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Dr. doc. Andrius Melninkaitis Phone: +370 684 84 671 |
| Institute / Center |
Laser Research Center (LRC) |
| Research Area |
Physics, Optics |
| Present position |
Senior Research Fellow, Associated Prof. (Docent) |
| Scientific Interests, Keywords |
Laser Optics; Physics of Laser Damage; Digital Holography |
| Most important publications |
Smalakys, Linas, and Andrius Melninkaitis. "Predicting lifetime of optical components with Bayesian inference." Optics express 29.2 (2021): 903-915. Linas Smalakys, Balys Momgaudis, Robertas Grigutis, Simonas Kičas, and Andrius Melninkaitis, „Contrasted fatigue behavior of laser-induced damage mechanisms in single layer ZrO2 optical coating“ Optics Express Vol. 27, Issue 18, pp. 26088-26101, (2019) •https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.026088 Balys Momgaudis, Viaceslav Kudriasov, Mikas Vengris, and Andrius Melninkaitis, “Quantitative assessment of nonlinearly absorbed energy in fused silica via time-resolved digital holography”, Optics Express, Vol. 27, Issue 5, pp. 7699-7711, (2019), •https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.007699 Tomas Tolenis, Lina Grinevičiūtė, Linas Smalakys, Mindaugas Ščiuka, Ramutis Drazdys, Lina Mažulė, Rytis Buzelis, Andrius Melninkaitis, Next generation highly resistant mirrors featuring all-silica layers, Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 10898 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11275-0 |
| Project and/or Grant leadership |
2011 - 2013 Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) - High-Tech Development Programme project - Essential Improvement in Group of Most Important Laser Elements by Enhancement of Optical Resistance and Optimization of Polishing and Metal Oxide Mixture Deposition Technologies (EIGULYS), Leader of University research group |
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Invited talks |
2016: Time-Resolved Damage Effects (22 June 2016 Loews Ventana Canyon , Tucson, Arizona United States) |
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Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
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Erikas Atkočaitis (currently) Dr. Linas Smalakys Dr. Gintarė Batavičiūtė |
| Teaching Courses |
Technologies of Optical and Laser Elements |
| Supervision of Students' Thesis |
Darius Šilinkis - INVESTIGATION OF ABSORPTION LOSS IN OPTICAL COATINGS USING PHOTOTHERMAL INTERFEROMETRY (2022) |
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Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc. |
Attendance in the:
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| Expertise |
Peer reviewer: „Optics express“ (OSA), „Journal of Optics“ (IOP), „Journal of Applied Physics“ (AIP), “Optics & Laser Technology” (Elsevier), „Optical engineering“ (SPIE) „Chinese Optics Letters“ (OSA), „Lietuvos Fizikos Žurnalas“ |
| Awards |
2013 SPIE Laser Damage - Best Oral Presentation (Boulder, Colorado, JAV) 2012 m. SPIE Laser Damage - Best Poster Presentation. (Boulder, Colorado, JAV) 2012 m. Vilnus University - Young Scientist of the Year |
| Science popularization: scientific and educational activities |
Various invited lectures about lasers in public schools |