Main domains of research include:
- Investigations of processes and phenomena in gases and low temperature plasma, i.e. experimental and theoretical study of collisions between excited atoms and molecules that lead to spectral lines widening, excitation energy transfer, etc..
- Laser spectroscopy pf metal and intermetal exciplexes, i.e. investigations of structure of these systems and collision processes in which they are formed.
- Linear and nonlinear laser spectroscopy of photochemical and photophysical processes with nanosecond time resolution.
Scientific projects
Quantum Enhanced Photonic Integrated Sensors For Metrology (QUANTIFY)
HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06 – Hop-on facility01.04.2025. - 30.06.2027.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Neven Šantić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Transport, metastability, and neuromorphic applications in quantum networks (QNet)
QuantERA2023 & HrZZ31.07.2024. - 31.07.2027.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Ivor Krešić, Marin Đujić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Croatian Quantum Communication Infrastructure – CroQCI
Program Digitalna Europa & Nacionalni plan oporavka i otpornosti 2021-202601.01.2023. - 30.06.2026.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Neven Šantić, Marko Mandarić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
AI & GAMING EDIH
Digital Europe Programme (grant 101083963) & Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja01.12.2022. - 30.11.2025.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Dino Novko, Neven Šantić, Elinor Trogrlić, Damir Aumiler, Ticijana Ban, Danijela Grivičić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Solid state physics, Surface physics
NImSoQ – New Imaging and control Solutions for Quantum processors and metrology
HrZZ ; QUANTERA - ERA-NET Cofund in Quantum Technologies20.06.2022. - 19.06.2025.Leader: Neven Šantić
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Ivana Puljić, Johnn Erick Toro Rojo, PI and project coordinator: Dr. Anna Kaminska, coPI: Pawel Zienkiewicz, Creotech Instruments S.A. , PI: Sebastian Blatt, coPI: Johannes Zeiher, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Research areas: Optical physics, Atomic and molecular physics
Publications
Completed scientific projects
High intensity ultrafast fiber lasers for frequency comb cooling of atoms
Kina-MZO, bilateralni projekt01.01.2020. - 31.12.2021.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Mateo Kruljac, Danijel Buhin, Luming Zhao, Junqing Zhao, Lei Li,
Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou Jiangsu China
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Photoexcitations in 2D semicondictors
HrZZ-UIP-2017-05-386901.03.2018. - 28.02.2023.Leader: Nataša Vujičić
Associates: Valentino Jadriško, Borna Pielić, Ana Senkić, Luca Moretti (Department of Physics, Politechnico di Milano)
Research areas: Surface physics, Atomic and molecular physics
Group for Applied ultrafast Spectroscopy and Photochemical Identification
HrZZ-UIP-2017-05-583101.03.2018. - 28.02.2023.Leader: Silvije Vdović
Associates: Mario Rakić, Damir Dominko, Mateo Forjan, Vedran Brusar, mag.appl.chem. Antonija Husak (IRB)
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Solvation Dynamics and Excited State Energy Transfer of Complex Molecules in Condensed Phase
MZO / bilateralni HR-Kina01.02.2018. - 01.02.2020.Leader: Silvije Vdović
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Damir Dominko, Mateo Forjan, Nikola Basarić (IRB), Andong Xia (Institut za kemiju Kineske akademije znanosti - ICCAS, Peking)
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Frequency-Comb-assisted Cavity Cooling
MZO - bilateralni Hrvatska - Austrija01.01.2018. - 31.12.2019.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Ivor Krešić, Neven Šantić, Danijel Buhin, Domagoj Kovačić, Mateo Kruljac, Helmut Ritsch (Univ.-Prof., project leader), Farokh Mihevar (poslijedoktorand), Valentin Torggler (doktorand), Arthur Jungkind (doktorand)
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Laser cooling of atoms using an optical frequency comb
DAAD - bilateralni Njemačka - Hrvatska01.01.2018. - 31.12.2019.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Neven Šantić, Danijel Buhin, Thomas Udem (Univ.-Prof., project leader). Fabian Schmid (doktorand), Alexey Grinin (doktorand)
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Frequency-Comb-induced OptoMechanics
HrZZ - IP-2014-09-734201.09.2015. - 31.08.2019.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Ivor Krešić, Danijel Buhin, Domagoj Kovačić, Neven Šantić, Hrvoje Buljan, Piotr Maslowski, Aleksandra Foltynowicz, Roman Ciurylo
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices,
Research unit: Science of Graphene and Related 2D Structures
MZOS / EU strukturni fondovi10.11.2014. - 01.12.2023.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Ticijana Ban, Antonio Šiber, Nataša Vujičić, Tomislav Vuletić, Borna Pielić, Valentino Jadriško, Iva Šrut Rakić, Marin Petrović, Borna Radatović, Dino Novko, Manisha Chhikara, Antonio Supina, Ida Delač, Antun Lovro Brkić, Sheikh Muhammad Obaidulla, Sherif Kamal, Ana Senkić, Šimun Mandić, Iva Bogdanović Radović (IRB), Hrvoje Buljan (PMF), Maja Buljan (IRB), Andreja Gajović (IRB), Ivan Halasz (IRB), Predrag Lazić (IRB)
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics, Biological physics, Atomic and molecular physics
Synthetic Lorentz force in rubidium and erbium ultracold atoms
MZOS01.01.2014. - 31.12.2015.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: F. Ferlaino
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Nonadiabatic effects in molecular reaction dynamics studied by femtosecond laser spectroscopy
MZOS / bilateralni HR-Kina01.01.2011. - 31.12.2013.Leader: Damir Aumiler
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Optical Nonlinearities and Electronic Correlations of Nanocrystals Measured by Novel FWM Spectroscopies
Hrvatsko-austrijski bilateralni projekt01.01.2011. - 31.12.2012.Leader: Hrvoje Skenderović
Associates: J. Hauer (Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Wien, Beč, Austrija
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Stvaranje ultrahladnih molekula femtosekundnim laserom
COGITO projekt01.01.2009. - 31.12.2010.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: D. Comparat, Francuska
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Fizika atoma i molekula u ekstremnim uvjetima
MZOS - 035-0352851-321301.01.2008. - 31.12.2014.Leader: Robert Beuc
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Femtosecond laser plasma diagnostics
MZOS – CRO-AUS01.01.2008. - 31.12.2009.Leader: Goran Pichler
Research areas: Plasma physics, Atomic and molecular physics
Nonadiabatic Effects in molecular reaction dynamics studied by femtosecond laser spectroscopy
MZOS – CRO- Kina01.01.2008. - 31.12.2009.Leader: Damir Aumiler
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Femtosekundna laserska fizika atoma i molekula
MZOS - 035-0352851-285701.01.2007. - 31.12.2014.Leader: Goran Pichler
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Untersuchung der Wechselwirkung zwischen Alkali-Rydberg-Atomen in Quanten- zuständen neff≥8 mit Alkali-grundzustandatomen
Deutsch - kroatisches Kooperationsprojekt (DFG 436 KRO 113/9/0-1)01.01.2006. - 31.12.2008.Leader: Čedomil Vadla
Associates: prof. dr. prof. Dr. K. Niemax (ISAS-Institute for Analytical Sciences at the University of Dortmund)
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Femtosekundni laserski efekti na organskim svijetlećim napravama
MZOŠ – Francuska bilaterala01.01.2006. - 31.12.2007.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: dr. Marie-Claude Castex - Laboratoire de s Physiques des Lasers, CNRS, Universite Paris-Nord (Paris 13), Villetaneuse, Francuska
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Solid state physics
Hladne molekule alkalijskih metala na helijevim nanokapljicama: Spektroskopija i elektronska dinamika
MZOŠ, hrvatsko-austrijska bilaterala01.01.2004. - 31.12.2005.Leader: Robert Beuc
Associates: Goran Pichler, Mladen Movre, Prof. Dr. W. E. Ernst (voditelj), Institut für Experimentalphysik, TU Graz
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Razvitak tehnoloških postupaka za izradu postojanih adhezijskih restoracija
MZOŠ – kolaborativni projekt01.01.2004. - 31.12.2005.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: Zrinka Tarle (voditelj), Stomatološki fakultet, Zagreb, Klinička bolnica Centar, Zagreb,
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Plasma physics
Ultrabrze i ultrahladne eksperimentalne i teorijske metode atomske i molekularne fizike i kemije, i primjene
MZOŠ- kolaborativni projekt01.01.2004. - 31.12.2005.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Medicinski fakultet, Rijeka.
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Plasma physics
Spektroskopija u školi
CARNET - Multimedijski pilot projekt01.01.2004. - 31.12.2005.Leader: Slobodan Milošević
Associates: Nikša Krstulović, Nino Čutić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Plasma physics
Naslov nepoznat
MZOŠ- bilateralni projekt Austrija-Hrvatska01.01.2004. - 21.12.2005.Leader: Ticijana Ban
Associates: dr. Lorentz Windholz (voditelj), Technische Universitat Graz, Austrija
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Analitička spektroskopija i optička svojstva materija
MZT (0035001)01.01.2002. - 31.12.2006.Leader: Čedomil Vadla
Associates: Vlasta Horvatić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Femtosekundna laserska spektroskopija i ultrahladne molekule
MZT (0035002)01.01.2002. - 31.12.2006.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: Hrvoje Skenderović, Ticijana Ban, Damir Aumiler, Silvije Vdović, Nataša Vujičić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Laserska priprema, upravljanje i spektroskopija novih molekula
MZT (0035003)01.01.2002. - 31.12.2006.Leader: Slobodan Milošević
Associates: Nikša Krstulović, Irena Labazan
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Teorijski aspekti hladni sudara
MZT (0035004)01.01.2002. - 31.12.2006.Leader: Mladen Movre
Associates: Robert Beuc, Damir Modrić (Grafički fakultet)
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Ultrafast laser cooling of molecules and biomolecules
MZT HR-Njemačka01.01.2002. - 31.12.2003.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: Prof. Dr. E. Riedle, Institut für Medizinische Optik der Universitaet Muenchen, Oettingenstrasse 67, D-80538 Muenchen, GERMANY
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Cold Molecules: Formation, Trapping and Dynamics
Research Training Network, FW5, EU – HR pridruženi član01.01.2002. - 01.12.2006.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: dr. Francoise Masnou-Seeuws (voditelj) - Laboratoire Aime-Cotton, Orsay, Francuska
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics
Atomski sudari niske energije u plinovima i plazmi
MZT (00350101)01.01.1997. - 31.12.2001.Leader: Čedomil Vadla
Associates: Mladen Movre, Vlasta Horvatić, Robert Beuc
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Plasma physics
Lasersko vođenje i dijagnostika procesa u parama i plazmi
MZT (00350102)01.01.1997. - 31.12.2001.Leader: Goran Pichler
Associates: Slobodan Milošević, Nazif Demoli, Hrvoje Skenderović, Ticijana Ban, Davorka Azinović, Irena Labazan, Damir Veža
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Plasma physics, Optical physics