Laser Physics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules, and Plasma

Activity

Research Area

• Research and development of new laser sources and their applications;
• Femtosecond lasers and applications;
• Nonlinear optics;
• Plasma physics and gas discharge, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS);
• Analytical atomic spectroscopy, archaeometry;
• Quantum control and quantum computing;
• Quantum optics;
• Manipulation of laser-cooled atoms using external fields.

Applications

The listed scientific areas address specific goals, priority directions, and topics of national and European strategies and programs.

• Cultural and historical heritage;
• National identity and the development of society’s culture;
• Energy and energy efficiency, effective utilization of natural resources;
• Information and communication technologies.

Partnerships

International Scientific Collaboration

• Romania – National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest
• Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
• Framework cooperation agreement with New Technologies – Research Centre (NTC), University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Framework cooperation agreement with the National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics (INOE 2000), Măgurele, Romania

Membership in Organizing and Program Committees of Scientific Forums

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. I. Yordanova is co-chair of the Organizing Committee of the

23rd International School on Condensed Matter Physics
“Recent Progress in Advanced Materials and Applications”,
26–30 August, Varna, Bulgaria, 2024.

• Chief Assist. Prof. Dr. V. T. Atanasova is a member of the Organizing Committee of the

23rd International School on Condensed Matter Physics
“Recent Progress in Advanced Materials and Applications”,
26–30 August, Varna, Bulgaria, 2024.

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. B. T. Torosov is a member of the Organizing Committee of the international conference

Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light,
23–28 June, Nessebar, Bulgaria, 2024.

• Prof. Dr. K. A. Temelkov is chair of the Organizing Committee of the

XXVII Winter Seminar “Interdisciplinary Physics”
for young scientists and PhD students from institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
07–08 December, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria, 2024.