National and International Projects Completed at the Department of Quantum Electronics
1998-2000 "Development and contraction of nanosecond laser system for T-jump apparatus" funded by TEMPUS Project of the Laboratory of Thermodynamics and Physicochemical Hydrodynamics, Chemical Department, Sofia University. Coordinator: Prof. Ivan Buchvarov
1999-2000 "Optical Control and Data Acquisition in Laser Vapor Deposition System commissioned by the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy," Department of Semiconductors (project funded by INCO-COPERNICUS, grant ERBIC 15CT960757. Coordinator: Prof. Ivan Buchvarov
1999-2000 "Multiple charged optical vortex solitons," funded by Science foundation of Sofia University, grant 247/1999. Coordinator: Prof. A. Dreischuh
1999-2001 "Development of compact high power laser sources for mobile systems for remote sensing and control" funded by the National Fund for Structural and Technological Policy of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science. Coordinator: Prof. Ivan Buchvarov
1999-2001 "Nonlinear optical switching in volume and periodical structures," F-803. Funded by NSF-Bulgaria . Coordinator: Prof. Solomon Saltiel
2000-2001 "Dynamics and interactions of ring dark solitary waves: Methods for an effective control" funded by Science foundation of Sofia University, grant 316/2000, Coordinator: Prof. A. Dreischuh
2003-2007 "Cascaded processes in Nonlinear Optics. New methods and applications." F-1201. Funded by NSF-Bulgaria. Coordinator: Prof. S. Saltiel
2003-2007 "Generation and interaction of phase dislocations in the ultrashort laser beams/pulses", F-1303, funded by NSF-Bulgaria, Coordinator: Prof. A. Dreischuh
2005-2006 “Singular optics of polychromatic light,” Project LX0666552/2005 (Linkage International) funded by the Australian Research Council, Australia, Bulgarian Coordinator: Prof. A. Dreischuh
2007-2008 Project "Nonlinear dynamics of spatial phase dislocations in photorefractive nonlinear media" funded by Science foundation of Sofia University, grant 150/2007, Coordinator: Prof. A. Dreischuh
2007-2009 “Laser system for amplification of femtosecond pulses” ČĐÍČ-17/03.05.07. Project is founded by NSF-Bulgaria. Project coordinator: Prof. N. Minkovski
2007–2010 “Second Order cascaded nonlinear optical processes for all optical photonic devices” - ÁČí-2/06. Bi-lateral project funded by Indian government and NSF-Bulgaria. Project coordinators: Prof. N. Minkovski and Prof. P. Datta
2009-2010 “Amélioration de la qualité des lasers femtoseconde utilisant la génération de polarisation croisée.” RILA - 4/209, Bi-lateral project funded by Egide-France and NSF-Bulgaria. Project coordinators: Prof. N. Minkovski and Prof. Olivier Albert
2009-2011 “Linear and nonlinear interactions of ultra-short pulses with sub-micrometer structures,” DO-02-0114/2008. Coordinator: Prof. I. Christov. Project is funded by NSF-Bulgaria