Moscow Government Award for Young Scientists
For laser-induced structural modification of optical materials for photonics and optoelectronics.
Georgiy Shakhgildyan
Optical glass materials for photonics and laser technologies
Associate Professor · PhD in Chemical Engineering
I work at the intersection of materials science and photonics, developing optical glasses and transparent glass-ceramics for laser and micro-optical applications. My research spans from glass-ceramics design and synthesis to functional photonic structures created in glass.
Research Focus
Combining materials science and photonics to develop next-generation optical technologies.
Optical Glass-Ceramics
Design and study of transparent glass-ceramics combining optical performance with enhanced hardness and mechanical strength.
View ContributionsPhotonic Glasses
Glasses activated with rare-earth ions and plasmonic metal nanoparticles for light emission, amplification, and sensing.
View ContributionsLaser Writing in Glass
Femtosecond laser modification of glass for optical data storage, waveguides, and integrated photonic architectures.
View ContributionsOne-step micro-modification of optical properties in silver-doped zinc phosphate glasses by femtosecond direct laser writing
G.Yu. Shakhgildyan, A.S. Lipatiev, M.P. Vetchinnikov, V.V. Popova, S.V. Lotarev, N.V. Golubev, E.S. Ignat'eva, M.M. Presniakov, V.N. Sigaev
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2017
57 citationsFormation of Luminescent and Birefringent Microregions in Phosphate Glass Containing Silver
A. S. Lipat’ev, G. Yu. Shakhgil’dyan, T. O. Lipat’eva, S. V. Lotarev, S. S. Fedotov, M. P. Vetchinnikov, E. S. Ignat’eva, N. V. Golubev, V. N. Sigaev, P. G. Kazanskii
Glass and Ceramics, 2016
34 citationsLocal atomic structure of the high refractive index La2O3–Nb2O5–B2O3 glasses
R.O. Alekseev, L.A. Avakyan, G.Yu. Shakhgildyan, G.A. Komandin, V.I. Savinkov, N.A. Romanov, A.A. Veligzhanin, S.P. Lebedev, A.M. Ermakova, G.B. Sukharina, L.A. Bugaev, V.N. Sigaev
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022
30 citationsEditorial
Guest editor roles in international peer-reviewed journals. See issue pages for submission details.
Guest Editor
Materials MDPI
Special Issue "Synergy in Polyphase Materials: Harnessing the Power of Glass and Ceramics (2nd Edition)"
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Guest Editor
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Special Issue "Advances in Transparent Glass-Ceramics"
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Guest Editor
Materials MDPI
Special Issue "Synergy in Polyphase Materials: Harnessing the Power of Glass and Ceramics"
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Guest Editor
Ceramics MDPI
Special Issue "Advanced Glasses and Glass-Ceramics"
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Awards & Funding
Recognition for research excellence and grant-funded projects
Awards & Recognition
Russian Science Foundation (RSF) Expert
Scientific expertise
“Priority-2030” Academic Leadership Program Expert
University strategic development
Research Funding
Russian Science Foundation (RSF)
Development of optical glass-ceramics co-activated by rare-earth ions and noble metal nanoparticles
2022 — 2024Principal Investigator
Grant of the President of the Russian Federation
Nanostructured substrates based on nanoporous glasses
2020 — 2021Principal Investigator
Innovation Promotion Fund (START)
Development of high-strength transparent glass-ceramics
2019 — 2020Principal Investigator
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