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Laboratorij za femtosekundnu lasersku spektroskopiju

Znanstveni centar izvrsnosti za napredne materijale i senzore
dr. sc. Nataša Vujičić
Research Associate
Institute of Physics
Bijenička 46, P.O. Box 304
Zagreb, Croatia

Phone:
00 385 1 4698 858
00 385 1 4698 866
00 385 1 4698 860
Fax:
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e-mail: natasav@ifs.hr
Last updated: 11.07.2016

Institut za fiziku

Centar za napredne laserske tehnike

Education
  • 1981-1989 Elementary school, Zagreb
  • 1989-1993 High school, V. Gymnasium, Zagreb
  • 1993-2005 Faculty of Science, Physics Department, University of Zagreb
  • 2005 B. Sc. in Physics: Creation of low-density plasma in air, helium and nitrogen with femtosecond laser amplifier;supervisor: dr. Goran Pichler, Institute of Physics, Zagreb
  • 2006-2011 PhD student, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Science, Physics Department, University of Zagreb; supervisor: dr. Goran Pichler, Institute of Physics,Zagreb
  • 2011 Ph. D. in Physics: Influence of the magneto-optical effects on the rubidium atoms resonance lines
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    Research interests

  • Optical properties of 2D materials
  • Femtosecond laser spectroscopy
  • Interaction of atoms and molecules with frequency comb (femtosecond (fs) pulse train)
  • Nonlinear interaction of atoms and molecules with ultrashort pulses
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    Research visits
  • October 2006: Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Institut Galilée, Université Paris-Nord 13, Paris, France
  • March 2007: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
  • December 2008: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • April 2009: University College London, London, UK
  • September 2010: Laboratoire Aime Cottone, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
  • May 2012: Department of Complex Matter, Institute Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 2013: PostDoc, Department of Complex Matter, Institute Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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    Conferences
  • N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
    Low-density plasma channels generated by the femtosecond pulses, 38th EGAS, Naples, Italy (2006) (poster)
  • H. Skenderović, N. Vujičić, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
    Conical emission from rubidium vapor pumped by fs laser, Recent developments in low dimensional charge density wave conductors, Skradin, Croatia (2006) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, G. Pichler:
    Samofokusiranje i samodefokusiranje femtosekundnog laserskog zračenja u rubidijevim parama, 5. znanstveni sastanak Hrvatskog fizikalnog društva, Primošten, Hrvatska (2007) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, T. Ban, S. Vdović. H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
    Two-Photon frequency comb excitation of rubidium atoms in external magnetic field, 19th International conference on spectral line shapes, Valladolid, Spain (2008) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, D.Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
    Accumulation effects in a multi-level atom excited by a train of ultrashort pulses, EPSRC CoCoChem Summer School: Coherent Contol of Molecules and Symposium: Molecular Dynamics and Control, University College London, London, U.K. (2009) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, T. Ban, G. Školnik, H. Skenderović, S. Vdović, G. Pichler:
    Dvofotonska pobuda rubidijevih atoma frekventnim češljem, 6. znanstveni sastanak Hrvatskog fizikalnog društva, Primošten, Hrvatska (2009) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, G. Kregar, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
    Influence of femtosecond laser on rubidium D1 resonance line, EuroQUAM 2010 Cold Quantum Metter Achievements and Prospects, Ischgl, Austria (2010) (poster)
  • Collaborative workshop on Charge density waves: small scales and ultrashort time, Vukovar, Croatia (2010).
  • N. Vujičić:
    Frequency comb polarization spectroscopy of multilevel rubidium atoms,     44th EGAS, Gothenburg, Sweden (2012) (talk)
  • N. Vujičić
    Investigation of novel 2D materials optical properties at CEMS Center of Excellence- perspectives and plans, C-MAC days 2014, Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia (2014) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, D. Čapeta, B. Pielić, I. Šrut Rakić, D. Aumiler, M. Kralj:
    Optical properties of WS2/MoS2 heterostructures from Chemical Vapor Deposition, 3rd Europian Workshop on Epitaxial Graphene and 2D Materials, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (2016) (poster)
  • N. Vujičić, B. Pielić, D. Čapeta, M. Kralj:
    Optical properties of WS2/MoS2 heterostructures from Chemical Vapor Deposition, Flatlands beyond Graphene 2016, Bled, Slovenia (2016) (talk)

    • Publications

    15. V. Vega-Mayoral, D. Vella, T. Borzda, M. Prijatelj, I. Tempra, E. A. A. Pogna, S. Dal Conte, P. Topolovsek, N. Vujicic, G. Cerullo, D. Mihailovic, C. Gadermaier:
    Exciton and charge carrier dynamics in few-layer WS2
    Nanoscale 8, 5428 (2016).

    14. D . Vella, V. Vega - Mayoral, C. Gadermaier, N . Vujicic, T. Borzda, P. Topolovsek, M. Prijatelj, I. Tempra, E. A. A. Pogna, G. Cerullo:
    Femtosecond spectroscopy on MoS2 flakes from liquid exfoliation: surfactant independent exciton dynamics,
    J. Nanophoton. 10, 012508 (2016).

    13. T. Borzda, C. Gadermaier, N. Vujičić, P. Topolovšek, M. Borovšak, T. Mertelj, D. Viola, C. Manzoni, E. A. A. Pogna, D. Brida, M. R. Antagnazza, F. Scotognella, G. Lanzani, G. Cerullo, D. Mihailović:
    Charge photogeneration in  few-layer MoS2
    Adv. Funct. Mater. 25, 3351 (2015).

    12. A. Pogrebna, T. Mertelj, N. Vujičić, G. Cao, Z. A. Xu, D. Mihailović:
    Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in iron based pnictides: a time resolved magnetooptical study
    Sci. Rep. 5, 7754 (2015).

    11. T. Mertelj, N. Vujičić, T. Borzda, I. Vaskivskyi, A. Pogrebna, D. Mihailović:
    Multichannel photodiode detector for ultrafast optical spectroscopy
    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 123111 (2014).

    10. A. Pogrebna, N. Vujičić, T. Mertelj, T. Borzda, G. Cao, Z. A. Xu, J.-H. Chu, I. R. Fisher, D. Mihailović:
    Spectrally-resolved femtosecond reflectivity relaxation dynamics in undoped spin-density wave 122-structure iron-based pnictides
    Phys. Rev. B 89, 165131     (2014).

    9. N. Vujičić, G. Kregar, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
    Frequency comb polarization spectroscopy of multilevel rubidium atoms
    Eur. Phys. J. D: atomic, molecular and optical physics 68, 9 (2014).

    8. N. Vujičić, T. Ban, G. Kregar, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
    Velocity-selective double resonance in Doppler-broadened rubidium vapor
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 013438 (2013).

    7. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
    Coherent population dynamics in rubidium atoms excited by resonant 0-pi pulses
    Phys. Rev. A 80, 023425 (2009).

    6. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
    Characterization of the optical frequency comb using modifed direct frequency comb spectroscopy
    Appl. Phy. B 97, 553 (2009).

    5. G. Školnik, N. Vujičić and T. Ban:
    Optical pumping of Zeeman components in rubidium vapor
    Opt. Comm. 282, 1326 (2009).

    4. H. Skenderović, T. Ban, N. Vujičić, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović and G. Pichler:
    Cone emission induced by femtosecond excitation in rubidium vapor
    Phys. Rev. A 77, 063816 (2008).

    3. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, S. Vdović, N. Vujičić, and G. Pichler
    Cancellation of the coherent accumulation in rubidium atoms excited by a train of femtosecond pulses, Phys. Rev. A 76, 043410 (2007).

    2. N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
    Femtosecond laser pulse train effect on Doppler profile of cesium resonance
    lines    , Eur. Phys. J. D 41, 447 (2007).

    1. N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
    Low-density plasma channels generated by femtosecond pulses, Appl. Phys. B 82, 377 (2006).

    Working/Organising/teaching experience in education
  • Teaching assistant at Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Electrodynamics course (leader doc. dr. sc. D. Horvatić) (2006-2013)
  • Teaching assistant at Technical Polytechnic in Zagreb, Optical Sensors course (leader dr. sc. G. Pichler) (2007)
  • Member of the organising committee of International Conference Laser Control and Molecular Switches, Brijuni, Croatia, 2005
  • Member of the organising committee of International ConferenceLaser Pulse Shaping and Coherent Control of Molecules, Brijuni, Croatia, 2007.
  • Activities related to popularization of science (Otvoreni dan IF, Festival znanosti, aktivi profesora fizike...)
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    Membership
  • Croatian Physical Society
  • European Physical Society

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