Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics

The Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics owns fully-equipped laboratories including interferometric and holographic laboratory, optical methods of testing in experimental mechanics laboratory, spectroscopic laboratory, optical sensors laboratory, 3D/4D  measurement laboratory and virtual reality laboratory, a clean room and an optical workshop.

Photonics is the Key Enabling Technology that is researched at the Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics. The services we offer to the companies include but are not limited to:

• development of numerical algorithms supporting automatic fringe pattern analysis, iterative phase retrieval and tomographic reconstruction,
• development of novel measurement methods based on diffraction, propagation, interference and polarization of coherent and quasicoherent light,
• development of measurement and monitoring methods based on incoherent light,
• development of optical and photonics measurement systems incl. interferometric, digital holography, grating (moire) interferometry, optical diffraction tomography, and systems based on a single beam phase reconstruction methods,
• development of measurement systems based on digital image correlation method, thermovision techniques, structured light and “time-of-flight” methods,
• development of novel wide viewing angle 3D holographic displays with coherent and incoherent source of illumination,
• optical and numerical methods for content generation for holographic displays
• applications of full-field measurement methods in experimental mechanics, material engineering, civil engineering, art conservation and monitoring,
• development of input devices for acquisition, registration and introduction of real-world data into virtual environment,
• development of output devices for creation, visualization and immersion in synthetic environment,
• development of algorithms for virtual reality environment management,
• research on quality of user interface in virtual realities,
• research on human-computer and human-human interaction in relation to degree of user's “immersion” in virtual world,
• development of optical measurement techniques with application of incoherent light interferometry for examination of surface microtopography and layer structure of surface objects, spectroscopy methods and techniques in application for materials measurements and for detecting atmospheric content of health risk and deterioration agents.

The main development activities are: full-field, automated optical methods of testing, photonics and mechatronics devices design and technologies including conventional and shearing interferometers, moiré interferometers, electronic speckle pattern interferometry and digital holography, machine vision, structure light and moiré systems and their applications in industry, medicine, entertainment and virtual/augmented reality. The emphasis is put on the automation of the optical measurement systems and their application in industrial environment (solution by integration with loading machines and optical desensitising of interferometric systems), as well as on development of hybrid numerical-experimental methods (experiment/CAD/CAM/FEM) supporting mechanics and material engineering. Also activities connected directly to medical applications are constantly realized.

Virtual Reality;
Augmented Reality;
Image processing;
Quality control;
Optical measurement;
Medical informatics.