Tsveta Tihomirova Apostolova
Personal Data
| Occupations: | Associate Professor, Ph.D. |
| Office Address: | Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Shaussee, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Office Phone: | (+359) 2 97-95-5560 |
| Office Fax: | (+359) 2 |
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| Birth Place: | Moscow |
| Citizenship: | Bulgarian |
| Marital Status: | married |
Professional Data
Positions
03/2010-Present Associate Professor-Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
02/2007-03/2010 Assistant Professor-Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
08/2006-02/2007 Resarcher - Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
10/2004 -07/2006 Research Physicist (DR-II), Air Force Research Laboratory and Center for High Technology Materials at the University of New Mexico, USA
5/2004 -10/2004 Senior Research Scientist, Center for High Technology Materials at the University of New Mexico and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
5/2001 – 5/2004 National Research Council Fellow, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
1/2000 – 5/2001 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico, Department of Physics and Astronomy:
9/1992 – 4/1999 Research Assistant, The University of Connecticut, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Scientific Projects
Leader/Principal Investigator/Leader from Bulgaria in Bilateral Projects
1. Theoretical modeling of ultrashort laser pulse interaction with dielectric and semiconductor materials
European Office of Aerospace Research and Development for 2008-2010
Final report - http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a525581.pdf
2. Interaction of intense laser radiation with materials: excited carrier spatio-temporal coherent and incoherent dynamics
European Office of Aerospace Research and Development for 2012-2013
3. Experimental and theoretical investigation of the microscopicin laser ablation of metals, semiconductors and dielectrics
Department of Quantum Radiophysics, P.N. Lebedev Physical Insitute, Russian Academy of Sciences 2009-2011
4. Nanostructuring of the surfaces of semiconductors and dielectrics with ultrashort laser pulses
Department of Quantum Radiophysics, P.N. Lebedev Physical Insitute, Russian Academy of Sciences 2012-2015
5. COST Action MP1208 Developing the Physics and the Scientific Community for Inertial Confinement Fusion at the Time of NIF ignition
Member of the management committee and participant in the action, Co-chairman of the Secondary Sources of Particles and Radiation and Materials Working group
Organizer of Multi-scale modelling of matter under extreme irradiation CECAM Workshop, University College Dublin, Ireland, June 17, 2015 - June 19, 2015 http://www.cecam.org/workshops.html
Participant
1. Electron beam annealing of implantation defects in Si-SiO2heterostructures
Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 2009
2. Modification of ion implantation defects in the structures of Si-SiO2 with high-energy electrons
Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna,2010
3. Increase in the radiation resistance of semiconductor heterostructures by cyclic processing
Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna,2011
4. Study of interaction of MeVelectron irradiationwithsilicon nanostructures embedded in silicon dioxide
Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 2013-2015
5. Development and characterization of nano-structured materials under extreme conditions in power generation systems
Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Polytechnic University, Madrid- 2012-2015
Member of the Laser Working Group of the ELI-Nuclear European Project since February 2010
Scientific Works
Papers
[1] T. Apostolova, Hahn Y. “Modeling of Laser-Induced Breakdown in Dielectrics with Subpicosecond Pulses”, Journal of Applied Physics, 88, (1024), 2000.
[2] T. Apostolova, Hahn Y. “Modeling of Laser-Induced Breakdown in Dielectrics with Subpicosecond Pulses”, Proceedings of SPIE, 4347, (255) 2001.
[3] T. Apostolova, Huang D, Alsing P., McIver J., Cardimona D.A., “Effect of Laser-Induced Antidiffusion on Excited Conduction Electron dynamics in Bulk Semiconductors”, Physical Review B, 66, (075208), 2002.
[4] T. Apostolova, Huang D, Alsing P., McIver J., Cardimona D.A., “Effect of Laser-Induced Antidiffusion on Phonon-Assisted Electron Transitions in Semiconductor Fokker-Planck Equation”, Proceedings of SPIE, 4679, (124) 2002.
[5] T. Apostolova, Huang D, Cardimona D.A., “Photon-absorption-induced intersubband optical-phonon scattering of electrons in quantum wells,” Physical Review B, 67, (205323), 2003.
[6] Alsing P., Huang D., Cardimona D.A., T. Apostolova , “Interplay between Coulomb interaction and quantum interference in three-level resonant asymmetric double quantum wells,” Physical Review A, 68, (033804), 2003.
[7] T. Apostolova, Huang D, Cardimona D.A., “Phonon-assisted normal incidence intersubband absorption in semiconductor quantum wells,” Infrared Physics and Technology, 44, (465), 2003.
[8] Huang D, T. Apostolova, Alsing P., Cardimona D.A., “High-field transport of electrons and radiative effects using coupled force-balance and Fokker-Planck equations beyond relaxation-time approximation,” Physical Review B, 69, (75214), 2004.
[9] Huang D.H, T. Apostolova, Alsing PM, Cardimona DA, “Theoretical study of laser cooling of a semiconductor”, Physical Review B, 70, (033203), 2004.
[10] T. Apostolova , Huang Danhong, Alsing PM, Cardimona DA, “Laser cooling of a semiconductor using three-photon excitation.”, Proceedings of SPIE, 5543, (41), 2004.
[11] Huang DH, Alsing PM, T. Apostolova , Cardimona DA, “Effect of photon-assisted absorption on the thermodynamics of hot electrons interacting with an intense optical field in bulk GaAs.”, Physical Review B, 71, (045204), 2005.
[12] T. Apostolova, Huang DH, Alsing PM, Cardimona DA, “Comparison of laser cooling of the lattice of wide-band-gap semiconductors using nonlinear or linear optical excitations.”, Physical Review A, 71, (013810), 2005.
[13] Huang DH, Alsing PM, T. Apostolova, Cardimona DA, “Coupled energy-drift and force-balance equations for high-field hot-carrier transport.” Physical Review B, 71, (195205), 2005.
[14] Huang D, T. Apostolova , Alsing PM, Cardimona DA, “Thermal-drag carrier cooling in undoped semiconductors”, Journal of Applied Physics, 98, (1), 2005.
[15] Huang DH, T. Apostolova, Alsing PM, Cardimona DA, “Inhomogeneous laser cooling of AlGaAs/GaAs semiconductor quantum well and lattice thermal diffusion”, Infrared Physics and Technology, 47 (206), 2005.
[16] Huang D, T. Apostolova, Alsing PM, Cardimona DA, “Spatially selective laser cooling of carriers in semiconductor quantum wells.”, Physical Review B, 72, (195308), 2005.
[17] T. Apostolova , et al “Advanced Sensor Components for Space-Based Surveillance and Situational Awareness”, Proceedings of SET-094 NATO Symposium on “Emerging Electro-Optic Phenomenology”, 2005.
[18] Cardimona, D A; Huang, D H; Le, D T; T. Apostolova , Alsing, P M; Glass, W; Castillo, C D “New optical detector concepts for space applications” Proc. SPIE. Vol. SPIE-5897, pp. 156-163. 2005.
[19] Huang, D. H. Cardimona, D. A.; T. Apostolova , Alsing, P. M. ; Glass, W. ; Castillo, C. D “Innovative Concepts for SSA Applications”, Proceedings of Space Sensing and Situational Awareness NATO Specialist Meeting, 2006.
[20] T. Apostolova, “Theoretical study of sub-to-pico laser pulse interaction with dielectrics, semiconductors and semiconductor heterostructures”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser, 113, 012045, (2008).
[21] T. Apostolova , “Theoretical description of ultra-short laser pulse interaction with materials and potentials for nanostructuring”, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, 44, (2008).
[22] Petrov P, T. Apostolova, “Investigation of the process efficiency in CO2 laser welding of low alloyed steels”, Proc. SPIE, 7131, 713125-1, (2009).
[23] T. Apostolova, P. Petrov, “Microscopic modeling of short pulse laser melting of materials”, Proc. SPIE, 7131, 713126-1, (2009).
[24] T. Apostolova, “Nonlocal Electron Dynamics in the Presence of Pulsed laser Irradiation”, Nuclear Theory, Vol. 28, (2009), pp. 215-222.
[25] T. Apostolova , T. Troev, “Application of the Fokker Planck approach for modelling of nano-structural defects in fusion materials”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.207 012034, (2010).
[26] Kaschieva S., Gushterov A., T. Apostolova, Dmitriev S.N., “Nanoclusters in SiO2 of ion implanted Si-SiO2 structures generated by MeV electron irradiation”, Proc. of the VI International Conference, “Beam Technologies and Laser Application”, (2010), p. 75.
[27] T. Apostolova, Kudryashov, S., Ionin A. “Nonlocal Conduction Electron dynamics of femtosecond laser-excited semiconductor materials”, Proc. of the VI International Conference “Beam Technologies and Laser Application”, Russia, Saint-Petersburg (2010), p. 70.
[28] T. Apostolova, “Quantum Kinetic Approach for Spatio-Temporal Carrier Dynamics in Femtosecond-Laser Irradiated Materials”, Nuclear Theory, Vol. 29, eds. A. Georgieva, N. Minkov, (2010).
[29] T. Apostolova, A. Ionin, S. Kudryashov, L. Seleznev, and D. Sinitsyn, “Carrier dynamics-induced transient photoexcitation and energy deposition in femtosecond-laser irradiated GaAs”, Proc. SPIE 7751, 77511J (2010).
[30] T. Apostolova, “Non-local quantum-kinetic equation for laser-excited semiconductors”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.223 012036, (2010).
[31] T. Apostolova, “Spatio-Temporal Carrier Dynamics in Ultrashort-Pulse Laser Irradiated Materials", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 653, Issue 1, pp. 72-75. (2011).
[32] T. Apostolova, M.V. Ivanov, C. Kozhuharov, “Modeling of Electronic Excitation and Dynamics in Swift Heavy Ion Irradiated Semiconductors”, Nuclear Theory, eds. A. Georgieva, N. Minkov, Vol. 30, pp. 225-239 (2011).
[33] T. Apostolova, A.A. Ionin, S.I. Kudryashov, L.V. Seleznev, D.V. Sinitsyn, “Self-Limited Ionization of GaAs at High Femtosecond Laser Intensities”, AIP Conf. Proc. 1464, pp. 146-157, 2012.
[34] T. Apostolova, A.A. Ionin, S.I. Kudryashov, L.V. Seleznev, D.V. Sinitsyn, “Self-Limited Ionization in bandgap renormalised GaAs at High Femtosecond Laser Intensities”, Optical Engineering 51(12), 121808, 2012.
[35] C. Gonzalez-Santander, T. Apostolova and F. Dominguez-Adame, “Binding energy of hydrogenic impurities in quantum dots under intense laser radiation”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 25 (33), 335802, 2013.
[36] A.A. Ionin, S.I. Kudryashov, L.V. Seleznev, D.V. Sinitsyn T. Apostolova, “UV femtosecond laser photoexcitation and nanostructuring of silica surface”, Journal of Optical Technology, 81, 262-269, 2014.
[37] T. Apostolova, J.M. Perlado, A. Rivera, “Femtosecond laser irradiation induced-high electronic excitation in bandgap materials: a quantum-kinetic model based on Boltzmann equation”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, 2015.
[38] P. Danilov, A. A. Ionin, S. I. Kudryashov, A. Rudenko, L. V. Seleznev, V. Yurovskikh, D. Zayarny, P. Saltuganov and T. Apostolova, “Silicon as virtual plasmonic material : acquisition of its transient optical constants and ultrafast surface plasmon-polaritonic excitation”, ZhETF, Vol. 147 , No. 5 , 2015.
[39] T. Apostolova, P. Detistov, M. V. Ivanov, Y. Orieult, J. M. Perlado, A. Rivera: “Simulation of Ultra-Intense Laser Irradiation Induced High Electronic Excitation of Bandgap Materials”, Nuclear Theory, eds. A. Georgieva, N. Minkov , Vol. 33, pp. 215 (2015); http://ntl.inrne.bas.bg/workshop/2014/proc.html