Prof. Jiří Petráček

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Jiří Petráček, RNDr., Dr, Professor

Personal Information

ORCID: 0000-0002-2391-3692 | Researcher ID: H-1419-2014

E-mail: petracek@fme.vutbr.cz

Date of birth: 6.10.1964 | Citizenship: Czech Republic

Education

1996                  PhD

Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology (BUT), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME), Brno, Supervisor: prof. Pavel Chmela

1988                  Master of Science

Solid State Physics, JEP University (now Masaryk University), Faculty of Science, Brno

Current Position

2011 – present    Professor, BUT, FME, Czech Republic

2015 – present    Senior Researcher, Experimental Biophotonics Research Group, CEITEC BUT, Brno, Czech Republic

Scientific Publications

Overview: 33 peer-reviewed publications in WoS, 1 book chapter

WoS: 395(339) citations, H-index: 9

Selected publications

1. S. Selleri, J. Petráček: "Modal analysis of rib waveguide through finite element and mode matching methods," Optical and Quantum Electronics 33, 373  (2001).
2. J. Čtyroký, S. Helfert, R. Pregla, P. Bienstman, R. Baets, R. de Ridder, R. Stoffer, G. Klaasse, J. Petráček, P. Lalanne, J.-P. Hugonin, and R. M. De La Rue: "Bragg waveguide grating as a 1D photonic bandgap structure: COST 268 modelling task," Optical and Quantum Electronics 34, 455 (2002).
3. J. Petráček, K. Singh: "Determination of Leaky Modes in Planar Multilayer Waveguides," IEEE Photonic Technology Letters 14, 810 (2002).
4. B. Maes, J. Petráček, S. Burger, P. Kwiecien, J. Luksch, I. Richter: "Simulations of high-Q optical nanocavities with a gradual 1D bandgap," Optics Express 21, 6794 (2013).
5. J. Petráček: "Nonlinear directional coupling between plasmonic slot waveguides," Applied Physics B 112, 593 (2013).
6. J. Petráček, Y. Ekşioğlu, A. Sterkhova: "Simulation of self-pulsing in Kerr-nonlinear coupled ring resonators," Optics Communications 318, 147 (2014).
7. Y. Eksioglu, A. E. Cetin, J. Petráček: "Optical Response of Plasmonic Nanohole Arrays: Comparison of Square and Hexagonal Lattices," Plasmonics 11, 851 (2016).
8. J. Petráček, V. Kuzmiak: "Dynamics and transport properties of Floquet topological edge modes in coupled photonic waveguides," Physical Review A 101, 033805 (2020).
9. J. Petráček, V. Kuzmiak, J. Čtyroký, and I. Richter: "Guiding light through quasi-TE modes embedded in the radiation continuum," Optics Letters 48, 3463-3466 (2023).

Supervision of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
2 Bc, 3 MsC, 3 PhD

Teaching Activities

2003 – present    Course leader – Optoelectronics and Integrated Optics (Master course TOI, BUT).

2022 – present    Course leader – Photonics (Master course RFO, BUT).

2022 – present    Course leader – Nonlinear Optics (Master course TNE, BUT).

2005 – 2021        Lectures – Physics I (Bachelor course 2F, BUT).

2005 – 2020        Lectures – Physics II (Bachelor course 3F, BUT).

2010 – 2019        Lectures – General Physics III – Vibrations, Waves and Optics (Bachelor course TF3, BUT).

2015                   Lectures – Electrodynamics and Special Theory of Relativity (Bachelor course TDE, BUT).

2017                   Nanophotonics (Master course 1006832, Parma University, Italy).

Key Research Expertise

Photonics, optical waveguides, nonlinear optics, plasmonics, electromagnetic modeling.