Leszek Sałbut
Prof. Eng.
Funkction:
- Associate professor at the Department of Optical Technology, IMiF
- IMiF Deputy Director for Science;
- Head of the Laboratory of Applications of Optical Research Methods in Experimental Mechanics;
- Member of the Management Board of the Polish Association of Experimental Mechanics;
- Member of the Polish Photonics Society.
Teaching:
- Optical and digital holography;
- Photonic devices and systems;
- Machine vision
- Instrumental optics.
Scientific interests:
- Optical testing and control methods, especially: interferometry, grating interferometry, digital holography;
- Optical measuring instruments;
- Automatic analysis of fringe images
Expertise and experience:
- Applications of optical methods in the study of optical materials and elements, in experimental mechanics, materials engineering, micromechanics and mechatronics;
- Construction of optical devices
- Research within the framework of international cooperation, including: comparative measurements of flatness standards (NPL, Great Britain)
- Research on new materials (Univ. of Oxford, UK)
- Laser weld testing (BIAS, Germany)
- MEMS/MOEMS characterization (LOPMD, France)
- Standardization of optical methods for measuring strain (SPUB SPOTS)
Technical studies:
- Certification measurements of flatness standards
- Method for measuring the inhomogeneity of the refractive index in glass plates
- Polarization DZF method for automatic analysis of interferograms in grating interferometry
- Construction of a grating microinterferometer
- Modifications of interferometers for automatic analysis of fringe images (implementation at the Central Office of Measures)
- Opracowanie laserowego ekstensometru siatkowego LES (wdrożenie w ITE Radom i ATR Bydgoszcz)
- Development of an optical extensometer OPEX for measuring elongation on large measurement databases (implementation in PIMOT Warsaw)
Functions performed:
- Member of the Management Board of the Polish Section of the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM (until 2014)
- Member of the Experimental Mechanics Team of the Mechanics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (until 2012)
