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  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For significant contributions to the theory of superconductivity, particularly the effect of crystalline defects on critical currents, vortex dynamics, and upper critical fields of hightemperature superconductors and MgB2

Overview

Alex Gurevich is a researcher affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with a focus on subfields including Condensed Matter Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Superconducting Materials and Applications
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds
  • Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers

Gurevich has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • Electron Tunneling and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of the Superconducting Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Niobium Resonator Cavities, 2020, Physical Review Applied
  • Observation of in-plane magnetic field induced phase transitions in FeSe, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Tuning microwave losses in superconducting resonators, 2023, Superconductor Science and Technology
  • Nonlinear dynamics and dissipation of a curvilinear vortex driven by a strong time-dependent Meissner current, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Development of a prototype superconducting radio-frequency cavity for conduction-cooled accelerators, 2023, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Gurevich include:

  • Gianluigi Ciovati
  • Jean Delayen
  • Junki Makita
  • Ishwari Parajuli
  • Eric Lechner

The main venues where Gurevich regularly publishes are:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Frontiers in Electronic Materials
  • Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

In recognition of contributions to the field, Gurevich was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008. The citation highlights significant work in the theory of superconductivity, particularly regarding the effects of crystalline defects on critical currents, vortex dynamics, and upper critical fields in high-temperature superconductors and MgB2.

Best Publications

  • High-Tc superconducting materials for electric power applications.

    David Larbalestier;Alex Gurevich;D. Matthew Feldmann;Anatoly Polyanskii

  • Strongly linked current flow in polycrystalline forms of the superconductor MgB2.

    D. C. Larbalestier;L. D. Cooley;M. O. Rikel;A. A. Polyanskii

  • Strongly linked current flow in polycrystalline forms of the new superconductor MgB2

    D.C. Larbalestier;M.O. Rikel;L.D. Cooley;A.A. Polyanskii

  • Enhancement of the upper critical field by nonmagnetic impurities in dirty two-gap superconductors

    A. Gurevich

  • High critical current density and enhanced irreversibility field in superconducting MgB2 thin films

    Cb B. Eom;Mk K. Lee;Jh H. Choi;Lj J. Belenky

  • Thin Film Magnesium Boride Superconductor with Very High Critical Current Density and Enhanced Irreversibility Field

    C.B. Eom;M.K. Lee;J.H. Choi;L. Belenky

  • Two-band superconductivity in LaFeAsO0.89F0.11 at very high magnetic fields.

    F. Hunte;J. Jaroszynski;A. Gurevich;D. C. Larbalestier

  • Small anisotropy, weak thermal fluctuations, and high field superconductivity in Co-doped iron pnictide Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2

    A. Yamamoto;J. Jaroszynski;C. Tarantini;L. Balicas

  • Upper critical fields and thermally-activated transport of NdFeAsO 0.7 F 0.3 single crystal

    J. Jaroszynski;F. Hunte;L. Balicas;Youn-jung Jo

  • New Fe-based superconductors: properties relevant for applications

    M Putti;I Pallecchi;E Bellingeri;M Tropeano

  • Very high upper critical fields in MgB2 produced by selective tuning of impurity scattering

    A Gurevich;S Patnaik;V Braccini;K H Kim

  • New Fe-based superconductors: properties relevant for applications

    M Putti;I Pallecchi;E Bellingeri;M R Cimberle

  • High-field superconductivity in alloyed MgB 2 thin films

    V. Braccini;A. Gurevich;J. E. Giencke;M. C. Jewell

  • Iron-based superconductors at high magnetic fields

    A Gurevich

  • Limits of the upper critical field in dirty two-gap superconductors

    A. Gurevich

  • Time scales of the flux creep in superconductors

    A. Gurevich;H. Küpfer

  • Electronic anisotropy, magnetic field-temperature phase diagram and their dependence on resistivity in c-axis oriented MgB2 thin films

    S Patnaik;L D Cooley;A Gurevich;A A Polyanskii

  • Weak-link behavior of grain boundaries in superconducting Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 bicrystals

    S. Lee;J. Jiang;J. D. Weiss;C. M. Folkman

  • Anisotropic flux pinning in a network of planar defects.

    A. Gurevich;L. D. Cooley

  • Significant enhancement of upper critical fields by doping and strain in iron-based superconductors

    C. Tarantini;A. Gurevich;J. Jaroszynski;F. Balakirev

  • Magnetic granularity, percolation and preferential current flow in a silver-sheathed Bi1.8Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3O8+x tape

    A.E. Pashitski;A. Polyanskii;A. Gurevich;J.A. Parrell

  • Magneto-optical study of flux penetration and critical current densities in [001] tilt YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 − δ thin-film bicrystals

    A. A. Polyanskii;A. Gurevich;A. E. Pashitski;N. F. Heinig

  • Anisotropic thermodynamic and transport properties of single-crystalline CaKFe4As4

    William R. Meier;Tai Kong;Udhara S. Kaluarachchi;Valentin Taufour

  • Dendritic Flux Avalanches and Nonlocal Electrodynamics in Thin Superconducting Films

    Igor S. Aranson;Alex Gurevich;Marco S. Welling;Rinke J. Wijngaarden

  • Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices

    L. Embon;Y. Anahory;Y. Anahory;Ž L. Jelić;E. O. Lachman

  • Comparative high-field magnetotransport of the oxypnictide superconductors R FeAsO 1 − x F x ( R = La , Nd) and SmFeAsO 1 − δ

    J. Jaroszynski;Scott C. Riggs;F. Hunte;A. Gurevich

  • Effect of geometry on the critical currents of thin films.

    G. Stejic;A. Gurevich;E. Kadyrov;D. Christen

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Larbalestier
David C. Larbalestier Florida State University
Eric E. Hellstrom
Eric E. Hellstrom Florida State University
Chang-Beom Eom
Chang-Beom Eom University of Wisconsin–Madison
David K. Christen
David K. Christen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brian C. Sales
Brian C. Sales Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Luis Balicas
Luis Balicas Florida State University
Hai-Hu Wen
Hai-Hu Wen Nanjing University
Chung Wung Bark
Chung Wung Bark Gachon University
Rongying Jin
Rongying Jin University of South Carolina
Seung-Hyub Baek
Seung-Hyub Baek Korea Institute of Science and Technology

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