Topic: Nanostructured optical fibers and their applications

Lecturer: Prof. Mateusz Smietana, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Time: September 23rd, 2025, 16:00-17:00, UTC+8

Venue: Room 707, Desheng Building, Mafangshan Campus

Organizer: State Key Laboratory of Fiber Optic Sensing and Network Technology

Biography: Mateusz Smietana received the B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (with distinction), and D.Sc. degrees in electronics from the Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, in 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2014, respectively. He received a Professor title from the President of Poland in September 2022. Since March 2006, he has been with the Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he assumed the position of Full Professor in October 2022. Since May 2023, he has served as the leader of the Lukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Poland. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, and Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada, and a visiting professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, from 2018 to 2019. In 2011, he visited Stanford University, USA, under the TOP500 Innovators Program of Poland. Professor Smietana has received scholarships from various European and Canadian institutions, including the Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists (2011). He has led or participated in over 30 research projects, co-authored more than 200 journal and conference papers along with several monograph chapters, and has been honored with more than 30 scientific awards, including multiple recognitions at International Exhibitions of Inventions.

Abstract: Progress in the development of optical systems requires innovative solutions, also in optical fiber technology. This talk will be focused on fiber modifications at the nanoscale developed at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, and the free-form fiber concept together with its advancements introduced in recent years by the research team at Lukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Poland. Both concepts can be considered as enabling solution for the challenges faced in various aspects of the development of optical systems. During the talk, nanostructured fibers and fiber-based devices will be shown and described indicating their current and future applications.

Rewritten by: Mei Mengqi

Edited by: Li Huihui, Li Tiantian

Source: State Key Laboratory of Fiber Optic Sensing and Network Technology