The Laboratory performs research activity in the following directions:

Quantum optics of biphoton fields

• Quantum optics of pulsed fields
• Polarization optics of biphotons and twin beams
• Quantum information: experiment

Spectroscopy of parametric down-conversion and light scattering by polaritons

• Study of dielectric function dispersion in IR and THz ranges
• Phonons, polaritons, and polarons in non-linear crystals
• Diagnostics of domain gratings in periodically poled crystals

Terahertz generation and detection

• Generation and detection of terahertz radiation by nonlinear-optical methods
• Quantum photometry in the terahertz range

Correlation spectroscopy of complex systems

• Statistical optics
• Photorefraction
• Phase transitions in ferroelectrics
• Auto-wave chemical reactions

Absolute quantum photometry