Curriculum Vitæ ( PDF )



 
 

Branislav K. Nikolic, Ph.D.

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-2570, USA
Phone: +(302) 831-2943, Fax: +(302) 831-1637
bnikolic@physics.udel.edu 
http://www.physics.udel.edu/~bnikolic 

 
 

Education:

2000   Ph.D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook 
    Thesis Advisor: Professor Philip B. Allen 
    Thesis Title: Quantum transport in finite disordered electron systems
1995   B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics (Summa Cum Laude, GPA 10.0/10.0), Faculty of Physics , University of Belgrade , Serbia 
    Advisor: Professor Sava Milosevic 
    Diploma Thesis Title: Numerical study of BTW model of Self-Organized Criticality
1988   High School: Member of the National Team for the XIX International Physics Olympiad 

 
 

Research: past->present->future

2002-present    Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware 

  PI of the Quantum Transport Theory Group

  QTT Group has interest in: Quantum transport of spin and charge in mesoscopic, spintronic, and strongly correlated systems, Quantum information theory and computing, Quantum Chaos, Glasses and glassy dynamics, Strongly correlated systems out of equilibrium,  Inhomogeneous superconducting nanostructures

 
2000-2002    Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington DC 

  Condensed Matter Theory Group of Professor J. K. Freericks

 
1997-2000      Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY

  Condensed Matter Theory Group of Professor P. B. Allen

 
1994-1995   Research Assistant, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
    Statistical Mechanics Group
                                                                                                                                                         

 
 

Teaching:

Spring
  University of Delaware 

  Computational Methods of Physics  (PHYS 306 undegraduate level course)
 Computational Methods of Physics  (PHYS 638 graduate level course)             
Fall  
  University of Delaware 
    Methods of Mathematical Physics     (PHYS 607 graduate level course)
Introduction to Solid State  Physics (PHYS 624 graduate level course)              
 
1995-1997   SUNY at Stony Brook 
    Teaching assistant for the introductory physics courses PHY 125, PHY 126, PHY 132


Synergistic activities:


 



Profesional Affiliations:


 
  • Societies: American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers.
  • Referee for: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, European Journal of Physics B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics A, New Journal of Physics, Physics Letters B, Foundations of Physics Letters, Foundations of Science. 
  • Reviewer for research proposals: NSF, ISF.



Publications:

33. Thouless Energy as a Unifying Concept for Josephson Junctions Tuned Through the Mott Metal-Insulator Transition

Phys. Rev. B 73, 184515 (2006)

A. N. Tahvildar-Zadeh, J. K. Freericks, and B. K. Nikolic


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32. Shot Noise of Spin-Decohering Transport in Spin-Orbit Coupled Nanostructures

cond-mat/0604187

R. L.  Dragomirova and B. K. Nikolic

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31. Extrinsic Entwined with Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect in Disordered Mesoscopic Bars

cond-mat/0603595

B. K. Nikolic and L. P. Zarbo

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30. Imaging mesoscopic spin Hall flow: Spatial distribution of local spin currents and spin densities in and out of multiterminal spin-orbit coupled semiconductor nanostructures

Phys. Rev. B 73, 075303 (2006)

B. K. Nikolic, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Souma

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29. Use of Generalized Thouless Energy in Describing Transport Properties of Josephson Junctions 

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 15, 896 (2005)

J. K. Freericks, A. N. Tahvildar-Zadeh, and B. K. Nikolic

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28. Transverse Spin-Orbit Force of the spin Hall effect in Ballistic Semiconductor Wires

Phys. Rev. B 72, 075335 (2005)

B. K. Nikolic, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Welack

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27. Nonequilibrium Spin Hall Accumulation in Ballistic Semiconductor Nanostructures

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 046601 (2005)

B. K. Nikolic, S. Souma. L. P. Zarbo, and J. Sinova

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26. Spin Hall Current Driven by Quantum Interferences in Mesoscopic Rashba Rings

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 106602 (2005)

S. Souma and B. K. Nikolic

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25. Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect in Multiprobe Ballistic Spin-Orbit Coupled Semiconductor Bridges

Phys. Rev. B 72, 075361 (2005)

B. K. Nikolic, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Souma

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24. Modulating Unpolarized Current in Quantum Spintronics: Visibility of Spin-Interference Effects in Multichannel Aharonov-Casher Mesoscopic Rings

Phys. Rev. B 70, 195346 (2004)

S. Souma and B. K. Nikolic

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23. Controlling Decoherence of Transported Quantum Spin Information in Semiconductor Spintronics

in Realizing controllable quantum states, edited by H. Takayanagi and J. Nitta (World Scientific, Singapore, 2005).

B. K. Nikolic and S. Souma

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22. Quantum Transparency of Anderson Insulator Junctions: Statistics of Transmission
Eigenvalues, Shot Noise, and Proximity Conductance

Phys. Rev. B 71, 045308 (2005)

B. K. Nikolic and R. L. Dragomirova

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21.    Decoherence of transported spin in multichannel spin-orbit coupled spintronic devices: Scattering approach to spin density matrix from the ballistic to the localized regime

Phys. Rev. B 71,  195328  (2005)

B. K. Nikolic and S. Souma

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20. Superconductor-Correlated Metal-Superconductor Josephson Junctions: An optimized class for high speed digital electronics  

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 13, 1089 (2003)

J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolic, and P. Miller

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19. Entanglement of Electron Spin and Orbital States in Spintronic Quantum Transport  

cond-mat/0301614

B. K. Nikolic

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18. Temperature dependence of superconductor-correlated metal-superconductor Josephson junctions 

Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 970 (2003)

J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolic, and P. Miller

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17. Mesoscopic Spintronics: Fluctuation and localization effects in spin-polarized quantum transport 

in Toward the controllable quantum states, edited by H. Takayanagi and J. Nitta (World Scientific, 2003).

B. K. Nikolic and J. K. Freericks

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16. Mesoscopics in Spintronics: Quantum interference effects in spin-polarized electron transport 

cond-mat/0111144

B. K. Nikolic and J. K. Freericks

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15. Structure of quantum disordered wave functions: weak localization, far tails, and mesoscopic transport

Eur. Phys. J. B 30 , 227 (2002)

B. K. Nikolic and V. Z. Cerovski

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14. Optimizing the speed of a Josephson junction with dynamical mean-field theory 

Int. J. Mod. Phys. B16, 531 (2002)

J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolic, and P. Miller 

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13. Intrinsic reduction of Josephson critical current in short ballistic SNS weak links 

Phys. Rev. B 64, 212507 (2001)

B. K. Nikolic, J. K. Freericks, and P. Miller 

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12. Suppression of the "quasiclassical" proximity gap in correlated-metal--superconductor structures 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 077002 (2002)

B. K. Nikolic, J. K. Freericks, and P. Miller 

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11. Typical medium theory of Anderson localization: A local order parameter approach to strong disorder effects

Europhys. Lett. 62, 76 (2003)

V. Dobrosavljevic, A. A. Pastor, B. K. Nikolic 

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10. Equilibrium Properties of Double-Screened-Dipole-Barrier SINIS Josephson Junctions 

Phys. Rev. B 65, 064529 (2002)

B. K. Nikolic, J. K. Freericks, and P. Miller

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9. Deconstructing Kubo formula usage: Exact conductance of a mesoscopic system from weak to strong disorder limit

Phys. Rev. B 64, 165303 (2001)

B. K. Nikolic

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8. Tuning a Josephson Junction through a quantum critical point

Phys. Rev. B 64, 054511 (2001)

J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolic, and P. Miller

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7. Quantum transport through mesoscopic disordered interfaces, junctions, and multilayers 

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14, 7871 (2002)

B. K. Nikolic

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6. Quest for rare events in mesoscopic disordered metals

Phys. Rev. B 65, 012201 (2002)

B. K. Nikolic

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5. Resistivity of a metal between the Boltzmann transport regime and the Anderson transition

Phys. Rev. B 63, 020201(R) (2000)

B. K. Nikolic and P. B. Allen

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4. Statistical properties of eigenstates in three-dimensional mesoscopic systems with off-diagonal or diagonal disorder 

Phys. Rev. B 64, 014203 (2001)

B. K. Nikolic

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3. Quantum transport in ballistic conductors: evolution from conductance quantization to resonant tunneling

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 9629 (2000)

B. K. Nikolic and P. B. Allen

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2. Infrared studies of the onset of conductivity in ultrathin Pb films 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4880 (1999) 

P. F. Henning, C. C. Homes, S. Maslov, G. L. Carr, D. N. Basov, B. K. Nikolic, and M. Strongin 

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1. Electron transport through a circular constriction 

Phys. Rev. B. 60, 3963 (1999)

B. K. Nikolic and P. B. Allen

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0. Ph.D. Thesis: Quantum transport in finite disordered electron systems (PDF)


Selected Talks:


   
Is there a mean-field theory of Anderson localization?
2002

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Proximity Effect in Strongly Correlated Nanostructures
2003

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Controlling Decoherence of Transported Quantum Spin Information in Semiconductor Spintronics
2004

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Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect
2005

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