In this seminar, I will present the recent laser development at Sofia University, Bulgaria. This includes novel pulsed pico and femtosecond laser sources, as well as their applications in ultrafast laser spectroscopy of materials and laser processing.

Prof Ivan Buchvarov is a researcher in ultra-fast optical processes and technologies, including both the generation of ultra-short pulses in various spectral regions (UV, VIS, NIR and Mid-IR) and their use for Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Optical Phenomena. He received a PhD in Physics from Sofia University, Bulgaria, in 1994. He is an elected member of the Academic Council of Sofia University and the Chair of the directors’ board of the John Atanasoff Center for Bio and Nano Photonics (JAC BNP).