Mesoscopic Electromagnetic Transport in Inhomogeneous Systems
METIS (Μῆτις) group
Alexey Yamilov  
Dr. Alexey Yamilov CV
Associate Professor
 Department of Physics
 Missouri University of Science and Technology(Missouri S&T)
 1315 N. Pine St, Rolla, MO 65409-06403
 Tel: (573) 341-6793 Fax: (573) 341-4715 Email: yamilov@mst.edu
Education Research interest and Funding Professional meetings Collaborations Teaching
Professional appointments List of publications Invited talks Group members Other professional activities

Research Interests

My research interests and expertise can be broadly described as wave propagation in complex media. It spans the areas of condensed matter physics, optics and photonics. I conduct analytical and numerical modeling with a view toward experimental corroboration.
  1. Wave propagation in complex (random, aperiodic, partially or fully ordered) media 
  2. Coherent control of wave transport and imaging in turbid media
  3. Wave diffusion in confined geometries, localization phenomena
  4. Lasing in complex photonic media
  5. Compressive sensing algorithms and optimization
Classification of regimes of wave transport in quasi-one-dimensional systems Artificially disordered birefringent optical fibers
 Self-Optimization of Optical Confinement and Lasing Action in Disordered Photonic Crystals
 Position-Dependent Diffusion of Light in Disordered Waveguides
 Critical states embedded in the continuum

Computational Methods

  1. Comsol Multiphyiscs
  2. Self embedding transfer matrix methods (frequency domain)
  3. Finite Difference Time Domain method (FDTD)
  4. Kwant simulation package
  5. Plane-wave expansion  methods for photonic band structure calculation (frequency domain)
  6. Boundary Element Method (frequency domain)
  7. Monte Carlo simulation of diffusive transport

Computational Resources

  1. XSEDE Supercomuting (Ranger @ TACC) via competitive grants
  2. Missouri S&T's Numirically Intesive Computing cluster (~250 CPU Linux cluster)
  3. Dell Precision Workstation T5500 (12-core, 48GB RAM)
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Education

PhD in Physics
Concept of local polaritons and optical properties of mixed crystals and quantum heterostructures.
Adviser: Alexander A. Lisyansky
1997 - 2001    Graduate School and University Center The City University of New York, New York, NY

MS in Physics/Engineering (summa cum laude)
Study of multicomponent systems in the framework of the renormalization group equation
1995 - 1997    Donetsk State University, Ukraine

BS in Physics
Application of Kadanoff-Baym kinetic equations to calculation of electro-conductivity in disordered systems
1992 - 1995    Donetsk State University, Ukraine
 thesis.pdf

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Professional appointments

2014 - present
 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Missouri S&T
2008 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Missouri S&T
2005 - 2008 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Missouri S&T
2003 - 2004 Summer Adjunct Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2003 - 2005 Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Hui Cao's group)
2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Hui Cao's group)
2000 - 2001 Adjunct Lecturer, Queensborough Community College of CUNY, New York, NY
1997 - 2001 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Queens College of CUNY, New York, NY
Teaching Assistant, Queens College of CUNY, New York, NY
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Research funding           

2012 - 2016    National Science Foundation, "Collaborative Research: Anomalous Transport and Wavefront Shaping in Complex Photonic Media"
2007 - 2011    National Science Foundation, "Collaborative Research: Mesoscopic Transport and Localization in Active Random Media" DMR-0704981
2009 - 2010    University of Missouri Research Board, "Electromagnetic wave transport through disordered amplifying optical fibers"

Computational Time Grants

2009 - 2011    Tera-Grid, "Non-diffusive transport and localization in the random amplifying medium" DMR-090132, DMR-100030; 1,100,000 SU

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Other professional activities and memberships

Referee for
APS, OSA, SPIE, Nature journals; NSF, Eropean funding agencies; CLEO topical program commettee, NSF panels
Organizer of Condensed Matter Seminar at Northwestern University
Member  CLEO/QELS – Fundamental Sciences: Metamaterials and Complex Media Subcommittee 2015-
Subcommittee chair  CLEO/QELS – Fundamental Sciences: Metamaterials and Complex Media Subcommittee 2016-
Presider at Frontiers in Optics, CLEO/QELS
Organizer of Physics Department Colloquium at Missouri S&T 2008-2011
http://physics.mst.edu/currentcourses/seminars.html

Professional Memberships

Senior Member of Optical Society of America

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Current Collaborations

1. Hui Cao, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
Light Transport and  Manipulation in  Complex Nano-photonic Media
2. Vladislav Yakovlev, Texax A&M
Diffusion is structured random media
3. Martin Wegener, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Cloaking in diffusive media
4. Tsampikos Kottos, Physics Deparment, Wesleyan University
Localization in systems with complex potential
5. Sergey Skipetrov, CNRS
Self-consistent Theory of Localization
6. Elena Chaikina, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)
Disordered Optical Fibers

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List of publications          

h-index: 23
h-index (last 5 years): 16

For latest submission to LANL arXiv click here

75.   Enhanced optical coupling and Raman scattering via microscopic interface engineering,
J. V. Thompson, B. H. Hokr, W. Kim, C. W. Ballmann, B. Applegate, J. Jo, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, M. O. Scully, and V. V. Yakovlev, Optica submitted (2017)
74.   Inverse design of perfectly transmitting eigenchannels in scattering media,
M. Koirala, R. Sarma, H. Cao, A. Yamilov, Phys. Rev. B 96, 054209 (2017)
73.   Enhanced coupling of light into a turbid medium through microscopic interface engineering,
J. V. Thompson, B. H. Hokr, W. Kim, C. W. Ballmann, B. Applegate, J. Jo, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, M. O. Scully, and V. V. Yakovlev, PNAS 1705612114 (2017)
72.   Uncloaking diffusive-light invisibility cloaks by speckle analysis,
A. Niemeyer, F. Mayer, A. Naber, M. Koirala, A. Yamilov, M. Wegener, Opt. Lett. 42, 1998 (2017)
71.   Enhancing light transmission through a random medium with inhomogeneous scattering and loss,
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110,  021103 (2017)
70.   Control of energy density inside disordered medium by coupling to open or closed channels,
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, S. Petrenko, Y. Bromberg, H. Cao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 086803 (2016)
69.   Detection of diffusive cloak via second-order statistics,
M. Koirala and A. Yamilov, Opt. Lett. 41, 3860 (2016)
68.   Shape-dependence of transmission, reflection and absorption eigenvalue densities in disordered waveguides with dissipation,
A. Yamilov, S. Petrenko, R. Sarma, H. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 93, 100201(R) (2016)
67.   Control of mesoscopic transport by modifying transmission channels in opaque media,
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, S. F. Liew, M. Guy, H. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 92, 214206 (2015)
66.   Using geometry to manipulate long-range correlation of light inside disordered media,
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, P. Neupane, H. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 92, 180203(R) (2015)
65.   Applicability of the position-dependent diffusion approach to localized transport through disordered waveguides,
P. Neupane, A. Yamilov, Phys. Rev. B 92, 014207 (2015)
64.    Critical states embedded in the continuum,
M. Koirala, A. Yamilov, A. Basiri, Y. Bromberg, H. Cao, T. Kottos, New J. Phys. 17, 013003 (2015)
63.   Light localization induced by a random imaginary refractive index,
A. Basiri, Y. Bromberg, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, and T. Kottos, Phys. Rev. A 90, 043815 (2014)
62.    Controlling diffusion inside a disordered nanophotonic waveguide using geometry,
R. Sarma, T. Golubev, A. Yamilov, and H. Cao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 041104 (2014)
61.    Probing Long-range intensity correlations inside disordered photonic nanostructures,
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, P. Neupane, B. Shapiro, and H. Cao, Phys. Rev. B 90, 014203 (2014)
60.    Position-dependent diffusion of light in disordered waveguides, (supplementary information is here)
A. Yamilov, R. Sarma, B. Redding, B. Payne, H. Noh, and H. Cao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 023904 (2014)
59.    Interplay between localization and absorption in disordered waveguides,
A. Yamilov and B. Payne, Optics Express 21, 11688–11697 (2013)
58.    Effect of evanescent channels on position-dependent diffusion in disordered waveguides,
B. Payne, T. Mahler, and A. Yamilov, Waves in Random and Complex Media 23, 43-55 (2013)
57.    Artificially disordered birefringent optical fibers,
S. Herath, N. P. Puente, E.I. Chaikina and A. Yamilov, Optics Express 20, 3620-3632 (2012)
56.    Self-optimization of optical confinement and lasing action in disordered photonic crystals,
A. Yamilov and H. Cao, book chapter in "Optical properties of photonic structures: interplay between order and disorder," ed. by. M. Limonov and R. De La Rue (Taylor & Francis 2012)
55.    Fabrication, characterization and theoretical analysis of controlled disorder in the core of the optical fibers,
N. P. Puente, E.I. Chaikina, S. Herath and A. Yamilov, Appl. Opt. 50, 802 (2011)
Highlighted in Spotlight on Optics
54.    Investigations of mode coupling in optical fibers with controlled volume disorder,
N. P. Puente, E.I. Chaikina, S. Herath and A. Yamilov, SPIE Proceedings: Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications 7839, 78391O-1 (2010)
53.    Classification of regimes of wave transport in quasi-one-dimensional non-conservative random media,
A. Yamilov and B. Payne, J. Mod. Opt. 57, 1916 (2010)
52.    Relation between transmission and energy stored in random media with gain,
B. Payne, J. Andreasen, H. Cao, and A. Yamilov, Phys. Rev. B  82, 104204 (2010)
51.    Anderson localization as position-dependent diffusion in disordered waveguides,
B. Payne, A. Yamilov, S. E. Skipetrov,  Phys. Rev. B 82, 024205 (2010) arXiv:1005.0013
50.    Dual-Periodic Photonic Crystal Structures,
A. Yamilov and M. Herrera, in  "Recent Optical and Photonic Technologies," Ed. by Ki Young Kim, INTEH, (2010) ISBN 978-953-7619-71-8
49.    Criterion for light localization in random amplifying media,
B. Payne, H. Cao, and A. Yamilov, Physica B 405, 3012 (2010)
48.    Five-fold reduction of lasing threshold near the first ΓL-pseudogap of ZnO inverse opals,
M. Scharrer, H. Noh, X. Wu, M. A. Anderson, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, and R. P. H. Chang, J. Opt. 12, 024007 (2010)
47.    Relation between channel and spatial mesoscopic correlations in volume-disordered waveguides,
A. Yamilov, Phys. Rev. B 78, 045104 (2008)
46.    Slow-light effect in dual-periodic photonic lattice,
A. Yamilov, M. R. Herrera and M. F. Bertino, Journal of Optical Society of America B 25, 599-608 (2008)
45.    Entrainment and stimulated emission of auto-oscillators in an acoustic cavity,
R. L. Weaver, O. I Lobkis, and A. Yamilov,  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 3409-18 (2007)
44.    Effect of local pumping on random laser modes,
X. Wu, J. Andreasen, H. Cao, and A. Yamilov, Journal of Optical Society of America B 24, A26 (2007)
43.    Quantum dots by ultraviolet and X-ray lithography,
M. F. Bertino, R. R. Gadipalli, L. A. Martin, L. E. Rich, A. Yamilov, B. R. Heckman, N. Leventis, S. Guha, J. Katsoudas, R. Divan and D. C. Mancini, Nanotechnology 18, 315603 (2007)
42.    Disorder-immune coupled resonator optical waveguide,
A. Yamilov and M. Bertino, Optics Letters 32, 283-285 (2007)
41.    Effect of amplification on conductance distribution of a disordered waveguide,
A. Yamilov, and H. Cao, Physical Review E 74, 056609 (2006)
40.    Lasing with coherent feedback in weakly scattering media,
X. Wu, W. Fang, A. Yamilov, A. Chabanov, A. A. Asatryan,  L. C. Botten, and H. Cao, Physical Review A 74, 053812 (2006)
39.    UASER: Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, (invited)
A. Yamilov, R. Weaver, and O. Lobkis, Photonic Spectra pp. 90-94 (August 2006)
38.    Ultrasonic analog for random laser,
R. Weaver, O. Lobkis, and A. Yamilov, physics/0509215; Why do we call it a UASER?
An ultrasonic analog for a laser, R. Weaver, O. Lobkis, and A. Yamilov, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 3413 (2006)
37.    Ultraviolet lasing in high-order bands of three-dimensional ZnO photonic crystals,
M. Scharrer, A. Yamilov, X. Wu, H. Cao, and R. P. H. Chang, Applied Physics Letters 88, 201103 (2006)
36.   ZnO photonic crystal lasers,
X. Wu, A. Yamilov, X. Liu, S. Li, V. P. Dravid, R. P. H. Chang, and H. Cao , Proc. SPIE 6122, 612205 (2006)
35.    Laser resonators formed by two nanoparticles,
X. Wu,  W. Fang, A. Yamilov, A. Chabanov, and H. Cao, Proc. SPIE 6101, 61010M (2006)
34.     Self-optimization of optical confinement in ultra-violet photonic crystal slab laser,
A. Yamilov, X. Wu, X. Liu, R. P. H. Chang, and H. Cao, Physical Review Letters 96, 083905 (2006) For more information click here.
33.     Photonic band structure of ZnO photonic crystal slab laser,
A. Yamilov, X. Wu, and H. Cao, Journal of Applied Physics 98, 103102 (2005)
32.     Absorption-induced confinement of lasing modes in diffusive random medium,
A. Yamilov, X. Wu, H. Cao, and A. L. Burin, Optics Letters 30, 2430 (2005)
31.    Interplay between amplification and absorption in diffusive random lasers,
H. Cao, A. Yamilov, A. L. Burin, and X. Wu, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5924, 59240A (2005)
30.    Analysis of high-quality modes in open chaotic microcavities,
W. Fang, A. Yamilov, and H. Cao, Physical Review A 72, 023815 (2005)
29.    Near-field intensity correlations in semicontinuous metal-dielectric films,
K. Seal, A. K. Sarychev, H. Noh, D.A. Genov, A. Yamilov, V. M. Shalaev, Z. C. Ying, H. Cao, Physical Review Letters 94, 226101 (2005)
28.     Fabrication of inverse opal ZnO photonic crystals by atomic layer deposition,
M. Scharrer, X. Wu, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, R.P.H. Chang, Applied Physics Letters 86, 151113 (2005)
27.    Field and intensity correlations in amplifying random media,
A. Yamilov, A. Burin, H. Cao, S. H. Chang, and A. Taflove, Physical Review B 71, 092201 (2005)
26.     Effect of ZnO Nanostructures on 2-dimensional random lasing properties,
X. Liu, A. Yamilov, X. Wu, J. Zheng, H. Cao, R.P.H. Chang, Chemistry of Materials 16, 5414 (2004)
25.     Ultraviolet photonic crystal laser,
X. Wu, A. Yamilov, X. Liu, S. Li, V. P. Dravid, R.  P. H. Chang and H. Cao, Applied Physics Letters 85, 3657 (2004)
24.    Dynamic nonlinear effect on lasing in random media,
H. Cao, A. Yamilov, B. Liu, J.-Y. Xu, Y. Ling, E. Seelig, R. P. H. Chang, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5508, 216 (2004)
23.    Effects of localization and amplification on intensity distribution of light transmitted through random media
A. Yamilov, and H. Cao, Physical Review E 70, 037603 (2004)
22.    Numerical study of light correlations in a random medium close to the Anderson localization threshold
S. H. Chang, A. Taflove, A. Yamilov, A. Burin, H. Cao,  Opt. Lett. 29, 917 (2004)
21.     Random lasing in closely packed resonant scatterers,
X. H. Wu, A. Yamilov, H. Noh, H. Cao, E. W. Seelig, and R. P. H. Chang, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 21, 159 (2004)
20.     Statistics of transmission in one-dimensional disordered systems: universal characteristics of states in the fluctuation tails,
L. I. Deych, M. V. Erementchouk, A. A. Lisyansky, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, Physical Review B 68, 174203 (2003)
19.     Highest-quality modes in disordered photonic crystals,
A. Yamilov and H. Cao, Physical Review A 69, 031803(R) (2004)
18.     Large spontaneous emission enhancement in InAs quantum dots coupled to microdisk whispering gallery modes,
G.S. Solomon, Z. Xie, W. Fang, J.Y. Xu, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, Y. Ma, S.T. Ho, Physica Status Solidi B 238(2) 309-312 (2003)
17.     Lasing in disordered media,
H. Cao, A. Yamilov, J. Xu, E. Seelig, R. P. Chang,  Proceedings of SPIE 4995, 134 (2003)
16.     Effect of Kerr nonlinearity on defect lasing modes in weakly disordered photonic crystals,
B. Liu, A. Yamilov, and H. Cao, Applied Physics Letters 83, 1092 (2003)
15.     Dynamic nonlinear effect on lasing in random medium,
B. Liu, A. Yamilov, Y. Ling, J. Y. Xu and H. Cao, Physical Review Letters 91, 063903 (2003)
14.    Manifestation of photonic band structure in small clusters of spherical particles,
A. Yamilov and H. Cao, Physical Review B 68, 085111 (2003)
13.    Large enhancement of spontaneous emission rates of InAs quantum dots in GaAs microdisks,
W. Fang, J. Y. Xu, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, Y. Ma, S. T. Ho, G. S. Solomon, Optics Letters 27, 948 (2002)
12.    Self-assembled 3D photonic crystals from ZnO colloidal spheres
Seelig EW, Tang B, Yamilov A, Cao H, Chang RPH, Materials Chemistry and Physics 80(1), 257-263 (2003)
11.    Optical spectra and inhomogeneous broadening in CdTe/CdZnTe MQW structures with defects,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Nanotechnology 13, 114 (2002)
10.    Polariton local states in periodic Bragg multiple quantum well structures,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, "Nanostructures: Physics and Technology", p. 273
Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute Press, Russia 2001
9.    Tunable local polariton states,
M. Foygel, A. Yamilov, L.I. Deych, and A.A. Lisyansky, Physical Review B, 64, 115203 (2001)
8.    Single parameter scaling in presence of absorption,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Physical Review B 64, 024201 (2001)
7.    Local polariton modes and resonant tunneling of electromagnetic waves through periodic Bragg multiple quantum well structures,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Physical Review B 64, 075321 (2001)
6.    Polariton local states in periodic Bragg multiple quantum well structures,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Optics Letters 25, 1705 (2000)
5.    Concept of local polaritons and optical properties of mixed polar crystals,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Physical Review B 62, 6301 (2000)
4.    Impurity-induced polaritons in a one-dimensional chain,
A. Yamilov, L.I. Deych, and A.A. Lisyansky, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 17, 1498 (2000)
3.    Polariton impurity band,
A. Yamilov, L.I. Deych, and A.A. Lisyansky, Ann. Phys. 8, 293 (1999)
2.    Effects of resonant tunneling in electromagnetic wave propagation through a polariton gap,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Physical Review B 59, 11339 (1999)
1.    Defect-induced resonant tunneling of electromagnetic waves through a polariton gap,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky, Europhysics Letters 46, 524 (1999)

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Professional meetings

41. Photonics West 2017, San Francisco, CA, January 2018
Transverse localization of transmission eigenchannels
H. Yilmaz, C. W. Hsu, A. Yamilov, H. Cao
40. Metamaterials 2017, Marseille, France, August 2017
Partial Coherence Uncloaks Diffusive Optical Invisibility Cloaks
A. Niemeyer, F. Mayer, A. Naber, M. Koirala, A. Yamilov, M. Wegener
39. CLEO/QELS 2017, San Jose, CA, May 2017
Inverse Design of Eigenchannels in Scattering Media
M. Koirala, R. Sarma, H. Cao and A. Yamilov
38. Summer school "Spatio-Temporal Control of Waves," Cargese, Corsica, France (2017)
Transmission eigenchannels of disordered media in open geometry
H. Yilmaz, C. Wei Hsu, A. Yamilov and H. Cao
37. CLEO/QELS 2016, San Jose, CA, June 2016
Detection of diffusive cloak via second-order statistics
M. Koirala and A. Yamilov
36. Frontiers in Optics 2015, San Jose CA, Oct. 2015
Control of Transmission Eigenchannels by Modifying the Geometry of Turbid Media
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, H. Cao
35. CLEO/QELS 2015, San Jose, CA, May 2015
Critical States Embedded in the Continuum
A. Yamilov, M. Koirala, A. Basiri, Y. Bromberg, H. Cao, T. Kottos
34. 6th Internation Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META15), New York, NY, Aug. 2015
Light Localization in the Presence of Non-Hermitian Defects
A. Basiri, M. Koirala, A. Yamilov, Y. Bromberg, H. Cao, T. Kottos
33. Frontiers in Optics 2014, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 2014
(i) Probing Long Range Intensity Correlations inside Disordered Photonic Waveguides
R. Sarma, A. Yamilov, P. Neupane, B. Shapiro, H. Cao
(ii) Controlling Diffusion of Light inside a Disordered Photonic Waveguide
R. Sarma, T. Golubev, A. Yamilov, H. Cao
(iii) Wave localization as position-dependent diffusion: analytical results
P. Neupane, A. Yamilov
(iv) Critical States Embedded in the Continuum
M. Koirala, A. Yamilov, A. Basiri, Y. Bromberg, H. Cao, T. Kottos
32. APS March meeting, Denver, CO, March 2014
Transverse Light Localization in waveguide arrays with random absorption or amplification
A. Basiri, Y. Bromberg, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, and T. Kottos,
31. CLEO/EUROPE, Munich, May 2013
Position-Dependent Diffusion of Light in Disordered Waveguides
A. Yamilov, R. Sarma, B. Redding, B. Payne, H. Noh, and H. Cao
30. Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, Rolla, MO, March 2013
Teaching Nanotechnology with Technology
A. Yamilov
29. Midwest Section Conference of the ASEE, Rolla, November 2012 (Proceedings)
Teaching an Undergraduate Nanotechnology Course Online
A. Yamilov
28. Frontiers in Optics 2012, Rochester, NY, Oct. 2012
(i) Artificially disordered birefringent optical fibers
S. Herath, N. P. Puente, E.I. Chaikina, and A. Yamilov
(ii) 2D Thue-Morse array of optical cavities: tight-binding model
B. Payne, L. Sisken, H. Noh, H. Cao, and A. Yamilov
(iii) Universality of wave transport in absorbing random media
A. Yamilov and B. Payne
27. APS March meeting, Boston MA, March 2012
Position-dependent diffusion coefficient as localization criterion in non-conservative random media
B. Payne and A. Yamilov
26. Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) 2012, Snowbird, UT, January 2012
Characterization of wave transport in non-conservative random media (invited)
A. Yamilov and  B. Payne
25. Frontiers in Optics 2011, San Jose, CA, Oct. 2011
(i) Position-Dependent Diffusion Coefficient as Localization Criterion in non-Conservative Random Media
B. Payne and A. Yamilov
24. Recent developments in wave physics of complex media, Cargese, Corsica, France, May 2011
Classification of regimes of wave transport in non-conservative random media
B. Payne and A. Yamilov
23. Frontiers in Optics 2010, Rochester NY, Oct. 2010
(i) Frequency correlation between eigenmodes of disordered waveguides
B. Payne and A. Yamilov
(ii) Anderson localization as position-dependent diffusion in disordered waveguides
B. Payne, A. Yamilov, and S. E. Skipetrov
(iii) Fabrication and characterization of controlled disorder in the core of the optical fibers
N. P. Puente, E. I. Chaikina, S. Herath, and A. Yamilov
22. Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) 2010, Snowbird, UT, January 2010
Survey of regimes of wave transport in random waveguides with gain or absorption (invited)
A. Yamilov and  B. Payne
21. Frontiers in Optics 2009, San Jose, CA, Oct. 2009
(i) Classification of regimes of wave transport in non-conservative random media
B. Payne and A. Yamilov
(ii) Effect of evanescent modes on conductance distribution in disordered waveguides
B. Payne, T. Mahler and A. Yamilov
20. Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media – ETOPIM 8, Greece, June 2009
Criterion for light localization in random amplifying media
Ben Payne*, Johnathan Andreasen, Hui Cao and Alexey Yamilov
19. Frontiers in Optics 2008, Rochester, NY, Oct. 2008
On criterion for light localization in random amplifying media
Ben Payne*, Alexey Yamilov, Jonathan Andreasen, Hui Cao
Relation between channel and spatial mesoscopic correlations in volume-disordered waveguides
Alexey Yamilov
18. The Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), San Jose CA, May 2008
Trench Waveguide in Photonic Crystal Slab
Alexey G. Yamilov, Mark Herrera*
17. Frontiers in Optics 2007, San Jose CA, September 2007
(i) Mesoscopic Correlations in Disordered Waveguide: Dependence on Channel Indexes
Alexey Yamilov
(ii) Effect of Local Pumping on 1-D Random Laser Modes
Xiaohua Wu, Jonathan Andreasen, Hui Cao, Alexey Yamilov
(iii) Waveguiding in Photonic Crystal Slab with Variable Thickness
Mark Herrera*, Massimo Bertino, Alexey Yamilov
16. The Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic Topical Meeting, Jackson Hole WY, June 2007
(i) Effect of Local Pumping on Random Laser Modes,
Xiaohua Wu, Jonathan Andreasen, Hui Cao, Alexey Yamilov
(ii) Factorization of Mesoscopic Intensity Correlations,
Alexey Yamilov, Andrey Chabanov, Azriel Z. Genack, Hui Cao
15. Frontiers in Optics 2006, Rochester NY, October 2006
(i) Quasi-Modes in Disordered Waveguide with Gain
Alexey Yamilov
(ii) UV Lasing near the First ΓL-Pseudogap of ZnO Inverse Opals
Michael Scharrer, Xiaohua Wu, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao, Robert P. H. Chang
(iii) Light Propagation through Dual-Periodic 1D Photonic Crystal
Alexey Yamilov, Mark Herrera*, Massimo Bertino
(iv) An Ultrasonic Analogue for a Random Laser
Alexey Yamilov, Richard W. Weaver, Oleg Lobkis
14. Frontiers in Optics 2005, Tucson AZ, October 2005
(i) Disorder Optimizes the Performance of UV Photonic Crystal Laser
Alexey G. Yamilov, Xiaohua H. Wu, Hui Cao
(ii) Absorption Induced Confinement of Lasing Modes in Diffusive Random Medium
Alexey G. Yamilov, Alexander L. Burin, Xiaohua H. Wu, Hui Cao
(iii) Mesoscopic Optics
Andrey Chabanov, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao, Bing Hu, Azriel Genack
(iv) Near-Field Intensity Correlation in Semicontinuous Metal Films
Hui Cao, Katyayani Seal, Andrey K. Sarychev, Dentcho A. Genov, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Alexey Yamilov, Heeso Noh, Charles Z. Ying
(v) Effect of Amplification on Distribution of Conductance in Disordered Waveguide
Alexey G. Yamilov, Hui Cao
13. SPIE, Optics and Photonics: Nanophotonics, Complex Mediums, San Diego, CA, July 2005
Lasing in disordered photonic crystals
Hui Cao, Alexey Yamilov, Xiaohua Wu, Michael Scharrer, R.P.H. Chang
12. Frontiers in Optics 2004, Rochester NY, October 10-14.
(i) Mode coupling in open chaotic microcavities
Alexey G. Yamilov, Wei Fang, Hui Cao
(ii) Study of high quality modes in fully chaotic microcavities
Hui Cao, Wei Fang, Alexey Yamilov
(iii) Ultraviolet photonic crystal lasers
Xiaohua Wu, Alexey Yamilov, Xiang Liu, Shuyou Li, Vinayak P. Dravid, Robert P. H. Chang, Hui Cao
(iv) Intensity distribution in passive and amplifying random media near localization threshold
Alexey G. Yamilov, Hui Cao
11. Frontiers in Optics 2003, Tucson AZ, October 6-10.
(i) Effects of gain and localization on the light correlation in random media
A. Yamilov, S. H. Chang, A. Burin, H. Cao, A. Taflove
(ii) Study of random lasing in closely-packed resonant scatterers
X. Wu, A. Yamilov, X. Liu, S. Li, V. P. Dravid, R.  P. H. Chang and H. Cao
10.  2nd International Conference on Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Tokyo, Japan, September 30 - October 3 2002.
Large Spontaneous Emission Enhancement in InAs Quantum Dots Coupled to Microdisk Whispering Gallery Modes
G.S. Solomon, Z. Xie, W. Fang, J.Y. Xu, A. Yamilov, H. Cao, Y. Ma, S.T. Ho.
9.  PIERS 2003  in Hawaii, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, 13-16  October  2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Lasing in Closely Packed Resonant Nanoscatterers
Hui Cao, Xiaohua Wu, Alexey Yamilov, Eric Seelig, Robert Chang
8. MRS 2002 Spring Meeting: Photonic Crystals--From Materials to Devices, San Francisco, CA (April, 2002)
3D photonic crystals from monodisperse ZnO colloidal spheres
Eric W. Seelig, Betty Tang, R.P.H. Chang, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao
7. 2002 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Orlando, FL (October, 2002)
6. 9th International Symposium. Nanostructures: Physics and Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia (June, 2001)
5. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, WA (March, 2001)
(i) Photoinduced transformation of polariton impurity band in semiconductors
M. Foygel, A. Yamilov, L.I. Deych, and A.A. Lisyansky
(ii) Polariton local states in periodic Bragg MQW structures
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky
(iii) Concept of local polaritons
A. Yamilov, L.I. Deych, and A.A. Lisyansky
(iv) Single parameter scaling in localized absorbing systems
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky
4. Wave Propagation in New York City and other Random Media, Yeshiva University, New York (July, 2000)
3. Localization 1999 - Disorder and Interaction in Transport Phenomena, International Conference, Hamburg, Germany (July, 1999)
2. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA (March, 1999)
Resonant tunneling of electromagnetic waves through a polariton gap,
L.I. Deych, A. Yamilov, and A.A. Lisyansky
1. The 79th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ (May, 1998)

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Invited talks

25.    The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Brown University, RI (2017)
Determinism of wave transport and eigenchannels of multiple scattering media
24.     Illinois State University, Normal, IL (2017)
Random or comlex? Looking through walls and around the corner
23.     Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE), Snowbird, UT (2017)
Eigenchannels in scattering media: from manipulation to inverse design
22.     7th Internation Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, META 2016, Spain (2016),
Eigenchannels in scattering media
21.     Missouri S&T Chemistry (2016)
Coherent control of wave transport in scattering media: Looking through walls and around the corner
20.    Workshop on “Waves and imaging in random media,” Institut Henri Poincare, Paris (2015)
Control of mesoscopic transport by modifying transmission channels in scattering media
19.    École Polytechnique de Montréal, QC, Canada (2015)
New approach to control light transport in random media
18.    9th International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena, Athens, GA (2015)
Control of light transport via non-local wave interference effects in random media
17.    Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (2015)
Control of light transport in random media
16.    9th International Workshop  on Disordered Systems, San Antonio, TX (2014)
Interplay between localization and absorption in disordered waveguides
15.    Summer school "Waves and disorder," Cargese, Corsica, France (2014)
Wave localization in open random media as position-dependent diffusion: Analytical, numerical and experiment results
14.    Yale University (2013)
Position-dependent diffusion in absorbing random media
13.    University of Texas - Dallas (2012)
Regimes of wave transport in absorbing random media
12.    Workshop on “Recent developments in wave propagation and imaging in complex media,” Institut Henri Poincare, Paris (2012)
Regimes of wave transport in absorbing random media
11.    Old Dominion University, Norfolk Virginia (2012)
Mesoscopic Optics
10.     University of Missouri Columbia (2011)
Teaching an online physics course: from psycology to technology
9.     Board of Currators Meeting, Rolla  (2011)
Wave Propagation in Random Media
8.    Washington University in Saint Louis (2011)
Misoscopic Optics
7.    Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (2011)
Mesoscopic Optics: Carrot laser anyone?
6.    University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2010)
Mesoscopic Physics of Photons: Particle Versus Wave Transport Through Random Media
5.    UMKC, March (2010)
Particle Versus Wave Transport Through Random Media
4.     Missouri S&T Chemistry (2009)
Mesoscopic physics of photons
3.    University of Missouri – St. Louis (2009)
Mesoscopic physics of photons: from Anderson localization to random lasing
2.    International Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Conference, Chambersburg, PA (2008)
Simulations and statistical analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation in random amplifying media
1.    El Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) at Ensenada, Mexico (2008)
Mesoscopic Phenomena in Disordered Waveguides

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