Dr.  Oleksandr  V.  Dobrovolskiy

      
           Postdoctoral researcher, Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
           Senior lecturer, Physical Department, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
           
           Phone:    +49 (0)69 798 47263
           Fax:        +49 (0)69 798 47291
           E-mail:    Dobrovolskiy at Physik.uni-frankfurt.de
           Mail:       Physikalisches Institut, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1,
                         D-60438 Frankfurt am Main
       
           
Short CV (pdf)       List of publications (pdf)       Major papers (zip)

                   
PhD thesis: Guided vortex motion and the Hall-effect in superconductors with periodic pinning potential
B.I. Verkin Insitute
for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, 2009
Supervisor: Professor Dr. Valerij A. Shklovskij
Education: 2000-2005, Physical Department of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Master degree cum laude in Low Temperature Physics
Current
research
interests: 


Vortex dynamics in superconductors
Abrikosov fluxonics nano-devices

Thin film growth and characterization

Nanofabrication techniques

Nanostructured films and surfaces

Noise-induced (stochastic) phenomena

Magneto-transport and microwave measurements

Grants and
Awards:
Rector V.S. Bakirov Research Fellowship for young scientists (Ukraine, 2007)
Professor I.E. Tarapov Research Grant (Ukraine, 2008)
The DAAD Scholarship Award for young scientists (Germany, 2009)
The NanoBic Scholarship for joint research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Germany, 2010)
The European Grant for attending
the Marie Curie Advanced Cryogenic Course (Slovakia, 2010)
Book:  V.A. Shklovskij and O.V. Dobrovolskiy
Pinning and Vortex Dynamics in Superconductors
Series of lectures for students of the Physical Department 
(in Russian)
V.N.
Karazin Kharkiv National University Press, Kharkiv, 112p, (2007), pdf

Major publications:
            V.A. Shklovskij and O.V. Dobrovolskiy
            Frequency-dependent ratchet effect in superconducting films with a tilted washboard pinning potential
            Phys. Rev. B 84, 054515-1-12 (2011), pdf


            O.V. Dobrovolskiy, E.Begun, M. Huth, V.A. Shklovskij, and M. Tsindlekht
            Vortex lattice matching effects in a washboard pinning potential induced by Co nanostripe arrays
            Physica C 471, 449–452
(2011), pdf

            O.V. Dobrovolskiy, M. Huth, and V.A. Shklovskij
            Fabrication of artificial washboard pinning structures in thin niobium films
            J. Supercond. Novel. Magnet. 24, 75-80 (2011), pdf


            O.V. Dobrovolskiy, M. Huth, and V.A. Shklovskij
            Anisotropic magnetoresistive response in thin Nb films decorated by an array of Co stripes
            Supercond. Sci. Technol. 23, 125014-1-5 (2010), pdf

           
            V.A. Shklovskij and O.V. Dobrovolskiy
            Nonlinear two-dimensional frequency- and temperature-dependent vortex dynamics in a tilted washboard pinning potential
            J. Phys. 150, 052241-052244 (2009)
pdf         
           

            V.A. Shklovskij and O.V. Dobrovolskiy
            AC-driven vortices and the Hall effect in a superconductor with a tilted washboard pinning potential
            Phys. Rev. B 78, 104526-1-12 (2008), pdf

 
            V.A. Shklovskij and O.V. Dobrovolskiy
            Influence of point-like disorder on the guiding of vortices in a rotating-current scheme
            
Physica C 460-462, 1253-1254 (2007), pdf


            V.A. Shklovskij and O.V. Dobrovolskiy
            Influence of point-like disorder on the guiding of vortices and the Hall efftct in a washboard planar pinning potential
            Phys. Rev. B 74, 104511-1-14 (2006), pdf