prof. RNDr. Jiří Komrska, CSc.
E-mail:   komrska@fme.vutbr.cz 
Dept.:   Institute of Physical Engineering
Position:   Emeritus Professor

Education and academic qualification

  • 1959, physicist, Faculty of Natural Science, MU in Brno,
  • 1965, CSc., Faculty of Natural Science, UJEP in Brno, optics and spectrocopy,
  • 1966, RNDr., Faculty of Natural Science, UJEP in Brno,
  • 1991, assistent professor, Faculty of Natural Science, MU in Brno, physics of condensed materials and acoustics,
  • 1993, professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University in Brno, physics.

Career overview

  • 1959-1961, engineer, Factory and Research Institute for Powder Metallurgy at Šumperk,
  • 1961-1965, scientific co-worker, Institute of Metallurgy, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno,
  • 1965-1991, scientific co-worker, Institute of Scientific Instruments, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno,
  • 1991-1993, assistent professor, Institue of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University in Brno,
  • 1993-up to the present time, professor, Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engeneering, Technical University in Brno.

Pedagogic activities

  • Applied Optics (TAO)

  • Fourier Methods in Optics and in Structure Analysis (TFM, TFM-A)

  • Fourier Optics (TFO)

  • Mathematics of Wave Optics (9MAV)

  • The Fourier Transform of Lattices and the Kinematical Theory of Difraction (9KTD)

Scientific activities

  • Diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
  • Diffraction and interference of electrons.
  • Non-conventional methods of transmission electron microscopy.
  • Scalar theory of diffraction.
  • Fourier methods in diffraction theory and in structure analysis.
  • History of physics.

Academic internships abroad

  • 1968, 1993, University of Aston in Birmingham, 4 months.
  • 1976-1992, International Centre of Electron Microscopy at the MPI of Microstructure Physics, Halle/Saale, 8 months.
  • 1988, 1989, Technische Universität Clausthal, 2 months.
  • 1991-1996, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin, 5 months.
  • 1994, University of Swansea, 2 weeks.

University activities

  • 1990-1998, member of the Acreditation Commission of the Government of Czech Republic.
  • 1990-1998, member of the Subcommission for physics of the Acreditation Commission.
  • 1990-2000, member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno.
  • 1991-1994, member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava.
  • 1992-up to the present time, member of councils for the PhD studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University in Brno and at the Faculty of Natural Science, Masaryk University in Brno.
  • 1994-up to the present time, member of the Council of the Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University in Brno.
  • 1996-2009, head of the Department of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Institute of Physical Engineering, FME TU in Brno.
  • 2003-2010, member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TU in Brno.

Non-University activities

  • 1968-1971, member of the Editorial Board of the Československý časopis pro fysiku.
  • 1975-1995, associate editor of the Československý časopis pro fysiku.
  • 1990-1992, member of the Collegium for Physics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
  • 1992-1995, member of the Čs. committee for optics.
  • 1992-1999, member of the Editorial Board of the Czechoslovak Journal of Physics.
  • 1993-1996, member of the Commission for Science of the Grant Agency of Czech Republic.
  • 1993-1996, member of the Subcommission for Physics of the Grant Agency of Czech Republic.
  • 1995-2003, member of the Committee for awarding prices of Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports of Czech Republic for research.
  • 1996-1999, member of the Advisory Board of the International Centre of Electron Microscopy and Materials Sciences, Max-Planck Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle/Saale.
  • 1999-2003, member of the Advisory Board of the journal Crystal Research and Technology.

Prizing by scientific community

  • 1975, Tenth International Congress of Crystallography, Amsterdam: Diploma appreciating a series of diffraction patterns at the exposition Visual Aspect of Crystallography. 
  • 1982, Czech Literary Fund: Premium for the paper Korpuskulární optika jako východisko při výuce kvantové mechaniky. 
  • 1984, Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists: honarable acknowledgement for the devoted work for the Union.
  • 1990, Physical Science Section of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists: Diploma and Medal of the II. degree.
  • 1999, Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of Czech Republic: Medal of the I. degree for the long-time activity in Acreditation Commission of the Goverment of Czech Republic. 
  • 2000, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University in Brno: Medal for the work in science and research.

Projects

  • The Huygens-Fresnel Principle and its position in physics and in physics education. FRVŠ F4 1110/1999.
  • The stright-line alignment by means of the Fresnel diffraction. FRVŠ G 1111/1999.
  • The Fourier methods in the theory of diffraction and in the structure analysis. FRVŠ F4 1577/2000.

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within SCOPUS

100

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within ISI Web of Knowledge

143

Sum of other citations (without self-citations)

108

Supervised courses:

Publications:

  • POLIAK, J.; KOMRSKA, J.; WILFERT, O.:
    Restricted Beam Analysis for FSO Links,
    Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), pp.1-5, ISBN 978-1-4577-0919-7, (2012), Guarant s.r.o.
    conference paper
    akce: 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Praha, 26.03.2012-30.03.2012
  • POLIAK, J.; KOMRSKA, J.; WILFERT, O.:
    Wave Effects in FSO Links and Their Influence on Transmitted Laser Beam,
    Optické Komunikace 2011, pp.62-65, ISBN 978-80-86742-32-8, (2011), Agentura Action M
    conference paper
    akce: Optické Komunikace 2011, Praha, 20.10.2011-21.10.2011
  • WILFERT, O.; KOMRSKA, J.; POLIAK, J.; KOLKA, Z.:
    Influence of Optical Elements on the Laser Beam Profile,
    Proceedings of the Optics & Photonics 2011 Conference on Free-Space and Atmospheric Laser Communications XI, pp.1-7, ISBN 978-0-8194-8772-8, (2011), SPIE
    conference paper
    akce: SPIE Optics+Photonics 2011, San Diego, 21.08.2011-25.08.2011
  • LOVICAR, L.; KOMRSKA, J.; CHMELÍK, R.:
    Quantitative-phase-contrast imaging of a two-level surface described as a 2D linear filtering process,
    OPTICS EXPRESS, Vol.18, (2010), No.20, pp.20585-20594, ISSN 1094-4087
    journal article - other

List of publications at Portal BUT

Abstracts of most important papers:

  • KOMRSKA, J.:
    Fourierovské metody v teorii difrakce a ve strukturní analýze,
    Fourierovské metody v teorii difrakce a ve strukturní analýze, pp.1-242, ISBN 978-80-214-3532-2, (2007), Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o. Brno
    course reader
    The detailed exposition of the applications of the Fourier transform, of functions of several variables, the Fraunhofer diffraction, and diffraction by lattices.
  • VELECHOVSKÝ, K.; KOMRSKA, J.:
    Využití Fresnelovy difrakce s nulovou intenzitou ve dvou na sebe kolmých směrech k vytyčování přímek,
    Jemná mechanika a optika, Vol.48, (2003), No.6, pp.186-192, ISSN 0447-6441
    journal article - other
  • KOMRSKA, J.; NEUMANN, W.:
    Crystal Shape Amplitudes of Platonic Polyhedra. I. General Aspects and the Shape Amplitudes of the Tetrahedron, Cube, and Octahedron,
    physica status solidi, Vol.150, (1995), No.1, pp.89-111, ISSN 0031-8965
    journal article - other
  • KOMRSKA, J.:
    Algebraic expressions of shape amplitudes of polygons and polyhedra,
    OPTIK, Vol.80, (1988), No.4, pp.171-183, ISSN 0030-4026, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
    journal article - other
    Algebraic expressions of shape amplitudes of polygons and polyhedra.
  • KOMRSKA, J.:
    Fraunhofer diffraction from sector stars,
    Optica Acta, Vol.30, (1983), No.7, pp.887-925, ISSN 0030-3909, Taylor & Francis Ltd
    journal article - other
    Fraunhofer diffraction from sector stars.