Departemento de Fisica

Sergiy Lysenko

Condensed Matter Physics and Ultrafast Optics

Phone:    1-787-832-4040 (ext. 2021, 2772)
Fax:        1-787-832-1135
e-mail:    sergiy.lysenko (at) upr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics (2001). Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev.
M.S. in Physics. (1998) National  Kiev University, Department of Physics, Chair of Optics, Kiev, Ukraine. Specialization: Optics, Spectroscopy, Optical and Optoelectronic systems.
Since 2007 Assistant Professor in Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, USA
2004-2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NSF-EPSCoR Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, USA
2003-2004 Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship ('Attosecond light measurements'), Department of Physics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2001-2003 Research Assistant in Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev.
1998-2001 Research in Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev
Research Interests
Ultrafast  Optics, Solid-State Optics, Metal-to-Insulator Phase Transition, Elastic Light Scattering.
Ultrafast Processes in Materials Science. Experimental study of laser induced insulator-to-metal phase transition  in vanadium dioxide and ultrafast nonlinear properties of metal-dielectric nanocomposites. We are studying the transient optical processes at femtosecond and picosecond time scale; electron excitations, electron-phonon and phonon-phonon interactions, heat transfer; lattice relaxation, mechanical oscillation of nanoparticles, two-photonic processes. Numerical analysis of time and spatial optical processes at attosecond and femtosecond time scale.
 3-D Elastic Light Scattering, Surface Plasmon-Polariton Optics. Experimental and numerical investigation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) processes on metal films (i.e. radiative SPP scattering and interaction of plasmons with metal nanoparticles, surface roughness, one-dimensional defects). Investigation of the optical and statistical surface properties by 3D SPP-scattering. Development of angle-resolved hemispherical elastic light scattering methods, technical development of optical and mechanical components for study of different interfacial architectures.

Selected Publications

  • S. Lysenko, V. Vikhnin, A. Rua, F. Fernandez, and H. Liu, ”Critical Behavior and Size Effects in Light-Induced Transition of Nanostructured VO2 Films” // Phys. Rev. B -Vol. 82, 205425 (13 pages), 2010. Abstract
  • S. Lysenko, B. Snopok, V. Sterligov, "Scattering of Surface Plasmon–Polaritons and Volume Waves by Thin Gold Films"// Optics and spectroscopy, -Vol.108, pp. 581-590, 2010. Abstract
  • S. Lysenko, A. Rua, F. Fernandez, and H. Liu, "Optical nonlinearity and structural dynamics of VO2 films" // J. Appl. Phys. -Vol. 105, p. 043502 (6 pages),  2009. Abstract
  • J.A. Jimenez, S. Lysenko, H. Liu, E. Fachini, O. Resto, C.R. Cabrera, "Silver aggregates and twofold-coordinated tin centers in phosphate glass: A photoluminescence study" // Journal of Luminescence, -Vol.129, Issue 12, pp. 1546-1554, 2009. Abstract
  •  S. Lysenko, J. Jimenez, V. Vikhnin, H. Liu, “Exited State Dynamics in Silver Nanoparticles Embedded in Phosphate Glass” // Journal of Luminescence, -Vol. 128, Issues 5-6, pp. 821-823, 2008. Abstract
  • J. A. Jimenez, S. Lysenko, H. Liu, “Photoluminescence via plasmon resonance energy transfer in silver nanocomposite glasses” // J. Appl. Phys., -Vol. 104, p.054313 (9 pages), 2008. Abstract
  • S. Lysenko, V. Vikhnin, F. Fernandez, A. Rua, and H. Liu, "Photoinduced insulator-to-metal phase transition in VO2 crystalline films and model of dielectric susceptibility" // Phys. Rev. B, -Vol. 75, p. 075109 (13 pages), 2007. Abstract
  • S. Lysenko, A. Rua, V. Vikhnin, F. Fernandez and H. Liu, "Insulator-to-Metal Phase Transition and Recovery Processes in VO2 thin films after femtosecond laser excitation"// Phys. Rev. B, -Vol. 76, p. 035104 (6 pages), 2007. Abstract
  • S. Lysenko, J. Jimenez, G.Zhang, H. Liu, "Nonlinear Optical Dynamics of Glass-Embedded Silver Nanoparticles" // Journal of Electronic Materials, -Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1715-1721, 2006. Abstract
  • S. Lysenko, A. J. Rua, V. Vikhnin, J. Jimenez, F. Fernandez, H. Liu, "Light-induced Ultrafast Phase Transitions in VO2 Thin Film" // Appl.Surf.Sci. -Vol. 252,  pp.5512-5515, 2006. Abstract
  • S.Lysenko, V.Vikhnin, G. Zhang, A.Rua, F.Fernandez, H.Liu, "Insulator to Metal Phase Transformation of VO2 Films upon Femtosecond Laser Excitation" // Journal of Electronic Materials, -Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1866-1872, 2006. Abstract
  • H. Liu, S. Lysenko, V.Vikhnin, A.Rua, F. Fernandes,  "Eu emission quenching in VO2" // Journal of Luminescence, -Vol. 119-120, pp. 388-394, 2006. Abstract
  • V.S. Vikhnin, S. Lysenko, A. Rua, F. Fernandez, and H. Liu, “The model of metal-insulator phase transition in VO2” // Solid State Communication, -Vol. 137, Issue 11, pp. 615-620, 2006. Abstract
  • V.S. Vikhnin, S. Lysenko, A. Rua, F. Fernandez, H. Liu "The model of metal–insulator phase transition in vanadium oxide" // Physics Letters A, -Vol. 343, pp. 446–453, 2005. Abstract
  • V.A.Sterligov, P.Cheyssac, R.Kofman, S.I.Lysenko, P.M.Lytvyn, B.Vohnsen, S.I.Bozhevolnyi, and A.A.Maradudin  "Near/Far-Field Optical Investigations of the Interaction between Surface Waves and Nanoparticles" // Phys.Stat.Sol.(B). -Vol. 229, No.3, pp.1283 –1294, 2002.  Abstract
  • V.A. Sterligov, S.I. Lysenko, P.Aschieri, P.Baldi, L.Chanvillard, M. De Micheli  "Elastic light scattering by a LiNbO3 waveguide" // Applied Optics, -Vol. 41, Issue 7, pp. 1418-1423, 2002. Abstract
  • S.I.Lysenko, B.A.Snopok, V.A.Sterligov, Yu.M.Shirshov. "Statistical Properties of Surfaces: Features of the Calculation of the Autocovariance Function from the Scattering Indicatrix" // Optics and Spectroscopy, -Vol. 91, N5,  pp. 801-809, 2001. Abstract
  • V.A.Sterligov, P.Cheyssac, S.I.Lysenko, R.Kofman "Relationship between the Scattering of Homogeneous and Evanescent Electromagnetic Waves by Metallic Nanoparticles" // Optics Communications, -Vol. 186, Issues 1-3, pp. 27-33, 2000.  Abstract
  • V.A.Sterligov, P.Cheyssac, S.I.Lysenko, R.Kofman "Elastic Scattering of surface electromagnetic waves by 1D surface relief" // Optics Communications, -Vol. 177, pp. 1–8, 2000. Abstract
     
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