Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
Nikita A. Toropov
Ph.D.
Position:
Associate professor, Researcher
Education
Ph.D.
ITMO University
Thesis:
Photoinduced re-arrangements of molecules and molecular aggregates in the near field of metallic nanostructures
B.Sc. with honours, M.Sc. with honours
Tomsk State University
Experiences
Feb 2009 - Aug 2010: Laboratory of Optical Electronics, Tomsk State University, Russia. Position: Technician
Sep 2010 - current: ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Position: Engineer, Junior Research Fellow, Research Fellow (from Mar 2014), Associate professor (from Sep 2016)
Jun - Jul 2014: University of Bath, Bath, UK. Position: Academic visitor. (MSC IRSES Program)
Jun - Sep 2015, Feb 2016: Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Position: Academic visitor. (British Council Grant)
Research interests
Growth processes of metal nanoparticles, Semiconductor quantum dots, LSPR, Laser-assisted processes in metallic nanoparticles, Molecular layers and optical fibres, Light and heat modification of various nano- and microstructures
- Nikita A. Toropov, Igor A. Gladskikh, Peter S. Parfenov, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Fabrication and laser-assisted modification of the Ag particles ensembles supporting quadrupole plasmon oscillations. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 49(4) 154 (2017)
- Nikita A. Toropov, Aisylu N. Kamalieva, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Organic-inorganic planar hybrid materials for spasers. Proceedings of SPIE, 9503 95030A (2015)
- N.A. Toropov, E.N. Kaliteevskaya, V.P. Krutyakova, N.B. Leonov, V.A. Polishchuk, V.V. Zakharov, T.A. Vartanyan. The optical properties of thin films of cyan dyes with silver nanoparticles and how they change when they are photostimulated. Journal of Optical Technology, 81(5) 285 (2014)
- Nikita A. Toropov, Peter S. Parfenov, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Aggregation of Cyanine Dye Molecules in the Near Fields of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Excited by Pulsed Laser Irradiation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(31) 18010-18014 (2014)
- Polina V. Gladskikh, Igor A. Gladskikh, Nikita A. Toropov, Mikhail A. Baranov, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Correlation between structural, optical, and electrical properties of self-assembled plasmonic nanostructures on the GaAs surface. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17(11) 424 (2015)
- Nikita A. Toropov, Aisylu N. Kamalieva, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Thin films of organic dyes with silver nanoparticles: enhancement and spectral shifting of fluorescence due to excitation of localised surface plasmons. International Journal of Nanotechnology, 13(8-9) 642 (2016)
- A. G. Bakanov, N. A. Toropov, T. A. Vartanyan. Optical properties of semiconductor CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in the near field of silver nanoparticles. Optics and Spectroscopy, 118(2) 290-293 (2015)
- N. A. Toropov, M. Sumetsky. Permanent matching of coupled optical bottle resonators with better than 016 GHz precision. Optics Letters, 41(10) 2278 (2016)
- Anton A. Starovoytov, Rezida D. Nabiullina, Nikita A. Toropov. Self-organization and photo-induced formation of cyanine dye aggregates on the plasmonic Ag nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE, 9884 98843P (2016)
- Aisylu N. Kamalieva, Nikita A. Toropov, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Enhanced fluorescence and aggregation of rhodamine molecules dispersed in a thin polymer film in the presence of plasmonic nanostructures. Proceedings of SPIE, 9884 98843C (2016)
- Aisylu Kamalieva, Nikita Toropov, Ivan Reznik, Tigran Vartanyan. Plasmon-assisted aggregation and spectral modification of the layered rhodamine 6G molecules. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 48(12) 562 (2016)
- Polina V. Gladskikh, Igor A. Gladskikh, Nikita A. Toropov, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Fabrication and characterization of the noble metal nanostructures on the GaAs surface. Proceedings of SPIE, 9884 98842Y (2016)
- Artemiy V. Dmitriev, Nikita A. Toropov, M. Sumetsky. Miniature optical delay lines and buffers. 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 16281087 (2016)
- A. G. Bakanov, N. A. Toropov, T. A. Vartanyan. Optical Properties of Planar Nanostructures Based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles. Optics and Spectroscopy, 120(3) 477-481 (2016)
- Aleksei G. Bakanov, Nikita A. Toropov, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Luminescence kinetics of the radiative transitions in quantum dots CdSe/ZnS in the near field of plasmonic nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE, 9884 98843F (2016)
- L. P. Amosova, N. B. Leonov, N. A. Toropov. An anomalous change in the frequency of plasmon resonances of island metal films upon their contact with some polar organic media. Optics and Spectroscopy, 121(6) 837–841 (2016)
- Nikita A. Toropov, Anton A. Starovoytov, Elena N. Kaliteevskaya, Valentina P. Krutyakova, Tigran A. Vartanyan, Nikita B. Leonov. Photoinduced modification of component composition of molecular layers with silver nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE, 9065 90650W (2013)
- Tigran A. Vartanyan, Nikita B. Leonov, Valerii V. Khromov, Sergey G. Przhibelskii, Nikita A. Toropov, Elena N. Kaliteevskaya. Granular metal films on the surfaces of transparent dielectric materials studied and modified via optical means. Proceedings of SPIE, 8414 841404 (2012)
- N. A. Toropov, N. B. Leonov, T. A. Vartanyan. Using localized surface plasmons to modify the optical properties and conformational rearrangements of organic dye molecules. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, 76(12) 1306-1309 (2012)
- Nikita A. Toropov, Anton A. Starovoytov, Nikita B. Leonov, Elena N. Kaliteevskaya, Tigran A. Vartanyan. Optical properties of silver nanoparticles coated by cyanine dyes molecular overlayers. Proceedings of SPIE, 8766 87660Q (2013)
- N. A. Toropov, E. N. Kaliteevskaya, N. B. Leonov, T. A. Vartanyan. Mutual modification of silver-nanoparticle plasmon resonances and the absorptive properties of polymethine-dye molecular layers on a sapphire surface. Optics and Spectroscopy, 113(6) 616-620 (2012)