We are excited to announce that Dr. Martin Mičica has joined our group as a senior scientist and project coordinator. His appointment marks a significant addition to our team, and we look forward to benefiting from his expertise and leadership in this role.

Martin completed his PhD in 2020 through a double degree program in collaboration between the Nanotechnology Center at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, and IEMN CNRS, University of Lille, France. His doctoral research focused on various spectroscopic methods in the terahertz and mid-infrared spectral ranges, applied to organic crystals and optically pumped molecular gas terahertz lasers.

Following his PhD, Martin advanced the development of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy at IT4Innovations, the National Supercomputing Center in the Czech Republic. He later served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Physics Laboratory of ENS in Paris, France, where he investigated novel heterostructures composed of 2D materials from the family of transition metal dichalcogenides and topological insulators. His work ranged from characterizing their fundamental optical properties based on thickness (number of monolayers) to measuring terahertz emission from complex multilayers via spin-to-charge conversion and other nonlinear effects.

Additionally, Martin’s research focused on optimizing terahertz photoconductive antennas and thin-film spintronic terahertz emitters, maximizing their performance by utilizing metallic cavities.

His main research interests include ultrafast and terahertz photonics, laser technology, and 2D materials, with a strong emphasis on experimental work.

In our team, Martin will coordinate research on power scaling inside enhancement cavities for femtosecond lasers and temporal dissipative solitons.