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- Laser interferometric measuring methods
  - developing of new interferometric methods
  - optical design of new interferometric systems for flatness measurement of optical and engineering surfaces up to diameter 200mm
  - electronic hardware and computer software developing for digital optical processing
- Research of selected theoretical and experimental problems of infrared radiometry
  - analysis of interaction between measured object, sensor of radiometric measuring system and surroundings
  - theoretical analysis of noise, dynamic and spectral properties of infrared detectors
  - analysis of emissivity dependence on wavelength, temperature, observing direction and other parameters of the surface
  - contactless measurement of temperature, visualisation of temperature fields
  - development and realisation of automated measuring systems and software
- Research of measuring methods and development of systems for large objects space stability measurement
  - principle of joined vessels (hydrostatic levelling) and principle of physical pendulum in quiet state (pendametry) are used
  - development and realisation of measuring sensors and computer software
- Research of measuring methods and systems for diagnostics of extracted nuclei beams from accelerators
  - spatial parameters measurment of extracted beams
  - emittance measurement of extracted beams
 
Scientific Results:
  - Some new design of grazing incidence interferometers with anamorphote attachments was developed and experimentally verified
  - A new phase sampling method for automatic evaluation of speckle fringe was proposed and experimentally verified
  - A commercial visual workshop planinterferometer PI 160 was equipped with own developed HW & SW to give automatic measuring of flatness with accuracy of lambda/20
  - In cooperation with I. Orthopedic University Clinic in Bratislava an experimental setup for digitizing and processing of coronal plane radiographs was realized and a study of angular and linear measurement possibilities of bones and hips was carried out
  - the new original method of liquid level position measurement for hydrolevelling sensors was developed
  - the new original method of pendulum wire position measurements in reference plane was developed
  - the new algorithm of liquid level position and pendulum wire position determination from light intensity profile on the CCD sensors was realised
  - the multisensor system for elements vertical position precise measurement of Nuclotron supraconducting particle accelerator with distributed intelligence was realised
  - nuclear reactor precise tilt measurements
  - development and realization of systems for profiles measurement of extracted nuclei beams from Nuclotron accelerator
 
International Cooperation:
  Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian federation
  - developing of digital signal processor systems
  - development of the system for data collection and processing based on digital signal processors
  - development of measuring systems for accelerated nuclei beams from accelerating complex Nuklotron
 
Other Activities:
  - Optical hardware components (flats, spherical lenses and prisms) up to diameter 200 mm with figure accuracy lambda/5 and angle accuracy 1 sec of arc are produced in optical workshop that is an integral part of the Laboratory
  - Lecturing the course on Design of Optical Systems at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University Bratislava
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