Publications Highlights		News & Announcements
Plasmonic Bloch oscillations in chirped metal-dielectric structures We predict electromagnetic beam curling in metal-dielectric multi-layer structures. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 161105-3 (21 Apr 2009) Ideal and nonideal invisibility cloaks Performance of non-ideal electromagnetic cloaks is studied with the help of inverse coordinate transformations. Opt. Express 16, 21369-21374 (10 Dec 2008) Tunable transmission and harmonic generation in nonlinear metamaterials First two-dimensional nonlinear metamaterial for microwave frequencies. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 161903-3 (21 Oct 2008) Generation of second-harmonic conical waves via nonlinear Bragg diffraction First generation of conical waves through nonlinear Bragg diffraction enhanced by a novel type of transverse phase matching. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 103902-4 (14 Mar 2008) Light scattering by a finite obstacle and fano resonances The anomalous light scattering by small particles exhibits the Fano resonance, that can be in fact revealed from the analysis of the exact Mie solution of the diffraction problem. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 043903-4 (1 Feb 2008) Spiraling multivortex solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media Double helix formed by the braided nodal lines obtained by tracing the spatial locations of the vortex cores during propagation of the rotating tripole soliton in nonlocal medium. Opt. Lett. 33, 198-200 (15 Jan 2008) Scattering of electromagnetic waves in metamaterial superlattices Multiple resonance response is observed in binary metamaterial structures. Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 201919-3 (14 May 2007) Crossover from self-defocusing to discrete trapping in nonlinear waveguide arrays Prediction and experimental observation of crossover to discrete beam focusing in waveguide arrays with defocusing nonlinearity. Opt. Express 14, 254-259 (9 Jan 2006)		11 May 2009, Mr. Steven Lade participates in a Public Lecture devoted to The Science of Climate Feedbacks. This forum reviews, for a non-technical audience, what feedbacks and non-linearities are, why they can lead to 'runaway change' and other drastic effects in systems such as the climate, what recent scientific developments have led to better understanding of climate feedbacks, and how this affects predictions of likely future climate change. 17 April 2009, Dr. Christian Rosberg received an award of The Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics from the Australian Institute of Physics for the best PhD thesis by a student from an Australian University in 2008. 22 May 2007, Prof. Yuri Kivshar received an award of Federation Fellowship from the Australian Research Council to support both theoretical and experimental studies of the Nonlinear Physics Centre in all-optical technologies, nanophotonics and metamaterials. 3 May 2007, Prof. Yuri Kivshar was awarded the Lyle Medal from the Australian Academy of Science. Book published: The Frenkel-Kontorova Model: Concepts, Methods, and Applications by Oleg M. Braun and Yuri S. Kivshar. Order now from Springer-Verlag. Book published: Optical Solitons: From Fibers to Photonic Crystals by Yuri S. Kivshar and Govind P. Agrawal. Order now from Elsevier. Prof. Yuri Kivshar received an award of Federation Fellowship from the Australian Research Council to support both theoretical and experimental studies of the Nonlinear Physics Centre in all-optical communication and information technologies, including the research in the photonic crystal technologies. Do honours projects with our centre