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  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2019 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2007 - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For creative, stimulating, and seminal contributions to nonlinear optics, the physics of optical solitons, and the theory of nonlinear localized modes
  • 2005 - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2001 - OSA Fellows National University, Canberra, Australia. For extensive contributions to the theory of optical solitons, in particular the physics and stability of dark, vortex and multi-component solitons.
  • 1998 - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Yuri S. Kivshar is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including engineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science, with a significant focus on atomic and molecular physics, optics, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of specialized topics such as plasmonic and surface plasmon research, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, photonic and optical devices, photonic crystals and applications, orbital angular momentum in optics, advanced antenna and metasurface technologies, and topological materials and phenomena.

Frequent publication venues for Yuri S. Kivshar include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Photonics
  • Nature Communications
  • Physical Review Letters

They have collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • Kirill Koshelev
  • Sergey Kruk
  • Qinghai Song
  • Ivan Toftul
  • Pavel Tonkaev

Recent significant papers by Yuri S. Kivshar include:

  • Subwavelength dielectric resonators for nonlinear nanophotonics, 2020, Science
  • Ultrafast control of vortex microlasers, 2020, Science
  • Chiral emission from resonant metasurfaces, 2022, Science
  • Observation of intrinsic chiral bound states in the continuum, 2023, Nature
  • Metasurfaces with Maximum Chirality Empowered by Bound States in the Continuum, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Yuri S. Kivshar has been recognized with several awards over the course of their career, including:

  • SPIE Fellow (2019)
  • Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2006), cited for contributions to nonlinear optics, optical solitons, and nonlinear localized modes
  • Walter Boas Medal from the Australian Institute of Physics (2005)
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2002)
  • OSA Fellow (2001), acknowledged for extensive contributions to optical solitons especially dark, vortex, and multi-component solitons
  • Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (1998)

Best Publications

  • Optical solitons : from fibers to photonic crystals

    Yuri S. Kivshar;G. P. Agrawal

  • Fano resonances in nanoscale structures

    Andrey E. Miroshnichenko;Sergej Flach;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Optically resonant dielectric nanostructures

    Arseniy I. Kuznetsov;Andrey E. Miroshnichenko;Mark L. Brongersma;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • From metamaterials to metadevices.

    Nikolay I. Zheludev;Yuri S. Kivshar;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Dynamics of Solitons in Nearly Integrable Systems

    Yuri S. Kivshar;Boris A. Malomed

  • Asymmetric Metasurfaces with High-Q Resonances Governed by Bound States in the Continuum.

    Kirill Koshelev;Kirill Koshelev;Sergey I Lepeshov;Mingkai Liu;Andrey Bogdanov

  • Fano resonances in photonics

    Mikhail F. Limonov;Mikhail F. Limonov;Mikhail V. Rybin;Mikhail V. Rybin;Alexander N. Poddubny;Alexander N. Poddubny;Yuri S. Kivshar;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Dark optical solitons: physics and applications

    Yuri S. Kivshar;Barry Luther-Davies

  • High-Efficiency Dielectric Huygens’ Surfaces

    Manuel Decker;Isabelle Staude;Matthias Falkner;Jason Dominguez

  • Metasurfaces: From microwaves to visible

    Stanislav B. Glybovski;Sergei A. Tretyakov;Pavel A. Belov;Yuri S. Kivshar;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Tailoring Directional Scattering through Magnetic and Electric Resonances in Subwavelength Silicon Nanodisks

    Isabelle Staude;Andrey E. Miroshnichenko;Manuel Decker;Nche T. Fofang

  • Imaging-based molecular barcoding with pixelated dielectric metasurfaces.

    Andreas Tittl;Aleksandrs Leitis;Mingkai Liu;Filiz Yesilkoy

  • The Frenkel-Kontorova Model Concepts, Methods, and Applications

    O. M. Braun;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Wide-band negative permeability of nonlinear metamaterials

    Mikhail Lapine;Ilya Shadrivov;Yuri Kivshar

  • Nonradiating anapole modes in dielectric nanoparticles

    Andrey E. Miroshnichenko;Andrey B. Evlyukhin;Ye Feng Yu;Reuben M. Bakker

  • Subwavelength dielectric resonators for nonlinear nanophotonics

    Kirill Koshelev;Kirill Koshelev;Sergey Kruk;Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan;Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan;Jae Hyuck Choi

  • The Frenkel-Kontorova Model

    Oleg M. Braun;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • Nonlinear dynamics of the Frenkel-Kontorova model

    Oleg M. Braun;Yuri S. Kivshar

  • High-Q Supercavity Modes in Subwavelength Dielectric Resonators.

    Mikhail V. Rybin;Mikhail V. Rybin;Kirill L. Koshelev;Kirill L. Koshelev;Zarina F. Sadrieva;Kirill B. Samusev;Kirill B. Samusev

  • Nonlinear properties of left-handed metamaterials.

    Alexander A. Zharov;Alexander A. Zharov;Ilya V. Shadrivov;Yuri S. Kivshar

Frequent Co-Authors

Dragomir N. Neshev
Dragomir N. Neshev Australian National University
Andrey A. Sukhorukov
Andrey A. Sukhorukov Australian National University
Wieslaw Krolikowski
Wieslaw Krolikowski Australian National University
Andrey E. Miroshnichenko
Andrey E. Miroshnichenko University of New South Wales
Pavel A. Belov
Pavel A. Belov ITMO University
Isabelle Staude
Isabelle Staude Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thomas Pertsch
Thomas Pertsch Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Chennupati Jagadish
Chennupati Jagadish Australian National University
Igal Brener
Igal Brener Sandia National Laboratories
Arnan Mitchell
Arnan Mitchell RMIT University

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