Research interests

• Laser ablation and laser deposition of films;
• Nanoclusters and their properties, in particularly nanoclusters formed in a laser ablated plume;
• Interaction of ultra-short laser radiation with matter: electron-phonon energy coupling, ionisation, ablation, and ion acceleration;
• Application of short-pulse laser-matter interaction phenomena in nanotechnology, medicine, micromachining, optical memory, photon science and technology, and art conservation.

Grants and awards

2017

ARC

• New Landscape of non-equilibrium material phases with exotic properties ($571.500)
  A. V. Rode, S. Juodkazis, J. Williams, D. Golberg, C. J. Pickard, B. Haberl, W. Yang, L. Rapp

2014

• Exploring Matter Under Extreme Femtosecond Laser Irradiation
  Programme International de Cooperation Scientifique (PICS, France - €25,500)
• An advanced Raman system for materials characterization
  ANU Major Equipment Committee ($332,000)

2013

• CNRS Professorial Fellowship
• Unified first-principle analysis of ultra-intense laser-matter interactions: Theory, computation and experiments
  Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR, USA, together with the University of Arizona and Colorado School of Mines) (Total – US$1.5M; ANU part – US$295,000)
  A. V. Rode, E. G. Gamaly

2012

• Ultra-fast alchemy: A new strategy to synthesise super-dense nanomaterials ($560,000)
  A. V. Rode, S. Juodkazis, W. Yang
• An upgraded facility for research in nonlinear optics and photonics for the visible and mid-infra-red ANU Major Equipment Committee ($140,000)
  

2011

ARC

• Nanometrology of air-borne particles ($510,000)
  A. V. Rode, W. Krolikowski, M. J. Padgett
• Three-dimensional super-resolution nanophotonic fabrication facility ($360,000)
  Min Gu, X.Gan, R.C.McPhedran, C.Zhang, K.Alameh, R.A.Lewis, G.-D.Peng, K.R.Catchpole, S.Juodkazis, D.Day, B.Jia, A.V.Pan, J.Horvat, A.Canagasabey, A.V.Rode, C.M. deSterke, M.Vasiliev

2010

ARC

• A co-thermal evaporation system for the production of chalcogenide thin films for photonics ($270,000) 
  B.Luther-Davies, R.Wang, D.A. Bulla, A.V.Rode, S.Madden, C.Monat, D.J.Moss, C.Grillet, D-Y.Choi, B.J.Eggleton, M.D.Pelusi, S.D.Jackson
• An analytical transmission electron microscope for the investigation of functional materials, earth processes and novel condensed matter ($1,000,000)
  C.Ridgway, A.Cuevas, J.S.Williams, Y.-Y.J.Wong-Leung, C.Jagadish, A.V.Rode, I.Jackson, D.H.Macdonald, J.D.Fitz Gerald, Z.H.Stachurski

NHMRC

• Spatial Light Modulator ($12,000)
  A. V. Rode

2009

ARC

• Ultrafast photonic hammer: A new strategy to synthesise super-dense super-hard nanomaterials ($320,000)
  A.V.Rode, S. Juodkazis

NHMRC

• Optical vortices for trapping and guiding nanoparticles in air ($482,000)
  A.V. Rode, W. Krolikowksi, A. Desyatnikov

Australian Academy of Science

• Scientific Visits to Europe (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France) ($8,500)
  A.V. Rode

2008

ARC

• A new nano-sensor technology for the detection and identification of residual vapour of explosives, drugs and chemicals in the air ($280,000)
  D.K.Gramotnev, P.M.Fredericks, A.V.Rode, V.Otieno-Alego, K.P.Kirkbride
• Micro and Nanostructure Optical Characterisation Facility ($650,000)
  ANU

• An advanced Optical Profiler ($163,000)
  B. Luther-Davies, S. Madden, A. V. Rode, R. P. Wang

2007

ANU

• Laser epitaxial growth of heterostructures for quantum optics and photonics applications ($109,000)
  B. Luther-Davies
S. Madden, A. V. Rode,
M. Sellars

2006

ARC

• Ultra-high density permanent and/or erasable optical memory in photorefractive media ($695,000)
  W.Z.Krolikowski, A.V Rode, E.G.Gamaly
• Shortpulse laser cleaning for Australian heritage conservation ($166,000)
  A.V.Rode, K.G.H.Baldwin, L.A.Wain, S.Laidler, J.T.Land, S.R.Moore, J.Barr, D.W.Gardner

CNRS, France

• CNRS Visiting Professor, Mediterranean University, Marseille, France

2005

ARC

• Nanoclusters with extraordinary properties made out of ordinary materials ($325,000)
  A.V. Rode, B. Luther-Davies, A. Christy

1996

ARC

• Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship ($365,000)