Alex Dinovitser

Dr Alex Dinovitser

ARC Grant-Funded Research Fellow

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Dr. Alex Dinovitser is an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide. His research focuses on the development and optimization of terahertz (THz) technologies, particularly in the design and analysis of photonic crystal fibers and metamaterials for THz sensing applications. Dr Alex Dinovitser’s research spans the development of advanced optical sensing technologies and the modelling of future energy systems. His early work in physics focused on building and deploying Australia’s first Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system for high-resolution atmospheric profiling of water vapour for The Bureau of Meteorology, laying the foundation for precision remote sensing. More recently, his research has shifted towards terahertz (THz) photonic systems, including the design of novel metamaterials and hollow-core fibers for THz sensing and spectroscopy. He also contributes to techno-economic modelling of renewable energy storage solutions, particularly hydrogen storage in pipelines and geological formations, reflecting a commitment to addressing both fundamental and applied challenges in sensing, photonics, and sustainability. Alex has been CEC accredited Solar Power Engineering designer and consultant.  Since 2001, he has engineered numerous government and industrial solar PV project including for the National Motor Museum and Epic Energy's 39MW Mannum solar farm.

 

Language Competency
Russian Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Date Institution name Country Title
2008 - 2012 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2005 - 2005 University of Adelaide Australia Bsc Hons
1986 - 1990 Monash University Australia BE

Year Citation
2025 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Lawrence, N. P., Pereira, A. T., Salamon, S. J., Dinovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2025). Ka-band Link Budget Analysis for Deep Space Communications. IEEE Access, 13, 159064-159076.
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2024 Shaikh, R. A., Vowles, D. J., Dinovitser, A., Allison, A., & Abbott, D. (2024). Robust capital cost optimization of generation and multi-timescale storage requirements for a 100% renewable Australian electricity grid. PNAS Nexus, 3(4), pgae127-1-pgae127-14.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2022 Salmachi, A., Hosseini, T., Shaikh, R. A., Dinovitser, A., & Abbott, D. (2022). Techno-economic assessment of hydrogen pipe storage in decommissioned wellbores sourced from surplus renewable electricity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(56), 23710-23720.
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2021 Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Nine, M. J., Sultana, J., Cruz, A. L. S., Dinovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2021). Correction to: “experimental study on glass and polymers: determining the optimal material for potential use in terahertz technology”. IEEE Access, 9, 2705.
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2021 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Biabanifard, M., Vafapour, Z., Nine, M. J., Dinovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2021). Corrigendum to “Tunable localized surface plasmon graphene metasurface for multiband superabsorption and terahertz sensing” [Carbon (2020) 559–567] (Carbon (2020) 158 (559–567), (S0008622319311510), (10.1016/j.carbon.2019.11.026)). Carbon, 174, 770.
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2021 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., M. B. Cordeiro, C., Dinovitser, A., Kaushik, M., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2021). Addendum: Sultana, J., et al. Terahertz Hollow Core Antiresonant Fiber with Metamaterial Cladding. Fibers 2020, 8, 14. Fibers, 9(3), 20.
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2021 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Habib, M. S., Kaushik, M., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2021). Linearity and Nonlinearity in Hollow-Core Antiresonant Fiber Sensors in the Terahertz Regime. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, 24(5), 5-11.
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2021 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Osorio, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B., Benabid, F., . . . Cordeiro, C. M. B. (2021). Single-step tabletop fabrication for low-attenuation terahertz specialty optical fibres. Advanced Photonics Research, 2(12), 2100165-1-2100165-9.
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2020 Islam, M., Sultana, J., Biabanifard, M., Vafapour, Z., Nine, M. J., Dinovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2020). Tunable localized surface plasmon graphene metasurface for multiband superabsorption and terahertz sensing. Carbon, 158, 559-567.
DOI Scopus291 WoS284
2020 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Dinovitser, A., Kaushik, M., Ng, B. W. H., & Abbott, D. (2020). Terahertz hollow core antiresonant fiber with metamaterial cladding. Fibers, 8(2), 14-1-14-11.
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2020 Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Nine, M. J., Sultana, J., Cruz, A. L. S., DInovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2020). Experimental study on glass and polymers: determining the optimal material for potential use in terahertz technology. IEEE Access, 8, 97204-97214.
DOI Scopus77 WoS77
2020 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. D. B., Habib, M. S., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2020). Exploring low loss and single mode in antiresonant tube lattice terahertz fibers. IEEE Access, 8, 113309-113317.
DOI Scopus42 WoS38
2020 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Habib, M. S., Kaushik, M., Dinovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2020). Hollow core inhibited coupled antiresonant terahertz fiber: a numerical and experimental study. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 11(3), 245-260.
DOI Scopus36 WoS30
2019 Islam, M., Sultana, J., Aoni, R. A., Habib, M. S., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., & Abbott, D. (2019). Localized surface plasmon resonance biosensor: an improved technique for SERS response intensification. Optics Letters, 44(5), 1134-1137.
DOI Scopus62 WoS60 Europe PMC15
2019 Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Sultana, J., Aoni, R. A., Feng, S., Ahmed, R., . . . Abbott, D. (2019). A Hi-Bi ultra-sensitive surface plasmon resonance fiber sensor. IEEE Access, 7, 79085-79094.
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2019 Saiful Islam, M. D., Islam, M. R., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., & Abbott, D. (2019). Exposed-core localized surface plasmon resonance biosensor. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 36(8), 2306-2311.
DOI Scopus72 WoS65
2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ahmed, K., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2018). Sensing of toxic chemicals using polarized photonic crystal fiber in the terahertz regime. Optics Communications, 426, 341-347.
DOI Scopus103 WoS85
2018 Islam, M. D. S., Sultana, J., Rifat, A. A., Ahmed, R., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., . . . Abbott, D. (2018). Dual-polarized highly sensitive plasmonic sensor in the visible to near-IR spectrum. Optics Express, 26(23), 30347-30361.
DOI Scopus180 WoS165 Europe PMC30
2018 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Ahmed, K., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2018). Terahertz detection of alcohol using a photonic crystal fiber sensor. Applied optics, 57(10), 2426-2433.
DOI Scopus212 WoS181 Europe PMC18
2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Faisal, M., Islam, M. R., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., & Abbott, D. (2018). A modified hexagonal photonic crystal fiber for terahertz applications. Optical Materials, 79, 336-339.
DOI Scopus43 WoS35
2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Ahmed, K., Islam, M. R., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2018). A novel approach for spectroscopic chemical identification using photonic crystal fiber in the terahertz regime. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(2), 575-582.
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2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2018). A novel Zeonex based oligoporous-core photonic crystal fiber for polarization preserving terahertz applications. Optics Communications, 413, 242-248.
DOI Scopus75 WoS66
2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dorraki, M., Atai, J., Islam, M. R., Dinovitser, A., . . . Abbott, D. (2018). Low loss and low dispersion hybrid core photonic crystal fiber for terahertz propagation. Photonic Network Communications, 35(3), 364-373.
DOI Scopus43 WoS37
2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Faisal, M., Islam, M. R., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2018). Zeonex-based asymmetrical terahertz photonic crystal fiber for multichannel communication and polarization maintaining applications. Applied optics, 57(4), 666-672.
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2018 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Rifat, A. A., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. -H., & Abbott, D. (2018). Terahertz sensing in a hollow core photonic crystal fiber. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(10), 4073-4080.
DOI Scopus165 WoS136
2017 Dinovitser, A., Valchev, D. G., & Abbott, D. (2017). Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of edible oils. Royal Society Open Science, 4(6), 170275.
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2016 Zhou, S., Valchev, D. G., Dinovitser, A., Chappell, J. M., Iqbal, A., Ng, B. W. -H., . . . Abbott, D. (2016). Terahertz signal classification based on geometric algebra. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 6(6), 793-802.
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2015 Dinovitser, A., Gunn, L., & Abbott, D. (2015). Towards quantitative atmospheric water vapor profiling with differential absorption lidar. Optics Express, 23(17), 22907-22921.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2010 Dinovitser, A., Hamilton, M., & Vincent, R. (2010). Stabilized master laser system for differential absorption lidar. Applied Optics, 49(17), 3274-3281.
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1997 Dinovitser, A. (1997). Advances in earthmoving equipment performance and fuel consumption simulation. Highway Engineering in Australia.

Year Citation
2022 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Habib, M. S., Dinovitser, A., Kaushik, M., . . . Abbott, D. (2022). 3D Printed Terahertz Antiresonant Fibers for Controllable Guiding Properties. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2022-August (pp. 2 pages). Online: IEEE.
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2019 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B., & Abbott, D. (2019). Electrically Tunable Graphene Metasurface for Multiband Superabsorption and Terahertz Sensing. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
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2019 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Cordeiro, C., Cruz, A. L. S., Abbott, D., & Ng, B. (2019). Broadband Characterization Of Glass And Polymer Materials Using THz-TDS. In IEEE Xplore Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus25 WoS14 Europe PMC31
2019 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Habib, M. S., Cordeiro, M. B., DInovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., . . . Abbott, D. (2019). Novel Hollow Core Antiresonant Terahertz Fiber with Metamaterial Cladding. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
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2019 Sultana, J., Saiful, M. S., Habib, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., . . . Abbott, D. (2019). Five-capillary cladding terahertz fiber with low loss and single mode. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
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2018 Islam, M., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B., & Abbott, D. (2018). A gold coated plasmonic sensor for biomedical and biochemical analyte detection. In 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Vol. 2018-September (pp. 8510018-1-8510018-2). Nagoya, Japan: IEEE.
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2017 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ahmed, K., Islam, M. R., Faisal, M., . . . Abbott, D. (2017). A novel Zeonex based photonic sensor for alcohol detection in beverages. In Telecommunications and Photonics (ICTP), 2017 IEEE International Conference on Vol. 2017-December (pp. 114-118). Dhaka: IEEE.
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2016 Zhou, S. L., Valchev, D. G., Dinovitser, A., Chappell, J. M., Iqbal, A., Ng, B. W. -H., . . . Abbott, D. (2016). Dispersion-independent terahertz classification based on Geometric Algebra for substance detection. In Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2016 41st International Conference on Vol. 2016-November (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
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2009 Dinovitser, A., Hamilton, M., & Vincent, R. (2009). Transmitter design for differential absorption water vapour LIDAR. In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Troposheric Profiling: Integration of Needs, Technologies and Applications (pp. 1-4). online: ISTP.
2008 Hamilton, M., Atkinson, R., Dinovitser, A., Peters, E., & Vincent, R. (2008). Towards low-cost water-vapur differential absorption lidar. In Proceedings from SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing 2008 Vol. 7153 (pp. 1-9). USA: SPIE.
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2000 Zito, R., Primerano, F., & Dinovitser, A. (2000). ITS in OPen Cut Mining. In 7th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems. Turin, Italy.
1999 Dinovitser, A., & Taylor, M. A. P. (1999). Simulation models for contract earthmoving in open-cut mines. In ITSA 1999 Intelligent Transport Systems Australia. Adelaide.
1997 Taylor, M. A. P., & Dinovitser, A. (1997). Simulating truck performance in mining and earthmoving. In International Simulation Modelling Congress MODSIM97. Canberra: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia Inc.
1997 Dinovitser, A. (1997). Simulation models of earthmoving activities in open cut mines. In 19th Conference of Australian Institute of Transport Resedarch. Melbourne: Monash University.
1997 Taylor, M. A. P., & Dinovitser, A. (1997). Haulage truck performance and fuel consumption model. In T. Taylor, M. A. P. Scrafton, & D. G. DG (Eds.), Papers of the Australasian Transport Research Forum. Adelaide: Transport Systems Centre, University of South Aust.

Year Citation
2023 SHAIKH, R., Vowles, D., Dinovitser,, A., Allison, A., & Abbott, D. (2023). Robust Capital Cost Optimization of Generation and Multi-Timescale Storage Technology Requirements for a 100% Renewable Australian Electricity Grid.
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