Biography
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Physical mechanisms of strong-field quantum control in complex systems:
Control of femtosecond laser filamentation and nonlinear optics of filament wake channels;
Spectral control of coherent broadband light generated via dynamic Rabi cycling;
Strong-field control of electronic and nuclear dynamics in molecules and molecular ions;
Dimensionality reduction in multi-parameter control and detection spaces;
Femtosecond four-wave mixing in spatially inhomogeneous systems.
Linear and nonlinear light scattering in turbid media as applied to noninvasive blood characterization.
Dispersion law engineering and dynamics of quasiparticles with engineered dispersion:
Mechanics of particles with W-type dispersion;
Edge magnetic states in systems with non-monotonic potential profile;
Electronic and optoelectronic properties of fullerene nanotubes;
Spin-orbital manipulation in quantum wires and in quantum wells of curved geometry.
Electronic and optical properties of nanostructures based on novel materials:
Electron localization in polarization electron pockets in thin films of nitride semiconductors;
Bow-tie optical phonon modes in quantum dots of non-cubic semiconductors;
Cascade phonon transformations and energy dissipation in quantum wells;
Novel materials for photodetectors and solar cells.
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
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PHYS 1021 | Introduction to General Physics I | Undergraduate |
PHYS 1022 | Introduction to General Physics II | Undergraduate |
PHYS 1061 | Elementary Classical Physics I | Undergraduate |
PHYS 1062 | Elementary Classical Physics II | Undergraduate |
PHYS 3101 | Analytical Mechanics | Undergraduate |
PHYS 5302 | Advanced Electromagnetic Theory | Graduate |
PHYS 5702 | Quantum Mechanics II | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Romanov, D. & Levis, R. (2020). Delayed ionization and excitation dynamics in a filament wake channel in a dense-gas medium. Physical Review A, 102(1). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.013110.