Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project
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Maxim A. Gorlach,
Candidate of Science (ITMO University)
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Research interests |
Theoretical nanophotonics, metamaterials, axion electrodynamics, topological photonics, superconducting qubits, quantum technologies |
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Features of the PhD program |
Collaboration with Nobel Prize winner Prof. Frank Wilczek |
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List of the supervisor’s research projects (participation/supervision) |
1. Axion electrodynamics, axion topological insulators. 2. Topological states in arrays of superconducting qubits. 3. Topological photonics. |
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List of potential thesis topics |
1. Axion metamaterials. 2. Topological protection of quantum computations. 3. Topological photonics: from microwaves to the visible |
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Publications in the last five years |
53 |
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Key publications |
A.A. Stepanenko, M.D. Lyubarov, M.A. Gorlach. "Higher-Order Topological Phase of Interacting Photon Pairs", Physical Review Letters 128, 213903 (2022). Z. He, D.A. Bobylev, D.A. Smirnova, D.V. Zhirihin, M.A. Gorlach, V.R. Tuz, "Reconfigurable Topological States in Arrays of Bianisotropic Particles", ACS Photonics 9 (7), pp. 2322-2326 (2022). D.A. Bobylev, D.A. Smirnova, M.A. Gorlach. “Photonic Topological States Mediated by Staggered Bianisotropy”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 15, 1900392 (2021). N.A. Olekhno, E.I. Kretov, A.A. Stepanenko, P.A. Ivanova, V.V. Yaroshenko, E.M. Puhtina, D.S. Filonov, B. Cappello, L. Matekovits, M.A. Gorlach. "Topological edge states of interacting photon pairs emulated in a topolectrical circuit", Nature Communications 11, 1436 (2020). M. Li, D. Zhirihin, M. Gorlach, X. Ni, D. Filonov, A. Slobozhanyuk, A. Alu, A.B. Khanikaev. “Higher-order topological states in photonic kagome crystals with long-range interactions”, Nature Photonics 14, 89-94 (2020). |
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Requirements for a graduate student |
· At least one publication in a peer-reviewed international journal (not conference proceeding) · Solid background in classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics · Previous research experience in the related area of physics: photonics, condensed matter or theoretical physics See further details of PhD vacancy at the website https://physics.itmo.ru/en/vacancy/75 |
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Code of the subject area of the PhD program |
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