Scientific Research Center for Optical Materials and Technologies
The main directions of scientific activities are:
- optical and laser materials and devices based on them;
- nanomaterials for laser applications;
- kinetic laser spectroscopy with ultra-high time resolution;
- solid-state lasers with tube and diode pumping;
- laser sources of ultrashort light pulses;
- laser processing of materials.
Scientific research and development is carried out with the involvement of both full-time employees and part-time workers. Research stuff includes 3 Doctors of Sciences, 4 PhDs, post-graduate students, undergraduates and full-time students of the Instrumentation Engineering Faculty.
Research Center possesses a modern Cary 500 spectrophotometer, an automated complex for measuring the photoluminescence kinetics and spectra, a cryostat, pico- and femtosecond laser spectrophotometers, stands for measuring the generation characteristics of laser crystals, experimental devices for measuring the nonlinear characteristics of optical materials, and a test bench.
Scientific Research Laboratory for Optoelectronic Instrumentation
The main directions of scientific and innovative work are:
- theory of the potential accuracy of laser measuring instruments and experimental research in the field of limit measurement physics;
- research and development of integrated laser inertial navigation systems;
- development and improvement of detectors for security and fire alarm systems;
- development of the methodological base for certification testing of special protection equipment and vehicles lighting equipment;
- development of LED-based lighting equipment for vehicles.
Scientific research laboratory has following subdivisions:
- Certification Body for special protective equipment (Accreditation certificate No. BY / 112.01.1.0.0085) and "Special protection equipment" Testing Center (Accreditation certificate No. BY / 112.02.1.0.0355).
- Testing Laboratory for vehicles lighting equipment (Accreditation certificate No. BY / 112 02.1.0.0325. The laboratory is accepted as the official technical service of the Republic of Belarus in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe for certification of lighting equipment. Registration number UN/TRANS/WP.29/343/Rev.8 (E28/)).
Scientific research and development is carried out with the involvement of both full-time employees (7 people) and part-time workers (up to 10 people) from the teaching and auxiliary stuff including 2 Doctors of Sciences and 4 PhDs. The laboratory is fully equipped to conduct research in all the above-listed scientific directions.
Most important scientific results for the last 5 years:
- Development of the theory of constructing adaptive inertial navigation systems based on laser gyroscopes.
- Development and production of free-of-charge inertial navigation system with GPS and / or GLONASS correction.
- Development of methodical basis for ring lasers testing that allows optimizing the set of parameters to be parameterized when used in adaptive measuring systems and construction of a stand for testing the ring lasers parameters.
- Development of methodological basis for fire detectors certification tests and construction of equipment for their implementation.
- Development of methodological basis for the automation of certification tests of the vehicles lighting equipment.
Certification Body for special protective equipment
- accredited as a body for certification of products in the National Accreditation System of the Republic of Belarus (accreditation certificate No. BY / 112 046.01, issued 15.02.1999, valid thru 17.02.2019).
Area of accreditation:
National system of conformity of the Republic of Belarus:
- special protection equipment, products in the field of construction.
Scientific Research Laboratory of Semiconductor Technology
The main directions of scientific and innovative work are:
- Development of primary sensors based on new physical principles;
- Development of informational and measuring systems and measuring instruments for the parameters of technological processes;
- Production, maintenance, repair and verification of manufactured measuring instruments.
Scientific research and development is carried out with the involvement of both full-time employees and part-time workers from the teaching and auxiliary stuff, post-graduate students, undergraduates and full-time students. Research stuff includes 2 Doctors of Sciences, 6 PhDs, some activities involve specialists from other departments.
The Center for Metrological Assurance of the Production of New Measuring Instruments of the Belarusian National Technical University is a subdivision of Scientific Research Laboratory of Semiconductor Technology. The Center duties include production, repair, maintenance, primary and periodic verification of measuring instruments produced by BNTU.
The laboratory activities include manufacturing and verification of IKR, IKR-2d, IKR-M measuring instruments on demands of enterprises of the Republic of Belarus.
The laboratory carries out research and development in the field of new methods and means of non-destructive testing of materials, semi-finished products, technological media and the quality of technological operations. An example of laboratory products is the IS KPR measuring system for monitoring of the potential surface relief that has passed industrial tests on the Integral enterprise. Recent developments include a new technique for non-destructive non-contact monitoring of device structures on the surface of semiconductor wafers up to 200 mm in diameter.