GENERAL SEMINAR: Dr Eugen Pavel, CEO of Storex Technologies
Dr Eugen Pavel is CEO of Storex Technologies, a research and development company located in Bucharest. Eugen Pavel have studied Physics with specialization in Condensed Matter Physics at University of Bucharest during 1971-1976. He pursued a doctoral study under the mentorship of Prof. Danila Barb and received his PhD in Physics in 1992 at the Institute of Atomic Physics.
In 1991 he won the Prize ”Dragomir Hurmuzescu” of the Romanian Academy for Physics and in 2002 he received “The WIPO Award for the Best Inventor”, granted by World Intellectual Property Organization. The research interests in materials science of Dr. Eugen Pavel include: i) 3D optical memory with a capacity of 1 Petabyte, ii) sensitive materials for Quantum Optical Lithography with a resolution of 1 nm and iii) quantum image sensor (QCE) with applications in diffractionless optical instruments (optical microscope, telescope).
Abstract
Quantum Confinement Effect (QCE) in dielectrics (glasses and polymers), which involve Long Distance Förster Resonance Energy Transfer ( LD-FRET) and multiphoton absorption, opened an interesting perspective towards physics foundations and applications. A quantic sensor based on QCE has been devised and developed. Novel dual-slit experiments with QCE image sensor revealed the presence of two types of diffracted photons: Type I with particle behavior and Type II with wave behavior. QCE image sensor can select Type I diffracted photons from an ensemble of photons. Applications of Type I diffracted photons, which break the diffraction limit, include Quantum Optical Lithography, diffractionless optical microscopy and astronomical imaging.