Dr Marek Samoc

Position: Senior Fellow
Qualification: M.S. - Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, 1973. Major: Physical chemistry; PhD. - Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, 1977; Habilitation (D.Sc.) - Technical University of Wroclaw, 1985; Professor of Chemical Sciences - awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, 21-12-2007
Address: Laser Physics Centre, RSPhysSE, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT0200 Australia
Office: Room J3-7, John Carver Building, 58C
Phone: +61 2 6125 4611
Fax: +61 2 6125 0029
Email: mjs111@rsphysse.anu.edu.au

Employment History:

since 2008 - Professor of Materials Science, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
since 2003 - Research Professor, Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, SUNY at Buffalo, NY, USA
September 1992 - December 2002: Fellow at Laser Physics Centre, Australian National University, Canberra
September 1990 to 1993: Adjunct Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY;
November 1991 to September 1992: Visiting Scientist at Laser Physics Centre, ANU;
May 1977 to September 1991: Lecturer at Inst. of Org. and Phys. Chemistry, TU of Wroclaw;
March 1988 to August 1989 and May 1990 to September 1990: Visiting Scientist at Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY;
February 1987 to March 1988: Senior Research Associate at Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
October 1979 to October 1980: Research Associate at Division of Chemistry, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.

Research Interests and Expertise:

Nonlinear optical materials and effects:
- Second-order nonlinear optical effects and materials
- Third-order nonlinear optical effects and materials
- Higher-order nonlinearities
- Nonlinear chirooptic effects
Nanophotonics:
- Nanoconfined structures and metamaterials
- Negative index materials
Electrical and related properties of organic solids

Photoconduction, photovoltaics and charge carrier mobility
Photorefractive effect

DNA photonics and biotronics

NLO effects in DNA-based systems

Current Projects and Collaborations:

With Dr. A. Samoc (LPC): Control of nonlinear optical properties of chromophores in optical fibres (ARC Discovery grant).
With Prof. M.G. Humphrey (Dept. of Chemistry, ANU): NLO effects in organometallics (ARC Discovery grant)
With Prof. P.N. Prasad (SUNY at Buffalo): Nanophotonics and biophotonics.
With Dr. A. Samoc and Dr. J. G. Grote (Air Force Lab, Dayton): DNA photonics and biotronics.
With Dr. P. Fleitz (Air Force Lab, Dayton) and Dr. K. Kamada (AIST, Japan): Establishing standards for multiphoton absorption.

Dr Marek Samoc personal page can be viewed on this link

Research area link: Nonlinear Optical Effects in Novel Materials;

Recent Publications:

Marek Samoc

178.    P. Gupta, P. P. Markowicz, K. Baba, J. O’Reilly, M. Samoc, P. N. Prasad and J. G. Grote, DNA-ormocer based biocomposite for fabrication of photonic structures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 213109 (2006)
179.    C. E. Powell, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, A. C. Willis, J. P. Morrall and M. Samoc, Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 37. Synthesis and third-order nonlinear optical properties of a hexarutheniumtriplatinum dendrimer, Polyhedron, 26, 284-289 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2006.05.007
180.    S. Joudkazis, T. Kondo, H. Misawa, A. Rode, M. Samoc and B. Luther-Davies, Photo-structuring of As2S3 glass by femtosecond irradiation, Opt. Expr., 14, 7751-7756 (2006); http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=97666
181.    M. P. Cifuentes, C. E. Powell, J. P. Morrall, A. M. McDonagh, N. T. Lucas, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc, S. Houbrechts, I. Asselberghs, K. Clays, A. Persoons and T. Isoshima, Electrochemical, Spectroelectrochemical, Molecular Quadratic and Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of Alkynylruthenium Dendrimers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(33), 10819-10832 (2006)
182.    A. Samoc, A. Miniewicz, M. Samoc and J. G. Grote, Refractive Index Anisotropy and Optical Dispersion in Films of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 105, 236-245 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.26082
183.    E. G. Gamaly, O. P. Uteza, A. V. Rode, M. Samoc, and B. Luther-Davies Non-equilibrium transformations of solids induced by femtosecond laser: coherent displacement of atoms, Proc. SPIE 6261, 62610X (2006)
184.    M. Samoc, N. Gauthier, M. P. Cifuentes, F. Paul, C. Lapinte and M. G. Humphrey, Electrochemical Switching of the Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of an Aryldiethynyl-linked Heterobimetallic Complex between Three Distinct States, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 45, 7376-7379 (2006), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200602684
185.    J. P. Morrall, G. T. Dalton, M. G. Humphrey and M. Samoc, Organotransition Metal Complexes for Nonlinear Optics, Adv. Organomet. Chem. 55, 61-136 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3055(07)55002-1
186.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc and J. G. Grote, Complex nonlinear refractive index of DNA, Chem. Phys. Lett. 431, 132-134 (2006)
187.    M. Samoc, J. P. Morrall, G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, and M. G. Humphrey, Two and Three-photon Absorption in an Organometallic Dendrimer, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 446, 731-33 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200602341
188.    B. J. Coe, M. Samoc, A. Samoc, L. Zhu, Y. Yi and Z. Shuai, Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Iron(II) and Ruthenium(II) Tris-Chelate Complexes of 2,2′:4,4":4',4"'-Quaterpyridinium Ligands, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 472-478 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0656072
189.    A. Samoc, M. Samoc, J. G. Grote, A. Miniewicz, B. Luther-Davies, Optical properties of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) polymer host, Proc. SPIE, 6401, 640106-1-10 (2006)
190. W.T. Li, R. Boswell, M. Samoc, A. Samoc and Q.H. Qin, Optical nonlinearity of oxygen rich SiOx thin films, Electronics Letters, 43 (4), 235-237 (2007)
191.   A. Baev, M. Samoc, P. N. Prasad, M. Krykunov and J. Autschbach, A Quantum Chemical Approach to the Design of Chiral Negative Index Materials, Optics Express, 15, 5730-5741 (2007)
192.   W.T. Li, R. Boswell, M. Samoc, A. Samoc and R. P. Wang, The Effect of Defects on the Optical Nonlinearity of Thermally Poled Silica Thin Films, Thin Solid Films 516, 5474-5477 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.07.027
193.   A. Miniewicz, P. Kaszynski, A. Samoc and M. Samoc, Observation of second-harmonic generation in an oriented glassy nematic phase of a closo-decaborane derivative, J. Appl. Phys., 102, 033108 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2767868
194.   C. E. Powell, S. K. Hurst, J. P. Morrall, M. P. Cifuentes, R. L. Roberts, M. Samoc and M. G. Humphrey, Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 39. Syntheses and Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of First-Generation Peripherally Metalated Arylalkynyl Dendrimers, Organometallics, 26(18), 4456-4463 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om700398n
195.   M. G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes and M. Samoc, Alkynylruthenium dendrimers: syntheses and multiphoton absorption.    Polymer Preprints, 48(2), 525-526 (2007).
196.   A. Baev, E. P. Furlani, M. Samoc, and P. N. Prasad, Negative refractivity assisted optical power limiting, J. Appl. Phys., 102, 043101 (2007)
197.   C. Feuvrie, O. Maury, H. Le Bozec, I. Ledoux, J. P. Morrall, M. Samoc and M. G. Humphrey. Nonlinear Optical and Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Octupolar Tris(bipyridyl) Metal Complexes, J. Phys. Chem. 111, 8980-8985 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0735381
198.   A. Miniewicz, A. Kochalska, J. Mysliwiec, A. Samoc, M. Samoc, J. G. Grote, Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based photochromic material for fast dynamic holography, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 041118 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2760169
199.   M. D. Randles, N. T. Lucas, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, M. K. Smith, A. C. Willis and M. Samoc, Mixed-metal Cluster Chemistry. 30. Syntheses and Optical Limiting Properties of Cluster-containing Oligo- and Polyurethanes, Macromolecules, 40, 7807-7818 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma0710582
200.   G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, S. Petrie, R. Stranger, M. G. Humphrey and M. Samoc, Independent Switching of Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties in a Ruthenium Alkynyl Cruciform Complex By Employing Protic and Electrochemical Stimuli, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129(39), 11882-11883 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja074205k
201.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, A. Miniewicz, P. P. Markowicz, P. N. Prasad and J. G. Grote, Cubic nonlinear optical effects in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based materials containing chromophores, Proc. SPIE, 6646, 66460A (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.736587
202.    A. Samoc, Z. Galewski, M. Samoc and J. G. Grote, Prism coupler and microscopic investigations of DNA films, Proc. SPIE, 6646, 664607 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.737248
203.    Z. Wang, A. Bonoiu, M. Samoc, Y. Cui, and P. N. Prasad, Biological pH Sensing Based on Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Through a 2-Aminothiophenol-Silver Probe, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 23(6), 886-891 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2007.09.017
204.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, M. G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes, B. Luther-Davies and P. A. Fleitz, Z-Scan Studies of Dispersion of the Complex Third-Order Nonlinearity of Nonlinear Absorbing Chromophores, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 485, 894-902 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421400801924714
205.    S. Juodkazis, A. V. Rode, T. Kondo, H. Misawa, M. Samoc, B. Luther-Davies, Femtosecond laser structuring of As2S3 glass for erasable and permanent optical memory.    Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2007), 997(Materials and Processes for Nonvolatile Memories II), 357-362.
206.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey and Paul A. Fleitz, Dispersion of the complex cubic nonlinearity in two-photon absorbing organic and organometallic chromophores, Proc. SPIE, 6801, 68011O-1-6 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.760849
207.    A. Dreischuh, D. N. Neshev, V. Z. Kolev, S. Saltiel, M. Samoc, W. Krolikowski and Y. S. Kivshar, Nonlinear dynamics of two-color optical vortices in lithium niobate crystals, Optics Express, 16, 5406-5420 (2008); http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-8-5406
208. D. J. Clarke, J. G. Matisons, G. R. Simon, M. Samoc, A. Samoc, Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Bound Fulleropyrrolidines, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 22, 460-465 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aoc.1425
209.    M. Samoc, G. T. Dalton, J. A. Gladysz, Q. Zheng, Y. Velkov, H. Ågren, P. Norman, M. G. Humphrey, Cubic nonlinear optical properties of platinum-terminated polyynediyl chains, Inorg. Chem. accepted 16-08-08, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic801145c
210.    W. J. Kim, S. J. Kim, K.-S. Lee, M. Samoc, A. N. Cartwright, and P. N. Prasad, Robust Microstructures using UV Photo-patternable Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Nano Letters, 8 (10), 3262-3265 (2008), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021%2Fnl8016219
211.    A. Zhang , S. He , K.-T. Kim , Y.-K. Yoon , R. Burzynski , M. Samoc and P.N. Prasad, Fabrication of submicron structures in nanoparticle-polymer composite by holographic lithography and reactive ion etching, Appl. Phys. Letters, accepted 22-09-08

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