EDUCATION 

• MS degree in physics from Moscow State University, Physics Dept. in 1994;
• Ph.D. degree in laser physics from Moscow State University, Physics Dept. in 1997.

 RESEARCH INTERESTS    

• Nonlinear dynamics & optical pattern formation;
• Fourier optics & optical information processing;
• Wavefront correction using liquid-crystal light modulators;
• Photorefractive polymers.

 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  

• Larichev A.V., Nikolaev I.P., Costamagna S., Violino P.,
  Advanced phase knife technique, Opt. Comm. 121 (1995) 95.
  
   

• Larichev A.V., Nikolaev I.P., and Chulichkov A.L.,
  Spatiotemporal period doubling in a nonlinear interferometer with distributed optical feedback, Opt. Lett. 21 (1996) 1180.
   
• Larichev A.V., Nikolaev I.P., Violino P.,
  LCLV-based system for high-resolution wavefront correction: phase knife as a feedback intensity producer, Opt. Comm. 138 (1997) 127.
  
   
• Nikolaev I.P., Larichev A.V., Degtiarev E.V., Wataghin V.,
  An optical feedback nonlinear system with a Takens-Bogdanov point: experimental investigation, Physica D. 144 (2000) 221.
   
• Nikolaev I.P., Nesterouk K.S., Larichev A.V., Wataghin V.,
  Analytical description of the effect of laser radiation on optical properties of amorphous azo-containing polymers, Laser Physics 12 (2002) 978.
  

 TEACHING 

• Lecture Course "Electromagnetism and Optics"
• Lecture Course "Optical Information Processing": Lecture outlines (Russian only): [ here ]
• Lecture Course "Electrodynamics" for students of the Black Sea Branch of MSU (Sevastopol, Ukraine)

 CAREER