NAZAR O. KOVALENKO
Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor

Education (degrees, dates, universities)

1998 – M. S.	Kharkiv State University, Ukraine (Radiophysics and electronics)
2003 – Ph. D	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine (Physics of semiconductors and dielectrics)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates)

1997-1999	Engineer	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1999-2002	PhD Student	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2002-2003	Engineer	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2003	Junior Research Scientist	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2003-2006	Research Scientist	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2006-2009	D.Sc. Student	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2009-2012	Senior Research Scientist	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012 – 2016	Head od Department	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2016-to date	Senior Research Scientist	Institute for Single Crystals NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

 

Main field of activity and current research interest

Crystal growth by Bridgman method of AIIBVI compounds and its solid solutions for active elements of tunable IR lasers, semiconductor radiation detectors, nonlinear optics

 

Publications and patents

35 original articles, 9 patents

 

Selected recent publications:

1.   Davydov, L., Fochuk, P., Zakharchenko, A., Kutny, V., Rybka, A., Kovalenko, N., Sulima, S., Terzin, I., Gerasimenko, A., Kosmyna, M., Sklyarchuk, V., Kopach, O., Panchuk, O., Pudov, A., Bolotnikov, A. E., James, R. B. Improving and Characterizing (Cd,Zn)Te Crystals for Detecting Gamma-Ray Radiation, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2015, V.62, issue 4. P. 1779-1784.

2.   Sorokin E. V., Komar V. K., Puzikov V. M. , Zagoruiko Yu. A., Gerasimenko A. S., Kovalenko N. O., Kapustnik A. K., Sorokina I. T. Spectroscopy and tunable continuous-wave operation of Cr²⁺:Zn_1-xMg_xSe single crystal around 2.5 um, Quantum Electronics, 2015 V. 45 issue 4, P. 301-304.

3.   Jelínková H., Doroshenko M. E., Jelínek M., Šulc J., Němec M., Kubeček V., Zagoruiko Y. A., Kovalenko N. O., Gerasimenko A. S., Puzikov V. M., Komar V. K. Fe:ZnSe and Fe:ZnMgSe lasers pumped by Er:YSGG radiation,Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2015, 9342, art. no. 93421V.

4.   M. E. Doroshenko, V. V. Osiko, H. Jelínková, M. Jelínek, M. Němec, J. Šulc, N. O. Kovalenko, A. S. Gerasimenko, V. M. Puzikov, Spectroscopic and laser properties of Cr²⁺ ions in Zn_1−xMg_xSe solid solutions, Optical Materials, Volume 47, September 2015, Pages 185-189.

5.   Jelinkova H., Doroshenko M. E., Šulc J., Jelínek M., Nemec, M., Zagoruiko Y.A., Kovalenko N. O., Gerasimenko A. S., Puzikov V. M., Komar V. K., Iron bulk lasers working under cryogenic and room temperature, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014, 9441, art. no. 94410D.

6.   Jelinková H., Doroshenko M.E., Němec M., Šulc J., Jelínek M., Vyhlídal D., Kubeček V., Zagoruiko Y.A., Kovalenko N.O., Gerasimenko A.S., Puzikov V.M., Komar V.K., Gain-switched Fe:ZnMgSe laser oscillation under cryogenic temperature, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014, 8959, art. no. 89592.

7.   Nasieka I., Boyko M., Strelchuk V., Kovalenko N., Gerasimenko A., Starzhinskiy N., Zhukov A., Zenya I., Sofronov D., Optical characterization of Er-doped ZnSe for scintillation applications, Optical Materials, 2014, 38, pp. 272-277.