Victor Hariton successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Nonlinear spectral broadening and pulse compression in multipass cells” on April 27, 2023, being awarded the top final grade of Approved with Distinction Cum Laude.

During his PhD, Victor specialised in solid-state laser science and technology and nonlinear optics, investigating topics ranging from high repetition rate diode-pumped amplifiers to nonlinear pulse compression mechanisms. He performed research at the Laboratory for Intense Lasers, IST, and at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany, with Oleg Pronin’s team. He integrated the APPLAuSE 2017 class and joined GoLP for his thesis, under the supervision of Gonçalo Figueira and Celso P. João.

In particular, Victor worked on the design and experimental development of a novel concave-convex setup for pulse compression in multipass cells, as well as the application of Heriott cells for compression in the green spectral region. He had a key role in the development of a commercial prototype of a pulse compression cell, with one of the first models being installed at L2I in IST.

Victor authored and co-authored a significant amount of papers on these topics during his PhD and is also the co-author of a German patent related to his work. The top grade of Approved with Distinction Cum Laude is only awarded to a very limited number of PhDs and requires unanimity of the jury members.

Congratulations, Victor!