Condensed Matter Experiment

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• Physics 130: Descriptive Astronomy
• Physics 291: Elementary Classical Physics I  (regular and Honors sections)
• Physics 292: Elementary Classical Physics II (regular and Honors sections)
• Physics 441: Quantum Physics I
• Physics 625: Quantum Mechanics I
• Physics 685: Solid State Physics I

• B.S. EE, University of Nish (1994)
• B.S. Physics, University of Nish (1995)
• M.S. Physics, University of Houston (1997)
• Ph.D. Physics, University of California, San Diego (2002)
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Brookhaven National Lab (2004)

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

• Infrared and optical spectroscopy
• Magneto-optical spectroscopy
• Photoluminescence spectroscopy
• Topological insulators
• High-Tc superconductivity
• Vortex Dynamics
• Low dimensional metals
• Heavy Fermions
• Glasses and polymers

Selected Publications:

• 2012 APS Outstanding Referee

• Science Highlights from the National Synchrotron Light Source

• Do organic and other exotic superconductors fail universal scaling relations?, S.V. Dordevic, D.N. Basov and C.C. Homes, Scientific Reports 3, 1713 (2013).

• Formation of ZnO within flexible polymer fibers, A.J. Turinske, S.A. Nelson, N. Stojilovic, S.B. Ali, S.V. Dordevic and E.A. Evans, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol 65, 283 (2013).

• Signatures of charge inhomogeneities in the infrared spectra of topological insulators Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3, S.V. Dordevic, M.S. Wolf, N. Stojilovic, H. Lei and C. Petrovic, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 075501 (2013).

• Magneto-optical effects in semimetallic Bi1-xSbx (x = 0.015), S.V. Dordevic, M. S. Wolf, N. Stojilovic, M. V. Nikolic, S. S. Vujatovic, P.M. Nikolic and L. C. Tung, Phys.Rev.B 86, 115119 (2012).

• Quasiparticle relaxation in Heavy Fermions studied using Inverse Fourier Transform of optical conductivity, S. V. Dordevic, Physica B 407, 4354 (2012).

• Towards a Two-Dimensional Superconducting State of La_2-xSr_xCuO₄ in a Moderate External Magnetic Field, A.A. Schafgans, A. D. LaForge, S.V. Dordevic, M. M. Qazilbash, W. J. Padilla, K. S. Burch, Z. Q. Li, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando and D. N. Basov, Phys.Rev.Lett. 104, 157002 (2010).

• Normal state charge dynamics of Fe_1.06Te_0.88S_0.14 superconductor probed with infrared spectroscopy, N. Stojilovic, A. Koncz, L. W. Kohlman, Rongwei Hu, C. Petrovic and S. V. Dordevic, Phys.Rev.B 81, 174518 (2010).

• Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics, A.D. LaForge, A.A. Schafgans, S.V. Dordevic, W.J. Padilla, K.S. Burch, Z.Q. Li, Kouji Segawa, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, J. M. Tranquada and D. N. Basov, Phys.Rev.B 81, 064510 (2010).

• Signatures of electron-boson coupling in the half-metallic ferromagnet Mn₅Ge₃ Study of electron self-energy obtained from infrared spectroscopy, S.V. Dordevic, L.W. Kohlman, N. Stojilovic, Rongwei Hu and C. Petrovic, Phys.Rev.B 80, 115114 (2009).

• Absence of magnetic-field-induced effects in the mid-infrared transmission of La_2-xSr_xCuO₄ thin films, S.V. Dordevic, L.W. Kohlman, L. C. Tung, Y.-J. Wang, A. Gozar, G. Logvenov and I. Bozovic, Phys.Rev.B 79, 134503 (2009).

• Infrared spectra of the low-dimensional quantum magnet SrCu₂(BO₃)₂: Measurements and ab initio calculations, C.C. Homes, S.V. Dordevic, A. Gozar, G. Blumberg, T. Rõõm, D. Hüvonen, U. Nagel, A. D. LaForge, D. N. Basov and H. Kageyama, Phys.Rev.B 79, 125101 (2009).

• Interlayer electrodynamics and unconventional vortex state in YBa₂Cu₃O_y ,

  A. D. LaForge, W. J. Padilla, K. S. Burch, Z. Q. Li, S. V. Dordevic, Kouji Segawa, Yoichi Ando, and D. N. Basov , Physical Review B 76, 054524 (2007).

• Optical signatures of momentum-dependent hybridization of the local moments and conduction electrons in Kondo lattices, K.S. Burch, S.V. Dordevic, F.P. Mena, A.B. Kuzmenko, D. van der Marel, J.L. Sarrao, J.R. Jeffries, E.D. Bauer, M.B. Maple, and D.N. Basov, Phys.Rev.B 75, 054523 (2007).

• Optical and thermodynamic properties of the high-temperature superconductor HgBa₂CuO_4+d, E. van Heumen, R. Lortz, A.B. Kuzmenko, F. Carbone, D. van der Marel, X. Zhao, G.Yu, Y. Cho, N. Barisic, M. Greven, C.C. Homes, and S.V. Dordevic, Phys.Rev.B 75, 054522 (2007).

• Electrodynamics of correlated electron matter, S.V. Dordevic and D.N. Basov, Annalen der Physik 15, 545 (2006).

• Infrared probe of the anomalous magnetotransport of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite in the extreme quantum limit, Z. Q. Li, S.-W. Tsai, W. J. Padilla, S. V. Dordevic, K. S. Burch, Y. J. Wang, and D. N. Basov, Phys.Rev.B 74, 195404 (2006).

• Heavy Fermion Fluid in High Magnetic Fields: An Infrared Study of CeRu₄Sb₁₂,

  S.V. Dordevic, K.S.D. Beach, N. Takeda, Y.J. Wang, M.B. Maple and D.N. Basov, Phys.Rev.Lett. 96, 017403 (2006).

• Effect of a magnetic field on the electron-boson spectral function of cuprate superconductors,  S. V. Dordevic, C. C. Homes, G. D. Gu, W. Si, and  Y. J. Wang, Phys.Rev.B 73, 132501 (2006).

• Charge Order, Metallic Behavior, and Superconductivity in La_2-xBa_xCuO₄ with x=1/8

  C. C. Homes, S. V. Dordevic, G. D. Gu, Q. Li, T. Valla, and J. M. Tranquada, Phys.Rev.Lett. 96, 257002 (2006).

• Strong-coupling effects in cuprate high-T_c superconductors by magneto-optical studies
  Y. S. Lee, Z. Q. Li, W. J. Padilla, S. V. Dordevic, C. C. Homes, K. Segawa, Y. Ando, and D. N. Basov, Phys.Rev.B 72, 172511 (2005).

• Coherence, incoherence, and scaling along the c axis of Y Ba₂ Cu₃ O_6+x, C. C. Homes, S. V. Dordevic, D. A. Bonn, R. Liang, W. N. Hardy, and T. Timusk, Phys.Rev.B 71, 184515 (2005).

• Scaling of the superfluid density in high-temperature superconductors, C. C. Homes, S. V. Dordevic, T. Valla and M. Strongin, Phys.Rev.B 72, 134517 (2005).

• Extracting the electron-boson spectral function a²F(w) from infrared and photoemission data using inverse theory, S.V. Dordevic, C. C. Homes, J. J. Tu, T. Valla, M. Strongin, P. D. Johnson, G. D. Gu and D.N. Basov, Phys.Rev.B 71, 104529 (2005).

• Electrodynamics of the nodal metal state in weakly doped high-T_c cuprates, Y. S. Lee, Kouji Segawa, Z. Q. Li, W. J. Padilla, M. Dumm, S. V. Dordevic, C. C. Homes, Yoichi Ando, and D. N. Basov, Phys.Rev.B 72 054529 (2005).

• A universal scaling relation in high-temperature superconductors,                                 C. C. Homes, S. V. Dordevic, M. Strongin, D. A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, W. N. Hardy, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, g. Yu, N. Kaneko, X. Zhao, M. Greven, D. N. Basov & T. Timusk, Nature 430, 539-541 (2004).

• Josephson Plasmon and Inhomogeneous Superconducting State in La_2-xSr_xCuO₄,    S.V. Dordevic, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando and D. N. Basov, Phys.Rev.Lett. 91, 167401 (2003).

• Doping dependence study of the Josephson vortex state in La_2-xSr_xCuO_4,                      S.V. Dordevic, D.N. Basov, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando and Y.J. Wang, , Phys. Rev. B 71, 054503 (2005).

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