin; Soldo Roudnicky, Dunja; Radman, Anton. First results of the use of new LED-based light sources on PDD and PDT of Mycosis Fungoides // 5th International Symposium on Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy in Clinical Practice / B. Kramer, H. Kostron, G. Jori, editor(s). Bressanone, 2003. 31 (abstract).
	Dissertations, master thesis
	1. Bogunovic, Dijana. A Nonparaxial Scalar Treatment of Diffraction Grating Behavior / master thesis. Orlando, Florida, USA : School of Optics, 28.06. 2002., 138 pages. Mentor: Harvey, J. E.. 2. Janicki, V. Modeliranje profila indeksa loma tankih slojeva / master thesis. Zagreb : Prirodoslovno-matematicki, 16.07. 2002., 86 pages. Mentor: Zorc, Hrvoje.
	Other papers
	1. Turkovic, Aleksandra; Lucic-Lavcevc, Magdy; Dubcek, Pavo; Pavlovic, Mladen; Bernstorff, Sigrid. Determination of grain sizes and porosity in nanophase vanadium oxide and V/Ce oxides via GISAX, GIWXD and GIXR techniques, 2006. 2. Turkovic, Aleksndra; Dubcek, Pavo; Lucic-Lavcevic, Magdy; Pavlovic, Mladen; Bernstorff, Sigrid. MORPHOLOGY AND CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS OF SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FOR Zn RECHARGEABLE NANOSTRUCTURED GALVANIC CELLS VIA COMBINED SYNCHROTRONE SAXS-DSC TECHNIQUES, 2006.
	Patents
	1. Persin, Antun; Tisaj, Kresimir; Zorc, Hrvoje; Stanisic, Vitomir; Soldo-Roudnicky, Dunja; Agatic, Nenad; Loncaric, Martin; Radman, Anton. Pametni prijenosni kontaktni iluminator za fotodinamicku terapiju povrsinskih tumora. 2. Persin, Antun; Tisaj, Kresimir; Zorc, Hrvoje; Stanisic, Vitomir; Soldo Roudnicky, Dunja; Agatic, Nenad; Loncaric, Martin; Radman, Anton. Portable Illuminator for Photodynamic Diagnostics. 3. Persin, Antun; Tisaj, Kresimir; Zorc, Hrvoje; Stanisic, Vitomir; Soldo Roudnicky, Dunja; Agatic, Nenad; Loncaric, Martin; Radman, Anton. Portable Illuminator for Photodynamic Therapy. 4. Persin, Antun; Tisaj, Kresimir; Zorc, Hrvoje; Stanisic, Vitomir; Soldo-Roudnicky, Dunja; Agatic, Nenad; Loncaric, Martin; Radman, Anton. Mobile Device for Photodynamic Diagnostics and Therapy and Methods. 5. Persin, Antun; Tisaj, Kresimir; Zorc, Hrvoje; Stanisic, Vitomir; Soldo-Roudnicky, Dunja; Agatic, Nenad; Loncaric, Martin; Radman, Anton. MOBILNI UREDjAJ ZA FOTODINAMICKU DIJAGNOSTIKU I TERAPIJU I METODE.