Membership and functions

FVS JCMF, Optical Society of America, American Physical Society, SPIE-
International Society for Optical Engineering, Vice-president ICO-International
Commission for Optics (1987-1190), member of Comission for ICO price (1987-1993), member of Comission for Galileo's medal ICO (1993-1996)

International editorial boards:
Optics Letters (1982-1990), Acta Physica Polonica (1976-1991), Journal of
Modern Optics(1982-1998), Quantum Optics (1993-1998) , Progress in Op-
tics, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Acta Physica Slovaca, Jemna mechanika
a optika, Optica Applicata
reviewer of international optical and physical journals and referee and member of dissertion and inaugural comissions.

Member of organization committee of congress ICO-10 (Prague 1975) and international scientific councils of congresses ICO-13 (Sapporo 1984), ICO-14 (Quebec 1987), ICO-15 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1990), ICO-16 (Budapest' 1993), ICO-17 (Taejon, Korea 1996) and other conferences, e.g. Frontiers in Information Optics (Kyoto 1994), Photonics'95 (Prague), Czecho-Slovak-Polish Optical Conferences, etc.

Co-ordinator of main topics of state research (1980-90), member of Scientific Board for Physics CSAV (1979-92), member and chairman of comissions for defence of thesis for CSc. a DrSc. in branch quantum electronics and optics, co-ordinator of international scientific cooperations, member of Scientific Council of FZU CSAV (1990-92), Scientific Councils of UP (1990-2002), Nat. Sci. Fac. UP and AV CR, of physical comission of GA CR (1993-1997), chairman of Czech and Slovakian Section of SPIE (till 1996), member of National Committee for Optics (1985-94), member of committee of section Quantum Electronics and Optics of EPS (till 1993), member of comission for MSMT price, etc.