Dr. Mojca Jazbinsek

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Senior Lecturer
• Head THz Photonics Team

Focus

• Organic functional materials
• Nonlinear optics
• Optoelectronics
• Terahertz photonics

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0753-4841

Projects

• Plasma-tailored sustainable nanohybrids for ultra-broadband terahertz absorbers / Project leader / ongoing
• THz photonics applications with 3D and 2D complex chalcogenides / Project leader / ongoing
• Packaging technology, stability evaluation, and non-destructive testing for commercialization of perovskite solar modules / Project leader / ongoing
• Molecular Phonon-Mode Engineering for All-Organic Gap-Free THz Photonics / Project leader / completed
• Ultrabroadband Terahertz Spectrometer and Terahertz Imaging System: TeraKit ULTRA / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• OH, J. et al. (2026) 'Efficient off‐diagonal terahertz crystals : nonlinear optical organic polymorphs with high conformational freedom substituents', Advanced Optical Materials, 14(22), p. e03620. doi: 10.1002/adom.202503620.
• Puc, U. et al. (2026) 'Ultra-broadband organic tandem terahertz generators', Optics & Laser Technology, 194(114410). doi: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.114410.
• Park, Y.-J. et al. (2025) 'Tetrafluorinated ionic organic terahertz crystals', Applied Physics Reviews, 12(1), p. 011425. doi: 10.1063/5.0246850.
• Kim, D.-J. et al. (2025) 'Organic terahertz crystals with unusual chlorinated electron donors', Advanced Optical Materials, 14(1), p. e02261. doi: 10.1002/adom.202502261.
• Park, J.-W. et al. (2025) 'Isomorphic organic crystal families : analogous crystal structure with largely different physical and terahertz properties', Applied Physics Reviews, 12(3), p. 031422. doi: 10.1063/5.0280312.
• Lee, C.-W. et al. (2025) 'Anisotropic dynamic disorder of π‐stacking and static disorder in organic electron transporting materials with isomorphic crystal structures', Small Structures, 6(9), p. 2500047. doi: 10.1002/sstr.202500047.
• Park, Y.-J. et al. (2025) 'New phenolic organic salt crystals with large optical nonlinearity', Macromolecular Research, 33(9), pp. 1239–1244. doi: 10.1007/s13233-025-00411-9.
• Santhosh, N. M. et al. (2025) 'Exploring effects of plasma surface engineering on cellulose nanofilms via broadband THz spectroscopy', Applied Surface Science, 682(161698). doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.161698.
• Kwon, O.-P. and Jazbinsek, M. (2024) 'Ionic organic terahertz crystals : a perspective on design and solid-state phonon absorption', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(35), pp. 13784–13796. doi: 10.1039/d4tc01786b.
• Lee, Y.-S. et al. (2024) 'Organic terahertz generators with wide entire‐molecular phonon‐free range and their application in broadband terahertz spectroscopy', Small Structures, 6(5), p. 2400483. doi: 10.1002/sstr.202400483.
• Lee, C.-W. et al. (2024) 'Organic THz crystals based on off‐diagonal optical nonlinearity with optimal in‐plane polar axis', Advanced Optical Materials, 12(33), p. 2401590. doi: 10.1002/adom.202401590.
• Yang, J.-A. et al. (2024) 'Chiral cationic chromophores : a new class of efficient ultrabroadband organic THz crystals', Advanced Optical Materials, 12(22), p. 2400343. doi: 10.1002/adom.202400343.
• Yoon, G.-E. et al. (2024) 'Symmetry reduction of molecular shape of cationic chromophores for high‐performance terahertz generators', Advanced Optical Materials, 12(21), p. 2400413. doi: 10.1002/adom.202400413.
• Lee, C.-W. et al. (2023) 'Ultra‐broadband organic THz generators : influence of substituents on THz phonon vibrations in phenolic parallel‐type cation–anion assembly', Advanced Optical Materials, 12(13), p. 2302689. doi: 10.1002/adom.202302689.
• Abina, A. et al. (2023) 'Urinary metabolic biomarker profiling for cancer ciagnosis by terahertz spectroscopy : review and perspective', Photonics, 10(9), p. 1051. doi: 10.3390/photonics10091051.
• Shin, B.-R. et al. (2023) 'Design of high-performance organic nonlinear optical and terahertz crystals by controlling the van der Waals volume', Advanced Science, 10(34), p. 2304767. doi: 10.1002/advs.202304767.
• Kim, D.-J. et al. (2023) 'Local rigidity by flexibility : unusual design for organic THz‐device materials', Advanced Optical Materials, 11(21), p. 2300807. doi: 10.1002/adom.202300807.
• Abina, A. et al. (2023) 'Analytical gas sensing in the terahertz spectral range', Micromachines, 14(11), p. 1987. doi: 10.3390/mi14111987.
• Shin, B.-R. et al. (2023) 'Design and validation of isomorphic crystal library for nonlinear optics and THz wave generation', Advanced Optical Materials, 11(13), p. 2201420. doi: 10.1002/adom.202201420.
• Shin, B.-R. et al. (2023) 'Dichlorinated organic‐salt terahertz sources for THz spectroscopy', Advanced Optical Materials, 11(4), p. 2202027. doi: 10.1002/adom.202202027.
• Kim, S.-J. et al. (2023) 'A new class of organic crystals with extremely large hyperpolarizability : efficient THz wave generation with wide flat‐spectral‐band', Advanced Functional Materials, 33(1), p. 2209915. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202209915.
• Shin, B.-R. et al. (2023) 'Efficient organic terahertz generator with extremely broad terahertz molecular vibrational mode-free range', APL Materials, 11(1), p. 011101. doi: 10.1063/5.0116905.
• Kim, S.-J. et al. (2022) 'Orthogonal molecular assembly : eliminating intrinsic phonon modes in organic THz generators', Advanced Optical Materials, 10(23), p. 2102654. doi: 10.1002/adom.202102654.
• Puc, U. et al. (2022) 'Broadband THz wave generation in organic benzothiazolium crystals at MHz repetition rates [Invited]', Optical Materials Express, 13(1), pp. 53–66. doi: 10.1364/OME.475427.
• Lee, Y.-S. et al. (2022) 'New organic 4‐(4‐methoxystyryl)‐1‐methylpyridinium crystals for nonlinear optical applications', Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 43(11), pp. 1247–1253. doi: 10.1002/bkcs.12612.
• Shin, B.-R. et al. (2022) 'New N-pyrimidinyl stilbazolium crystals for second-order nonlinear optics', Optics & Laser Technology, 156(108454). doi: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.108454.
• Kim, S.-J. et al. (2022) 'Design strategy of highly efficient nonlinear optical orange‐colored crystals with two electron‐withdrawing groups', Advanced Photonics Research, 3(7), p. 2100350. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202100350.
• Yoon, G.-E. et al. (2022) 'Phonon-suppressing intermolecular adhesives : catechol-based broadband organic THz generators', Advanced Science, 9(24), p. 2201391. doi: 10.1002/advs.202201391.
• Seok, J.-H. et al. (2021) 'High‐density organic electro‐optic crystals for ultra‐broadband THz spectroscopy', Advanced Optical Materials, 9(17), p. 2100618. doi: 10.1002/adom.202100618.
• Kim, S.-J. et al. (2021) 'Highly nonlinear optical organic crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation, detection, and applications', Advanced Optical Materials, 9(23), p. 2101019. doi: 10.1002/adom.202101019.
• Puc, U. et al. (2021) 'Ultra‐broadband and high‐dynamic‐range THz time‐domain spectroscopy system based on organic crystal emitter and detector in transmission and reflection geometry', Advanced Photonics Research, 2(4), p. 2000098. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202000098.
• Seok, J.-H. et al. (2021) 'Organic THz generators : a design strategy for organic crystals with ultralarge macroscopic hyperpolarizability', Advanced Optical Materials, 9(19), p. 2100324. doi: 10.1002/adom.202100324.
• Kim, S.-J. et al. (2021) 'New benzothiazolium crystals with very large off-diagonal optical nonlinearity', Dyes and Pigments, 192(109433). doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109433.
• Buchmann, T. O. et al. (2020) 'High-power few-cycle THz generation at MHz repetition rates in an organic crystal', APL Photonics, 5(10), p. 106103. doi: 10.1063/5.0022762.
• Kim, S.-I. et al. (2020) 'Organic σ‐Hole containing crystals with enhanced nonlinear optical response and efficient optical‐to‐THz frequency conversion', Advanced Optical Materials. doi: 10.1002/adom.201901840.
• Kim, J. et al. (2020) 'Solid‐state molecular motions in organic THz generators', Advanced Optical Materials, 9(4), p. 2001521. doi: 10.1002/adom.202001521.
• Ovchinnikov, A. V. et al. (2020) 'Generation of strong-field spectrally tunable terahertz pulses', Optics Express, 28(23), pp. 33921–33936. doi: 10.1364/OE.405545.
• Shin, M.-H. et al. (2020) 'Organic broadband THz generators optimized for efficient near‐infrared optical pumping', Advanced Science, 7(20), p. 2001738. doi: 10.1002/advs.202001738.
• Kim, D. et al. (2020) 'Molecular salt crystals with bis(head-to-tail) interionic complementary assembly for efficient organic THz generators', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8(29), pp. 10078–10085. doi: 10.1039/D0TC02225J.
• Buchmann, T. O. et al. (2020) 'MHz-repetition-rate, sub-mW, multi-octave THz wave generation in HMQ-TMS', Optics Express, 28(7), pp. 9631–9641. doi: 10.1364/OE.386604.
• Kim, D. et al. (2020) 'Wide‐bandgap organic crystals : enhanced optical‐to‐terahertz nonlinear frequency conversion at near‐infrared pumping', Advanced Optical Materials, 8(10), p. 1902099. doi: 10.1002/adom.201902099.
• Lee, J.-A. et al. (2020) 'X‐shaped alignment of chromophores : potential alternative for efficient organic terahertz generators', Advanced Optical Materials, 8(9), p. 1901921. doi: 10.1002/adom.201901921.
• Giorgianni, F. et al. (2019) 'Supercontinuum generation in OHQ-N2S organic crystal driven by intense terahertz fields', Optics Letters, 44(19), pp. 4881–4884. doi: 10.1364/OL.44.004881.
• Jazbinsek, M. et al. (2019) 'Organic crystals for THz photonics', Applied Sciences, 9(5/882). doi: 10.3390/app9050882.
• Shin, M.-H. et al. (2018) 'Organic three‐component single crystals with pseudo‐isomorphic cocrystallization for nonlinear optics and THz photonics', Advanced Functional Materials, 28(48). doi: 10.1002/adfm.201805257.
• Kang, B. J. et al. (2018) 'New class of efficient terahertz generators : effective terahertz spectral filling by complementary tandem configuration of nonlinear organic crystals', Advanced Functional Materials, 28(15), p. 1707195. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201707195.
• Jeong, C.-U. et al. (2018) 'Yellow-colored electro-optic crystals as intense terahertz wave sources', Advanced Functional Materials. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201801143.
• Rovere, A. et al. (2018) 'Generation of high-field terahertz pulses in an HMQ-TMS organic crystal pumped by an ytterbium laser at 1030 nm', Optics Express, 26(3), pp. 2509–2516. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.002509.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2017) 'Terahertz phonon mode engineering of highly efficient organic terahertz generators', Advanced Functional Materials, 27(14), p. 1605583. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201605583.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2017) 'Benzothiazolium single crystals : a new class of nonlinear optical crystals with efficient THz wave generation', Advanced Materials, 29(30), p. 1701748. doi: 10.1002/adma.201701748.
• Choi, J.-Y. et al. (2017) 'Quinolinium single crystals with a high optical nonlinearity and unusual out-of-plane polar axis', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017(47), pp. 12602–12609. doi: 10.1039/C7TC04835A.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2016) 'Quinolinium-based organic electro-optic crystals : crystal characteristics in solvent mixtures and optical properties in the terahertz range', Materials Chemistry and Physics, 169, pp. 62–70. doi: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.11.028.
• Kim, J.-Y. et al. (2016) 'Stereoselective inhibitors based on nonpolar hydrocarbons for polar organic crystals', Crystal Growth & Design, 16(11), pp. 6514–6521. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01201.
• Kim, J. et al. (2016) 'Terahertz phonon modes of highly efficient electro-optic phenyltriene OH1 crystals', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(42), pp. 24360–24369. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07979.
• Lee, K.-H. et al. (2016) 'Multi-functional supramolecular building blocks with hydroxy piperidino groups : new opportunities for developing nonlinear optical ionic crystals', CrystEngComm, 2016(31), pp. 5832–5841. doi: 10.1039/C6CE00401F.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2016) 'In situ tailor-made additives for molecular crystals : a simple route to morphological crystal engineering', Crystal Growth & Design, 16(7), pp. 3555–3561. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00219.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2016) 'Electro-optic crystals grown in confined geometry with optimal crystal characteristics for THz photonic applications', CrystEngComm, 2016(18), pp. 7311–7318. doi: 10.1039/C6CE00958A.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2016) 'Recent progress in acentric core structures for highly efficient nonlinear optical crystals and their supramolecular interactions and terahertz applications', CrystEngComm, 2016(38), pp. 7180–7203. doi: 10.1039/C6CE00707D.
• Vicario, C. et al. (2015) 'High efficiency THz generation in DSTMS, DAST and OH1 pumped by Cr:forsterite laser', Optics Express, 23(4), pp. 4573–4580. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.004573.
• Chen, H. et al. (2015) 'Engineering of organic chromophores with large second-order optical nonlinearity and superior crystal growth ability', Crystal Growth & Design, 15(11), pp. 5560–5567. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01216.
• Kim, J. et al. (2015) 'First-principles calculation of terahertz absorption with dispersion correction of 2,2′-bithiophene as model compound', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(22), pp. 12598–12607. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02661.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2015) 'Organic styryl quinolinium crystal with aromatic anion bearing electron-rich vinyl group', Journal of Molecular Structure, 1100, pp. 359–365. doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.07.071.
• Kim, J. et al. (2015) 'Phonon modes of organic electro-optic molecular crystals for terahertz photonics', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(18), pp. 10031–10039. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02445.
• Kim, J.-S. et al. (2015) 'New phenolic N-methylquinolinium single crystals for second-order nonlinear optics', Optical Materials, 45, pp. 136–140. doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2015.03.023.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2015) 'Organic ionic electro-optic crystals grown by specific interactions on templates for THz wave photonics', CrystEngComm, 2015(17), pp. 4781–4786. doi: 10.1039/C5CE00623F.
• Vicario, C. et al. (2015) 'Intense, carrier frequency and bandwidth tunable quasi single-cycle pulses from an organic emitter covering the Terahertz frequency gap', Scientific Reports, 5(14394). doi: 10.1038/srep14394.

Books, peer-reviewed

Dalton, L. R. et al. (2015) Organic electro-optics and photonics. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139043885.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Jazbinsek, M. and Günter, P. (2019) 'Molecular crystals and thin films for photonics', in Handbook of organic materials for electronic and photonic devices. Elsevier, pp. 177–210. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102284-9.00006-1.
• Jazbinsek, M. and Günter, P. (2017) 'Organic molecular nonlinear optical materials and devices', in Sun, S.-S. and Dalton, L. R. (eds) Introduction to organic electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices. Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp. 435–481.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Jazbinsek, M. et al. (2025) 'Phonon modes across the ferrielectric-paraelectric phase transition of 2D CuInP₂S₆ studied by Raman and THz time-domain spectroscopy', in XIV International seminar "Properties of ferroelectric and superionic systems", Uzhhorod, Ukraine (online), 23 October 2025. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35365.
• Jazbinsek, M. et al. (2025) 'Ultra-broadband terahertz, Raman, and infrared spectroscopy of phonon modes in 2D CuInP₂S₆ ferroelectric chalcogenides', in 15th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity (EMF-15) and PLU7, Katowice, Poland, 31 August - 5 September 2025.
• Medrano, C. et al. (2024) 'Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging up to 20 THz based on organic crystals', in Sadwick, L. P. and Yang, T. (eds) Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XVII. SPIE, p. 1288509. doi: 10.1117/12.3000136.
• Buchmann, T. O. et al. (2021) 'Milliwatt-level multi-MHz THz wave generation in the organic crystal HMQTMS with a compressed fiber laser', in 2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370596.
• Bach, T. et al. (2019) 'Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy up to 20 THz based on organic electro-optic crystals', in 2019 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8874172.
• Jazbinsek, M. et al. (2019) 'High-bandwidth terahertz-wave generation and detection in various organic electro-optic crystals', in Photorefractive Photonics and Beyond, pp. 38–39.
• Puc, U. et al. (2019) 'DSTMS-based ultrabroadband terahertz time-domain spectroscopy', in 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8873218.

Other publications

• Shin, M.-H. et al. (2019) 'Efficient gap‐free broadband terahertz generators based on new organic quinolinium single crystals', Advanced Optical Materials, 7(21). doi: 10.1002/adom.201900953.
• Kim, S.-I. et al. (2019) 'Fluorinated organic electro-optic quinolinium crystals for THz wave generation', Advanced Optical Materials. doi: 10.1002/adom.201801495.
• Lee, S.-J. et al. (2018) 'Efficient optical-to-THz conversion organic crystals with simultaneous electron withdrawing and donating halogen substituents', Advanced Optical Materials, 6(2). doi: 10.1002/adom.201700930.
• Lee, S.-C. et al. (2018) 'Single crystals based on hydrogen-bonding mediated cation-anion assembly with extremely large optical nonlinearity and their application for intense THz wave generation', Advanced Optical Materials, 6(10). doi: 10.1002/adom.201701258.
• Lee, S.-C. et al. (2017) 'New electro-optic salt crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation by direct pumping at Ti:sapphire wavelength', Advanced Optical Materials, 5(5). doi: 10.1002/adom.201600758.
• Lee, S.-H. et al. (2015) 'New acentric core structure for organic electrooptic crystals optimal for efficient optical-to-THz conversion', Advanced Optical Materials, 3(6), pp. 756–762. doi: 10.1002/adom.201400502.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Jazbinsek, M. et al. (2025) 'Ultrabroadband THz time-domain spectroscopy : basics and applications to ferroelectric materials', in XIV International seminar "Properties of ferroelectric and superionic systems" Uzhhorod, Ukraine (online), 23 October 2025.
• Jazbinsek, M. et al. (2024) 'Ultra-broadband THz time-domain spectroscopy based on organic crystals for materials testing', in International Conference on Simulation of Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics 2024. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, p. 47. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/engineering/institute-zentren/icp/veranstaltungen/simoep-2024/boa-simoep-24-v-august30.pdf.
• Puc, U. et al. (2019) 'Compact and ultra-broadband terahertz spectrometer based on organic DSTMS crystals', in SPIE Photonics West - Conference 10917 «Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XII», San Francisco, USA, 2-7 February 2019.
• Puc, U. et al. (2018) 'Ultrabroadband terahertz time domain spectroscopy based on organic crystals', in Book of Abstracts, 8th International Workshop on Terahertz Technology and Applications, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

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