Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov | Argonne National Laboratory

Biography

Education

Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Steels and Alloys

Professional Experience

2004-present Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
1999- 2004 Visiting and Term Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
1990-1999 Leading Scientist, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka
1983-1990 Senior Scientist, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka
1977-1983 Junior Scientist, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka

Selected Awards

Medal from the Exhibition of Achievements of the People’s Economy of the USSR, 1983
R&D 100 Award, “Magnetic Flux Imaging System,” 1996
Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Technology Transfer, “Magnetic Flux Imaging System,” 1997
Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2005

Selected Professional Activities

Referee for PRL, PRB, Nature, Science, Physica C, JMMM, IEEE Trans.Magn, APL, JAP, EurPL, Optics Express
Organizing Committee and chair, Advanced Research Workshop on Magneto-Optical Imaging (Øystese, Norway, August 28-30, 2003
Organizing Committee, International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism (Side, Turkey, August 25-29, 2008)

Research Interests

Materials science
Static and dynamic magnetic structures in ferromagnets
Vortex matter in superconductors
Supercoducting/Ferrromagnetic hybrids
Plasmonic structures for Nanophotonics

Research Supervision

10 students and postdocs supervised since 1983

Selected Publications

of 140 in print. About 1000 career citations, 17.4 citations/paper (average), h-index = 16.

Polarization-optical study of magnetization processes near dislocations in in Yttrium-iron garnet single crystals
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, L.M.Dedukh, V.I.Nikitenko
Zhurnal of Eksperim. and Theor. Phys.. 65, 377 (1973)
Domain structure of yttrium-iron garnet single crystals
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, L.M.Dedukh, V.I.Nikitenko
Zhurnal of Eksperim. and Theor. Phys.. 71, 2291 (1976)
The local magnetic anisotropy in the stress field of a single dislocation
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, L.M.Dedukh, V.I.Nikitenko
Phys. Stat. Sol. A 59, 653 (1980)
Dynamic changes of the domain structure period in magnetic dielectric
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, L.S.Uspenskaya
Sov. Phys. JETP₈₄, 277 (1983)
Diagram of magnetic orientational phase transition in gadolinium iron garnet single crystals with internal stresses
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, L.M.Dedukh, M.V.Indenbom,V.I.Nikitenko
Sov. Phys. JETP₅₉, 633 (1984)
Dynamic transformations of the domain structure of a ferromagnet in alternating magnetic fields
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, L.S.Uspenskaya
Sov. Phys. JETP₆₃, 1029 (1986)
Reorientation and transformation of the structure of domain walls in an oscillating magnetic field
Vlasko-Vlasov, V.K.; Khapikov, A.F.
Sov. Physics – JETP₆₆, 861 (1987)
Polarized optics contrast in YBa₂Cu₃O₇-x high-temperature superconductors
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, M.V.Indenbom, Yu.A.Osipyan
JETP Lett. 47, 375 (1988)
Forced oscillations of Bloch lines and nonlinear transformations of the domain wall structure in the ultrasound wave field
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, V.I.Nikitenko, O.A.Tikhomirov
JMMM 75, 383 (1988)
Visualization of the penetration and trapping of magnetic flux in high-temperature superconductors
A.A.Polyanskii, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, M.V. Indenbom, V.I.Nikitenko
Sov. Techn. Phys. Lett. 15, 872 (1989)
Effect of lattice defects on the superconducting properties of YBa₂Cu₃Oz crystals
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, L.A. Dorosinskii, M.V.Indenbom, M.V., V.I.Nikitenko. A.A.Polyanskii, A.V.Antonov, Yu.M.Gusev, G.A.Emel’chenko
Superconductivity: Phys., Chem., Technol.|4, 1007 (1991)
The distribution of normal and planar components of magnetic induction in thin HTSC films
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, L.A. Dorosinskii, M.V. Indenbom, V,I,Nikitenko, A.A.Polyanskii, R.L.Prozorov
Superconductivity: Phys., Chem., Technol.|6, 555 (1993)
Macroturbulence in high-Tc superconductors
V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, V.I.Nikitenko, A.A.Polyanskii, G.W.Crabtree, U.Welp, B.Veal
Physica C₂₂₂, 361 (1994)
Imaging of transport currents in superconducting (BiPb)2Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃)x composites
U.Welp, D.O.Gunter, G.W.Crabtree, W.Zhong, U.Balachandran, P.Haldar, R.S.Sokolowski, V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, V.I.Nikitenko
Nature 376, 44 (1995)
Current filamentation and macroturbulence in superconductors in rotating magnetic fields
V.K. VlaskoVlasov, V. Kabanov, V.I. Nikitenko, U.Welp, G.W.Crabtree
JETP Lett. 65, 264 (1997)
Meissner holes in superconductors
V.K. VlaskoVlasov, U. Welp, G.W. Crabtree, D.Gunter, V.Kabanov, V.I.Nikitenko
Phys.Rev. B₅₆, 5622 (1997)
Direct imaging of the first-order spin-flop transition in the layered manganite La₁.4Sr₁.6Mn₂O₇
U. Welp , A.Berger D.J. Miller, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, K.E.Gray KE, J.F.Mitchell
Phys.Rev.Lett. 83 , 4180 (1999)
Direct magneto-optical observation of a structural phase transition in thin films of manganites
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y.K. Lin, D.J. Miller, DJ, U.Welp, G.W.Crabtree, V.I.Nikitenko
Phys.Rev.Lett. 84 , 2239 (2000)
Field induced biquadratic exchange in hard/soft ferromagnetic bilayers
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, U. Welp, J.S. Jiang, D.J.Miller, G.W.Crabtree, S.Bader
Phys.Rev.Lett. 86 , 4386 (2001)
Decoration of Josephson vortices by pancake vortices in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈+d
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, A.E. Koshelev, U. Welp, G.W.Crabtree, K.Kadowaki
Phys. Rev. B₆₆, 014523 (2002).
Local properties at the boundaries of irradiated regions in La₂/3Ca₁/3MnO₃ colossal magnetoresistance films
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, U. Welp, D.J. Miller, Y.K.Lin, G.W.Crabtree
J.Appl.Phys. 91, 7721 (2002).
Magnetic domain structure and magnetic anisotropy in Ga₁-xMn(x)As.
U. Welp, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, X. Liu, J.K.Furdyna, T.Wojtowicz
Phys Rev Lett. 90, 167206 (2003)
Magnetization reversal in arrays of Co rings
U. Welp, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, J.M. Hiller, N.J.Zaluzek, V.Metlushko, B.Ilec
Phys.Rev. B₆₈, 054408 (2003)
Surface plasmons at single nanoholes in Au films
L. Yin, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, A. Rydh, J. Pearson, U.Welp , S.HChang SH, S.K. Gray, G.C. Schatz, D.B. Brown, C.W. Kimball
Appl.Phys.Lett. 85, 467 (2004)
Dendritic flux avalanches and nonlocal electrodynamics in thin superconducting films.
I.S. Aranson, A. Gurevich, M.S.Welling, R. Weijngaarten, V.K.Vlasko-Vlasov, V.Vinokur, U.Welp
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 037002 (2005)
Subwavelength focusing and guiding of surface plasmons
L. Yin, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, J. Pearson, J.M. Hiller, J. Hua, U. Welp, D.E.Brown, C.W.
Nano Lett. 5, 1399 (2005)
Spectroscopy of surface plasmons in metal films with nanostructures
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, A. Rydh, J. Pearson, U.Welp
Appl.Phys.Lett. 88, 173112 (2006)
Multiplexing surface plasmon polaritons on nanowires
A. Imre, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, J. Pearson, J.M. Hiller, U. Welp
Appl.Phys.Lett. 91, 083115 (2007)
Enhanced Raman scattering from focused surface plasmons
J.T. Bahns, A. Imre, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, J. Pearson, J.M. Hiller, L.H. Chen, U. Welp
Appl.Phys.Lett. 91, 081104 (2007)
Guiding superconducting vortices with magnetic domain walls
V.KVlasko-Vlasov, U. Welp, G. Karapetrov, V. Novosad, D. Rosenmann, M. Iavarone , A. Belkin, W.K. Kwok
Phys. Rev. B₇₇, 134518 (2008)
Soft magnetic lithography and giant magnetoresistance in superconducting/ferromagnetic hybrids
V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, VK; Welp, U; Imre, A, D. Rosenmann, J.Pearson, W.K.Kwok
Phys.Rev.B₇₈, 214511 (2008)
SERS enhancements via periodic arrays of gold nanoparticles on silver film structures
J.M. Montgomery, A. Imre, U. Welp, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov , S.K, Gray
Opt. Expr. 17, 8669 (2009)
Growth and superconductivity of FeSex crystals
U. Patel, J. Hua, S.H. Yu, S. Avci, Z.L. Xiao, H. Claus, J. Schlueter, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, U. Welp, W.K. Kwok
Appl.Phys.Lett. 94, 082508 (3 pp.) Published: 02 2009 23 Feb. 2009

Selected Invited Talks

(of 39):

Magnetization Processes in HTS. First International Workshop on Vortex Physics (Paris, France, June 30-July 3, 1994)
Meissner Holes in Remagnetized Superconductors. Third International Workshop on Vortex Dynamics in High Temperature Superconductors (Shores, Israel, June 23-27, 1996)
Peak Effect in Bi and TlCuprates- a Disorder Driven PhaseTtransition in the FLL.Workshop on Vortex Physics in High-Temperature Superconductors (Hachimantai, Japan, June 21-26^th, 1998)
Magneto-Optical Study of Magnetization Processes in Superconductors. Summer NATOSchool on Vortex Physics in High TC superconductors (Kusadasi, Turkey, July 26-August 8, 1998)
Remagnetization of High-TCSuperconductors, German-Israel MINERVA Workshop on Physics of High temperature Superconductors (Haifa, Israel, 12-14 April 1999)
Fractal Dynamics and Avalanches of the Magnetic Flux in Superconducting Films with Periodic Hole Arrays. Workshop: Vortex Matter in Inhomogeneous Superconductors (Bordeaux, France, December 6-9, 2000)
Field Induced Biquadratic Exchange in Ferromagnetic Multilayers, APS Meeting, March 12-16, 2001
Decoration of Josephson Vortices by Pancake Vortices in BSCCO, The 9^th Joint Vortex Dynamics and Vortex Matter Workshop, Boyardville, France, June 22-27, 2003
Magneto-optical imaging of Josephson vortices in layered superconductors, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Magneto-Optical Imaging, Øystese, Norway, August 28-30, 2003
Domain Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy in Ga₁-xMnxAs , NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Magneto-Optical Imaging, Øystese, Norway, August 28-30, 2003
Fractal Flux Motion and Thermo-Magnetic Avalanches in Homogeneous and Periodically Patterned NbFilms, 1^st International Conference “Fundamental Problems of High Temperature superconductivity, Moscow, Russia, October 18-22, 2004
Self-organized criticality of vortices in superconducting films, APS March Meeting, March 21-25, 2005, Los Angeles, CA
Imaging Transport Currents and I-V curves in Second Generation Coated Conductors, International Conference on Mesoscopic Superconductivity and Magnetism, Chicago August 28 - September 1, 2006
Plasmonic Routs to Nanophotonics, Workshop Trends in future electronics: Quantum digital circuits, materials with exceptional electronic properties, novel device concepts and applications, Bordeaux, France, May 6-10, 2006
Plasmon scanner and multiplexer, International SPIE conference on Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and their optical properties VI, San Diego, Aug. 10-14, 2008
Problems of High Temperature Superconductivity, Moscow, Russia, October 13-17 , 2008
Combined domain structures and tunable electromagnetic responce of superconducting / ferromagnetic hybrids, International Conference “Low-Dimensional Metallic and Superconducting Systems,” Chernogolovka, Moscow district, Russia, October 10-17 , 2009