Alexey Yamilov

Dr. Alexey Yamilov

Assistant 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


Research Interests

My research interest can be broadly described as condensed matter theory, particularly analytical and numerical modeling, with a view toward experimental corroboration.
  1. Wave propagation in random, partially, or fully ordered media
  2. Nanostructures and nanotechnology
  3. Localization phenomena
  4. Imperfect (disordered) photonic structures
  5. Random laser
  6. Cavity electrodynamics and micro-resonators
  7. Electromagnetic scattering

Computational Methods

  1. Finite Difference Time Domain method (FDTD)
  2. Boundary Element Method (frequency domain)
  3. Self embedding transfer matrix methods (frequency domain)
  4. Plane-wave expansion  methods for photonic band structure calculation (frequency domain)
  5. Light scattering toolbox
  6. Monte Carlo simulation of diffusive transport
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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 Donetsk, Ukraine

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

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Professional appointments

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

2007 - 2010    National Science Foundation, "Collaborative Research: Mesoscopic Transport and Localization in Active Random Media"

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Other professional activities and memberships

Referee for professional journals
Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters, Physical Review A,B,E, Applied Optics, Journal of Optical Society of America B, Optics Express, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal of Applied Physics.
Organizer of Condensed Matter Seminar at Northwestern University
Presider at Frontiers in Optics conference
Organizer of Physics Department Colloquium at Missouri S&T 2008-
2008 Fall Schedule

Professional Memberships

Member of American Physical Society
Member of the Optical Society of America

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Group

2008 Group
From left: AY, Ben Payne, Tom Mahler, Mark Herrera, Jon Gigax     Spring 2008

Collaborations

1. Richard L. Weaver, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ultrasonic Analogue for a Random Laser
2. Hui Cao, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
Lasing in Random and Disordered Media
3. Massimo Bertino, Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Optical Properties of Disordered Arrays of Quantum Dots
4. Elena Chaikina, Eugenio Mendez, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)
Disordered Optical Fibers
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List of publications          

For latest submission to LANL arXiv click here
48.    Three-dimensional semiconductor patterning,
M. F. Bertino, R. R. Gadipalli, L. A. Martin, L. Rich, G. Story, A. Yamilov, B. Heckman, N. Leventis and S.Guha, Physical Chemistry (submitted).
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

1. The 79th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ (May, 1998)
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
3. Localization 1999 - Disorder and Interaction in Transport Phenomena, International Conference, Hamburg, Germany (July, 1999)
4. Wave Propagation in New York City and other Random Media, Yeshiva University, New York (July, 2000)
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
6. 9th International Symposium. Nanostructures: Physics and Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia (June, 2001)
7. 2002 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Orlando, FL (October, 2002)
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
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
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.
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
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
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
14. Frontiers in Optics 2005, Tuscon 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
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
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
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
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*

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Invited talks

1.    El Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) at Ensenada, Mexico (2008)
Mesoscopic Phenomena in Disordered Waveguides
2.    International Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Conference, Chambersburg, PA (2008)
Simulations and statistical analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation in random amplifying media
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Nationality: Ukrainian 


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