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Ravil Idrisov, Dr. rer. nat.
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Ravil Idrisov, Dr. rer. nat. Optical engineer specializing in optical systems, sensors, interferometers and lasers. Expert in fiber and free-space optics, high-power lasers, optical simulation, data processing, programming and hardware control. Brought multiple optical sensors from concept to mature prototype.

Work experience

Optical Engineer
Airmo GmbH, Berlin
  • Systems engineering for a satellite optical payload
  • Spaceborne spectrometer optical design, alignment, performance analysis, CalVal
  • Space- and airborne LIDAR construction, co-alignment and integration
  • TDLAS sensor design and optimization for methane concentration measurement
Mar 2025 – now
R&D Engineer
Fusion Bionic GmbH, Dresden
  • Designed an upscaling technology, now being developed through two concepts I proposed
  • Feasibility studies of the technology for specific materials and functions
  • High-power ps and ns lasers; programmed control of high-precision stages, signal generators and measurement systems
Mar 2022 – Apr 2025
Postdoc
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers, Leibniz-IPHT, Jena
  • Developed an all-fiber coupler for mid-IR fiber lasers
  • Modelled optical gratings and optical setups
  • Built a laser setup now used to inscribe long-period gratings in fluoride fibers
Jan 2021 – Feb 2022
MSCA Fellow
European ITN FINESSE, Leibniz-IPHT, Jena
  • Created a patented multicore fiber for extended sensor length
  • Optimized the inscription system for failure-free FBG inscription in multicore fibers
  • Manufactured optical fiber shape sensors
Apr 2017 – Jan 2021
Research Engineer
Light-Guided Photonics Lab, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg
  • Built a fiber grating inscription setup from scratch with a MOPA excimer laser and Talbot interferometer
  • Designed and built gas lines for laser refills with various mixtures
  • Optimized and upgraded the laser system for stable operation
  • Developed slanted, long-period, superimposed, superstructure and chirped grating inscription in telecom, active and photosensitive fibers
Oct 2013 – Feb 2017

Education

PhD in Physics
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
Dissertation: Optimization of multicore optical fibers with fiber Bragg gratings towards bend and shape sensing
MSc in Optical Systems
ITMO University, Saint Petersburg
Thesis: Laboratory setup for fiber Bragg grating inscription based on a KrF excimer laser system
BSc in Telecommunications
ITMO University, Saint Petersburg
Thesis: Spectral characteristics of draw-tower step-chirped fiber Bragg gratings

Skills

Optical simulation

  • Zemax
  • COMSOL Wave Optics
  • Lumerical FDTD
  • Lumerical MODE

Programming

  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • LabVIEW

CAD, design

  • AutoCAD
  • Inventor
  • Fusion 360
  • Affinity Designer
  • Affinity Publisher

Laser systems

  • Design, alignment and testing of high-power, CW and ultrafast lasers
  • Laser safety and system diagnostics
  • Galvanometer scanners (Scanlab, Raylase), motion platforms (Aerotech)

Other

  • Fast diagnosis of issues in optical setups and manufacturing
  • System integration with mechanical, electrical and software engineers
  • Leading cross-functional teams to deliver prototypes on deadline
  • Clear technical documents, specifications and papers
  • Presenting complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Patent

  1. Idrisov, R., Rothhardt, M., Becker, M. & Bartelt, H. Multikernfaser mit Multikern-Faserkomponenten sowie Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung (2021).

Selected publications

  1. Idrisov, R. et al. Composed multicore fiber structure for extended sensor multiplexing with fiber Bragg gratings. Sensors 22(10), 3837 (2022).
  2. Idrisov, R., Baghdasaryan, T., Rothhardt, M., Geernaert, T. & Bartelt, H. Experimental approach for complex optical fiber angular orientation and twist measurement. Adv. Photonics Res. 2100161 (2021).
  3. Idrisov, R., Floris, I., Rothhardt, M. & Bartelt, H. Characterization and calibration of shape sensors based on multicore optical fibre. Opt. Fiber Technol. 61, 102319 (2021).
  4. Idrisov, R. F. et al. Recording superpositions of fiber Bragg gratings using the Talbot interferometer. Opticheskii Zhurnal 84, 56–60 (2017).
  5. Idrisov, R. F. et al. Inscription of superimposed fiber Bragg gratings using a Talbot interferometer. J. Opt. Technol. 84, 694 (2017).
  6. Idrisov, R. F. et al. Spectral characteristics of draw-tower step-chirped fiber Bragg gratings. Optics & Laser Technology 80, 112–115 (2016).

All publications with summaries →

Additional training

  • Hands-On Training on Photonic Quantum Technologies — Jena, Germany
  • Applied Biophysics (course) — FSU Jena, Germany
  • Scientific Writing — Jena, Germany
  • Field Application and Standardisation — Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Fundamentals of Optical Sensors — B-PHOT, VUB, Brussels, Belgium
  • Entrepreneurship in Photonics — CommScope, Leuven, Belgium
  • Specialty Optical Fibers — Leibniz-IPHT, Jena, Germany
  • Distributed Sensing Methods — UAH, Madrid, Spain

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