Bilde av Jágerská, Jana
Bilde av Jágerská, Jana
Department of Physics and Technology jana.jagerska@uit.no +4777645166 You can find me here

Jana Jágerská


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)


  • Henock Demessie Yallew, Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Roman Zakoldaev, Jens Høvik et al.:
    Sub-ppm Methane Detection with Mid-Infrared Slot Waveguides
    ACS Photonics 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Henock Demessie Yallew, Jana Jágerská, Martin Møller Greve :
    Long, stitch-free slot waveguide with s-bend tapered couplers for IR-sensing applications using electron beam lithography
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Astrid Aksnes, Jana Jagerska :
    Free-standing tantalum pentoxide waveguides for gas sensing in the mid-infrared
    Optical Materials Express 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sebastian Alberti, Anurup Datta, Jana Jágerská :
    Integrated nanophotonic waveguide-based devices for IR and Raman gas spectroscopy
    Sensors 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Henock Demessie Yallew, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan et al.:
    Extraordinary evanescent field confinement waveguide sensor for mid-infrared trace gas spectroscopy
    Light: Science & Applications (LSA) 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sebastian Alberti, Jana Jagerska :
    Sol-Gel Thin Film Processing for Integrated Waveguide Sensors
    Frontiers in Materials 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Bela Tuzson, Jana Jágerská, Herbert Looser, Manuel Graf, Ferdinand Felder, Matthias Fill et al.:
    Highly selective volatile organic compounds breath analysis using a broadly-tunable vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser
    Analytical Chemistry 2017 DOI
  • Markus Mangold, Bela Tuzson, Morten Hundt, Jana Jágerská, Herbert Looser, Lukas Emmenegger :
    Circular paraboloid reflection cell for laser spectroscopic trace gas analysis
    Optical Society of America. Journal A: Optics, Image Science, and Vision (JOSA A) 2016 DOI
  • Firehun Tsige Dullo, Martin Ingvaldsen, Jana Jágerská, Svein Ketil Jacobsen, Olav Gaute Hellesø :
    Temperature Sensitivity of a Waveguide Young Interferometer
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 2016 DOI
  • Jana Jágerská, Pierre Jouy, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Markus Mangold, Patrik Soltic et al.:
    Simultaneous measurement of NO and NO2 by dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser spectroscopy
    Optics Express 2015 DOI
  • Lukas Emmenegger, Jana Jágerská, Rolf Brönnimann, Jérôme Faist, Pierre Jouy, Herbert Looser et al.:
    Multi-Component Trace Gas Spectroscopy Using Dual-Wavelength Quantum Cascade Lasers
    Chimia (Basel) 2015 DOI
  • Firehun Tsige Dullo, Susan Lindecrantz, Jana Jagerska, Jørn H Hansen, Stig Olov Magnus Engqvist, Stian Solbø et al.:
    Sensitive on-chip methane detection with a cryptophane-A cladded Mach-Zehnder interferometer
    Optics Express 2015 ARKIV / DATA / DOI
  • Jana Jágerská, Pierre Jouy, Andreas Hugi, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Mattias Beck et al.:
    Dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser for trace gas spectroscopy
    Applied Physics Letters 2014 DOI
  • Jana Jágerská, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Alfredo Bismuto, Jérôme Faist, Heino Prinz et al.:
    Highly sensitive and fast detection of propane–butane using a 3 μm quantum cascade laser
    Applied Optics 2013 DOI
  • Jana Jágerská, Hua Zhang, Zhaolu Diao, Nicolas Le Thomas, Romuald Houdré :
    Refractive index sensing with an air-slot photonic crystal nanocavity
    Optics Letters 2010
  • Karel Van Acoleyen, Wim Bogaerts, Jana Jágerská, Nicolas Le Thomas, Romuald Houdré, Roel Baets :
    Off-chip beam steering with a one-dimensional optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator
    Optics Letters 2009
  • Jana Jágerská, Nicolas Le Thomas, Vasily Zabelin, Romuald Houdré, Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon et al.:
    Experimental observation of slow mode dispersion in photonic crystal coupled-cavity waveguides
    Optics Letters 2009
  • Jana Jágerská, Hua Zhang, Nicolas Le Thomas, Romuald Houdré :
    Radiation loss of photonic crystal coupled-cavity waveguides
    Applied Physics Letters 2009
  • Nicolas Le Thomas, Hua Zhang, Jana Jágerská, Vasily Zabelin, Romuald Houdré, Isabelle Sagnes et al.:
    Light transport regimes in slow light photonic crystal waveguides
    Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2009
  • František Ondráček, Jana Jágerská, Linda Salavcová, Martin Míka, Jarmila Špirková, Jiří Čtyroký :
    Er–Yb Waveguide Amplifiers in Novel Silicate Glasses
    IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 2008
  • Jana Jágerská, Nicolas Le Thomas, Romuald Houdré, Daryl M. Beggs, David O'Brien, Thomas F. Krauss :
    Coupling length of silicon-on-insulator directional couplers probed by Fourier-space imaging
    Applied Physics Letters 2008
  • Henock Demessie Yallew, Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Jens Høvik, Astrid Aksnes et al.:
    Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Slot Waveguide for Methane Absorption Sensing in the Mid-Infrared
    Optica Publishing Group 2022 DOI
  • Martin Møller Greve, Henock Demessie Yallew, Jana Jagerska :
    Long, stitch-free slotted waveguides for IR-sensing applications using e-beam lithography
    2022
  • Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Marek Vlk, Jana Jagerska :
    Spectroscopic Gas Detection Using Thin-film Mesoporous Waveguides
    2021
  • Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Astrid Aksnes, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jagerska :
    High-Aspect-Ratio Free-Standing Membrane Waveguides for Mid-Infrared Nanophotonics
    2021
  • Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Astrid Aksnes, Jana Jagerska :
    Selective Under-Etching of Free-Standing Tantalum Pentoxide Waveguides for MIR Gas Spectroscopy
    2021
  • Marek Vlk, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská :
    Suspended Tantalum Pentoxide Rib Waveguides for Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
    2019
  • Marek Vlk, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská :
    Air-Cladded Tantalum Pentoxide Waveguides for Mid-Infrared Spectrum
    2019
  • Marek Vlk, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská :
    Towards on-chip Ta2O5-based platform for mid-infrared laser spectroscopy
    2018
  • Jana Jágerská, Marek Vlk, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan :
    Trace gas spectroscopy on a chip with mid-infrared photonic waveguides
    2018
  • Marek Vlk, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská :
    Ta2O5 Photonic Waveguide Platform for Spectroscopic Trace Gas Detection
    2018
  • Jana Jágerská, Marek Vlk :
    On-Chip Trace Gas Spectroscopy
    2018
  • Marek Vlk, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Astrid Aksnes, Jana Jágerská :
    Ta2O5 rib waveguides for optical gas sensing in the mid-infrared
    2018
  • Jana Jágerská :
    Mid-infrared trace gas spectroscopy: The journey towards high-end on-chip sensors
    2017
  • Mukesh Yadav, Jana Jágerská, Jørn H Hansen, Olav Gaute Hellesø :
    Sensitivity and response time of an on-chip methane sensor
    2017
  • Jana Jágerská :
    On-chip photonic sensors for sensitive and specific trace gas measurements
    2017
  • Jana Jágerská, Firehun Tsige Dullo, Susan M. Lindecrantz, Jacqueline Boergers, Jørn H Hansen, Laura Gomez Lechuga et al.:
    Cryptophane-Cladded Interferometric Waveguide Sensor for Aqueous Methane Detection
    2017
  • Jana Jágerská, Firehun Tsige Dullo, Martin Ingvaldsen, Susan M. Lindecrantz, Magnus Engqvist, Jørn H Hansen et al.:
    On-Chip Methane Sensing with Cryptophane-A Cladded Waveguide Interferometers
    2016
  • Jana Jágerská, Firehun Tsige Dullo, Martin Ingvaldsen, Susan M. Lindecrantz, Jørn H Hansen, Stian Solbø et al.:
    On-chip methane sensing with a cryptophane-A cladded Mach-Zehnder interferometer
    2016
  • Jana Jágerská, Firehun Tsige Dullo, Martin Ingvaldsen, Susan M. Lindecrantz, Magnus Engqvist, Jørn H Hansen et al.:
    On-chip methane sensors based on cryptophane-A cladded waveguide interferometers
    2016
  • Martin Ingvaldsen, Jana Jágerská, Firehun Tsige Dullo, Susan M. Lindecrantz, Magnus Engqvist, Jørn H Hansen et al.:
    Cryptophane-A doped polymers for methane sensing
    2016
  • Lukas Emmenegger, Bela Tuzson, Jana Jágerská, Herbert Looser, Rolf Brönnimann, Morten Hundt et al.:
    MIR Spectroscopy: trace-level detection for environmental and industrial applications
    2015
  • Jana Jágerská, Pierre Jouy, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Markus Mangold, Patrik Soltic et al.:
    Simultaneous Measurement of NO and NO2 using a Dual-Wavelength Quantum Cascade Laser
    2015
  • Jana Jágerská, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Pierre Jouy, Andreas Hugi, Markus Mangold et al.:
    Multi-species trace gas analysis with dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser
    2015
  • Lukas Emmenegger, Bela Tuzson, Jana Jágerská, Herbert Looser, Markus Mangold, Joachim Mohn :
    MIR Spectroscopy beyond trace levels - environmental and industrial applications
    2015
  • Jana Jágerská, Herbert Looser, Bela Tuzson, Ferdinand Felder, Luc Tappy, Lukas Emmenegger :
    Highly Selective VOC Breath Analysis Using a 3.3 μm Broadly-Tunable VECSEL
    2015
  • Jana Jágerská, Pierre Jouy, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Andreas Hugi, Markus Mangold et al.:
    Multi-color laser spectroscopy with a dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser
    2014
  • Jana Jágerská, Bela Tuzson, Herbert Looser, Heino Prinz, Alfredo Bismuto, Mattias Beck et al.:
    Ultrafast leak detection of hydrocarbons using a 3.3 μm Fabry-Perot quantum cascade laser
    2013
  • Jana Jágerská :
    Dispersion Properties of Photonic Crystals and Silicon Nanostructures Investigated by Fourier-Space Imaging
    2011
  • Jana Jágerská, Nicolas Le Thomas, Hua Zhang, Zhaolu Diao, Romuald Houdré :
    Refractive index gas sensing in a hollow photonic crystal cavity
    2010

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    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


    Member of research group