Eugene IOLIN

Professor Eugene IOLIN Head of Laboratory Institute of Physical Energetics Aizkraukles iela 21 Riga, LV 1006 Latvia Phone: +371 6755 8647 Fax: +371 6755 0839 E-mail: iolin@edi.lv            eiolin@hotmail.lv

Born: September 4, 1937, Kansk, Russia

Interests:

Scientific activity is devoted to an application of the nuclear physics methods for the theoretical and experimental condensed matter investigation, including:

• dynamic neutron, X-ray, and Synchrotron Radiation scattering in perfect and deformed single crystals, application of these data for the small stress measurements in single crystals
• neutron, X-ray, Synchrotron and Mossbauer Radiation scattering at the
• artificial (ultrasound)excitations in solids, application of these combined ultrasound-X-ray diffraction methods for the nondestructive single crystal control
• neutron, X-ray, Synchrotron and Mossbauer Radiation scattering in liquid metals and glasses
• Mossbauer Radiation scattering studies of phase transitions in solids
• acoustic paramagnetic resonance
• general problems of the disordered systems theory

Languages: Russian, English, Latvian

Education

• University of Latvia (Faculty of Physics and Mathematics), 1959
• Dr.phys. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, PhD in Western countries),
• Thesis: The influence of the spin-phonon interaction on the phonon spectrum of the paramagnetic, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1968
• Dr.habil.phys. (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Thesis: Conservation and origin singularities of the phonon spectrum in some condensed matter with strong fluctuations, Tartu, Estonian Academy of Sciences, 1978.
• Professor of theoretical physics, Supreme Attestation Commission of the former USSR, 1990

Experience

• Junior Researcher, Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1959-1970
• Head of Laboratory Nuclear Methods Application for Solid State Investigation, Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1970-1994.
• Head of the Laboratory Nuclear Methods Application for Condensed Matter Investigation, Institute of Physical Energetics, 1994-

• Visiting professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and SNS group in the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA, 1999-2001
• Fulfilled several neutron scattering experiments, the Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, 1995-2001

Honours and Awards

• Corresponding member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1993
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Presidium First Award, 1973
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences and Joint-stock Company RD ALFA Prize in Physics for his outstanding works in the study of neutron and X-ray scattering in crystals, 2005

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member, Latvian Physical Society
• Chairman, Neutron Scattering Application for the Condensed Matter Investigation, all-Union Conference, 1985
• Co-Chaiman, Coherent Interaction of Radiation with Matter, all-Union Conference, 1989
• Member, Swiss Neutron Research Society, 1998

Recent/Representative Publications

• E.V.Zolotoyabko,E.M.Iolin.Coherent Rayleigh scattering of Mossbauer Radiation, 1986,   Riga: Zinatne Press, 174 pp.(in Russian).
• E.M.Iolin. Hyperfine quantum beats of synchrotron radiation incoherently scattered by Mossbauer nuclei in liquids. - Hyperfine Interactions (C), 1996, vol.1, pp.513-516. (Proc. of the 10th Int.Conf. on Hyperfine Interactions , Part II, Leuven, Belgium, August 28-September 1, 1995).
• E.Iolin. Rapid suppression and modulation of the diffracted beam in a single crystal excited by ultrasound. - Acta Cryst., A 1995, vol.51, pp.897-912.
• E.M.Iolin, L.L.Rusevich, M.Vrana, P.Mikula and P.Lukaý. Neutron reflectivity of perfect crystals excited by high-frequency ultrasound. - Phys. Stat. Sol. (b), 1996, vol.195, 21-29.
• E.Iolin, F.Mezei, B.Farago, and E.Raitman. Energy Spectrum of Neutrons Scattered by Ultrasonically Excited Single Crystal.- ILL Experimental Reports and Theory College Activities, 1995. Exp. 5-16-240, p.111, Grenoble, June 1996.
• E.Iolin, B.Farago, F.Mezei, E.Raitman, and L. Rusevich. Energy Spectrum of Neutrons Scattered by Ultrasonically Excited Deformed and Mosaic Single Crystals. - ILL Experimental Reports and Theory College Activities, 1996. Exp. 5-16-242, p.140, Grenoble, July 1997.
• E.Iolin, B.Farago, F.Mezei, E.Raitman, and L.Rusevich, Inelastic Neutron Scattering on the High Frequency Ultrasound in Single Crystal. - Proc.SPIE, 1997, vol.3239, pp.406-411.
• M.Agamalian. E.Iolin, L.Rusevich, C.J.Glinka, C.G.Wignall. Back-face Bragg difraction from a perfect and ultralightly deformed single crystal. - Phys. Rev. Letters, 1998, vol. 81, p. 602.
• E.Iolin, L.Rusevich. Existence of quasistationary neutron and X-ray states near the surface of a deformed single crystal. - J. Phys. D: Appl. Physics, 1998, vol. 32, pp. a 92-A96.
• E.Iolin, L.Rusevich. Existence of quasi stationary neutron and X-ray ststes near the surface of the deformed single crystal. – J.Phys. D: Applied Phys., 1999, A92-A96.
• M.Agamalian, E.Iolin, H.Kaiser, Ch.Rehm, and S.A.Werner. Dynamical neutron-scattering measurements of residual stress in a Si crystal coated with a thin film. - Phys. Rev. B 64, 2001, 161402 (Rapid Communications)
• Eugene M.Iolin, Samuel A.Werner, Michael M.Agamalian. Propagation of neutron de Broglie waves inside the slot cut in a single Si crystal. - Proceedings of SPIEE’46 Annual Meeting, San Diego, July 29-August 3, 2001; published in: Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4509 (2001), pp.33- 43.
• M.Agamalian, E.Iolin, H.Kaiser, Ch.Rehm, S.A.Werner. A new dynamical diffraction-based technique of the residual stress measurements in thin film. – Appl. Phys. A, 2002, vol.74, pp.1686-1688.
• E.Iolin, L.Rusevich, M.Strobl, W.Treimer, P.Mikula. Application of ultrasound for the simultaneous improvement intensity and resolution of the Bonse-Hart diffractormeter. – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, 2004, A529, pp.152-156

Research Projects

• E.Iolin (Head of Project). Investigation of the Long Range Ordering Changes by Means of Hard Radiation Diffraction. Latvian Council of Science (1993-1996).
• E.Iolin (Head of Project). Condensed Matter Investigation by Means of Hard Radiation (Neutrons, X-ray) Diffraction at the Artificially Created Excitations. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000).
• E.Iolin (Head of Project). X-Ray (Neutrons) Scattering and Ultrasound Combined Application for the Studies of Crystal Deformations. Latvian Council of Science (2001 -2004 ).
• E.Iolin (Head of Project). Dynamic Neutron and X-Ray Scattering at the High Frequency Excited Samples. Latvian Council of Science (2005 - ).

Last update 20.03.2005