DP-USZ (Szeged, Hungary)
The University of Szeged is the largest university of Hungary outside Budapest. Its internationally renowned research groups participate in high quality education as well as organize and conduct basic and applied research in various areas. Besides the deep theoretical and experimental knowledge of laser physics and optics accumulated during the last four decades in Szeged, the majority of our publications nowadays are in the fields of laser matter interactions in many forms (linear and nonlinear propagation, surface processing, bio-medical applications, and ionisation physics). The most important research groups relevant to optics and lasers are the High Intensity Laser Laboratory (HILL), the TeWaTi Group, the LaserMatter Interaction Group and the Ablation Group. USZ IP hosts two high-power laser systems (HILL at 248 nm and Tewati at 800 nm), which are the only high intensity laser systems in Hungary. Besides, a large number and high variety of diagnostic equipment (various spectrally resolved interferometers, time-of-flight spectrometer, mass spectrometer, NMRI, atomic force microscope, scanning microscope, electron microscope, profilometer) along with their in house experts are available mostly at the Departments and the Faculty. In the last decade a wide interdisciplinary cooperation had been established of natural sciences and various related biomedical disciplines in order to exploit the potential of laser based techniques, in medical applications. Part of this cooperation is the strengthening collaboration between the Institute of Physics of USZ and several clinics of the Health Centre of USZ. The University of Szeged and the Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy along with its industrial partners are engaged in biotechnology, and leaders of diverse biomedical, preclinical and clinical research and development in the region.
Excellence: Research and development of ultrashort pulse ultraviolet excimer lasers and infrared Ti:sapphire lasers. Research with ultrashort laser pulse propagation, focusing and diagnostics, plasma physics, lasermaterial processing, time-resolved spectroscopy, photoacoustic spectroscopy and bio-medical applications (including application of lasers in dermatology and ophthalmology).
Address:
UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED / Department of Physics (USZ)
Dóm tér 9.
H-6720 Szeged
Hungary
Phone: +36 62 420154
