ACADEMICIAN EMIL DJAKOV INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS
BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
72, Tzarigradsko chaussee blvd, 1784-Sofia, Bulgaria

PERSONAL PAGE of Prof. P. A. ATANASOV, Corr. Member of BAS
 
   
CURRICULUM VITAE

    

P.Atanasov

   

   

PETAR ASENOV ATANASOV, Dr.Sc.

Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

LABORATORY MICRO AND NANO PHOTONICS
Institute of Electronics - BAS

    

Office address:
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Institute of Electronics (IE)
72, Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd.
Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
tel: (+3592) 979 5861; fax: (+3592) 975 3201
e-mail:

Personal:
born: November 03, 1942
Bulgarian citizen
married

Foreign languages:
English, Russian, native - Bulgarian

Degrees:
1967 MS (Phys.) Sofia University, BG
1977 PhD Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, "Investigation of conventional CO2 lasers and their application to plasma diagnostics"
1990 DSc Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, "Self-sustained gas-discharge CO2 lasers: physics, devices, applications"

Academic experience:
2008−now Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2008 Visiting Professor Keio University, Japan (2 months), Keio Global Centre of Excellence
2006 Visiting Professor Keio University, Japan (2 months), 21st Century Centre of Excellence
2002−2003 Visiting Professor Keio University, Japan (10 months), JSPS
1999−2000 Visiting Professor Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Madrid (7 months), NATO
1999 Visiting professor Technical University, Sofia (part time), lecturing on Physics II (6 months)
1997−1998 Visiting Professor Chiba University, Japan (5 months)
1993−now Professor Institute of Electronics (IE), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
1982−92 Assoc. Professor IE − BAS
1970−82 Res. scientist IE − BAS
1995−1999 Lecturer Technical University, Sofia, branch in Sliven (part time), "Lasers − physics and applications"
1979−1989 Supervisor and lecturer Ministry of Industry and Technology (part time) "Lasers −physics and industrial applications"
1975−1977 Assistant Professor Phys. Dept., Sofia University (part time),"Radio−technique"
1977−1981 Lecturer Inst. for Foreign Students, Sofia (part time), "General Physics"
1974 Visiting Scientist MIT, Res. Lab. of Electronics, Ma. USA
1971 Visiting Scientist Institute of General Physics, Moscow (1 month)
1967−70 Physicist IE − BAS

Industrial experience:
1991 project development engineer CB Lasertechnik GmbH, Germany
1993 project development engineer CB Lasertechnik GmbH, Germany

Awards:
2009 National Award for Sciences "Pythagoras 2009" of the Ministry of Education and Science, Bulgaria
2008 Award of the name of "Academician Emil Djakov" for the excellent scientific achievements during 2007 in the field of Radio sciences, Quantum electronics and Physical electronics
2006 Award of the name of "Academician Emil Djakov" for the excellent scientific achievements during 2005 in the field of Radio sciences, Quantum electronics and Physical electronics
1984 Award of the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Professional recognition and activities:
2003−2006 IST−2001−39112 project, NANOPHOS − "Nanostructured Photonic Sensors", 5th FP, EU
1999−2004 PRIMUS project No 13N7710/6, funded by BMBF, Germany
1998−2002 INCO Copernicus PL 978043 project, IMPULSENET − "Inter−European net on pulsed laser deposition of optical and magnetic thin films", EU
1999−2000 NATO grant, IO, CSIC, Madrid, Spain (7 months), NATO
1996 Facility grant (CHGE−CT92−007), Inst. of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Greece
1981−now Bilateral International projects for scientific cooperation − 22
1982−now Sponsored Research, 23 projects funded by Bulg. Acad. of Sci., DFG − Germany, EU, Nat. Coincil for Sci. Res. at the Ministry of Sci. & Education − Bulgaria, NATO
1983−1990 Development of 9 projects for Bulgarian industry
1982 Referee for Optical Engineering, AIP journals, Appl. Surf. Sci., Optics Communications, IEE Proc. − Optoelectronics, Opt. Engineering, etc.
1995−2007 Chair of the Bulgarian Chapter of the International Soc. for Optical Engineering, SPIE
1995−now Member of the Int. Adv. Comm. of GCL−HPL Symposia: Germany, Russia, Poland, Italy, Czech Rep., Austria, Portugal, Bulgaria
1995 Member of the Int. Adv. Comm. of NATO Advanced Study Institute "High Power Lasers − Science and Engineering", Czech Rep.; Member of the Int. Adv. Comm. of Int. Symp. on Advanced Materials for Optics and Optoelectronics, ALT'95 Czech Rep.
1990,1992 Head of the Organizing & Advisory Committee of 6th and 7th School on Quant.Electron., Varna and Sofia, Bulgaria
1990 Editor of Proc. of 6th Int. School on Quant. Electron, "Lasers − Physics and Applications", WSPCo, Singapore
1992 Editor of Proc. of 7th Int. School on Quant. Electron, "Lasers − Physics and Applications", Sofia, Proc. of SPIE, v. 3092, 3571, 4397, 5226, 5830, 6604, USA

International expertise:
2008 Evaluator for achievements of the Global Centre of Excellence for 2007−2008, Keio University, Japan
2006 Evaluator for achievements of the 21st Century Centre of Excellence for 2002−2006, Keio University, Japan
2002−now Czech Rep. National Foundation, Czech Rep.
2000−2003 Expert of 5th FP, GROWTH, EU

Summary of contributions:
1969− 201 refereed contributions, 5 chapters in monographies, 6 patents
1980− 100 invited and contributed papers presented on Int. and Nat. conf. in 14 countries

Professional service:
1993-1999 Director of the Institute of Electronics, BAS
1983- Head of Laboratory on "Gas lasers and laser technologies", IE - BAS
1982- Supervisor of 15 PhD theses
1982- Supervisor of 10 MS theses.

Membership:
E-MRS, Bulgarian Phys. Union, the Int. Soc. for Opt. Engineering - SPIE, Sci. Council on "Radiophysics, physical and quantum electronics", Sci. Council of the Institute of Electronics, BAS, Faculty Council of the Technical Univ., Sofia branch in Sliven, Member of Sci. Council on "Physics", LIA (Laser Institute of America)

Principal areas of research:
  • Photonics and Nanotechnologies: Experimental and theoretical study of the interaction of pulsed and ultrashort laser radiation with matter;
  • Nanostructuring;
  • Plasmonics;
  • Pulsed laser deposition and processing of rare-earth doped optical waveguides and passive optical films;
  • Thin magnetic films;
  • Sensorics.

Recent most important achievements:
  • Samples of Au-coated ZnO nanorod arrays with different average diameters were successfully prepared by PLD on Si substrates. High SERS enhancement was observed. The Raman spectra of Rhodamine 6G (R6G) as low as 1 nM were measured with an average diameter of 400 nm at an excitation wavelength of 532 nm.
  • Surface nanostructuring of different substrates. Experimental and theoretical results on the properties of the optical field enhancement in the near field zone of gold nanoparticles excited by ultrashort laser pulse.
  • Experimental and theoretical elucidation of the physical mechanisms of nanoparticle generation during ablation of metals (e.g. Al, Ni) with ultrashort laser pulses in vacuum.
  • Butane sensitive elements based on the light waveguide propagation into a thin or periodically structured ZnO film.
  • CO2 sensitive elements based on the light waveguide propagation into a thin TiO2 film.
  • Refractometric elements consisting of a side-polished single-mode optical fiber covered by a pulsed laser deposited ZnO thin film for NH3 sensing element.

    

    

    

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