Dr. Valentin Averchenko

modeling/simulation of optical processes and systems (surface/volumetric light scattering, photonic integrated circuits, fiber optics); support of business lines; documentation, communication and presentation of the project results

consulting in coherent optical processes for an experimental research group at St. Petersburg State University; development of a working prototype of an ultra-fast spatial light modulator;

modelled/simulated fiber mode converter for space division mutliplexing; developed dedicated Python packages for the numerical simulations of the mode converter;

developed a numerical model of a novel source of quantum light required for quantum information protocols; provided modeling/simulation expertise to an experimental team; set up a laser experiment on scattering of laser pulses in a nonlinear crystal; proposed and verified a novel method of optical modes reconstruction; presented results at conferences and in scientific journals;

proposed and developed a novel method of control of light properties at the level of single photons required for quantum information protocols; provided modelling/simulation expertise to a research team; communicated results;

developed first principle model of an optical noise in space-time positioning with ultra-short optical pulses; proposed and analyzed a method to improve signal-to-noise ratio of the laser positioning; • communicated results;

developed a physico-chemical model of silicon deposition in a collaboration with a chemistry group; optimized parameters of the process to increase the deposition rate; communicated results to Applied Materials research team;

developed a noise model of the generation of ultra-short optical pulses in a novel laser setup in collaboration with Quantum Optics group (LKB, Paris); identified conditions to reduce the optical noise of the femtosecond pulses;

femtosecond optics; numerical modeling of nonlinear optical processes; quantum optics; quantum information; non-linear optical process;

study effects of coherent light-matter interaction; analysis of experimental data; numerical modeling of ultra-fast coherent optical processes

Numerical simulation of coherent field-matter interaction effects: self-induced transparency and non-resonant spectrum condensation phenomenon