Irina Novikova, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

 
 E-mail: inovikova[at]physics.wm.edu
 Telephone: (757) 221-3693
 FAX: (757) 221-3540
 Office: Small 251
 Address: 
 Department of Physics
 College of William&Mary
 P.O. Box 8795
 Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
 Research group web-site
 http://physics.wm.edu/~inovikova/group.html

Teaching

PHYS 201 Modern Physics (Fall 2010, 2011,2013)

PHYS 102 General Physics (Spring 2011, 2012)

PHYS 251 Experimental Atomic Physics (Fall 2007,2008,2009)

PHYS 475 Introduction to Mathematical Physics (Spring 2007, 2008, 2009)

Other educational resources

Physics GRE review (Optics): handout sample problems

Research

My research interests are in experimental Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics (AMO). In particular, I study coherent interaction of light with atoms to control and manipulate optical properties of atomic ensembles, such as Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT), slow and stored light, resonant Raman processes, etc. (More details here)

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
List of publications (pdf)


Grants

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2013-2016)
“Nonlinear and quantum optical effects based on long-lived spin coherence in atomic ensembles at high optical depth”

NAVAIR STTR (with Rochester Scientific) (2011-2012)
"Modeling of pulse Propagation in a four-level atomic medium for gyroscopic measurements"

National Science Foundation (2008-2012)
"Highly efficient photon-matter interfaces for quantum information applications"

National Science Foundation (2010-2013)
"Plasmon resonances and metal insulator transitions in highly correlated thin film systems" (co-PI, with R. A. Lukaszew)

Jeffress Research Foundation (2007-2009)
"Investigation of all-optical resonances for compact atomic clocks using VCSEL-based laser system"

Army Research Office (2008)
"DURIP: Widely tunable laser system for quantumoptics and laser spectroscopy"

Professional Service

Topical Editor for Optics Letters (since 2011)
Member of the Optical Society of America Membership and Education Services Council (2008 - 2013)
Member of the 2011 CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science 1 Organzational Subcommittee (2011)
Peer reviewer for Physical Review Letters, Nature Photonics, Physical Review A, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optics Communications, Journal of Modern Optics, Optics Communications;
National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Swiss National Science Foundation, Sandia National Laboratory, CRDF.

Department and College Service

Physics Undergraduate Committee (since 2009)
Physics Graduate Admission Committee (2006-2009)
A&S Affirmative Action Committee (2010-2013)
Co-advisor for the William&Mary Society of Physics Students
Advisor for the William&Mary Student Chapter of the Optical Society of America

Outreach activities

Principle coordinator for LaserFest-2010 outreach activities, sponsored by OSA/APS grant.
Organizer of PhysicsFest - Physics Department open house

Previous affiliations

Dr. Ron L. Waslworth's group at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Dr. George Welch's group at Department of Physics, Texas A&M University

Dr. Vladimir L. Velichansky's group at Lebedev Physics Institute and Moscow State Engineering-Physics Institute