12 Academician Proskura St., 61085, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Phone: (057) 744 1129; fax: (057) 744 1105;
e-mail: ire@ire.kharkov.ua;
http://www.ire.kharkov.ua

Main research areas:

– radio physics and electronics of millimeter and submillimeter waves;

– interaction of electromagnetic waves with solid bodies and biological objects;

– propagation of radio waves in the environment;

– radio-physical sensing of natural and man-made objects.

The following science schools function at the institute:

– radio physics and electronics of millimeter and submillimeter ranges;

– radio physics of solid bodies and biological objects;

– propagation of radio waves in the environment.

Developments offered for cooperative commercialization:

– radiation sources of mm and submm wave bands (development and prototyping):

– pulse and continuous-wave magnetrons, klynotrons, reflective klystrons (2cm – 0.5 mm), pulse multibeam klystrons – cm-wave amplifiers, pulse coaxial cold-cathode magnetrons;

– pulse and continuous-wave oscillators of diffraction radiation with high stability and capacity, narrow spectrum and low noise level;

– submm wave discharge waveguide lasers;

– optical-range dye lasers with radiation control.

A system for mathematical simulation of elements and units of waveguide sections; prototyping of various waveguide elements.

A complete set of devices and a technique for remote acoustic diagnostics of gas-filled sediments and sources of active gas evolutions on the sea-bottom.

Development of general-purpose radar-tracking systems (from mm to dkm waves) for:

– monitoring the territories of protected objects;

– locating objects hidden on a human body;

– locating the living buried under debris;

– subsurface sounding (search for underground communication lines, voids, oil leakages, control of the integrity and migration of oil and gas pipes etc.);

– communication with, recognition, orientation of objects in difficult environments, including detection of surface objects behind the horizon at a distance of 150-200 km;

– remote vibration measurements in machines and mechanisms;

– all-weather monitoring of the condition of buildings and engineering facilities;

– systems for preventing collisions of moving objects;

– remote diagnostics of psychoemotional condition of high-responsibility personnel (operators of atomic power stations, air traffic controllers etc.);

Techniques of air- and space radar monitoring for:

– forecasting and control of emergencies (flooding, high waters, forest fires);

– supervising the condition of vegetation, large forests, soil erosion processes.