Head of Laboratory
Professor, Ph.D. Minakova Ksenia Oleksandrivna
The Interdepartmental Research Laboratory of Optics and Photonics of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Computer Modeling, Applied Physics and Mathematics of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” has a wide range of measuring and technological equipment for conducting fundamental research in the field of optics, photonics and materials science – research and improvement of solar energy systems, and development of new materials to increase their efficiency; solving a wide range of problems of physical materials science, in particular, the development of elements for protecting electronic equipment from electromagnetic radiation pulses.
Currently, the laboratory staff is developing a design solution for a portable hybrid solar installation based on gallium arsenide solar cells with a solar radiation concentration system for autonomous water heating and providing electrical power to radio-electronic equipment in the absence or damage to the power grid and a constructive portable solution of a flexible solar battery based on cadmium telluride, adapted for placement on clothing and field equipment, equipped with an energy storage device for autonomous power supply of radio-electronic equipment in field conditions, a number of new functionally active device smart structures are being created for the needs of microwave micro- and nanoelectronics based on research into the influence of electromagnetic pulses on the parameters of kinetic processes of switching states between high and low electrical conductivity in semiconductor film systems based on cadmium telluride, the result of which should be a sample of a microelement for protecting microwave radio-electronic equipment from destructive pulses of electromagnetic radiation.
An important feature of the laboratory is the presence of the SunBrick solar radiation simulator manufactured by G2V Optics, which has an internationally confirmed certificate of compliance with class A standards. The presence of such a device allows for certified research of solar elements energy systems in the range of simulated solar radiation power from 100 to 1000 W/m2, which in terms of spectral composition corresponds to terrestrial solar radiation in the AM1.5G mode, which creates broad opportunities for cooperation with foreign partners, industrial enterprises and innovative companies to implement research results into practical application.
In addition to the solar simulator, there are measuring instruments – a characteriograph, an optical spectrophotometer, a metallographic microscope, optical and microwave pulse generators that allow for a wide range of research into the optical and electrical properties of semiconductor materials, compounds and devices based on them.
The laboratory also has technological equipment, in particular three vacuum installations in which the methods of thermal vacuum and magnetron sputtering are implemented to obtain thin-film functional layers of semiconductor compounds and metals, equipment for carrying out processes preparation of substrates for thin film deposition and annealing.