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dr hab. inż. Mariola Buczkowska

Alumna of the Faculty of Technical Physics, Information technology and Applied Mathematics. Academic teacher in the Institute of Physics. Mamber of the Polish Liquid Crystal Society.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023

Analysis
Tue, 10/10/2023 - 21:26
dr hab. inż. Mariola Buczkowska
The Royal Swedish Science Academy has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics to three scientists. The laureates are Pierre Agostini of The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, Ferenc Krausz working at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and Anne L'Huillier of Lund University in Sweden. The Nobel Prize committee recognized their achievements in experimental methods for generating extremely short, attosecond, pulses of light to study the behaviour of electrons in atoms and molecules.

A commentary on the Nobel Prize in Physics

Tegoroczni Laureaci nagordy nobla od lwej Alain Aspect, John F Clauser i Anton Zeilinger
Analysis
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 14:57
dr hab. inż. Mariola Buczkowska
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists working on experimental and theoretical aspects of quantum mechanics. As set out in the verdict of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the prize was awarded "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing violations of Bell's inequality and pioneering quantum computing".

Liquid crystals in terahertz technology

Science and research
Tue, 12/22/2020 - 07:24
dr hab. inż. Mariola Buczkowska
Can you see the contents of the suitcase without opening it? The immediate answer is yes - it needs X-rays. However, as ionizing radiation, they have a detrimental effect on living organisms, which limits their use. There is, however, another way to look inside the suitcase. You have to use a special kind of "light".

Normal", that is visible light, is a type of electromagnetic wave. The distinguishing feature of each wave is its length or frequency.

Technology inspired by nature – liquid-crystal lenses

Cyfrowy obraz oka, fot. Freepik
Science and research
Thu, 01/09/2020 - 08:05
dr hab. inż. Mariola Buczkowska

The lens is an important element of the eye of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. It allows one to see objects located at different distances clearly. It is possible because images are formed on the retina - another important part of the eye. Clear images are achieved by changes in the shape of the lens.