Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter V. Zahariev
pezo (at) issp (dot) bas (dot) bg
Born in September 17, 1974, Varna, Bulgaria.
Main research interests: pulsed metal vapor lasers, excitation techniques for pulsed gas lasers, gas discharges, processes in discharge plasma, material processing, femtosecond lasers and applications, nonlinear optics, atom and molecule cooling, ion traps and quantum information.
Academic background:
M.S. degree in physics (quantum electronics and laser physics) - Sofia University, 1999.
Ph.D. degree - Laboratory of Metal Vapour Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2003
Professional background:
Associate Professor - Laboratory of Metal Vapour Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, since 2014
Assistant Professor - Laboratory of Metal Vapour Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2004 - 2014
Physicist - Laboratory of Metal Vapour Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2003 - 2004
Specialization and postdoc abroad:
- Laboratoire Collisions, Agrégats, Réactivité, IRSAMC - Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France, 2003 - 2004
- Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen e.V., Göttingen, Germany, 2007, 2008
- QUANTUM, Institut für Physik Universität Mainz Staudingerweg 7 55128 Mainz, Germany, 2010 - 2011
Foreign languages: English, Russian
Publications for the last 5 years:
- D. Mihailova, J. van Dijk, G. J M Hagelaar, S. Karatodorov, P. Zahariev, M. Grozeva and J. van der Mullen, Geometrical features in longitudinal sputtering hollow cathode discharges for laser applications, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45 (2012) 165201 (10pp), (IF 2.544), (2012)
- S. Karatodorov, V. Steflekova, V. Mihailov, D. Mihailova, J van Dijk, M. Grozeva and P. Zahariev, A novel design of a laser-ablation hollow cathode discharge for elemental analysis, Contributions of 11th Kudowa Summer School, “Towards Fusion Energy”, (2012) (OP-2), pp. 165-168, (2012)
- S. Ulm, J. Eble, P. Zahariev, F. Schmidt-Kaler and K. Singer, Feedback-Optimized Operations with Linear Ion Crystals, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 27, A99, (IF 2.181), (2010)
- P. Zahariev, N. Mechkarov, G. Danev and J. Ilemann, Excimer laser-induced microbumps on preheated BK7-glass, Applied Physics A: Volume 95, Issue 3, Page 639, (IF 1.82), (2009)
Member of the Union of Bulgarian Physicists.