The research group from the Optoelectronics Department of the Warsaw University of Technology
The main stream of research methods of the research group from the Optoelectronics Department of the Warsaw University of Technology is created with the design and characterization of optical elements and devices, which allows the use of inclusive games in sensory structures and systems or systems for optical telecommunications using WDM techniques. Research topics of the Joint Team on individual single elements (such as single sensor elements) as well as entire scaled photonic systems and experimental validation of structure changes. The team also has extensive experience in integrating scalable photonics into optical systems.
The team has both software for the design and simulation of photonic integrated circuits, as well as measurement sets allowing for full electro-optical characterization of integrated photonic structures in the visible light (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) spectral ranges. As part of the HYPHa project, the team participates in the design and study of the properties of elements and optical systems based on the developed technology of SiOx:TiOy waveguide layers, including are both passive elements, such as integrated optical filters, and active elements, such as optically pumped amplification elements. The team will also lead the work aimed at constructing sensory system demonstrators and an integrated optical signal source based on the technology developed in the HYPHa project.
Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt (Team leader)
Received his Ph.D. degree in Material Sciences from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, in Tarragona, in Spain in the year 2015. In 2013, he made a research stay at the Optoelectronic Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, England. From 2015-2021, he worked as a Senior Scientist at Samara National Research University, Russia. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, and leading a HYPHa project. He is the author of more than 130 research papers in high-ranked journals. Research interests are optical waveguides, plasmonic sensors, diffractive optics, and optical filters.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0829-4886
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56577571600
Dr. Sc. Eng. Ryszard Piramidowicz, Prof. WUT
Received his PhD degree (2000), habilitation (2013) from the Warsaw University of Technology. Associate professor at the Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, WUT, since 2021 head of the Optoelectronics Division of the Institute. 2008-2020 deputy director for research and contact person for industrial partners. 2020 graduate of MBA studies at Warsaw University of Technology. Author of >450 reviewed journal and conference publications. Scientific expertise covers research and development of novel active materials for photonics, optical spectroscopy, solid-state laser engineering, photovoltaics, fiber-optic communication and integrated photonics. Scientific experience complemented by nine years of work for R&D branch of Polish Telecom (1998-2003 and 2006-2010). Since 2021 prof. Piramidowicz has been working as an expert in the field of photonic integration technologies for VIGO Photonics, a leader in the mid-infrared photon detectors (and a member of Photonics21). He is also a president of the board of LightHouse Sp. z o. o., a spin-off company of WUT, established in 2022. Prof. Ryszard Piramidowicz was involved in >40 national-funded research projects covering the field of optical spectroscopy of laser materials, laser technique, fiber-optic communication and integrated photonics. He was also involved in several EU-funded collaborative research projects. Currently is leading four R&D projects in the field of integrated photonics, optical sensing and fiber lasers technology.
Dr. Eng. Andrzej Kaźmierczak
Graduated from Łódź University of Technology (Poland) in 2002. Between 2002 and 2006 he was a PhD student at Łódź Univ. of Technology and at Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France), obtaining his Ph.D. in 2007. He worked at Multitel research and innovation center in Mons (Belgium) in 2006-2009, and at TNO research center in Delft (the Netherlands) in 2011-2012. Since 2015 Dr. Kaźmierczak works as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology. He is an author of more than 60 scientific papers and conference presentations (IF=64.8, h=10). He has been a team member in 10 research projects (national and international funded). His main scientific interest is the waveguide and integrated optics with a special emphasis on sensor and telecom applications.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3606-3516
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35329833900
Dr. Eng. Anna Jusza
Received her PhD degree (2018) from the Warsaw University of Technology. Since 2012 she is employed in Optoelectronic Division, Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, initially as R&D Specialist (2012-2015), then assistant (2015-2019), and finally, as assistant professor (2019-present). She is also a member of the board of LightHouse Sp. z o. o., a spin-off company of WUT, established in 2022. Her research competencies of cover investigations of novel active materials for photonic applications, optical spectroscopy of solid-state laser materials, laser technique, fiber-optic communication, and integrated photonics as well, with specific emphasis put on optical spectroscopy. She has been involved in more than 15 research projects in the last decade, either as a leader, vice-leader, or principal investigator. She is also major author or co-author of more than 150 papers and conference presentations.
Dr. Eng. Stanisław Stopiński
Received his PhD degree in 2014 from Eindhoven University of Technology after following joint PhD studies at EUT and WUT. Since 2012 he is an assistant professor at IMO WUT, currently in the position of assistant professor. He is also a technical manager of EEDH (Eastern Europe Design Hub, a center for design and characterization of photonic integrated circuits) and a member of the board of LightHouse Sp. z o. o.,
(a spin-off company of WUT, established in 2022). He is a specialist in the field of modeling, design and characterization of ASPICs for optical communication systems, sensor networks and systems, optical gyroscopes and bio-medical applications. He designed more than 60 ASPICs, including two prepared for integration with driving electronic integrated circuits (ASICs).
M.Sc. Eng. Krzysztof Anders M.Sc.
Received his MSc degrees in Electronics in 2008, PhD defense planned for beginning of 2023. Since 2009 he is working as an R&D specialist and a research assistant at WUT. He is also a member of the board of LightHouse Sp. z o.o., a spin-off company of WUT, established in 2022. He is an expert in UV-VIS-NIR-MIR spectroscopy of optically active materials, measurements of glass and polymer fiber-optics elements and systems, modeling and development of fiber lasers and amplifiers, InP-based photonics integrated circuits
M.Sc. Muhammad Shahbaz
Received his master’s degree in Electronics Science & Technology from Taiyuan University of Technology, China in 2020. He worked as a lecturer at a polytechnic institute (Muhammad Shafi Education Complex, Karachi-Pakistan). Currently, he is working as a research assistant on the HYPHa project at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. Research interests are integrated photonics systems and sensors.
M.Sc. Paweł Bortnowski
Graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology (M.Sc. 2018). He authored a master thesis entitled “Optical fiber-based laser with Tm3+ ion doping”, completed at Optoelectronics Division, Insititute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, WUT. Since 2018 r. he is enrolled to doctoral studies at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology. He is an author for 15 conference presentations and contributor to 3 research projects. His main scientific intersts include waveguide optical amplifiers and lasers, laser spectroscopy and photonic integrated circuits.
https://zo.imio.pw.edu.pl/pbortnowski
M.Sc. Łukasz Kozłowski
Graduated from Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology (B.Sc. 2020, M.Sc. 2022). He authored master thesis entitled “Analysis of the possibility of metal coating of silica glass optical fibers for sensor applications”. Since 2022 he works as a research assistant for HYPHa project at WUT. His scientific interests include design and simulation of photonic integrated structures for sensor applications.
The research group from the Optoelectronics Department of the Warsaw University of Technology deals with the following issues as part of the HYPHA project:
– design of integrated photonics components and systems: team members have extensive experience in the design and simulation of both single integrated photonic devices and integrated circuits containing many such devices, e.g. FDTD, FEM and BPM methods.
– characterization and testing of photonic integrated circuits: at the disposal of the team is the Laboratory of Fiber Optic Photonics of the Warsaw University of Technology and the Laboratory of Instrumental Photonics and Combined Photonics of the Warsaw University of Technology, with equipment that allows electro-optical characterization of integrated photonic structures in the spectral range from 400 nm to several µm. The laboratory equipment includes light sources (tunable lasers, SLED sources), detectors, optical power meters, spectral analyzers (OSA) for the range from 400nm to near infrared, optomechanical elements, e.g. precise 3D sliding tables allowing for positioning input light beams with accuracy below 100 nm.
– spectral characterization of active elements: thanks to access to the resources of the Laboratory of Laser Spectroscopy of Photonic Materials of the Warsaw University of Technology, the Team is able to study the properties of active elements in the range from 200 nm to 10 µm.
– designing systems containing photonic integrated circuits: the team has knowledge and experience in the implementation of integrated photonic structures as elements of optical systems, e.g. sensory (both as optical measuring transducers and reading devices for optical sensors) or for optical telecommunications using WDM techniques (transmitters, receivers, multiplexers), which allows you to create demonstrators of such systems.
2022
- Muhammad Ali Butt, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Paweł Karasiński, Magdalena Zięba, Daria Hlushchenko, Tomasz Baraniecki, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Ryszard Piramidowicz, Małgorzata Guzik, Alicja Bachmatiuk
Development of a low-cost silica-titania optical platform for integrated photonics applications.
Optics Express, 30 (2022), 23678-23694
IF = 3.833
10.1364/OE.460318 - Muhammad Ali Butt, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Paweł Karasiński, Magdalena Zięba, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Maria Zdończyk, Łukasz Duda, Małgorzata Guzik, Jacek Olszewski, Tadeusz Martynkien, Alicja Bachmatiuk, Ryszard Piramidowicz
Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques—Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status.Materials, 15 (2022), 4591/1-4591/25
IF = 3.748
10.3390/ma15134591 - Andrzej Kazmierczak, Muhammad Ali Butt, Magdalena Zięba, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Paweł Karasiński, Ryszard Piramidowicz
Towards the most convenient configuration of integrated photonic sensor for implementation in SiO2:TiO2 sol-gel derived waveguide film technology.
Optical Sensing and Detection VII, edited by Francis Berghmans, Ioanna Zergioti, Proceedings of SPIE, 12139 (2022), 1213908
10.1117/12.2622209 - Muhammad Ali Butt, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Katarzyna Wojtasik, Paweł Karasiński, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Ryszard Piramidowicz
Subwavelength Grating Waveguide Structures Proposed on the Low-Cost Silica–Titania Platform for Optical Filtering and Refractive Index Sensing Applications.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (2022), 6614/1-6614/15
IF = 6.208
10.3390/ijms23126614 - Muhammad Ali Butt, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Paweł Karasiński, Edyta Środa, Jacek Olszewski, Piotr Pala, Tadeusz Martynkien, Daria Hlushchenko, Tomasz Baraniecki, Alicja Bachmatiuk, Anna Jusza, Małgorzata Guzik, Ryszard Piramidowicz
HYPHa project: a low-cost alternative for integrated photonics.
Photonics Letters of Poland, 14 (2022), 25-27
IF = 0.571
10.4302/plp.v14i2.1145
2021
- Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Svetlana N. Khonina, Muhammad Ali Butt, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Ryszard Piramidowicz
A numerical investigation of a plasmonic sensor based on a metal-insulator-metal waveguide for simultaneous detection of biological analytes and ambient temperature.
Nanomaterials, 11 (2021), 2551/1-2551/14
IF = 5.719
10.3390/nano11102551 - Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Muhammad Ali Butt
Why slot and hybrid plasmonic waveguides are ideal candidates for sensing applications?
Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications, 15 (2021), 195-206
IF = 0.441
https://oam-rc.inoe.ro/articles/why-slot-and-hybrid-plasmonic-waveguides-are-ideal-candidates-for-sensing-applications/ - Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Svetlana N. Khonina, Muhammad Ali Butt, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Ryszard Piramidowicz
State-of-the-Art Optical Devices for Biomedical Sensing Applications—A Review.
Electronics, 10 (2021), 973/1-973/29
IF = 2.690
10.3390/electronics10080973 - Svetlana N. Khonina, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Muhammad Ali Butt, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Ryszard Piramidowicz
Plasmonic sensor based on metal-insulator-metal waveguide square ring cavity filled with functional material for the detection of CO2 gas.
Optics Express, 29 (2021), 16584-16594
IF = 3.833
10.1364/OE.423141 - Muhammad Ali Butt, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Svetlana N. Khonina
Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide-Based Racetrack Integrated Circular Cavity for Refractive Index Sensing Application.
Electronics, 10 (2021), 1419/1-1419/12
IF = 2.690
10.3390/electronics10121419 - Muhammad Ali Butt, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Cuma Tyszkiewicz, Paweł Karasiński, Ryszard Piramidowicz
Mode Sensitivity Exploration of Silica–Titania Waveguide for Refractive Index Sensing Applications.
Sensors, 21 (2021), 7452/1-7452/14
IF = 3.847
10.3390/s21227452
The awarded Team associated with the HYPHa project: Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt, Dr. Eng. Andrzej Kazmierczak, Dr. Eng. Anna Jusza, Dr. Sc. Eng. Ryszard Piramidowicz, prof. WUT,
Dr. Eng. Stanisław Stopiński, M.Sc. Eng. Krzysztof Anders.
Team award of the1st degree of JM Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology for scientific achievements: research and development on photonic integrated systems for applications in optical (telecom and datacom), sensor and metrological systems. Their statement of origin is the systematic increase in the position of the IMiO WUT research team among joint activities dealing with the design and development of photonic integrated circuits, as well as 11 research projects in the field of integrated optoelectronics, conducted in 2020-2021 (including the HYPHa project), 20 scientific and conference papers and 20 PICs designed, manufactured, and characterized (including 4 property rights protection topographies) in 2020-2021.
WUT Team member (M.Sc. Eng. Łukasz Kozłowski) presenting a poster at ATAM Conference, Wrocław, Poland.
Team leader (Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt) presenting a poster at SEIA’2022 conference
on Corfu, Greece.
M.Sc. Eng. Paweł Bortnowski presenting a poster at IWASOM Conference, Gdańsk, Poland.
M.Sc. Eng. Krzysztof Anders presenting our photonic integrated circuits portfolio at STL Conference in Karpacz, Poland.
Prof. Ryszard Piramidowicz presenting an invited talk at STL Conference, Karpacz, Poland.
Dr. Eng. Andrzej Kaźmierczak during discussion after presenting an opening lecture at KKE Conference, Darłowo, Poland.
Prezentacje na konferencjach
1. P. Karasiński, C. Tyszkiewicz, R. Piramidowicz, A. Kaźmierczak, “Development of integrated photonics based on SiO2: TiO2 sol-gel derived waveguide layers: state of the art, perspectives, prospective applications”, Oral presentation at Photonics Europe 2022, Strasbourg, France (online event).
2. M.A. Butt, A. Kazmierczak, A. Jusza, C. Tyszkiewicz, P. Karasinski, R. Piramidowicz, Silica-titania integrated photonic structures for multiparameter sensors applications. Oral talk at Integrated Optics-Sensors, Sensing structures and Methods IOS’2022, Feb 28- Mar 4, 2022, Szczyrk, Poland.
3. A. Kaźmierczak, M.A. Butt, M. Zięba, C. Tyszkiewicz, P. Karasiński, R. Piramidowicz, Towards the most convenient configuration of integrated photonic sensor for implementation in SiO2:TiO2 sol-gel derived waveguide film technology. Oral presentation at Photonics Europe 2022, 3-7 April 2022, Strasbourg, France
4. A. Kaźmierczak, Integrated photonics for sensor applications – history, state of the art, perspectives (Fotonika scalona w zastosowaniach sensorycznych ‐ historia, stan obecny, perspektywy). Opening plenary lecture at 21st National Conference on Electronics
(XXI Krajowa Konferencja Elektroniki: KKE), 5-9 June 2022, Darłowo, Poland
5. M.A. Butt, A. Kaźmierczak, A. Jusza, C. Tyszkiewicz, P. Karasiński, R. Piramidowicz, Analysis of possibility of application of SiO2:TiO2 waveguides technology for construction of integrated multichannel photonic sensors (Analiza możliwości zastosowania technologii światłowodów scalonych SiO2:TiO2 do konstrukcji scalonych wielokanałowych sensorów fotonicznych). Oral presentation at 21st National Conference on Electronics (XXI Krajowa Konferencja Elektroniki: KKE), 5-9 June 2022, Darłowo, Poland
6. K. Anders, A. Jusza, M.A. Butt, R. Piramidowicz, Low phonon glasses and polymer composites doped with erbium – a comparative study. Oral presentation at The Seventh International Workshop on Advanced Spectroscopy and Optical Materials, 10-15 July 2022, Gdańsk, Poland
7. R. Piramidowicz, A. Jusza, K. Anders, M. A. Butt, R. Łyszczek, P. Mergo, Luminescent polymer composites doped with rare-earth elements. Invited talk at The Seventh International Workshop on Advanced Spectroscopy and Optical Materials, 10-15 July 2022, Gdańsk, Poland.
8. Ł. Kozłowski, A. Kazmierczak, M.A. Butt, R. Piramidowicz, Waveguide structures based on a low-cost silica-titania optical platform for sensing applications. Presented at Symposium on Advanced Technologies and Materials 6-9 September 2022, Wroclaw, Poland.
9. A. Jusza, M.A. Butt, M. Gil-Kowalczyk, R. Łyszczek, P. Mergo, R. Piramidowicz, Luminescent hybrid materials for visible light sources. Poster presented at 9th International Workshops on Photoluminescence of Rare-Earth: Photonic Materials and Applications PRE’22 (PRE 2022) 11-14 September 2022, Szczawnica, Polska
10. R. Piramidowicz, S. Stopiński, K. Anders, A. Jusza, A. Paśnikowska, M. Słowikowski, A. Kaźmierczak, M.A. Butt, Fotoniczne układy scalone – technologie, aplikacje, trendy. Invited talk presented at XII Sympozjum Techniki Laserowej STL 2022, 19-23 September 2022, Karpacz, Polska.
11. P. Bortnowski, A. Jusza, K. Anders, A. Kaźmierczak, M.A. Butt, P. Mergo, R. Piramidowicz, Analiza właściwości emisyjnych w zakresie UV i VIS jonów tulu w niskofononowych szkłach i kompozytach polimerowych. Poster presented at XII Sympozjum Techniki Laserowej STL 2022, 19-23 September 2022, Karpacz, Polska.
12. M.A. Butt, A. Kaźmierczak, C. Tyszkiewicz, P. Karasinski, R. Piramidowicz, Recent advances in the realization of a low-cost integrated photonic platform via a sol-gel dip-coating method. Presented at 8th International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA’2022), 21-23 September 2022, Corfu, Greece.
13. A. Kaźmierczak, M.A. Butt, L. Kozlowski, M. Shahbaz, R. Piramidowicz, P. Karasinski, C. Tyszkiewicz, J. Olszewski, A. Bachmatiuk, Perspectives of developing low-cost optical sensor structures with SiO2: TiO2 waveguide films. Presented at 4th Interdisciplinary FNP Conference 6-7 October 2022, Warsaw, Poland.