Dr. Ekaterina Ponizovskaya Devine

University of California, Davis

Research Expertise

Physics
Photonics
Optics
Quantum communication

About

I am interested in new technology in optics, photonics, and quantum systems. I am motivated to find new solutions and develop new applications, constantly learning and improving my skills. I have a strong background in Physics and experience solving Multiphysics problems numerically with commercial software and using in-house code. I have experience with experimental equipment and automation. • Optics and Photonics. Design, modeling, and theoretical simulations and experiments for photonics components from UV to IR (high-speed photodetectors, metasurface structures, APD, SPAD, laser, VCSEL, lenses, interconnectors, sensors, fibers) for communications, sensors, image sensors, and quantum applications. Signal and image processing, temporal and special noise, stochastic process, stochastic resonance. Digital holography, wavefront reconstruction. Digital holography. Multi-physics simulation, non-linear optics. • Numerical methods (Monte-Carlo, FDTD, FEM, FFT, RCWA, BPM, TMM) for modeling complex multi-physics simulations, sparse matrices, ordinary and partial differential equations. Signal processing algorithms, machine learning, optimization, modeling probability distribution, time-dependent density functional theory, non-equilibrium Green’s functions. C++, Python, Matlab , Commercial software: Lumerical, Comsol, Zemax, Silvaco, LabVIEW, computer clusters parallel coding with CPU, parallel programming with CUDA and GPU. • New materials: quantum dots, photonic crystals, 2D materials, negative index materials, chirality, broken RT-symmetry, and non-Hermitian structures. Si, Ge, and III-V semiconductors. Turbulence, Mie and Raman scattering. • Quantum communication and quantum computing. Quantum to a classical interface. Quantum networks and Quantum Key Distribution system with noise and crosstalk. Quantum communication protocoles. • Experience with optical lab equipment, experiment automation, experimental setup, and alignment, data processing. Electrical and optical testing and data analysis. • Automation of a variety of systems, optical, cryogenic fuel loading, and storage systems. Physics-based models for a variety of physical systems (optics, photonics, fluid and gas dynamics, two-phase flow, cavitation). Prognostics for automated systems for NASA, using machine learning in combination with physics-based models. • Patents and publications in peer-reviewed journals: over 150 publications, conferences presentations at IEEE, APS, Optics https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wpEXwjwAAAAJ&hl=en • Supervising students

Legacy Map

Full View

Publications

Photon-trapping microstructures enable high-speed high-efficiency silicon photodiodes
Nature Photonics
2017
Optical metamaterials at near and mid-IR range fabricated by nanoimprint lithography
Applied Physics A
2007
Zero permittivity materials: Band gaps at the visible
Applied Physics Letters
2002
Ultrafast modulation of optical metamaterials
Optics Express
2009
Surface-illuminated photon-trapping high-speed Ge-on-Si photodiodes with improved efficiency up to 1700  nm
Photonics Research
2018
Modulation of negative index metamaterials in the near-IR range
Applied Physics Letters
2007
A metal-wire/quantum-dot composite metamaterial with negative ε and compensated optical loss
Applied Physics Letters
2008
Stable two- and three-dimensional geometrically constrained magnetic structures: The action of magnetic fields
Physical Review B
2002
Wide photonic band gaps at the visible in metallic nanowire arrays embedded in a dielectric matrix
Applied Physics Letters
2003
Ballistic magnetoresistance in different nanocontact configurations: a basis for future magnetoresistance sensors
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2002
High Speed Surface Illuminated Si Photodiode Using Microstructured Holes for Absorption Enhancements at 900–1000 nm Wavelength
ACS Photonics
2017
Theory for tailoring sonic devices: Diffraction dominates over refraction
Physical Review E
2003
A New Paradigm in High-Speed and High-Efficiency Silicon Photodiodes for Communication—Part I: Enhancing Photon–Material Interactions via Low-Dimensional Structures
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
2018
Multivalued stochastic resonance in a model of an excitable neuron
Physics Letters A
2000
Losses for microwave transmission in metamaterials for producing left-handed materials: The strip wires
Applied Physics Letters
2002
Explosion Hazard from a Propellant-Tank Breach in Liquid Hydrogen-Oxygen Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
2013
High-Speed High-Efficiency Photon-Trapping Broadband Silicon PIN Photodiodes for Short-Reach Optical Interconnects in Data Centers
Journal of Lightwave Technology
2019
Low-loss left-handed materials using metallic magnetic cylinders
Physical Review E
2005
Recent patent applications in biomarkers
Nature Biotechnology
2009
Rigorous coupled-wave analysis of absorption enhancement in vertically illuminated silicon photodiodes with photon-trapping hole arrays
Nanophotonics
2019
Smart nanophotonics silicon spectrometer array for hyperspectral imaging
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2020
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Resonance
2010
Block Copolymer Derived Vertically Coupled Plasmonic Arrays for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Unknown Venue
Achieving higher photoabsorption than group III-V semiconductors in ultrafast thin silicon photodetectors with integrated photon-trapping surface structures
Advanced Photonics Nexus
2023
D-matrix Based Fault Modeling for Cryogenic Loading Systems
Annual Conference of the PHM Society
2015
Controlling light penetration depth to amplify the gain in ultra-fast silicon APDs and SPADs using photon-trapping nanostructures
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2021
2021
Insulation Design for Liquid Cryogenic Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for Hydrogen Powered Aircraft
Unknown Venue
2023
Data management and decision support for the in-flight SRM
AIAA Infotech@Aerospace 2007 Conference and Exhibit
2007
Single microhole per pixel for thin Ge-on-Si complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor with enhanced sensitivity up to 1700 nm
Journal of Nanophotonics
2023
Fault diagnostics and evaluation in cryogenic loading system using optimization algorithm
Annual Conference of the PHM Society
2015
Forced Oscillations in Weakly Nonlinear Systems with One Degree of Freedom
Introduction to Nonlinear Oscillations
2015
A novel flowfield solution in a rectangular cavity subject to small amplitude oscillations
2nd AIAA, Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Meeting
1998
Prognostics and health management techniques for integrated avionics systems
2019 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference (PHM-Qingdao)
2019
Induced emission of electromagnetic waves from Josephson media
Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics
1984
Advancing multi-dimensional vision: AI-driven imaging using unique photodetectors with integrated surface nanostructures
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2023
2023
CMOS Image Sensor With Micro–Nano Holes to Improve NIR Optical Efficiency: Holes on Top Surface Versus on Bottom
IEEE Sensors Journal
2023
3D Lumerical simulation of silicon photodiodes with microholes for high-speed short-reach intra-datacenter interconnects
Applied Optics
2023
Lumerical Simulation of Surface-illuminated Silicon PIN Photodiodes for Datacenter Interconnects
2022 5th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA)
2022
Phase stochastic resonance in coherent QKD signal transmission with a crosstalk noise in multicore fiber
Physics Letters A
2022
Modeling of nanohole silicon pin/nip photodetectors: Steady state and transient characteristics
Nanotechnology
2021
Maximizing Absorption in Photon‐Trapping Ultrafast Silicon Photodetectors
Advanced Photonics Research
2021
Mid-infrared photodetector based on 2D material metamaterial with negative index properties for a wide range of angles near vertical illumination
Applied Physics A
2021
Single Microhole per Pixel in CMOS Image Sensors With Enhanced Optical Sensitivity in Near-Infrared
IEEE Sensors Journal
2021
Ultra-Thin MSM Photodetectors with Nano-Structured Surface
2019 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID)
2019
Si-compatible Mid-infrared Photodetectors Based on 2D Materials
2019 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM)
2019
Photodetectors with Photon-trapping Surface Nanostructures for Short Range LIDAR Systems
2019 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM)
2019
Ultra-thin super absorbing photon trapping materials for high-performance infrared detection
Infrared Technology and Applications XLV
2019
Two-Phase Flow Modeling of Cryogenic Loading Operations
Heat and Mass Transfer - Advances in Science and Technology Applications
2019
Dramatically Enhanced Efficiency in Ultra-Fast Silicon MSM Photodiodes Via Light Trapping Structures
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2019
Second harmonics enhancement by nanostructures.
Nonlinear Optics (NLO)
2019
High efficiency flexible silicon photodetectors and photovoltaics (Conference Presentation)
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2018
2018
Toward all-silicon optical receivers: photon trapping and manipulation using nanostructures (Conference Presentation)
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2018
2018
Enhanced Quantum Efficiency and Reduction of Reflection for MSM Photodetectors with Nano-Structured Surface
2018 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics In Defense Conference (RAPID)
2018
Enhanced Photon Detection Efficiency of Silicon Single Photon Avalanche Photodetectors Enabled by Photon Trapping Structures
2018 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM)
2018
Quantum Efficiency Enhancement of Mid Infrared Photodetectors with Photon Trapping Micro-Structures
2018 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM)
2018
Black holes enabled light bending and trapping in ultrafast silicon photodetectors
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications X
2018
Surface passivation of silicon photonic devices with high surface-to-volume-ratio nanostructures
Journal of the Optical Society of America B
2018
High-Speed High-Efficiency Broadband Silicon Photodiodes for Short-Reach Optical Interconnects in Data Centers
Optical Fiber Communication Conference
2018
Optimization of light trapping micro-hole structure for high-speed high-efficiency silicon photodiodes
2017 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)
2017
Fabrication of effective photon trapping and light manipulating micro/nano structures
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2017
2017
Highly efficient silicon solar cells designed with photon trapping micro/nano structures
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2017
2017
Improved bandwidth and quantum efficiency in silicon photodiodes using photon-manipulating micro/nanostructures operating in the range of 700-1060 nm
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2017
2017
Photon-trapping micro/nanostructures for high linearity in ultra-fast photodiodes
Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2017
2017
A New Paradigm in High-Speed and High-Efficiency Silicon Photodiodes for Communication—Part II: Device and VLSI Integration Challenges for Low-Dimensional Structures
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
2018
Efficient Si photovoltaic devices with integrated micro/nano holes
SPIE Proceedings
2016
Moving-boundary model of cryogenic operation for fault detection and diagnostics
2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference
2016
Moving-Boundary Model of Cryogenic Fuel Loading, I: Two-Phase Flow in a Pipe
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
2015
Moving-Boundary Model of Cryogenic Fuel Loading, II: Theory Versus Experiments
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
2015
Towards physics based autonomous control of the cryogenic propellant loading system
51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
2015
Two-phase flow modelling of the cryogenic propellant loading system
51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
2015
Hierarchy of two-phase flow models for autonomous control of cryogenic loading operation
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2015
Optimization of cryogenic chilldown and loading operation using SINDA/FLUINT
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2015
Physics based model for online fault detection in autonomous cryogenic loading system
AIP Conference Proceedings
2014
Mode division multiplexed (MDM) waveguide link scheme with cascaded Y-junctions
Optics Communications
2013
Mathematical and Critical Physics Analysis of Engineering Problems: Old-New Way of Doing Things
AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition
2011
Cavitation-induced ignition of cryogenic hydrogen-oxygen fluids
Applied Physics Letters
2011
Coherent and incoherent second harmonic generation in planar G-shaped nanostructures
Optics Letters
2011
Germanium-based negative-index heterostructure for high speed modulation
Semiconductor Science and Technology
2010
Binary metal and semiconductor quantum dot metamaterials with negative optical dielectric constant and compensated loss for small volume waveguides, modulators and switches
Applied Physics A
2009
Geometrical dependence of optical negative index meta-materials at 1.55 μm
Applied Physics A
2009
Negative index materials with gain media for fast modulation
Applied Physics A
2009
Ultrafast response of negative index metamaterials in the near-infrared
SPIE Proceedings
2009
Ultrafast Modulation of Optical Metamaterials
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference
2009
Metallic nanocrystals near ultrasmooth metallic films for surface-enhanced Raman scattering application
Nanotechnology
2008
Nanophotonics in integrated photonics: A view on metamaterials and devices
2008 International Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop
2008
Properties of nanostructured metamaterials at optical frequencies
Optoelectronic Materials and Devices III
2008
Negative index metamaterials at optical frequencies
2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium
2007
Metallic negative index nanostructures at optical frequencies: losses and effect of gain medium
Applied Physics A
2007
Ensembles of plasmonic nanospheres at optical frequencies and a problem of negative index behavior
Applied Physics A
2007
Fabrication of Optical Meta-structure at Infrared Rang using Nanoimprint Lithography
2006 International Symposium on Biophotonics, Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
2006
Veselago lens and plasmonic nanostructures at optical frequencies
2006 International Symposium on Biophotonics, Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
2006
Reply to “Comment on ‘Theory for tailoring sonic devices: Diffraction dominates over refraction’ ”
Physical Review E
2005
Comment on “Theory of tailoring sonic devices: Diffraction dominates over refraction”
Physical Review E
2005
Magnetoresistance Controls of Arborous Bead-Dendritic Growth of Magnetic Electrodeposits
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
2004
Garciaet al.Reply:
Physical Review Letters
2002
Shift of geometrically localized magnetic walls in thin films under a magnetic field
Physical Review B
2001
Chaotic Domain Patterns in Periodic Inhomogeneous Magnetic Films
Physical Review Letters
2001
Displacement of domain walls under a nanocontact current: Mechanism for magnetoresistance asymmetric switching
Applied Physics Letters
2001
Stochastic resonance in the Brusselator model
Physical Review E
2000
Stochastic resonance in a nonequilibrium electron-hole plasma
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
1999
The nature of bursting noises, stochastic resonance and deterministic chaos in excitable neurons
Physics Letters A
1998
The phase of the microwave on a Josephson transmission line
Applied Superconductivity
1995
Phase Stochastic Resonance in Coherent Qkd Signal Transmission with a Crosstalk Noise in Multicore Fiber
SSRN Electronic Journal
2022

Education

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

Ph.D., Applied Physics / January

Moscow

Experience

University of California, Davis

Consultant / October, 2018Present

W&Wsens Devices Inc

Principal Scientist / October, 2014Present

Montana State University

Research Scientist / November, 2020July, 2022

NASA Ames Research Center

20092015

Hewlett-Packard Inc

20052009

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

PostDoc / 20002005

Links & Social Media

Join Ekaterina on NotedSource!
Join Now

At NotedSource, we believe that professors, post-docs, scientists and other researchers have deep, untapped knowledge and expertise that can be leveraged to drive innovation within companies. NotedSource is committed to bridging the gap between academia and industry by providing a platform for collaboration with industry and networking with other researchers.

For industry, NotedSource identifies the right academic experts in 24 hours to help organizations build and grow. With a platform of thousands of knowledgeable PhDs, scientists, and industry experts, NotedSource makes connecting and collaborating easy.

For academic researchers such as professors, post-docs, and Ph.D.s, NotedSource provides tools to discover and connect to your colleagues with messaging and news feeds, in addition to the opportunity to be paid for your collaboration with vetted partners.

Expert Institutions
NotedSource has experts from Stanford University
Expert institutions using NotedSource include Oxfort University
Experts from McGill have used NotedSource to share their expertise
University of Chicago experts have used NotedSource
MIT researchers have used NotedSource
Proudly trusted by
Microsoft uses NotedSource for academic partnerships
Johnson & Johnson academic research projects on NotedSource
ProQuest (Clarivate) uses NotedSource as their industry academia platform
Slamom consulting engages academics for research collaboration on NotedSource
Omnicom and OMG find academics on notedsource
Unilever research project have used NotedSource to engage academic experts

Connect with researchers and scientists like Dr. Ekaterina Ponizovskaya Devine on NotedSource to help your company with innovation, research, R&D, L&D, and more.