Education and professional positions
| 1984-1985 | Student at the Tomsk State University, Physics Department (TSU). |
| 1985-1987 | Sergeant of guards in Soviet Army (SA), master of antiaircraft radiolocation station. |
| 1987-1993 | Student at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Department of General and Applied Physics & (since 1990) Engineer at P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI). |
| 1993 | Graduated with honours, MSc from Department of General and Applied Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. |
| 1993-1996 | PhD student at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology & Junior Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences. |
| 1996 | PhD from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. (THESIS TITLE: Laser Photoelectron Projection Microscopy with Subwavelength Spatial Resolution; text in PDF-file - 1.3MB [in Russian]) |
| 1996-2000 | Scientific Researcher, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences. |
| 2000-present | Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences. |
| 2013-present | Head of the group "Biosensorics on photonic crystal surfaces", Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences. |
List of selected publications
Photonic waveguides and laser traps for ultracold atoms
Non-gaussian photonic crystal surface modes for robust trapping of ultracold atoms. // Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2026, V.58, 22.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate
Cutoff-inclusive generalized effective index method for waveguide design. // Applied Optics, 2025, V.64, Issue 24, P.7230-7234.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate
Photonic Crystal Surface Modes for Trapping and Waveguiding of Ultracold Atoms. // Sensors, 2023, V.23 (21), 8812.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate
Design of 1D photonic crystals sustaining optical surface modes. // Coatings, 2022, V.12 (10), P.1489.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate (PDF-file, 1.2 MB)
Surface plasmons and photonic bandgaps
Size-dependent hydrogen uptake behavior of Pd nanoparticles revealed by photonic crystal surface waves. // Applied Physics Letters, 2012, V.100, Issue 8, 083108.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate (PDF-file, 770 kB)
Plasmon-polariton waves in nanofilms on one-dimensional photonic crystal surfaces. // New Journal of Physics, 2010, V.12, 093006.
Full text on ISAN local server (PDF-file, 865 kB)
Long-range plasmons in lossy metal films on photonic crystal surfaces. // Optics Letters, 2009, V.34, P.479-481.
Abstract and main figures *
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 225 kB)
Long-range propagation of plasmon polaritons in a thin metal film on a one-dimensional photonic crystal surface. // Physical Review Letters, 2006, V.97, 253904.
Abstract and main figures *
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 820 kB)
Dispersion relation of surface plasmons near photonic band gaps: influence of the interaction with light. // Journal of Modern Optics, 2001, V.48, P.1597-1615.
Abstract and main figures *
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 468 kB)
Photonic crystal surface mode imaging biosensor (PC SMi)
Photonic crystal surface mode imaging for multiplexed and high-throughput label-free biosensing // Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2020, V.168, P.112575.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate (PDF-file, 3.1 MB)
Photonic crystal surface mode imaging biosensor based on wavelength interrogation of resonance peak. // Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, V.276, P.271 – 278.
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 1.8 MB)
Method for registration of processes of deposition on a solid surface with two-dimensional visualization and device for its implementation. // Russian patent RU 2 661 454, Priority: effective date for property rights and date of filing: 20.07.2017; date of publication: 16.07.2018, Bull.N20.
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 2.0 MB)
Active plasmonics for semiconductor light-emitting devices
Electrical excitation of long-range surface plasmons in PC/OLED structure with two metal nanolayers // Nano-Micro Letters, 2020, V.12 (1), P.35.
Full text on ISAN local server
Long-range surface plasmons on duplex metal nanolayers. // Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, 2020, V.39, P.100788.
Abstract, main figures and full text on Researchgate (PDF-file, 0.6 MB)
Phase-matched third-harmonic generation via doubly resonant optical surface modes in 1D photonic crystals // Light: Science & Applications, 2016, V.5, e16168.
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 1253 kB)
Long-range surface plasmon amplification with current injection on a one-dimensional photonic crystal surface. // Optics Letters, 2015, V.40, P.2261-2264.
Abstract and main figures *
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 471 kB)
Semiconductor radiation source based on long-range surface plasmons. // Russian patent RU 2 552 386, Priority: effective date for property rights and date of filing: 19.02.2014; date of publication: 10.06.2015, Bull.N16.
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 1.2 MB)
Biosensors based on optical surface modes
Photonic crystal biosensor based on optical surface waves. // Sensors (Special Issue "Photonic Crystal Sensors"), 2013, V.13, Issue 2, 2566-2578.
Abstract and main figures *
Full text on ISAN local server # (PDF-file, 2767 kB)
Observation of fine interference structures at total internal reflection of focused light beams. // Phys. Rev. A, 2012, V.86, P.063807.
Abstract and main figures *
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A biosensor based on photonic crystal surface waves with an independent registration of the liquid refractive index. // Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2010, V.25, P.1212 – 1216.
Abstract and main figures *
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Critical-angle refractometer enhanced by periodic multilayer coating. // Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2010, V.150, P.794 – 797.
Abstract and main figures *
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Photonic crystal surface waves for optical biosensors. // Analytical Chemistry, 2007, V.79, P.4729-4735.
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Biosensor based on surface plasmon interferometry independent on variations of liquid's refraction index. // Sensors and Actuators B, 2004, V.99, P.90-97.
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Apertureless near-field microscopy with subtip resolution
Investigations of the interference of surface plasmons on rough silver surface by scanning plasmon near-field microscope. // Ultramicroscopy, 2001, V.88, P.127-138.
Abstract and main figures *
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Konopsky V.N.Operation of scanning plasmon near-field microscope with gold and silver tips in tapping mode: demonstration of subtip resolution. // Optics Communications, 2000, V.185, P.83-93.
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Spectroscopy with subwavelength spatial resolution
Towards direct observation of atomic structure of biomolecules with nanometer spatial resolution by visible light. // Laser Physics, 1997, V.7, P.173-178.
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Single atom electron emission from the silicon tip coated by calcium fluoride with samarium dopant ions. // Journal de Physique IV, 1996, V.6-C5, P.125-128.
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Electro-optical oscillator and optical gyro based on it
A new type of optical gyro via electro-optical oscillator. // Optics Communications, 1996, V.126, P.236-239.
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Quantum noise of light during amplification and oscillation in opto-electronic loop. // Proc.SPIE, 1996, V.2799, pp.172-181;
also in:
Coherence and Quantum Optics.// Eberly, Mandel and Wolf Eds., (Plenum Press, New York 1996), VII, p.167.
Abstract
Full text (DOC-file, [in aom.arj] 373 kB)
Projection photoelectron microscopy
Laser photoelectron projection microscopy with subwavelength spatial resolution. // Appl.Surf.Sci., 1996, V.94/95, P.148-155.
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Book chapters
Chapter 12: "Photonic crystals as valuable technological platform for chemical and biological nanosensors", p.295-305, in the book:
Optical Chemical Nanosensors (Series in Sensors),
eds. Andrea Cusano, Francisco J. Arregui, Michele Giordano, Antonello Cutolo, Taylor & Francis (London, GB), 2016.
Chapter 4: "Optical Biosensors Based on Photonic Crystal Surface Waves", p.49-64, in the book:
Biosensors and Biodetection: Methods and Protocols, Volume 1: Optical-Based Detectors (Springer Protocols, V.503)
eds. A.Rasooly and K.E.Herold, Humana Press (Totowa, NJ, USA), 2009.
Participation in conferences
(Pullman Barcelona Skipper Hotel, Barcelona, Spain, 17-20 October 2010):
"Developments in Protein Interaction Analysis 2010"
Scientific Programm
Abstract
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(ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 24-27 August 2010):
"Third International NanoBio Conference 2010"
Scientific Programm
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(Munich, ICM, Germany, 17-22 June 2007):
"The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics"
Scientific Programm
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(Minsk - Belarus, May 28-June 1, 2007):
"International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies"
Scientific Programm
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(Minsk - Belarus, May 28-June 1, 2007):
"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics"
Scientific Programm
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(Madrid - Spain, April 4-7, 2004):
"Seventh European Conference on Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors"
Scientific Programm & All Abstracts (PDF-file, 7 MB)
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(Pommersfelden - Germany, November, 9 - 16, 2002):
"Quantum State Engineering"
Scientific Programm
Visits Programm
Some photos
(Venice - Italy, October 3-6, 2001):
"Interaction of Laser Radiation with Matter at Nanoscopic Scales: from Single Molecule Spectroscopy to Materials Processing"
Scientific Programm
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Some photos