Sonia Melle

Profesora Titular de Universidad
Department of Optics, School of Optics
Complutense University of Madrid
Av. Arcos de Jalón 118 - MADRID 28037, SPAIN 
Office phone:   +34 91 394 69 09
Lab phone:      +34 91 394 68 55
Fax:               +34 91 394 68 85 
E-mail: smelle@fis.ucm.es

Non-linear optics
QUANTUM COHERENCE LAB
 *  Slow and fast light propagation based on coherent population oscillations
 *  Quantum coherence in multilevel atomic systems
 *  Pattern dynamics in broad area lasers

Magnetic colloids
* Colloids at interfaces: Magnetic microfluidics, magnetic Pickering emulsions, particle-laden drops instabilities
* Magneto-optical and optical properties of nanostructured systems: optical switches
* Dynamics of magnetizable colloids by means of optical techniques

• Dynamic population gratings in highly doped erbium fibers, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28 (2011) 1631-1637

• Pulse-width-dependent subluminal and superluminal propagation in highly doped erbium fibers, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28 (2011) 1172-1179

• Competition between the modulation instability and stimulated Brillouin scattering in a broadband slow light device, J. Optics 12 (2010) 104019 (1-6)

• Group velocity coupling and synchronization-like phenomenon of two light beams based on coherent population oscillations, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43 (2010) 215401 (1-10)

• Slow and fast light based on coherent population oscillations in erbium-doped fibres, J. Optics 12 (2010) 104002 (1-6)

• Fast light enhancement by bidirectional pumping in erbium-doped fibers, J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mat. 19 (2010) 153-165

• Phase tunability of group velocity by modulated-pump-forced coherent population oscillations, Phys. Rev. A 80 (2009) 011804(R)

• Phase-controlled slow and fast light in current-modulated semiconductor optical amplifiers, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 (2009) 095403 (1-8)
• Electrostatic and hydrodynamics effects in a sedimented magnetorheological suspension, Phys. Rev. E 80 (2009), 021405 (1-9)
• Morphology of anisotropic chains in a magneto-rheological fluid during aggregation and disaggregation processes, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 333 (2009) 221-229
• Observation of large 10-Gb/s SBS slow light delay with low distorsion using an optimized gain profile, Optics Express 16 (2008) 16032-16042
• Propagation-induced transition from slow to fast light in highly doped erbium fibers, Phys. Rev. A 78 (2008) 053812 (1-8)
• Optical switching by controlling the double-dark resonances in a N-tripod five-level atom, Opt Commun. 281 (2008) 6040-6048
• Effect of ion pairs in fast-light bandwidth in high-concentration erbium-doped fibers, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25 (2008) C55-C60
• Modulation-frequency-controlled change from sub- to superluminal regime in highly doped erbium fibers, Optics Letters 33 (2008) 827-829
• Tunable all-optical bistability in a semiconductor quantumdot damped by a phase-dependent reservoir, Opt Commun. 281 (2008) 3301-3313 
• Synthesis of light-diffracting assemblies from microspheres and nanoparticles in droplets on a superhydrophobic surface, Adv. Mater 20 (2008) 4263-4268. CoverPicture
• All-optical control of the time delay in a one-dimensional photonic bandgap formed by double-quantum-wells, Opt Commun. 281 (2008) 644-654
• Motion of viscous drops on superhydrophobic surfaces due to magnetic gradients, Colloids and Surfaces A 323 (2008) 19-27
• Scaling in the aggregation dynamics of a magnetorheological fluid, Phys. Rev. E 76 (2007), 051403 (1-13)
• Silicon Nanowire and Polyethylene Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Discrete Magnetic Microfluidics, Appl. Surf. Sci. 254 (2007) 330-334
• Effect of ion concentration on slow light propagation in highly doped erbium fibers, Opt. Commun. 279 (2007) 53-63
• Magnetic movement of biological fluid droplets, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 311 (2007) 238-243
• Evolution of the correlation between orthogonal polarization patterns in broad area lasers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 233902
• All-optical switching and storage in a four-level tripod-type atomic system, Opt. Commun.268 (2006) 146-154
• Discrete magnetic microfluidics, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (2006) 34106(1-3)
• Development of spatial turbulence from boundary-controlled patterns in class-B lasers, Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006) 053820(1-6)
• Dynamic transition from modelike patterns to turbulentlike patterns in a broad-area Nd:YAG, Optics Letters 31 (2006) 1067-1069
• Effects of injected atomic coherence in broad area lasers, Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 033811 (1-7)
• Doublet dynamics of magnetizable particles under frequency modulated rotating fields,  Colloids and Surfaces A 270 (2005)  270-276
• Shape and buckling transitions in solid-stabilized drops, Langmuir  21 (2005) 10016-10020
• Pickering emulsions with controlable stability, Langmuir  21 (2005) 2158-2162 
• Time-resolved dynamics of two-dimensional patterns in broad area lasers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93  (2004) 213904 (1-4) 
• Magneto-optical properties of nickel nanowire gratings, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (2003) 4547-4549
• Microstructure evolution in magnetorheological suspensions governed by Mason number, Phys. Rev. E  68  (2003) 041503-041513 
• Chain model of a magnetorheological suspension in a rotating field, J. Chem. Physics 118 (2003) 9875-9881
• Pure magneto-optic diffraction by a periodic domain structure, Nanotechnology 14 (2003) 239-244
• Dynamics of simple magnetorheological suspensions under rotating magnetic fields with modulated Mason number, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics 35 (2002) 2492-2498 
• Chain rotational dynamics in MR suspensions, Inter. J. Modern Physics B 16 (2002) 2293-2299
• Polarizable particle aggregation under rotating magnetic fields using scattering dichroism, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 247 (2002) 200-209
• Optical bistability in lasers induced by large-permanent-dipole molecules, Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 023811 (1-6) 
• Rotational dynamics in dipolar colloidal suspensions: video microscopy experiments and simulation results, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 102 (2002) 135-148
• Time scaling regimes in aggregation of magnetic dipolar particles: Scattering dichroism results, Phys. Rev. Lett.  87 (2001) 115501 (1-4) 
• Orientation dynamics of MR  fluids subject to rotating external fields, Int. J. Modern Phys. B 15 (2001) 758-766
• Structure and dynamics of magnetorheological fluids in rotating magnetic fields, Phys. Rev. E 61 (2000) 4111-4117
• Super-rough dynamics on tumor growth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 (1998) 4008-4011
  
  

• Fast light based on excited-state absorption in erbium doped fibers

  IONS 9 International OSA Network of Students, Salamanca, Spain, April 7-9, 2011 [Abstract PDF]

• Controlled release of stored pulses in a double quantum-well structure

  Emerging Trends & Novel Materials in Photonics, Delphi, Greek, October 7-9, 2009 [Abstract PDF] 

• Pulse width depending group velocity on Erbium-doped fibers
  2009 Slow and Fast Light Topical meeting, July 12-17, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA [Abstract PDF]

• Phase-controlled slow and fast light in current-modulated semiconductor optical amplifiers
  2009 Slow and Fast Light Topical meeting, July 12-17, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA [Abstract  PDF]

• Control of the group velocity of light in Erbium doped fibers via the modulation frequency
  2008 Optics and Photonics Congress. Slow and Fast Light Topical meeting, July 13-16, Boston, Massachusetts, USA [Abstract  PDF (159  kB)][Talk  PDF (1788  kB)] 
• Modulation-frequency-controlled change from sub- to super-luminal regime in highly-doped erbium fibers
  2007 2nd Meeting of the Spanish Thematic Network on Quantum and Non-Linear Optics, September 5-7, Salamanca, Spain [Poster JPG (262  kB)]
• Slow light propagation experiments in highly-doped erbium fibers
  2006 Slow and Fast Light Topical meeting, July 23-26, Washington DC [Abstract PDF (159  kB)]  [Talk PDF (344  kB)]
• First experimental measurement of the fast change of laser transverse energy profiles
  International Conference on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics / Lasers, appliations and Technologies, ICONO/LAT 2005, Saint Petersburg, Russia  [View  PDF (124  kB)]
• Pickering emulsions stabilized by magnetic particles
  18th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Science, ECIS 2004, Almería, Spain [View PDF (70 kB)]
• Dynamics of a ferrofluid in contact with Co-microsquare arrays
  Trends in Nanoechnology 2004 Conference, TNT 2004, Segovia, Spain [View PDF (43 kB)]
• Localized Doping Effects in High Anisotropy Magnetic FePd Alloys
  International Conference on Magnetism, ICM 2003, Roma, Italy 
• Magnetization reversal processes in epitaxial g’-Fe4N thin films on (100) MgO
  XVIII International Colloquium on Magnetic Films and Surfaces, ICMFS 2003, Madrid, Spain pag. 63 [View PDF (247 kB)]
• Influence of the ordering degree of Nickel nanowire arrays on their magnetic and magneto-optical properties
  203rd Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, ECS 2003, Paris, France [View PDF (315 kB)]
• Nickel nanowire arrays based on imprint lithography
  INTERMAG 2003 Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, pag. GC11. [View PDF (322 kB)]
• Pure magneto-optic diffraction by an array of periodic domains
  Trends in Nanoechnology 2002 Conference, TNT 2002, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Pags. 205-206 [View PDF (161 kB)]
• Aggregation kinetics in MR fluids
  Euroreho2002-01 Conference Joint Meeting of British, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Rheologist, Torremolinos, Spain (2002) [View PDF (62 kB)]
• Microstructures evolution in MR suspensions governed by Mason number
  Progress in Rheology Theory and Applications, pags. 207-210, edited by F.J. Martínez Boza, A. Guerrero, P. Partal, J.M. Franco and J. Muñoz  (Grupo Español de Reología, Sevilla, 2002). ISBN: 84-607-4383-7 [View PDF (355 kB)]
• Chain rotational dynamics in MR suspensions
  Eighth International Conference on Electrorheological fluids and Magnetorheological suspensions, Nice, France, July 2001, pags. 345-351, edited by G. Bossis (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002). ISBN: 981-02-4937-3 [View PDF (112 kB)]
• Structure and dynamics of MR suspensions in rotating magnetic fields
  XIIIth International Congress on Rheology,  Cambridge, UK, 2000. Vol. 3 pag. 81. Published by the British Society of Rheology. ISBN: 0-9538904-2-2 [View PDF (536 kB)]
• Dynamics of ferrofluid filaments in rotating fields
  2000 AIChe Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 2000.
• Orientation dynamics of ferrofluids subject to rotating external fields
  7th International Conference on Electro-rheological Fluids and Magneto-rheological Suspensions, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 1999. Pags. 215-223. Editor Rongjia Tao (Editorial World Scientific). ISBN: 981-02-4258-1 [View PDF (89 kB)]
• Polarimetry and SALS experiments to characterize ferrofluids subject to an external magnetic field
  The Society of Rheology 70th Annual Meeting, CA, USA, 1998
• Viscoelastic properties in ferrofluids by optical methods
  Elasticity and Viscoelasticity: non linear inestabilities, Cargese, France, 1997
  

• Dynamic population gratings in highly doped erbium fibers
  QUONLOP 2011 Quantum Optics and NonLinear Optics Meeting, Valladolid, February 2011 [Abstract PDF] [Talk PDF]
• Propagación sublumínica y superlumínica de pulsos por oscilaciones coherentes de la población
  Reunión Nacional de Óptica, Orense, September 2009 [Abstract PDF] [Talk PDF]
• Control del régimen de propagación de pulsos de luz combinando amplificadores ópticos y absorbentes saturables de fibra dopada con Erbio
  Reunión Nacional de Óptica, Orense, September 2009 [Abstract PDF]
• Efecto de la configuración de bombeo en la velocidad de propagación de haces modulados en fibras dopadas con Erbio  
  Reunión Nacional de Óptica, Orense, September 2009 [Abstract PDF]
• Shape transitions and buckling of particle-covered droplets
  XIII Congreso de Física Estadística, FISES 2005, Madrid, June 2005. [View PDF (229 kB)]
• Transient grating formation in colloidal suspensions subjected to biaxial magnetic fields
  XII Congreso de Física Estadística, FISES 2003, Pamplona, October 2003. [View PDF (245 kB)]
• Cinética de agregación en fluidos magneto-reológicos sometidos a campos unidireccionales constantes
  XXIX Reunión Bienal de la RSEF, Madrid, July 2003.
• Resonant behavior of simple magnetorheological suspensions under rotating magnetic fields
  XI Congreso de Física Estadística FISES 2002, Tarragona, May 2002, pag. 43. ISBN: 84-8424-013-4 
• Microstructure dynamics induced by biaxial fields in dipolar suspensions
  XI Congreso de Física Estadística FISES 2002, Tarragona, May 2002, pag. 105. ISBN: 84-8424-013-4. [View PDF (75 kB)]
• Estudio experimental de los procesos de agregación en coloides magnéticos
  
  X Congreso de Física Estadística FISES 2000, Santiago de Compostela, September 2000, pag. 17
• Fenómenos de agregación en suspensiones coloidales de partículas magnéticas: Formación de cadenas y propiedades ópticas.
  IX Congreso de Física Estadística FISES 99, Santander, May 1999, pag. OV_3
  
• Optical bistability in lasers induced by  electronic vibrational coupling
  VIII Spanish Meeting on Statistical Physics FISES 97, Madrid 1997. Anales de Física Monografías  RSEF  4 (1998) 187-188. Editors J.A. Cuesta and A. Sánchez (Editorial Ciemat, España, 1998). ISBN: 84-7834-326-1 [View  PDF (106  kB)]
• Non-linear dynamics in tumoral processes
  VIII Spanish Meeting on  Statistical Physics FISES 97, Madrid 1997. Anales de Física Monografías RSEF  4 (1998) 175-176. Editors J.A. Cuesta and A. Sánchez (Editorial Ciemat, España, 1998). ISBN: 84-7834-326-1 [View  PDF (133 kB)]
• Fractal dimension and t emporal evolution of neurons
  VIII Spanish Meeting on  Statistical Physics FISES 97, Madrid 1997. Anales de Física Monografías RSEF 4 (1998) 287-288. Editors J.A. Cuesta and A. Sánchez (Editorial Ciemat, España, 1998).  ISBN: 84-7834-326-1 [View PDF (785   kB)]