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Liquid crystal based nonlinear fishnet metamaterials We study experimentally the nonlinear properties of fishnet metamaterials infiltrated with nematic liquid crystals. Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 121113-4 (21 Mar 2012) Magnetoelastic metamaterials Electromagnetic wave compresses metamaterial leading to a new type of nonlinear response. Nat. Mater. 11, 30-33 (Jan 2012) Optically Induced Interaction of Magnetic Moments in Hybrid Metamaterials We propose a novel type of hybrid metal-dielectric structures composed of silicon nanoparticles and split-ring resonators for advanced control of optically induced magnetic response. ACS Nano 6, 837-842 (2012) Laser Pulse Heating of Spherical Metal Particles We present analytical solutions for the general problem of laser pulse heating of spherical metal particles with the sizes ranging from nanometers to millimeters. Phys. Rev. X 1, 021024-9 (Dec 2011) Metamaterials with conformational nonlinearity We demonstrate that flexible metamaterials made of spiral resonators exhibit nonlinear behaviour through the conformational changes caused by mechanical deformations induced by electromagnetic wave. Sci. Reports 1, 138-4 (02 Nov 2011) Generation and Near-Field Imaging of Airy Surface Plasmons Experimental demonstration of Airy plasmons: left - Experimental setup; right - Near-field imaging of Airy plasmons (nonspreading bended rays of light) propagating along the surface of a gold film with an engineered grating pattern for their excitation. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion and a Viewpoint in Physics. Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 116802-4 (Sep 2011) Realization of Reflectionless Potentials in Photonic Lattices Experimental image of an optical beam as it passes without reflections through a specially designed modulation in coupled waveguide arrays. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 193903-4 (12 May 2011) Nonlinear Nanofocusing in Tapered Plasmonic Waveguides Tapered plasmonic waveguides can compensate for the effect of losses of surface plasmon-polaritons and enhance nonlinear effects at the nanoscale. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116804-4 (9 Sep 2010) Giant Optical Manipulation We demonstrate a new principle of optical trapping and manipulation increasing more than 1000 times the manipulation distance by harnessing strong thermal forces while suppressing their stochastic nature with optical vortex beams. The results are highlighted in Science Now. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 118103-4 (Sep 2010) One-Way Extraordinary Optical Transmission and Nonreciprocal Spoof Plasmons It is demonstrated analytically and numerically that, by breaking the time-reversal symmetry, nonreciprocal spoof surface plasmons enable a dramatic optical response: one-way extraordinary optical transmission. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 126804-4 (Sep 2010) Controlled Transport of Matter Waves in Two-Dimensional Optical Lattices A method for achieving dynamically controllable transport of highly mobile matter-wave solitons in a driven two-dimensional optical lattice is proposed. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 090401-4 (24 Aug 2010) Rotonlike Instability and Pattern Formation in Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates We show that metastable phases of an antiferromagnetic spin-1 condensate in a simple model with pure contact interactions can exhibit a rotonlike minimum in the excitation spectrum. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 020405-4 (9 Jul 2010) Optical Nanoprobing via Spin-Orbit Interaction of Light We show, both theoretically and experimentally, that high-numerical-aperture optical microscopy is accompanied by strong spin-orbit interaction of light, which translates fine information about the specimen to the polarization degrees of freedom of light. Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 253601-4 (22 Jun 2010)		7 December 2011, We congratulate our future PhD student Daniel Leykam for the award of University Medal in Physics for 2011. The Medal will be presented at the Conferring of Awards Ceremony to be held on Wednesday 14 December 2011 at 2.00pm at Llewellyn Hall. Review published: Metamaterials and metaoptics , NPG Asia Materials (November 2011). Book published: Nonlinearities in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials, Eds. Cornelia Denz, Sergej Flach, Yuri S. Kivshar. 23 September 2009, We congratulate our PhD student, Mr. Steven Lade, who has won the main prize of the 2009 John Carver Seminar Series for his talk "Directed Transport without Net Bias in Physics and Biology". 2 September 2009, We congratulate our PhD student, Mr. Artur Davoyan, for receiving the Best Oral Presentation Award at the international workshop "Modern Problems in Optics and Photonics", 27 August - 2 September, 2009, Yerevan, Armenia. 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