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Dr. Vytautas Jukna |
| Institute / Center |
Laser Research Center (LRC) |
| Research Area | Nonlinear optics, laser-matter interaction |
| Present position |
Associate Professor, Senior researcher at Laser research center, Vilnius University |
| Scientific Interests, Keywords | Laser plasma interaction; Nonlinear optics; Ultrashort pulse propagation in nonlinear medium, lamentation; Parametric light generation, amplifi cation; Conical waves; Numerical simulations. |
| Links to External Profile | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vytautas-Jukna https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4S3CeHIAAAAJ&hl=lt&oi=ao |
| Most important publications |
1. G. Point, Y. Brelet, A. Houard, V. Jukna, C. Milian, J. Carbonnel, Y. Liu, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Superfilamentation in air, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (22), 223902 (2014). 2. A. Dubietis, G. Tamošauskas, R. Šuminas, V. Jukna, A. Couairon, Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in bulk condensed media, Lith. J. Phys. 57 (3), 113-157 (2017) 3. M.N. Quinn, V. Jukna, T. Ebisuzaki, I. Dicaire, R. Soulard, L. Summerer, A. Couairon, G. Mourou, Space-based application of the CAN laser to LIDAR and orbital debris remediation, EPJ ST 224 (13), 2645-2655 (2015). |
| Project and/or Grant leadership | 1. Investigation of laser matter interaction with high frequency pulse burst which are generated by a controllable pulse burst generator, European Regional Development Fund according to the supported activity `Attracting scientists from abroad to carry out resear- ch\ under Measure No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718, granted from Research Council of Lithuania. 2018-2022, project leader 2. Vector and vortex Bessel beams for microfabrication of transparent materials, Rese- arch Council of Lithuania, 2018-2019, under research program "Development of students' ability to carry out R & D activities" project leader 3. Vector Mathieu type nondifracting and nondispersing femtosecond duration beams in transparent dielectrics, Research Council of Lithuania, 2018-2018, under research prog- ram "Development of students' ability to carry out R & D activities" project leader 4. Geometrical phase elements and various beams generation by them experimental ana- lysis, Research Council of Lithuania, 2017-2018, under research program "Development of students' ability to carry out R & D activities" project leader 5. Extreme wave stimulation through generation of second harmonic with phase mis- match, Research Council of Lithuania, 2012, under research program "Development of students' ability to carry out R & D activities" project leader 6. Conical waves and their linear propagation, Research Council of Lithuania, 2010, un- der research program "Development of students' ability to carry out R & D activities" project leader |
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Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
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2020 - 2024 Ernestas Nacius (PhD student, Vilnius Univeristy). |
| Teaching Courses | Laser matter interaction, Optical information processing methods. |
| Supervision of Students' Thesis |
2020 - Atėnė Valiulytė (bachelor student, Vilnius University) 2020 - Tomas Montvydas (master student, Vilnius Univeristy). 2018 - Darius Pundzius (master student, Vilnius University). 2018 - Ernestas Nacius (master student, Vilnius University). 2018 - Justas Baltrukonis (master student, Vilnius University). 2018 - Vitalis Vosylius (master student, Vilnius University). 2019 - Ignas Lukošiūnas (bachelor student, Vilnius Univeristy). 2016 - Sylvain Albert (master student, PhD student, Ecole Polytechnique). 2015 - Vu Dinh Long (master student, Ecole Polytechnique). 2012 - Karolis Kalantojus (bachelor student, Vilnius Univeristy) 2011 - Emilis Pileckis (bachelor student, Vilnius University). 2010 - Kristina Kristinaitytė (bachelor student, Vilnius Univeristy). 2009 - Saulius Milkintas (master student, Vilnius University). |
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Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc. |
Chairman of Laser physics and optical technology master studies program committee Participating in bachelor, master, PhD thesis defense committees. |
| Expertise | Reviewer or PhD thesis, master and bachelor works, Reviewer of scientific publications in many physics related journals. |
| Awards | PhD thesis was awarded for best thesis in physics in 2012 in Lithuania. |
| Science popularization: scientific and educational activities | Conduct physics experiments and giving lectures in schools and kindergartens. |