Yuri Rezunkov

Yu. A. Rezunkov (born in 1950) is a leading scientist of the Scientific Research Institute for Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering (NII OEP JSC) in Sosnovy Bor (Russia). His research interests lie in the fields of laser physics, laser optics, and interaction of laser radiation with matter. He graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (now Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University) with diploma in aerodynamics and thermodynamics in 1974. In 1977, he earned a PhD degree and joined Sosnovy Bor Branch of Vavilov State Optical Institute (now NII OEP JSC). Yu. A. Rezunkov has published a number of papers on various scientific subjects, including propagation of high-power laser radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere, development of laser lightning protection systems, phase conjugation techniques to compensate for the laser beam wavefront distortions caused by an atmospheric turbulence as well as development of the high-peak power picosecond CO2 lasers. Special attention in his papers has been paid to the development of the laser propulsion theory and applied techniques. The laser ablation propulsion based on the CHO-polymers was the subject of his Doctor of Science thesis, successfully defended in 2006. At present, Dr. Yu. A. Rezunkov works on a development of optic-electronic equipment.