People

Professor Edik Rafailov

Since 1987, Prof. Edik Rafailov has been engaged in the research and development of novel semiconductor lasers, nonlinear and integrated optics. Prof. Rafailov received the Ph.D. degree from the Ioffe Institute. In 2005, he established a new group in the University of Dundee, and in 2014 he and his Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Group moved to the Aston University, United Kingdom.

Prof. Rafailov has carried out the pioneering work in the area of novel compact lasers and nanomaterials called ‘quantum-dots in ultrafast science and technology’. His development work in a new generation of low-cost, compact and turn-key lasers based on quantum-dot structures has had a significant economic impact, enabling affordable ultrafast applications and facilitating emergence of new applications.

Prof. Rafailov’s research has had positive effects in many new applications, particularly in healthcare where non-invasive portable optical diagnostic and therapeutic tools have become a reality in medical care. Such laser sources have already found uses in hospitals, particularly in the Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where multiphoton imaging systems, micromachining, material diagnostics and spectroscopy are currently being routinely used.

Prof. Rafailov has authored and co-authored over 350 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings, including two books (WILEY), five invited chapters and numerous invited talks on SPIE, LEOS and CLEO. He also holds ten UK and two US patents. He was responsible for the first demonstration of Al-free laser diodes, for this work he personally (1993) and his group (1994) was awarded funding from the International Science Foundation (ISF). The work on novel laser diodes (in collaboration with Prof. Zh.I.Alferov, Nobel Prize winner in 2000) was also funded by ISF in 1994. Prof. Rafailov is also responsible for the first demonstration of femtosecond pulse generation directly from quantum-dot laser diodes (2005).

Prof. Rafailov coordinated the €14.7M FP7 FAST-DOT project – development of new ultrafast lasers for Biophotonics applications. Currently, he coordinates the €11.8M NEWLED project which aims to develop a new generation of white LEDs. He also leads others projects funded by EU FP7, EPSRC and KTP funding. His current research interests include high-power CW and ultrashort-pulse lasers, generation of UV/visible/IR/MIR and THz radiation, nano-structures, nonlinear and integrated optics, and Biophotonics.

Academic Staff:

Dr. Natalia Bazieva

Research Fellows:


Dr Sergei Sokolovski s.sokolovsky@aston.ac.uk	Dr Amit Yadav a.yadav1@aston.ac.uk	Dr Tatjana Gric t.gric@aston.ac.uk

Dr Dmitrii Stoliarov d.stoliarov@aston.ac.uk	Dr Viktor Dremin v.dremin1@aston.ac.uk	Dr Nguen Minh Ngoc m.nguyen8@aston.ac.uk