Janez MOŽINA

The research interests of Janez Možina were first focused on acoustic emission and optoacoustics and later extended to laser material processing and the dynamic aspects of light-material interaction – optodynamics. Based on his research at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, he established the Department of Optodynamics and Laser Applications. Together with his doctoral students, he has authored more than 150 scientific journal papers and 200 congress and conference contributions. He is also co-author of several international patents. He has been a supervisor or co-supervisor to 33 doctors of science – most of them now working in the industry. Among the recent outstanding results are the world-first measurements of mechanical waves generated by the elastic reflection of laser pulses on ultra-reflective optical coatings leading to a new dynamic measurement of pulsed light pressure and thus to alternative experimental determination of photon linear momentum.

Experimental scheme for optodynamic displacements observation of the order of magnitude several nanometers.

1945 Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia

1969 Graduates and is employed at Joseph Stefan Institute

1973 Employed at University of Ljubljana

1976 Master’s, University of Ljubljana

1980 PhD, University of Ljubljana

1983 Assistant professor, University of Ljubljana

1995 Founder and Chair, Department of Optodynamics and Laser Applications

2015–2018 Vice-President of Engineering Academy of Slovenia

Important Works

J. Možina, R. Hrovatin (1996) Optodynamics- a synthesis of optoacoustics and laser processing. Progress in Natural Science 6:suppl. S709-S714.

J. Možina, J. Diaci (2011) Recent advances in optodynamics, Applied physics B, Lasers and optics 105:557-563.

T. Požar, J. Možina (2013) Measurement of elastic waves Induced by the reflection of light, Physical Review Letters 111:185501.

Selected Awards

1998 Zois distinction for important scientific achievements

2012 Golden Plaque, University of Ljubljana