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Dr. Vladislav S. Yakovlev
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1
85748 Garching, Germany
E-mail: vladislav.yakovlev@mpq.mpg.de
Phone: +49-89-32905-733
ORCID: 0000-0002-0648-9375
ResearcherID: C-4091-2015
Professional career
Aug. 2016–present
Apr. 2014–Aug. 2016
Feb. 2014
Mar. 2011–May 2014
Nov. 2006–present
Feb. 2005–Aug. 2014
Oct. 2004–Feb. 2011
Jul. 2003–Oct. 2004
May 2000–Jul. 2003
Staff researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Max Planck Institute
of Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany)
Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Nano-Optics (CeNO), Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University (Atlanta, U.S.A.)
Habilitation at the LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Germany)
“Akademischer Rat auf Zeit” (academic staff member) at the LMU Munich
Scientific member and project leader of the Munich Excellence Cluster for
Advanced Photonics (MAP, http://www.munich-photonics.de)
Project leader in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics at the Max Planck
Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany)
Research assistant at the LMU Munich
Postdoctoral researcher at the TU Wien (Technische Universität Wien, also
known as Vienna University of Technology)
Researcher in the Institute of Photonics, TU Wien (Austria)
Research visits
Mar. 2008
Sep. 2005
Hellenic National Research Foundation, Athens, Greece (collaboration with
Prof. C. A. Nicolaides)
National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada (collaboration with
Prof. M. Yu. Ivanov)
Research expertise and fields
Attosecond physics, strong-field light- matter interaction, computational physics, photonics, ultrafast
science.
Carrier-related activities
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Coordinator of the International Max Planck Research School of Advanced Photon Science
(IMPRS-APS) from January 2012 until April 2014.
Reviewer for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Journal of Physics B, Journal of the
Optical Society of America B, Optics Express, Chemical Physics, European Physical Journal D,
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal of Optics, Scientific Reports (NPG).
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Teaching
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Computational methods in photonics (lectures for Ph.D. students)
Statistical mechanics (tutorials for bachelor students)
Photonics (lectures and tutorials for master and Ph.D. students)
Quantum mechanics II (tutorials for master students)
Numerical methods for physicists (lectures and tutorials for bachelor students)
Atomic and molecular physics (tutorials for bachelor students)
Classical mechanics (tutorials for bachelor students)
Education
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Ph.D., 11 July 2003
Thesis: “Extremely short light pulses: generation, diagnostics, and application in attosecond
spectroscopy”, Institute of Photonics, Technische Universität Wien.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Armin Scrinzi.
Novosibirsk State University, Russia
M.S. in Physics, June 1999
Thesis: “Numerical simulations of plasma configurations in the presence of plunged conductors”,
Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Science.
Supervisor: Prof. M. P. Fedoruk
B.S. in Physics, June 1997
Thesis: “Computer modeling of light diffraction by an isotropic homogeneous acousto-optic lens.”
Theses written by researchers in my workgroup
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M. Högner (2013, master) Optical high-order harmonic generation in gas targets with spatially
tailored driving fields.
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M. Korbman (2012, PhD) Modeling light- field controlled electron motion in atoms and solids.
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J. Gagnon (2010, PhD) Attosecond electron spectroscopy: Theory and its applications.
J. Schmidt (2008, diploma) Modelling of attosecond pump-probe experiments on diatomic
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molecules.
Languages
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English (fluent)
German (fluent)
Russian (native)
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