Отдел международной аспирантуры и докторантуры

Управление подготовки кадров высшей квалификации

Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project

 

Mikhail Y. Plotnikov,

PhD, ITMO University

 

Research interests

Research interests include interferometric measurements, demodulation techniques of interference signals, digital signal processing by programmable logic integrated circuits, mathematical modeling and fiber optic sensors.

 Features of the PhD program

The work is carried out within existing research projects

List of the supervisor’s research projects (participation/supervision)

  • No. 12445 Research work "Investigation of the physical mechanisms and nature of noise in integrated optical circuits and their influence on precision optical measurements";

  • № 219951 TR "Development of a fiber-optic gyroscope for control and measuring devices in ground transport systems";

  • R&D No. 220001 "Development of a high-temperature fiber-optic sensor for monitoring thermal processes in the combustion chambers of turboshaft engines";

  • No. 221018 R&D “Development of a system of fiber-optic channels for measuring and signaling media parameters”;

  • R&D No. 220036 "Development, manufacture and testing of a spectral sensor model for indicating the operating mode of the afterburner of an AL type engine."

  • No. 219978 Deliveries "Production of optical amplification units"

  • No. 22107 Deliveries "Transfer of ownership of the product BOU type 2 SNAB.433762.006".

 List of potential thesis topics

  • Development of methods for monitoring the parameters of fiber-optic communication lines based on coherent reflectometry.

  • Development and research of signal processing algorithms in temperature sensors based on the Fabry-Perot interferometer

  • Investigation of ways to improve the technical characteristics of fiber-optic interferometric sensors in dynamic applications.

Publications in the last five years

17

 Key publications

  1. Plotnikov M.Y., Volkov A.V. Adaptive Phase Noise Cancellation Technique for Fiber-Optic Interferometric Sensors//Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2021, pp. 4853-4860.https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2021.3075781

  2. Plotnikov M.Y., Lavrov V.S., Dmitrashchenko P.Y., Kulikov A.V., Meshkovsky I.K. Thin cable fiber-optic hydrophone array for passive acoustic surveillance applications. IEEE Sensors Journal. 2019. Vol. 19. No. 9. pp. 3376-3382. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2019.2894323

  3. Aleksandr A.Vlasov, Mikhail Y.Plotnikov, Sergey A.Volkovsky, Artem S.Aleinik, Evgeny A.Motorin, Ilya A.Sharkov, Aleksandr A.Makarenko. Development of the passive vibroacoustic isolation system for the path matched differential interferometry based fiber-optic sensors // Optical Fiber Technology, Vol. 57 (July 2020), No. 102241, pp. 1-7.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2020.102241

  4. Nikitenko A.N., Plotnikov M.Y., Volkov A.V., Mekhrengin M.V., Kireenkov A.Y. PGC-Atan demodulation scheme with the carrier phase delay compensation for fiber-optic interferometric sensors // IEEE Sensors Journal - 2018, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 1985 – 1992 https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2018.2792540

  5. Volkov A.V., Plotnikov M.Y., Mekhrengin M.V., Miroshnichenko G.P., Aleynik A.S. Phase Modulation Depth Evaluation and Correction Technique for the PGC Demodulation Scheme in Fiber-Optic Interferometric Sensors // IEEE Sensors Journal - 2017, Vol. 17, No. 13, pp. 1-8  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2017.2704287

The most significant results of intellectual activity

 

  1. Patent No. 151870. Fiber-optic hydrophone. Plotnikov M.Yu., Meshkovsky I.K., Kulikov A.V. No. 2014132129/28, Appl. 08/04/2014, publ. 20.04.2015 Bull. No. 11. Priority from: 08/04/2014.

  2. Patent No. 2595320 Russian Federation, IPC G01B 9/02 G01C 19/72. A method for monitoring the signal parameters of a fiber-optic interferometric phase sensor with a tunable source of optical radiation. Meshkovsky I.K., Miroshnichenko G.P., Mekhrengin M.V., Plotnikov M.Yu. No. 2015129323/28, Appl. 07/16/2015, publ. 06/16/2016 Bull. No. 24. Priority dated 16.07.2015.

  3. Patent No. 2646420 Russian Federation, IPC: H01S 5/042, G01B 9/02, G02F1/00. Method for frequency-pulse modulation of a semiconductor laser source of optical radiation for interrogating optical interferometric sensors. Kireenkov A.Yu., Aleinik A.S., Plotnikov M.Yu., Mekhrengin M.V. Priority from 11/23/2016.

  4. Patent No. 2678708 Russian Federation, IPC: G01B 9/02. A method for determining the difference in arm lengths in a two-beam fiber-optic interferometer. Kireenkov A.Yu., Aleinik A.S., Plotnikov M.Yu. Priority from 11/23/2017.

  5. Patent No. 2713028 Russian Federation, IPC: G01B 9/02, G01C 19/72. Method for measuring the phase signal of a fiber-optic interferometric sensor. Miroshnichenko G.P., Plotnikov M.Yu., Volkov A.V. Priority from 05/22/2019.

  6. Patent No. 2719635 Russian Federation, IPC: G01B 9/02. Method for measuring the phase signal of a two-beam fiber-optic interferometer. Plotnikov M.Yu., Volkov A.V. Priority from 06/04/2019.

  7. Patent No. 2741772 Russian Federation, IPC: G01H 9/00. Cable section of a towed fiber-optic sonar streamer. Lavrov V.S., Plotnikov M.Yu., Aksarin S.M., Kulikov A.V., Meshkovsky I.K., Dmitrashchenko P.Yu. Priority dated 08/01/2019.

  8. Patent No. 2742106 Russian Federation, IPC: G01B 9/02. Method for measuring the phase signal of a two-beam fiber-optic interferometer. Vlasov A.A., Plotnikov M.Yu., Aleinik A.S. Priority from 05/22/2020.

  9. Application WO2021020987A1, H04R 1/44.Cable section of a towed fibre optic hydroacoustic streamer,    V. S.Lavrov,    M.Y. Plotnikov,    S.M.Aksarin,    A. V. Kulikov ,    I.K.Meshkovsky,    P. Y. Dmitraschenko. Date of application 01.08.2019.a

 Requirements for a graduate student

  • Basic knowledge of physics and optics required

  • Mathematical modeling skills required

https://physics.itmo.ru/en/vacancy/75

 Code of the subject area of the PhD program

  • Interferometric fiber-optic sensors