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Daniel Leykam (January 7, 2015) Contact Nonlinear Physics Centre Office: +61-2-6125-9074 Information Research School of Physics and Engineering Mobile: +61-4-2743-4506 The Australian National University E-mail: [email protected] Canberra ACT 0200, Australia http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~ley112/ Education Ph.D. in Physics, The Australian National University 2012{present • Thesis: Wave and spectral singularities in photonic lattices • Expected completion July 2015 Ph.B. in Physics, The Australian National University 2008{2011 • Thesis: Discrete multivortex solitons • 1st Class Honours & University Medal in Physics Recent Awards & • Australian Postgraduate Award & ANU Research Supplementary Scholarship 2012{present Scholarships • Group of Eight / Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme Grant ($20,000) 2012{2013 Project title: Optical vortices in periodic and chiral photonic structures • Travel grant to attend Workshop on Spin Orbit Interaction for Light & Matter Waves 2013 • ANU University Medal in Physics 2011 • ANU National Achievement Scholarship 2008{2011 International Sergej Flach (Massey University, New Zealand) 2013{present Collaborations • Flat band lattices & Anderson localization [9,10,12] • 2 week visit to Massey University & departmental seminar (August 2013) Cornelia Denz (M¨unsterUniversity, Germany) 2011{present • Discrete vortices in optically induced lattices [11] & Lieb lattices in silica glass [13] • Student exchanges funded by Group of Eight / German Academic Exchange Service Travel Grant • 5 visits to M¨unster& 4 visiting students hosted at ANU Vladimir Konotop (Lisbon University, Portugal) 2012 • Discrete vortex solitons in parity time-symmetric waveguide arrays [7] Boris Malomed (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 2012 • Composite vortex solitons in waveguide arrays [8] Research • Published 12 articles since 2010, including 1 in Physical Review Letters, accumulating over 70 Experience citations; h-index = 6 (Google Scholar) Research topics have included • Anderson localization in flat band lattices. Eigenmode & wavepacket statistics. Perturbation theory for weak disorder scaling laws & density of states singularities. • Conical intersections in photonic lattices. Pseudospin-mediated optical vortex generation. Design of femtosecond laser-written Lieb lattices in fused silica glass. • Theory of spontaneous parametric down-conversion in waveguide arrays with nontrivial topology. • Beam propagation in nonlinear media via split step, symplectic methods. Discrete & periodic lattices. Saturable, nonlocal & photorefractive nonlinearities. Soliton profiles & linear stability. • Undergraduate research on topics including studying the Earth's inner core with seismic waves, optical trapping of airborne particles, and wakes left by charged particles in plasmas. 1 of 5 References Dr. Anton Desyatnikov (e-mail: [email protected]) Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering The Australian National University Prof. Sergej Flach (e-mail: s.fl[email protected]) Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study Massey University Teaching Tutor 2012{2014 Experience • 4th year electromagnetism (Tutorial delivery, assignment & exam marking) • 3rd year theoretical physics (Tutorial delivery & weekly assignment marking) Honours student co-supervision 2014 Professional Referee: Physical Review (Letters, A, E), Optics Express, Optics Letters, Journal of the Optical activities Society of America B, Optics Communications, Europhysics Letters Member: Optical Society of America, Australian Institute of Physics, SPIE Research Waves in periodic media: Dirac points & conical intersections, Berry curvature, topological interests insulators, PT symmetry, flat bands, Anderson localization, emulation of relativistic effects Singular optics: phase & polarization singularities, vortex knots, angular momentum, pseudospin Nonlinear optics: discrete vortex solitons, Bose-Einstein condensates, modulational instability Quantum optics: spontaneous parametric down-conversion, optomechanics, weak values Miscellaneous Scientific programming skills • Fluent: Matlab, Mathematica, LATEX • Familiar: Fortran, C, shell scripting Languages • English (native) • German (conversational) • Latin (reading) Ultramarathon • Inward Bound 2011 (72km, 1st) • Sri Chinmoy Canberra 101 2014 (56km, ∼5:45) 2 of 5 Publications 15. D. Leykam, A. S. Solntsev, A. A. Sukhorukov, & A. S. Desyatnikov How lattice topology affects spontaneous parametric down-conversion in nonlinear waveguide arrays in preparation 14. O. Bahat-Treidel, D. Leykam, & A. S. Desyatnikov Optical angular momentum and pseudospin-orbit coupling in photonic graphene in preparation 13. F. Diebel, D. Leykam, S. Kroesen, C. Denz, & A. S. Desyatnikov Observation of integer pseudospin conical diffraction in Lieb lattices in preparation 12. J. D. Bodyfelt, D. Leykam, C. Danieli, X. Yu, & S. Flach Flat bands under correlated perturbations Physical Review Letters 113, 236403 (2014) 11. F. Diebel, D. Leykam, M. Boguslawski, P. Rose, C. Denz, & A. S. Desyatnikov All-optical switching in optically induced nonlinear waveguide couplers Applied Physics Letters 104, 261111 (2014) 10. S. Flach, D. Leykam, J. D. Bodyfelt, P. Matthies, & A. S. Desyatnikov Detangling flat bands into Fano lattices Europhysics Letters 105, 30001 (2014), Editor's choice 9. D. Leykam, S. Flach, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Flat band states: disorder and nonlinearity Physical Review B 88, 224203 (2013) 8. D. Leykam, B. Malomed, & A. S. Desyatnikov Composite vortices in nonlinear circular waveguide arrays Journal of Optics 15, 044016 (2013) 7. D. Leykam, V. V. Konotop, & A. S. Desyatnikov Discrete vortex solitons and parity time symmetry Optics Letters 38, 371 (2013) 6. D. Leykam & A. S. Desyatnikov Vortex switching with discrete multivortex solitons Physical Review A 86, 043812 (2012) 5. D. Leykam, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Pseudospin and nonlinear conical diffraction in Lieb lattices Physical Review A 86, 031805(R) (2012) 4. R. L. Dewar & D. Leykam Dressed test particles, oscillation centres and pseudo-orbits Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 54, 014002 (2012) 3. D. Leykam & A. S. Desyatnikov Discrete multivortex solitons Optics Letters 36, 4806 (2011) 2. V. G. Shvedov, A. V. Rode, Ya. V. Izdebskaya, D. Leykam, A. S. Desyatnikov, W. Kro- likowski, & Yu. S. Kivshar Laser speckle field as a multiple particle trap Journal of Optics 12, 1234003 (2010) 1. D. Leykam, H. Tkalˇci´c,& A. M. Reading Core structure reexamined using new teleseismic data recorded in Antarctica: Evidence for, at most, weak cylindrical seismic anisotropy in the inner core Geophysical Journal International 180, 1329 (2010) 3 of 5 Conference 11. D. Leykam, A. A. Solntsev, A. A. Sukhorukov, & A. S. Desyatnikov Presentations Effect of lattice topology on spontaneous parametric down-conversion in quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays 21st Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Canberra, Australia, December 2014 10. D. Leykam, S. Flach, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Anderson localization and nonlinearity in flat bands 2nd International Workshop Nonlinear Photonics, Sudak, Ukraine, September 2013 9. D. Leykam, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Conical diffraction, pseudospin, and nonlinear wave dynamics in photonic Lieb lattices CLEO/Europe-IQEC, Munich, Germany, May 2013 8. D. Leykam, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Nonlinear wave dynamics in photonic Lieb lattices: the role of pseudospin International Workshop on Spin-Orbit Interaction for Light and Matter Waves, Dresden, Ger- many, April 2013 7. D. Leykam, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Nonlinear conical diffraction in photonic Lieb lattices 20th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Sydney, Australia, December 2012 6. D. Leykam, O. Bahat-Treidel, & A. S. Desyatnikov Pseudospin and nonlinear conical diffraction in photonic lattices Conference on Optics, Atoms and Laser Applications, Brisbane, Australia, December 2012 5. D. Leykam & A. S. Desyatnikov Multivortex solitons and charge flipping in photorefractive media 5th International Conference \Singular Optics", Sevastopol, Ukraine, September 2012 4. D. Leykam & A. S. Desyatnikov Discrete multivortex solitons in photonic lattices Conference on Optics, Atoms and Laser Applications, Melbourne, Australia, December 2011 3. D. Leykam & A. S. Desyatnikov Discrete multivortex solitons in waveguide arrays The 10th International Conference on Correlation Optics, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, September 2011 2. D. Leykam & A. S. Desyatnikov Vortex clusters in coupled nonlinear waveguides International Workshop on Nonlinear Photonics, Kharkov, Ukraine, September 2011 1. D. Leykam, R. L. Dewar & M. Hole Wake field of a supersonic particle in a plasma Gaseous Electronics Meeting, Murramarang, Australia, February 2010 Conference 9. D. Leykam, A. A. Solntsev, A. A. Sukhorukov, & A. S. Desyatnikov Proceedings Effect of lattice topology on spontaneous parametric down-conversion in quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays 21st Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Canberra, Australia, December 2014 8. F. Diebel, D. Leykam, S. Kroesen, C. Denz, & A. S. Desyatnikov Observation of pseudospin 1 conical diffraction in a photonic Lieb lattice 21st Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Canberra, Australia, December 2014 7. F. Diebel, D. Leykam, S. Kroesen, C. Denz, & A. S. Desyatnikov Observation of Conical Diffraction in Photonic Lieb Lattices Advanced Photonics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society