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Prof. Alexey UstinovProf. Dr. Alexey Ustinov

Contact:

Physikalisches Institut
Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1
D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

tel. +49 721 608 43455
sekr. +49 721 608 43451
fax +49 721 608 46103
mail alexey ustinovLpf8∂kit edu

Education

Diploma degree: 1984 Moscow University of Physics and Technology, Department of General and Applied Physics
Ph.D.: 1987 Institute of Solid State Physics; Chernogolovka, Russian Academy of Sciences ("Candidate of Science")
Habilitation: 1995 Institute of Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Russian Academy of Sciences ("Doctor of Science")

Positions

1984-1992 Institute of Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia
1993-1995 Research Centre Jülich, Germany
1996-2008 Professor, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
since 2008 Professor Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

Research visits and sabbaticals

1989-1991 University of Tübingen, Germany
1991-1992 Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
1992-1993 University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
2005-2006 University of California, Berkeley, USA
2006 NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Atsugi, Japan

Fields of research:

Superconductivity, Josephson junctions and arrays, macroscopic quantum coherence, superconducting qubits, solitons in Josephson transmission lines, microwave spectroscopy, millimeter- and submillimeter wave experiments, low temperature laser microscopy

Ustinov group picture

Latest publications

  • Switching Nonlinearity in a Superconductor-Enhanced Metamaterial
    C. Kurter, P. Tassin, A. P. Zhuravel, L. Zhang, T. Koschny, A. V. Ustinov, C. M. Soukoulis, S. M. Anlage
    arXiv:1110.5677v1
  • Microscopic examination of hot spots giving rise to nonlinearity in superconducting resonators
    C. Kurter, A. P. Zhuravel, A. V. Ustinov and S. M. Anlage
    Phys. Rev. B 84, 104515 (2011)
  • Ultralow-power spectroscopy of a rare-earth spin ensemble using a superconducting resonator
    P. Bushev, A. K. Feofanov, H. Rotzinger, I. Protopopov, J. H. Cole, C. M. Wilson, G. Fischer, A. Lukashenko and A. V. Ustinov
    Phys. Rev. B 84, 060501(R) (2011)
  • Pinning of charge and flux solitons in disordered Josephson junction arrays
    K. G. Fedorov, M. V. Fistul, A. V. Ustinov
    Phys. Rev. B 84, 014526 (2011)
  • Classical Analogue of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency with a Metal-Superconductor Hybrid Metamaterial
    Cihan Kurter, Philippe Tassin, Lei Zhang, Thomas Koschny, Alexander P. Zhuravel, Alexey V. Ustinov, Steven M. Anlage, Costas M. Soukoulis
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 043901 (2011)
  • Entangling microscopic defects via a macroscopic quantum shuttle
    G. J. Grabovskij, P. Bushev, J. H. Cole, C. Müller, J. Lisenfeld, A. Lukashenko, A. V. Ustinov
    New J. Phys. 13, 063015 (2011)
  • Quantitative evaluation of defect-models in superconducting phase qubits
    J. H. Cole, C. Müller, P. Bushev, G. J. Grabovskij, J. Lisenfeld, A. Lukashenko, A. V. Ustinov, A. Shnirman
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 252501 (2010)
  • Microwave readout scheme for a Josephson phase qubit
    T. Wirth, J. Lisenfeld, A. Lukashenko, A. V. Ustinov
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 262508 (2010)
  • Aluminum Hard Mask Technique for the Fabrication of High-Quality Submicron Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb Josephson Junctions
    Christoph Kaiser, J. M. Meckbach, K. Ilin, J. Lisenfeld, R. Schäfer, A. V. Ustinov, M. Siegel
    2011 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 24 035005
  • Effect of LaAlO3 twin-domain topology on local dc and microwave properties of cuprate films
    A. P. Zhuravel, Steven M. Anlage, Stephen K. Remillard, A. V. Lukashenko, A. V. Ustinov
    J. Appl. Phys. 108, 033920 (2010)
  • Measuring the temperature dependence of individual two-level systems by direct coherent control
    J. Lisenfeld, C. Müller, J. H. Cole, P. Bushev, A. Lukashenko, A. Shnirman, A. V. Ustinov
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 230504 (2010)
  • Multi-photon spectroscopy of a hybrid quantum system
    P. Bushev, C. Müller, J. Lisenfeld, Jared H. Cole, A. Lukashenko, A. Shnirman, A. V. Ustinov
    Phys. Rev. B 82, 134530 (2010)