Time-resolved laser spectroscopy, microscopy and imaging; Light-matter interactions and optics of nanomaterials and nanocomposites; Silicon photonics, integrated optics, optoelectronics and photovoltaics
Selected Publications
Electrically Tunable Fabry-Perot Resonator Based on Microstructured Si Containing Liquid Crystal V.A. Tolmachev, V.A. Melnikov, А.V. Baldycheva, K. Berwick, T.S. Perova Progress in Electromagnetics Research, v. 122, 293-309, (2012)
All-optically tunable waveform synthesis by a silicon nanowaveguide ring resonator coupled with a photonic-crystal fiber frequency shifter A.D. Savvin, V.A. Melnikov, I.V. Fedotov, A.B. Fedotov, T.S. Perova, A.M. Zheltikov Optics Communications,
v. 284, pp. 1652-1655, (2011)
Size effect on the infrared spectra of condensed media under conditions of 1D, 2D and 3D dielectric confinement I.I. Shaganov, T.S. Perova, V.A. Melnikov, K. Berwick Journal of Physical Chemistry, v. 114, pp. 16071-16081, (2010)
Optical properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals fabricated by photo-electrochemical etching of silicon E.V. Astrova, V.A. Tolmachev, G.V. Fedulova, V.A. Melnikov, A.V. Ankudinov,. S. Perova Applied Physics A, v. 98, pp. 571-581,
(2010)
Electrotunable in-plane one-dimensional photonic structure based on silicon and liquid crystal V.A. Tolmachev, T.S. Perova, S.A. Grudinkin, V.A. Melnikov, E.V. Astrova, Yu.A. Zharova Applied Physics Letters, v. 90, pp. 011908/1-3, (2007)
Linear and nonlinear optical anisotropy of amorphous oxidized silicon films induced by a network of a pores L.A. Golovan, V.A. Melnikov, S.O. Konorov, A.B. Fedotov, V.Y. Timoshenko, A.M. Zheltikov, P.K. Kashkarov, D.A. Ivanov, G.I. Petrov,
V.V. Yakovlev Physical Rewiew B, v. 73, pp. 115337/1-5, (2006)
PhD, Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 2005
MSc, Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 2002
Professional Profile
Professional Profile
2014–present: Research Technical Specialist, Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2010-2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Semiconductor Spectroscopy Laboratory, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2005-2010: Postdoctoral Fellow, Microelectonics Technology Laboratory, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Scientific and Professional Membership
Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) since 2012
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and IEEE Photonics Society since 2010
Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) since 2004
