Dr. Ivan Divliansky is a Research Associate Professor of Optics & Photonics at CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at UCF with more than 20 years of experience. His group's research directions include high-power laser beam combining, solid state and fiber laser systems design, design and applications of volume Bragg gratings and other volume diffractive elements.

Dr. Divliansky graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering /Materials Science from The Pennsylvania State University. Prior to that, he earned his B.S. and M.S. from the Physics department of Sofia University, Bulgaria.

Dr. Divliansky has publications in journals such as Nature Photonics, Light: Science & Applications, Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters, and others with over 1400 total citations (Google Scholar). He has edited one book and authored two book chapters, co-authored two patents, and is an Associate Editor within the editorial board of Frontiers in Physics, specialty section Optics and Photonics.

Dr. Divliansky serves as a chair of Optica’s Holography and Diffractive optics technical group.

Dr. Leonid Glebov is a Professor of Optics and Photonics and leader of a research group at CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at UCF. His research includes photosensitive glass, holographic optical elements and volume Bragg lasers.

Dr. Mhibik is currently a research scientist at the College of Optics and Photonics – CREOL at UCF. His current research interests include high-power laser beam combining, diffractive phase elements, and implementation of volume Bragg gratings in different photonics areas.

Oussama Mhibik graduated with a Ph.D. in Physics from The University of Paris Sud, Orsay, France performing research related to the design and development of ultra-stable visible optical parametric oscillators and diode pumped solid state lasers.

Areas of expertise

• High-power laser beam combining

• Nonlinear optics

• Volume Bragg gratings

• Organic electronics

• Frequency stabilization of laser systems

• Fabrication of ultra-selective volume Bragg gratings

• Volume phase masks