Jana Jágerská
Associate Professor / Ultrasound, Microwaves and Optics
Job description
Researcher and group leader in the field of nanophotonics and laser spectroscopy; focus on mid-infrared on-chip sensors for trace gas detection
Principal Investigator: ERC Starting Grant,
RCN's FRINATEK Young Research Talents, TFS Starting Grant
Teaching: Photonics (Spring 2018, Spring 2021), Optical Sensing (2019)
- Alberti, Sebastian; Jagerska, Jana. Sol-Gel Thin Film Processing for Integrated Waveguide Sensors. Frontiers in Materials 2021; Volum 8. ISSN 2296-8016.s doi: 10.3389/fmats.2021.629822.
- Alberti, Sebastian; Datta, Anurup; Jágerská, Jana. Integrated nanophotonic waveguide-based devices for IR and Raman gas spectroscopy. Sensors 2021; Volum 21. ISSN 1424-8220.s doi: 10.3390/s21217224.
- Vlk, Marek; Datta, Anurup; Alberti, Sebastian; Murugan, Ganapathy Senthil; Aksnes, Astrid; Jagerska, Jana. Free-standing tantalum pentoxide waveguides for gas sensing in the mid-infrared. Optical Materials Express 2021; Volum 11 (9). ISSN 2159-3930.s 3111 - 3124.s doi: 10.1364/OME.430994.
- Vlk, Marek; Datta, Anurup; Alberti, Sebastian; Yallew, Henock Demessie; Mittal, Vinita; Murugan, Ganapathy Senthil; Jágerská, Jana. Extraordinary evanescent field confinement waveguide sensor for mid-infrared trace gas spectroscopy. Light: Science & Applications (LSA) 2021; Volum 10 (1). ISSN 2095-5545.s doi: 10.1038/s41377-021-00470-4.
- Tuzson, Bela; Jágerská, Jana; Looser, Herbert; Graf, Manuel; Felder, Ferdinand; Fill, Matthias; Tappy, Luc; Emmenegger, Lukas. Highly selective volatile organic compounds breath analysis using a broadly-tunable vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser. Analytical Chemistry 2017; Volum 89 (12). ISSN 0003-2700.s 6377 - 6383.s doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04511.
- Dullo, Firehun Tsige; Ingvaldsen, Martin; Jágerská, Jana; Jacobsen, Svein Ketil; Hellesø, Olav Gaute. Temperature Sensitivity of a Waveguide Young Interferometer. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 2016; Volum 28 (11). ISSN 1041-1135.s 1205 - 1208.s doi: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2523064.
- Mangold, Markus; Tuzson, Bela; Hundt, Morten; Jágerská, Jana; Looser, Herbert; Emmenegger, Lukas. Circular paraboloid reflection cell for laser spectroscopic trace gas analysis. Optical Society of America. Journal A: Optics, Image Science, and Vision (JOSA A) 2016; Volum 33 (5). ISSN 1084-7529.s 913 - 919.s doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.33.000913.
- Dullo, Firehun Tsige; Lindecrantz, Susan; Jagerska, Jana; Hansen, Jørn H; Engqvist, Stig Olov Magnus; Solbø, Stian; Hellesø, Olav Gaute. Sensitive on-chip methane detection with a cryptophane-A cladded Mach-Zehnder interferometer. (data) Optics Express 2015; Volum 23. ISSN 1094-4087.s 331564 - 31573.s doi: 10.1364/OE.23.031564.
- Jágerská, Jana; Jouy, Pierre; Tuzson, Bela; Looser, Herbert; Mangold, Markus; Soltic, Patrik; Hugi, Andreas; Brönnimann, Rolf; Faist, Jérôme; Emmenegger, Lukas. Simultaneous measurement of NO and NO2 by dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser spectroscopy. Optics Express 2015; Volum 23 (2). ISSN 1094-4087.s 1512 - 1522.s doi: 10.1364/oe.23.001512.
- Emmenegger, Lukas; Jágerská, Jana; Brönnimann, Rolf; Faist, Jérôme; Jouy, Pierre; Looser, Herbert; Soltic, Patrik; Tuzson, Bela. Multi-Component Trace Gas Spectroscopy Using Dual-Wavelength Quantum Cascade Lasers. Chimia (Basel) 2015; Volum 69 (11). ISSN 0009-4293.s 708 - 708.s doi: 10.2533/chimia.2015.708.
- Jágerská, Jana; Jouy, Pierre; Hugi, Andreas; Tuzson, Bela; Looser, Herbert; Beck, Mattias; Emmenegger, Lukas; Faist, Jérôme. Dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser for trace gas spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters 2014; Volum 105 (16). ISSN 0003-6951.s doi: 10.1063/1.4899061.
- Jágerská, Jana; Tuzson, Bela; Looser, Herbert; Bismuto, Alfredo; Faist, Jérôme; Prinz, Heino; Emmenegger, Lukas. Highly sensitive and fast detection of propane–butane using a 3 μm quantum cascade laser. Applied Optics 2013; Volum 52 (19). ISSN 1559-128X.s 4613 - 4619.s doi: 10.1364/ao.52.004613.
- Jágerská, Jana; Zhang, Hua; Diao, Zhaolu; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Houdré, Romuald. Refractive index sensing with an air-slot photonic crystal nanocavity. Optics Letters 2010; Volum 35 (15). ISSN 0146-9592.s 2523 - 2525.
- Jágerská, Jana; Zhang, Hua; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Houdré, Romuald. Radiation loss of photonic crystal coupled-cavity waveguides. Applied Physics Letters 2009; Volum 95 (11). ISSN 0003-6951.
- Van Acoleyen, Karel; Bogaerts, Wim; Jágerská, Jana; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Houdré, Romuald; Baets, Roel. Off-chip beam steering with a one-dimensional optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator. Optics Letters 2009; Volum 34 (9). ISSN 0146-9592.s 1477 - 1479.
- Le Thomas, Nicolas; Zhang, Hua; Jágerská, Jana; Zabelin, Vasily; Houdré, Romuald; Sagnes, Isabelle; Talneau, Anne. Light transport regimes in slow light photonic crystal waveguides. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2009; Volum 80 (12). ISSN 1098-0121.
- Jágerská, Jana; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Zabelin, Vasily; Houdré, Romuald; Bogaerts, Wim; Dumon, Pieter; Baets, Roel. Experimental observation of slow mode dispersion in photonic crystal coupled-cavity waveguides. Optics Letters 2009; Volum 34 (3). ISSN 0146-9592.s 359 - 361.
- Jágerská, Jana; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Houdré, Romuald; Beggs, Daryl M.; O'Brien, David; Krauss, Thomas F.. Coupling length of silicon-on-insulator directional couplers probed by Fourier-space imaging. Applied Physics Letters 2008; Volum 92 (15). ISSN 0003-6951.
- Ondráček, František; Jágerská, Jana; Salavcová, Linda; Míka, Martin; Špirková, Jarmila; Čtyroký, Jiří. Er–Yb Waveguide Amplifiers in Novel Silicate Glasses. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 2008; Volum 44 (6). ISSN 0018-9197.s 536 - 541.
- Jágerská, Jana; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Houdré, Romuald; Bolten, Jens; Moormann, Christian; Wahlbrink, Thorsten; Čtyroký, Jiří; Waldow, Michael; Först, Michael. Dispersion properties of silicon nanophotonic waveguides investigated with Fourier optics. Optics Letters 2007; Volum 32 (18). ISSN 0146-9592.s 2723 - 2725.
Research interests
Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared Nanophotonics: on-chip gas detection, photonic crystals; slow light
Tunable Laser Spectroscopy: trace gas spectroscopy; environmental monitoring; breath analysis
Teaching
Photonics Spring 2018
Optical Sensing Autumn 2019
Photonics Spring 2021