Mark Stockman

Short description: Soviet-born American physicist (1947–2020)

Mark Stockman

Born|

Mark Ilyich Shtokman

(1947-07-21)July 21, 1947

Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union

Died| November 11, 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 73)

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Citizenship|

* Soviet Union
* United States

Alma mater|

* Kyiv State University
* Novosibirsk State University
* Institute of Nuclear Physics

Known for|

* Spaser
* Plasmonics

Spouse(s)| Branislava Mezger
Children| 1
Scientific career
Fields|

* Physics
* Nanophotonics

Institutions|

* Institute of Automation and Electrometry
* University at Buffalo
* Georgia State University

Doctoral advisor|

* Spartak Belyaev
* Vladimir Zelelevinsky

Other academic advisors| Sergey Rautian
Website| physics.gsu.edu/stockman

Mark Stockman (born Mark Ilyich Shtokman;[lower-alpha 1] July 21, 1947 – November 11, 2020) was a Soviet-born American physicist. He was a professor of physics and astronomy at Georgia State University. Best known for his contributions to plasmonics, Stockman has co-theorized plasmonic lasers, also known as spasers, in 2003.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Research
* 3 Selected publications
* 4 References
* 5 Notes
* 6 External links

## Biography

Stockman was born on July 21, 1947, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to a Jewish family with Cantonist roots. His father, Ilya Stockman, was a mining engineer and a World War II veteran. After his father became a faculty member at the Dnepropetrovsk Higher Mining School, his family relocated to Dnepropetrovsk.[1]

Stockman completed his secondary education at the Republican Specialized Physics and Mathematics Boarding School in Kyiv. Following his graduation, he enrolled to Kyiv State University to study physics; he subsequently transferred to Novosibirsk State University, where he obtained his Master of Science in 1970. He completed his PhD at Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk in 1974 under the supervision of Spartak Belyaev and Vladimir Zelelevinsky. His doctoral research work concentrated on nuclear physics.[2] During his PhD, he met and married Branislava Mezger and had a son, Dmitriy, in 1978.[1]

No longer being interested in nuclear physics, Stockman transferred to the Institute of Automation and Electrometry in Novosibirsk following his PhD and started working on nonlinear optics as a research scientist under the supervision of Sergey Rautian.[1][3] He habilitated in 1989, obtaining his DSc. In 1990, with the invitation of Thomas F. George, he left for the United States with his family to take a research position at University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. In the meanwhile, he held a visiting position at Washington State University. In 1996, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to join the faculty of Georgia State University, where he obtained his full professorship in 2001.[2] Stockman also held visiting positions at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, University of Stuttgart, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and ESPCI Paris.[3]

In 2012, Stockman founded the Center for Nano Optics at Georgia State University. He was a fellow member of the American Physical Society, The Optical Society and SPIE.[3] He died on November 11, 2020, in Atlanta.[2]

## Research

Stockman's research concentrated in the field of nanoplasmonics; he was described as a pivotal figure in the research field.[1][2][4] In 2003, alongside David J. Bergman, he theorized the plasmonic lasers known as "spasers," which involved the stimulated emission of localized surface plasmon via metallic nanoparticles instead of conventional optical cavities.[4] They coined the acronym spaser as "surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."[5] Stockman further developed the theory of spasers for optical amplification and ultrashort pulse generation.[6][7] His research also focused on plasmonic hotspots in nanostructures and nanofocusing in adiabatic tapers, as well as ultrafast active plasmonics.[1][3]

## Selected publications

* Bergman, D. J.; Stockman, M. I. (2003). "Surface Plasmon Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation: Quantum Generation of Coherent Surface Plasmons in Nanosystems". Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2): 027402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.027402. PMID 12570577. Bibcode: 2003PhRvL..90b7402B. https://zenodo.org/record/894120.
* Stockman, M. I. (2004). "Nanofocusing of Optical Energy in Tapered Plasmonic Waveguides". Physical Review Letters 93 (13): 137404. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.137404. PMID 15524758. Bibcode: 2004PhRvL..93m7404S.
* Nordlander, P.; Oubre, C.; Prodan, E.; Li, K.; Stockman, M. I. (2004). "Plasmon Hybridization in Nanoparticle Dimers". Nano Letters 4 (5): 899–903. doi:10.1021/nl049681c. Bibcode: 2004NanoL...4..899N.
* Stockman, Mark I. (2008). "Spasers explained". Nature Photonics 2 (6): 327–329. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.85. ISSN 1749-4885. Bibcode: 2008NaPho...2..327S.
* MacDonald, K. F.; Sámson, Z. L.; Stockman, M. I.; Zheludev, N. I. (2009). "Ultrafast active plasmonics". Nature Photonics 3 (1): 55–58. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.249. Bibcode: 2009NaPho...3...55M.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Aizpurua, Javier; Atwater, Harry A.; Baumberg, Jeremy J. et al. (2021). "Mark Stockman: Evangelist for Plasmonics". ACS Photonics 8 (3): 683–698. doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.1c00299.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boltasseva, Alexandra; Shalaev, Vladimir M.; Zheludev, Nikolay (2021). "Mark Stockman, the knight of plasmonics". Nature Photonics 15 (5): 321–322. doi:10.1038/s41566-021-00799-7. Bibcode: 2021NaPho..15..321B.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "In Memoriam: Mark I. Stockman, 1947-2020". November 22, 2020. https://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/obituaries/mark_i_stockman/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Khurgin, Jacob B.; Noginov, Mikhail; Shalaev, Vladimir M. (2021). "Reflections on Mark Stockman and his contributions to nano-optics: guest editorial". Optical Materials Express 11 (6): 1575–1582. doi:10.1364/OME.428532. Bibcode: 2021OMExp..11.1575K.
5. ↑ Bergman, David J.; Stockman, Mark I. (2003). "Surface Plasmon Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation: Quantum Generation of Coherent Surface Plasmons in Nanosystems". Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2): 027402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.027402. PMID 12570577. Bibcode: 2003PhRvL..90b7402B. https://zenodo.org/record/894120/files/article.pdf.
6. ↑ Stockman, Mark I. (2008). "Spasers explained". Nature Photonics 2 (6): 327–329. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.85. ISSN 1749-4885. Bibcode: 2008NaPho...2..327S.
7. ↑ Stockman, Mark I. (2010). "The spaser as a nanoscale quantum generator and ultrafast amplifier". Journal of Optics 12 (2): 024004. doi:10.1088/2040-8978/12/2/024004. ISSN 2040-8978. Bibcode: 2010JOpt...12b4004S.

## Notes

1. ↑ Russian: Марк Ильич Штокман

## External links

* Official website

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