Public Defense of Wojciech Talik’s Doctoral Dissertation

On November 6, 2026, the public defense of Wojciech Talik’s doctoral dissertation entitled “Interaction of Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Matter: From Material Modification to Plasma Diagnostics” took place. The dissertation was prepared under the supervision of Dr. hab. Krzysztof Dzierżęga, Professor at Jagiellonian University.

 

As part of his doctoral research, Wojciech Talik developed and built experimental setups for laser-based material modification, investigations of their nonlinear optical properties, and diagnostics of ultrafast plasma dynamics. Among the most significant results were studies of the anisotropy of the nonlinear refractive index of diamonds containing NV centers.

 

Heartfelt congratulations!!!