Biography
Ivan Divliansky is currently a Group leader at the College of Optics and Photonics – CREOL at UCF. His current research interests include high-power laser beam combining, diffractive phase elements, diode and fiber lasers systems design, and implementation of volume Bragg gratings in different photonics areas.
Dr. Divliansky graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering /Materials Science from The Pennsylvania State University in 2004 performing research related to photonic crystals and their fabrication using holography and nano-fabrication. Before that he earned his B.S. and M.S. from the Physics department of Sofia University, Bulgaria. His M.S. thesis research focused on stimulated Raman processes in optical fibers.
Dr. Divliansky has authored one book chapter, co-authored three patents, is an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Lasers, Optics & Photonics and also frequent referee for Optics Express, Optics Letters, Applied Optics, and other peer review journals. His papers have been cited over 1000 times by other authors.
Experience
- High-power laser beam combining
- Volume Bragg gratings
- High-power diode and fiber laser systems design and construction
- Spectral narrowing of laser systems
- Fabrication of ultra-selective volume Bragg gratings
- Volume phase masks
- Femto-second two-photon processes
- Raman scattering in optical fibers
- Electron beam lithography and nano-fabrication
Education
- Ph.D. – Electrical Engineering – Materials, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- M.S. in Physics – Quantum Electronics and Laser Technique, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
- B.S. in Physics, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Work Experience
Group leader: University of Central Florida – College of Optics and Photonics: CREOL & FPCE
- High-power laser spectral beam combining
- High-power laser diodes – modification of transverse and spectral properties via external cavities
- Volume Bragg gratings and their applications
- Micro- and nano-optical elements created via analog e-beam lithography
- Leica EBPG 5000 Electron-beam lithography system supervisor
Postdoctoral Research Scientist: Nano-Photonic Materials Laboratory – University of Central Florida – College of Optics and Photonics: CREOL & FPCE
- Multi-photon three-dimensional microfabrication of photonic structures
- Confocal one- and multi-photon fluorescent microscopy
- Development of CAD/CAM opto-mechanical system for multi-photon microfabrication
Graduate Research Assistant: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center – The Pennsylvania State University
- Fabrication of two- and three- dimensional photonic crystals using holographic lithography
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy – instrument modification; characterization of surfaces
- Design of compact three-dimensional beam splitter for interference holography
- Simulations of multiple-laser beam interference
- Replication of polymer templates via electrodeposition of semiconductor materials
Research Scientist: Fiber and Non-Linear Optics Laboratory – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Theoretical research on Bragg gratings written within optical fibers Graduate Research Assistant: Institute of Laser Technique – Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Stimulated Raman Scattering in multimode optical fibers pumped with excimer laser pulses
- Temporal and spatial simulations of Stimulated Raman Scattering in multimode optical fibers
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Publications
I. Divliansky, F. Kompan, E. Hale, M. Segall, A. Schülzgen, and L.B. Glebov "Wavefront shaping optical elements recorded in photo-thermo-refractive glass" Applied Optics, 58(13), pp. D61-D67 (2019)
I. Divlianksy, E.R. Hale, M. Segall, and L.B. Glebov "Achromatic complex holograms for laser mode conversion" Optics Express, 27(1), pp. 25-239 (2019)
M. Kang, A.M. Swisher, A.V. Pogrebnyakov, L. Liu, A. Kirk, S. Aiken, L. Sisken, C. Lonergan, J. Cook, T. Malendevych, F. Kompan, I. Divliansky, L.B. Glebov, M.C. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, C.G. Pantano, T.S. Mayer, and K.A. Richardson "Ultralow dispersion multicomponent thin-film chalcogenide glass for broadband gradient-index optics" Advanced Materials, 30(39). 1803628 (2018)
E.R. Hale, I.B. Divliansky, and L.B. Glebov "Passively Q switched dual channel Tm:YLF laser by intracavity spectral beam combination with volume Bragg gratings" Optics Express, 26(13), pp.16670-16678 (2018)
S. Mokhov, D. Ott, V. Smirnov, I.B. Divliansky, B.Y. Zeldovich, and L.B. Glebov "Moiré apodized reflective volume Bragg grating" Optical Engineering 57(3), 037106 (2018)
F. Kompan, I.B. Divliansky, V. Smirnov, L.B. Glebov "Holographic lens for 532 nm in photo-thermo-refractive glass" Optics and Laser Technology, 105, 265-267 (2018)
O. Mhibik, S. Forget, D. Ott, G. Venus, I. Divliansky, L.B. Glebov, and S. Chenais "An ultra-narrow linewidth solution-processed organic laser" Light-Science & Applications 5, e16026 (2016)
D. Ott, M. SeGall, I. Divliansky, G. Venus, L.B. Glebov "High-contrast filtering by multipass diffraction between paired volume Bragg gratings" Applied Optics 54(31), pp.9065-9070 (2015)
M. SeGall, I. Divliansky, C. Jollivet, A. Schülzgen, L.B. Glebov "Holographically encoded volume phase masks" Optical Engineering, 54(7), pp.076104 (2015)
S. Kaim, S. Mokhov, D. Ott, I. Divliansky, J. Lumeau, V. Smirnov, B.Y. Zeldovich, L.B. Glebov "Saturation of multiplexed volume Bragg grating recording" Journal of the Optical Society of America A 32, pp.22-27 (2015)
B Anderson, G Venus, D Ott, I Divliansky, JW Dawson, DR Drachenberg, MJ Messerly, PH Pax, JB Tassano, and LB Glebov "Fundamental mode operation of a ribbon fiber laser by way of volume Bragg gratings" Optics Letters 39(22), pp. 6498-6500 (2014)
S. Mokhov, D. Ott, I. Divliansky, B. Zeldovich, and L. Glebov "Moire volume Bragg grating filter with tunable bandwidth" Optics Express 22(17), pp. 20375-20386 (2014)
Daniel B. Ott, Ivan B. Divliansky, Marc A. SeGall, and Leonid B. Glebov "Stabilization system for holographic recording of volume Bragg gratings using a corner cube retroreflector" Applied Optics 53(6), pp. 1039-1046 (2014)
Daniel Ott, Ivan Divliansky, Brian Anderson, George Venus, and Leonid Glebov "Scaling the spectral beam combining channels in a multiplexed volume Bragg grating" Optics Express, 21(24), pp. 29620 (2013)
Marc SeGall, Daniel Ott, Ivan Divliansky, and Leonid B. Glebov "Effect of aberrations in a holographic system on reflecting volume Bragg gratings" Applied Optics, 52(32), pp.7826-7831 (2013)
Peter Hofmann, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Daniel Ott, Marc SeGall, Ivan Divliansky, Julien Lumeau, Larissa Glebova, Leonid Glebov, N. Peyghambarian, and Axel Schulzgen "Strong Bragg Gratings in Highly Photosensitive Photo-Thermo-Refractive-Glass Optical Fiber" IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 25, 25 (2013)
Y. Shen, I. B. Divliansky, D. N. Basov, and S. Mookherjea "Electric-field-driven nano-oxidation trimming of silicon microrings and interferometers" Optics Letters 36(14), pp. 2668-2670 (2011)
S. Zlatanovic, J.S. Park, S. Moro, J.M. Chavez Boggio, I.B. Divliansky, N. Alic, S. Mookherjea and S. Radic "Mid-infrared Wavelength Conversion in Silicon Waveguides Using Ultracompact Telecom-band-derived Pump Source " Nature Photonics 4, pp. 561 - 564 (2010)
M.L. Cooper, G. Gupta, J.S. Park, M.A. Schneider, I.B. Divliansky, and S. Mookherjea "Quantitative Infrared Imaging of SOI Microring Resonators" Optics Letters, 35, pp. 784-786 (2010)
Amitabh Ghoshal, Ivan Divliansky, and Pieter G. Kik "Experimental observation of mode-selective anticrossing in surface-plasmon-coupled metal nanoparticle arrays" Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 171108, 2009 (2009)
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