Research Interests

• electronic structure of organic systems

• transport in quantum nanostructures
• electronic structure of quantum dots
• quantum cascade lasers
• intraband transitions in quantum dots
• quantum dot infrared photodetectors
• GaN based intersubband devices
• coherent effects in quantum dots

CV:

• Curriculum vitae

The most relevant publications:

2008

• preprint: N. Vukmirović and L.-W. Wang, " Charge patching method for electronic structure of organic systems", J. Chem. Phys. (accepted).
  

2007

• PhD thesis: Physics of intraband quantum dot optoelectronic devices, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, D. Indjin, and P. Harrison, "Quantum transport in semiconductor quantum dot superlattices: electron-phonon resonances and polaron effects", Phys. Rev. B 76, 245313 (2007).
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, D. Indjin, Z. Ikonić, and P. Harrison, “Electron transport and terahertz gain in quantum dot cascades”, IEEE Photonics Tech. Lett. 20, 129 (2008).
• I. Savić, N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, D. Indjin, R. W. Kelsall, P. Harrison, and V. Milanović, “Density matrix theory of transport and gain in quantum cascade lasers in a magnetic field“, Phys. Rev. B 76, 165310 (2007).
• P. Aivaliotis, N. Vukmirović, E. A. Zibik, J. W. Cockburn, L. R. Wilson, D. Indjin, P. Harrison, C. Groves, J. P . R. David, and M. Hopkinson, “Stark shift of the spectral response in quantum dots-in-a-well infrared photodetectors”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40, 5537 (2007).
• I. Savić and N. Vukmirović, "Intraband magneto-optical properties of magnetic quantum dots", Phys. Rev. B 76, 245307 (2007).
• L. Fu, I. McKerracher, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish, N. Vukmirović, and P. Harrison, “Effect of GaP strain compensation layers on rapid thermally annealed InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot infrared photodetectors grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 073515 (2007).

2006

• preprint: N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, I. Savić, D. Indjin, and P. Harrison, "A microscopic model of electron transport in quantum dot infrared photodetectors",  J. Appl. Phys. 100, 074502 (2006).
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, D. Indjin, Z. Ikonić, and P. Harrison, “Origin of detection wavelength tuning in quantum dots-in-a-well infrared photodetectors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 251107 (2006).
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, D. Indjin, and P. Harrison, “Symmetry-based calculation of single-particle states and intraband absorption in hexagonal GaN/AlN quantum dot superlattices”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 6249 (2006).
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, Ž. Gačević, Z. Ikonić, D. Indjin, P. Harrison, and V. Milanović, “Intraband absorption in InAs/GaAs quantum dot infrared photodetectors - effective mass vs. k · p modelling”, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21, 1098 (2006).
• S. Barik, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish, N. Vukmirović, and P. Harrison, “Selective wavelength tuning of self-assembled InAs quantum dots grown on InP”,  Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 193112 (2006).
• I. Savić, Z. Ikonić, V. Milanović, N. Vukmirović, V. D. Jovanović, D. Indjin, and P. Harrison, “Electron transport in quantum cascade lasers in a magnetic field”, Phys. Rev. B 73, 075321 (2006).
• L. Fu, H. H. Tan, I. McKerracher, J. Wong-Leung, C. Jagadish, N. Vukmirović, and P. Harrison, “Effects of rapid thermal annealing on device characteristics of InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot infrared photodetectors”, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 114517 (2006).
• I. Savić, Z. Ikonić, N. Vukmirović, D. Indjin, P. Harrison, and V. Milanović, “Design of a ZnMnSe/ZnMgSe spin-polarized terahertz quantum cascade laser tunable by magnetic field”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 011109 (2006).
• V. D. Jovanović, S. Höfling, D. Indjin, N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, P. Harrison, J. P. Reithmaier, and A. Forchel, “Influence of doping density on electron dynamics in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum cascade lasers”, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 103106 (2006).
• S. Höfling, V. D. Jovanović, D. Indjin, J. P. Reithmaier, A. Forchel, Z. Ikonić, N. Vukmirović, P. Harrison, A. Mirčetić, and V. Milanović, “Dependence of saturation effects on electron confinement and injector doping in GaAs/Al_0.45Ga_0.55As quantum-cascade lasers”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 251109 (2006).

• preprint: N. Vukmirović, D. Indjin, V. D. Jovanović, Z. Ikonić, and P. Harrison,  “Symmetry of k · p Hamiltonian in pyramidal InAs/GaAs quantum dots: Application to the calculation of electronic structure”, Phys. Rev. B 72, 075356 (2005).
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, V. D. Jovanović, D. Indjin, and P. Harrison, “Optically pumped intersublevel mid-infrared lasers based on InAs/GaAs quantum dots”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 41, 1361 (2005).
• preprint: N. Vukmirović, V. D. Jovanović, D. Indjin, Z. Ikonić, P. Harrison, and V. Milanović, “Optically pumped terahertz laser based on intersubband transitions in a GaN/AlGaN double quantum well”, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 103106 (2005).
• I. Savić, V. Milanović, N. Vukmirović, V. D. Jovanović, Z. Ikonić, D. Indjin, and P. Harrison, “Magnetic-field tunable terahertz quantum well infrared photodetector”, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 084509 (2005).
• V. D. Jovanović, D. Indjin, N. Vukmirović, Z. Ikonić, P. Harrison, E. H. Linfield, H. Page, X. Marcadet, C. Sirtori, C. Worrall, H. E. Beere, and  D. A. Ritchie, “Mechanisms of dynamic range limitations in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum-cascade lasers: Influence of injector doping”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 211117 (2005).
• D. Indjin, Z. Ikonić, V. D. Jovanović, N. Vukmirović, P. Harrison, and R. W. Kelsall, “Relationship between carrier dynamics and temperature in terahertz quantum cascade structures: simulation of GaAs/AlGaAs, SiGe/Si and GaN/AlGaN devices”, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 20, S237 (2005).

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