Lasers and Optics Technician
Maks is an optics technician specialising in the development of custom optical systems for the High Power Lasers at the CLF. He brings experience from a Masters degree in Physics at the University of Southampton, previous work on ITER at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, and the design and development of custom fibreoptic packages in industry. His current work spans several flagship facilities, from the ongoing design of Vulcan 20-20, to the implementation of optical systems for the Extreme Photonics Applications Centre (EPAC).
In his spare time, he’s most likely to be found doing DIY or playing ultimate frisbee, either on-pitch with the Oxford city club or on the sideline coaching the university club.
Research Interests: novel substrates for optics, Laser incident damage threshold (LIDT) for high energy laser systems, repetition rate limiting thermal performance of optical systems
Characterisation of Deuteration in Potassium DiHydrogen Phosphate (KDP) Crystals for Ultra High-Power OPCPA Systems
M Tobiasiewicz
Commissioning Progress of the New Petawatt Beamline in Vulcan
S Buck et al
LIDT measurements of samples representative for the large mirrors and gratings in Vulcan 20-20
V Zuba et al
208 mm Disk Amplifier Characterisation
W Carter et al
Co-inventor on a patent filing
