Prof. Viktor Podolskiy earned his B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology in 1998, followed by M.S. in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Physics from New Mexico State University in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Upon completion of Ph.D. program, Dr. Podolskiy joined Electrical Engineering Department of Princeton University as Post Doctoral Research Associate. Between Sep 2004 and Dec.2009 Dr. Podolskiy worked at Physics Department of Oregon State University as Assistant Professor, and later as Associate Professor. In Jan 2010 Dr. Podolskiy joined University of Massachusetts Lowell where he is currently a Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Physics and Applied Physics and an Acting Director of the Photonics Center.
Dr. Podolskiy’s research is focused on theory and modeling of optical properties of nano- and micro-structured composites, metamaterials, and plasmonic systems. He has presented over 80 invited talks, and co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications, over 60 conference proceedings, and 3 US patents
Dr. Podolskiy is a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA)
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Publications
- C.M. Roberts, N. Olivier, W.P. Wardley, S. Inampudi, W. Dickson, A.V. Zayats, and V.A. Podolskiy Interscale Mixing Microscopy: far field imaging beyond the diffraction limit, Optica 3, 803 (2016)
- R. Liu, C. Roberts, Y. Zhong, V. Podolskiy, D. Wasserman, Epsilon-near-zero photonic wires, ACS Photonics 3, 1045 (2016);
- B. Wells, W. Guo, V.A. Podolskiy, Homogenization of nanowire-based composites with anisotropic unit cell and layered substructure, MRS communications 6, 23 (2016)
- L. Runyu, Z. Xiang, C. Roberts, L. Yu, P. Katal Mohseni, X. Li, V.A. Podolskiy, D. Wasserman, Enhanced optical transmission through MacEtch-fabricated buried metal gratings, Advanced Materials 28, 1441 (2016) [frontispiece article]
- A.P. Slobozhanyuk, P. Ginzburg, D.A. Powell, I. Iorsh, A.S. Shalin, P. Segovia, A.V. Krasavin, G.A. Wurtz, V. A. Podolskiy, P.A. Belov, A.V. Zayats, Purcell effect in Hyperbolic Metamaterial Resonators, Phys. Rev. B 92, 195127 (2015)
- N. Vasilantonakis, G.A. Wurtz, V.A. Podolskiy, A.V. Zayats, Refractive index sensing with hyperbolic metamaterials: strategies for biosensing and nonlinearity enhancement, Opt.Exp. 23, 14329 (2015)
[selected for Virt.J. for Biomed. Opt v.10(6) 2015] - C. Roberts, S. Inampudi, V.A. Podolskiy, Diffractive interface theory: Nonlocal susceptibility approach to the optics of metasurfaces, Optics Express 23, 2764 (2015); arXiv:1408.3155
- S. Inampudi, N. Kuhta, V.A. Podolskiy Interscale Mixing Microscopy: numerically stable imaging of wavelength- scale objects with sub- wavelength resolution and far field measurements, Optics Express 23, 2753 (2015);
[selected for Virt. J. for Biomed. Opt. v.10(3) 2015] - V.A. Podolskiy, P. Ginzburg, B. Wells, A.V. Zayats, Light emission in nonlocal plasmonic metamaterials, Faraday Discussions 178, 61 (2015); see also Faraday Discussions 178, 123 (2015)
- B. Wells, C. Roberts, V.A. Podolskiy Metamaterials-based Salisbury Screens with Reduced Angular Sensitivity, Appl.Phys.Lett. 105, 161105 (2014)
- K-T. Tsai, G. Wurtz, J-Y. Chu, T-Y. Cheng, H-H. Wang, A. Krasavin, J-H. He, B. Wells, V.A. Podolskiy, J-K. Wang, Y-L. Wang, A. Zayats, Looking into “meta-atoms” of plasmonic nanowire metamaterial, Nano Lett. 14 4971 (2014)
- W. Streyer, S. Law, A. Rosenberg, C. Roberts, V.A. Podolskiy, A.J. Hoffman, D. Wasserman Engineering absorption and blackbody radiation in the far-infrared with surface phonon on gallium phosphide, Appl.Phys.Lett, 104, 131105 (2014)
- M. Mayy, G. Zhu, A. D. Webb, H. Ferguson, T. Norris, V. A. Podolskiy, and M. A. Noginov, Toward parametric amplification in plasmonic systems: Second harmonic generation enhanced by surface plasmon polaritons, Opt. Exp. 22, 7773 (2014)
- S. Inampudi, D.C. Adams, T. Ribaudo, D. Slocum, S. Vangala, W.D. Goodhue, D. Wasserman, V.A. Podolskiy, e-near zero enhanced light transmission through a subwavelength slit, Phys.Rev.B, 89, 125119 (2014)
- B. Wells, A.V. Zayats, V.A. Podolskiy, Nonlocal optics of plasmonic nanowire metamaterials, Phys Rev B 89, 035111 (2014);
- S. Law, C. Roberts, T. Kilpatrick, L. Yu, T. Ribaudo, E.A. Shaner, V. Podolskiy, D. Wasserman, All-semiconductor negative index plasmonic absorbers, Phys.Rev.Lett, 112, 017401 (2014)
- S. Inampudi and V.A. Podolskiy, “Diffractive imaging route to sub-wavelength pixels” Applied Physics Letters, 102, 241115 (2013)
- M. Noginov, M. Lapine, V. Podolskiy, Y.Kivshar, “Focus Issue Introduction: Hyperbolic Metamaterials”, Optics Express, 21, 14895 (2013)
[#3 most downloaded manuscript in Optics Express, Jun 2013] - S.M. Prokes, O. J. Glembocki, J. E. Livenere, T. U.Tumkur, J. K. Kitur, G. Zhu, B. Wells, V. A. Podolskiy, M. A. Noginov, Hyperbolic and Plasmonic Properties of Silicon/Ag aligned nanowire arrays, Optics Express, 21, 14962 (2013)
- V. Drachev, V.A. Podolskiy, A. Kildishev, Hyperbolic metamaterials: new physics behind a classical problem, Optics Express, 21, 15048 (2013)
[#10 most downloaded manuscript in Optics Express, Jun 2013] - S. Law, V.A. Podolskiy, D.Wasserman, Towards nano-scale photonics with Micro-scale photons: The opportunities and challenges of mid-infrared plasmonics, Nanophotonics 2, 103-130 (2013)
- V.V. Yakovlev, W.Dickson, J. McPhillips, R.M. Pollard, V.A. Podolskiy, and A.V. Zayats, Ultrasensitive nonresonant detection of acoustic waves (ultrasound ) with plasmonic metamaterials, Advanced Materials 25, 2351 (2013)
- J.R. Felts, S. Law, C.M. Roberts, V. Podolskiy, D.M. Wasserman, Near-field infrared absorption of plasmonic semiconductor microparticles studied using atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 152110 (2013)
- L. Alekseyev, V.A. Podolskiy, E. Narimanov, Homogeneous hyperbolic systems for terahertz and far-infrared frequencies, Advances in Optoelectronics 2012, 267564 (2012)
- M. J. Paul, N. A. Kuhta, J. L. Tomaino, A.D. Jameson, L. P. Maizy, T. Sharf, N.L. Rupesinghe, K. B. K. Teo, S. Inampudi, V. A. Podolskiy, E. D. Minot, and Y.-S. Lee Terahertz “Transmission Ellipsometry of Vertically-Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Appl.Phys.Lett. 101, 111107 (2012)
- T. U. Tumkur, J. K. Kitur, B. Chu, L. Gu, V.A. Podolskiy, E. E. Narimanov, M.A. Noginov, Control of reflectance and transmittance in scattering and curvilinear hyperbolic metamaterials, Appl.Phys.Lett. 101, 091105 (2012)
- S. Inampudi, I. Smolyaninov, V.A. Podolskiy “Low-diffraction beaming in plasmonic crystals”, Opt.Lett. 37 2976 (2012)
[highlighted in Nature Photonics v.6, p.419 (2012),
selected to Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, v.7(9) (2012)] - J. A. Mason, G. Allen, V. A. Podolskiy and D. Wasserman, “Strong Coupling of Molecular Absorption and Mid-Infrared Metamaterial Resonances”, IEEE Phot.Tech.Lett, 24, 31 (2012)
- S.V. Boriskina, M. Povinelli, V.N. Asratov, A.V. Zayats, and V.A. Podolskiy “Collective phenomena in photonic, plasmonic, and hybrid structures” Opt. Exp 19, 22024 (2011)
- N. A. Kuhta,A. Chen, K. Hasegawa, M. Deutsch,and V.A. Podolskiy “Asymmetric Reflectance and Cluster Size Effects in Silver Percolation Films”, Phys.Rev.B 84 165130 (2011), arXiv:1108.1449 (2011)
- D.C. Adams, S. Inampudi, D. Slocum, S. Vangala, N.A. Kuhta, W.D. Goodhue, V.A. Podolskiy, D. Wasserman, “Funneling Light Through a Subwavelength Aperture with Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials”, Phys.Rev.Lett. 107, 133901 (2011), arXiv:1103.6013 (2011)
- M.D. Escarra, S. Thongrattanasiri, W.O. Charles, A.J. Hoffman, V.A. Podolskiy, C. Gmachl, Enhanced bandwidth and reduced dispersion through stacking multiple optical metamaterials, Opt.Exp. 19, 14990 (2011)
- M. A. Noginov, L. Gu, J. Livenere, G. Zhu, A. K. Pradhan, R. Mundle, M. Bahoura, Yu. A. Barnakov, V. A. Podolskiy, “Transparent conductive oxides: Plasmonic materials for telecom wavelengths”, Appl.Phys.Lett 99 021101 (2011)
- J.K. Kitur, V.A. Podolskiy, M.A. Noginov “Stimulated emission of surface plasmon polaritons in microring cavity”, Phys.Rev.Lett 106, 183903 (2011)
- S. Thongrattanasiri, D. Adams, D. Wasserman, V.A. Podolskiy, Multiscale beam evolution and shaping in corrugated plasmonic systems, Optics Express, 19(10), 9269 (2011)
- G. A. Wurtz, R. Pollard, W. Hendren, G. P. Wiederrecht, D. J. Gosztola, V. A. Podolskiy, and A. V. Zayats, “Designed nonlocality-enhanced sub-picosecond nonlinearities in plasmonic nanorod metamaterial”, Nature Nanotechnology 6, 107 (2011)
- S. Thongrattanasiri, N.A. Kuhta, M.D. Escarra, A.J. Hoffman, C.F. Gmachl, and V.A. Podolskiy “Analytical technique for subwavelength far field imaging”, Appl.Phys.Lett. 97, 101103 (2010)
[one of the top 20 most-downloaded articles; APL, Sep 2010] - D.C. Adams, S. Thongrattanasiri, T. Ribaudo, V.A. Podolskiy, D. Wasserman, “Plasmonic mid-infrared beam steering”, Appl.Phys.Lett. 96, 201112 (2010)
- S. Thongrattanasiri, J. Elser, V.A. Podolskiy, "Quasi-planar optics: computing light propagation and scattering in planar waveguide arrays", J.Opt.Soc.Am B v.26(12), p.B102 (2009), arXiv:0907.5419 (2009)
- A. Kabashin, P. Evans, S. Pastkovsky, W. Hendren, G. A. Wurtz, R. Atkinson, R. Pollard, V. Podolskiy, A.V. Zayats “Plasmonic nanorod metamaterials for biosensing”, Nature Materials 8, 867 (2009)
[highlighted in OSU press release] - A. J. Hoffman, L. Alekseyev, A. Sridhar, P.X. Braun, S. S. Howard, D.L. Sivco, V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov, C. Gmachl "Mid-infrared Semiconductor Optical Metamaterials", J.Appl.Phys. 105, 122411 (2009)
- R.J. Pollard, A. Murphy, W.R. Hendren, P.R. Evans, R. Atkinson, G.A. Wurtz, A.V. Zayats, V.A. Podolskiy " Optical nonlocalities and additional waves in epsilon-near-zero metamaterials" - Phys.Rev.Lett. 102, 127405 (2009)
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.19(15) 2009] - S. Thongrattanasiri, V.A. Podolskiy “Hyper-gratings: nanophotonics in planar anisotropic metamaterials”, Opt.Lett. 34, 890 (2009); arXiv:0810.0044 (2008);
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.19(17) 2009] - M.A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M.F. Mayy, B. A. Ritzo, N. Noginova, and V.A. Podolskiy, "Stimulated emission of surface plasmon polaritons" - Phys.Rev.Lett. 101, 226806 (2008); arXiv:0801.4598 (2008);
[editorially selected to Phys.Rev.Lett. suggestions
highlighted in OSU press release] - A.A. Govyadinov, V.A. Podolskiy, "Enhancement of dispersion modulation in nanoscale waveguides", J.Opt.Soc.Am. B, 25(12), C127 (2008)
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.19(1) 2009
selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, v.8(1) 2009] - A.J. Hoffman, V.A. Podolskiy, D.L. Sivco, C. Gmachl "Sub-diffraciton negative and positive index modes in mid-infrared waveguides" - Optics Express 16, 16404 (2008)
- M.A. Noginov, V.A. Podolskiy, G. Zhu, M. Mayy, M. Bahoura, J.A. Adegoke, B.A. Ritzo, K. Reynolds, "Compensation of loss in propagating surface plasmon polariton by gain in adjacent dielectric medium" - Optics Express 16(2), 1385 (2008); arXiv:0704.1513 (2007)
- J. Elser and V.A. Podolskiy, "Scattering-free plasmonic optics with anisotropic metamaterials" -
Phys.Rev.Lett. 100, 066402 (2008); arXiv:0711.3470 (2007)
[highlighted in Physical Review Focus v.21, st.5 2008] - N.A. Kuhta, V.A. Podolskiy, A.L. Efros, "Far field imaging by a planar lens: diffraction versus superresolution", - Phys.Rev.B 76, 205102 (2007), arXiv:0705.3266
- A.A. Govyadinov, V.A. Podolskiy, M.A. Noginov " Active metamaterials: sign of refraction index and gain-assisted dispersion management", - Appl.Phys.Lett. 91, 191103 (2007), arXiv:0704.3765
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.16(21) 2007] - A. J. Hoffman, L. Alekseyev, S.S. Howard, K.J. Franz, D. Wasserman, V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov, D.L. Sivco, C. Gmachl "Negative refraction in semiconductor metamaterials" – Nature Materials 6, 946 (2007)
[highlighted in OSU press release] - J. Elser, A.A. Govyadinov, I. Avrustky, I. Salakhutdinov, V.A. Podolskiy "Plasmonic nanolayer composites: coupled plasmon polaritons, effective-medium response, and subdiffraction light manipulation" -
J. Nanomaterials, 2007, 79469 (2007) - I. Avrutsky, I. Salakhutdinov, J. Elser, and V.A. Podolskiy “Highly confined optical modes in nanoscale metal-dielectric multi-layers” – Phys.Rev.B 75, 241402 (R) (2007); arXiv:physics/0703137
- A. Chen, K. Hasegawa, M. Deutsch, and V. Podolskiy, "Metamaterial coatings for broadband asymmetric mirrors" – Opt.Lett. v.32, 1770 (2007); arXiv:physics/0611109 (2006)
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.17(3) 2008] - J. Elser, V.A. Podolskiy, I. Salakhutdinov, I. Avrutsky, "Non-local effects in effective-medium response of nano-layered meta-materials" – Appl.Phys.Lett 90, 191109 (2007); arXiv:physics/0610196
- V.A. Podolskiy and E.E. Narimanov, "Comment on ''All-angle broadband negative refraction of metal waveguide arrays in the visible range: theoretical analysis and numerical demonstration" –Phys.Rev.Lett. 98, 179401 (2007)
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.15(19) 2007] - V.A. Podolskiy and E.E. Narimanov “Universal level-spacing distribution in quantum systems” –
Phys.Lett.A 362, 412 (2007); arXiv:nlin.CD/0310034 - A.A. Govyadinov and V.A. Podolskiy, “Gain-assisted slow to superluminal group velocity manipulation in nano-waveguides” – Phys.Rev.Lett 97 223902 (2006); arXiv:physics/0608097
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.14(25) 2006;
highlighted in OSU press release] - J. Elser, R. Wangberg, V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov "Nanowire metamaterials with extreme optical anisotropy" – Appl.Phys.Lett. 89, 261102 (2006), arXiv:physics/0604065 (2006);
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.15(2) 2007,
selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research; v.13(1) 2007] - A.A. Govyadinov and V.A. Podolskiy "Sub-diffraction light propagation in fibers with anisotropic metamaterial cores" – J.Mod.Opt 53, 2315 (2006); arXiv:physics/0605036 (2006)
- A.A. Govyadinov and V.A. Podolskiy "Metamaterials photonic funnels for sub-diffraction light compression and propagation" – Phys.Rev.B 73 (15), 155108 (2006);
[selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research; v.11(8) 2006];
arXiv:physics/0512189 (2005) - R. Wangberg, J. Elser, E.E. Narimanov, and V.A. Podolskiy “Non-magnetic nano-composites for optical and infrared negative refraction index media” –J.Opt.Soc.Am B 23 498 (2006); arXiv:physics/0506196
- E.E. Narimanov and V.A. Podolskiy "Chaos-assisted tunneling in dielectric microdisk resonators" – IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, v.12, p.40 (2006)
- R. Colombelli, C. Gmachl, A.M. Sergent, D.L. Sivco, E.E. Narimanov, V.A. Podolskiy, A.Y. Cho, and F. Capasso, "Surface plasmon quantum cascade microlasers with highly deformed resonators" – IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, v.12, p.66 (2006)
- V.A. Podolskiy, N.A. Kuhta, G.W. Milton "Optimizing the superlens: manipulating geometry to enhance the resolution" – Appl. Phys. Lett 87 231113 (2005); arXiv:physics/0509067 (2005)
[highlighted in OSU press release] - G. Milton, N.-A. Nicorovici, R. McPhedran, and V. Podolskiy, "A proof of superlensing in the quasistatic regime, and limitations of superlenses in this regime due to anomalous localized resonance" –Proc.Roy.Soc.Lond.A 461, 3999 (2005)
- V.A. Podolskiy, L. Alekseyev, E.E. Narimanov, “Strongly anisotropic media: the THz perspectives of left-handed materials”, J. Mod. Opt. 52(16), p.2343 (2005); arXiv:physics/0505024
- W. Fang, H. Cao, V.A. Podolskiy, and E.E. Narimanov "Dynamical localization in microdisk lasers" –
Optics Express 13(15), 5641 (2005) - V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov, "Strongly anisotropic waveguide as a nonmagnetic left-handed system",
Phys. Rev. B 71 201101(R) (2005); arXiv:physics/0405077 - V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov, “Chaos-Assited Tunneling in dielectric microresonators,” Optics Letters, 30, 474 (2005)
- V.A. Podolskiy, A.K. Sarychev, E.E. Narimanov, V.M. Shalaev, “Resonant light interaction with plasmonics nanowire systems,” J. Optics A: Pure Appl. Opt. 7, S32 (2005)
[selected for J.Opt.A highlights 2005]; arXiv:physics/0406068 - V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov “Near-sighted superlens”, Optics Letters, 30, 75 (2005)
- V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov, W. Fang, H. Cao “Chaotic microlasers based on dynamical localization”, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 101, 10498 (2004)
[cover paper] - H. Leung and V.A. Podolskiy "The limitedness problem on distance automata: Hashiguchi's method revisited" –Theoretical Computer Science, 310 147-158 (2004)
- V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov “Semiclassical description of chaos-assisted tunneling”, Phys.Rev.Lett. 91, 263601 (2003)
- V.A. Podolskiy, A.K. Sarychev and V.M. Shalaev “Plasmon modes and negative refraction in metal nanowire composites” Optics Express 11, 735-745 (2003)
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.11(7) 2003] - V.A. Podolskiy, A.K Sarychev, and V.M. Shalaev “Plasmon Modes in Metal Nanowires”, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 11 vol. 1, p. 65 (2002).
- V.A. Podolskiy, A.K. Sarychev, and V.M. Shalaev “Temporal Dynamics of Local Optical Responses and sub-fs Pulse Generation in Semicontinious Metal Films” Laser Physics vol. 12, no.2, 292 (2002)
- A.K. Sarychev, V.A. Podolskiy, A.M. Dykhe and V.M. Shalaev “Resonance Transmittance through Metal Film with Subwavelength Holes”, IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics 38, 956-963 (2002).
- V. P. Drachev, W. Kim, V. P. Safonov, V. A. Podolskiy, N. S. Zakovryazhin, V. M. Shalaev, and R. A. Armstrong, “Low-threshold lasing and broad-band multiphoton-excited light emission from Ag aggregate-adsorbate complexes in microcavity”, J. of Modern Optics 49, 645 (2002).
- Vladimir P. Drachev, W. David Bragg, V.A. Podolskiy, V.P.Safonov, W.-T.Kim, Z.C.Ying, R.L.Armstrong, V.M.Shalaev "Large local optical activity in Fractal Aggregates of Nanoparticles" - J.Opt.Soc.Am.B 18, 1896 (2001)
- S. Ducourtieux, V.A. Podolskiy, S. Gresillon, S. Buil, P. Gadenne, A.C. Boccara, J.C. Rivoal, W.A. Bragg, K. Banerjee, V.P. Safonov, V.P. Drachev, Z.C. Ying, A.K. Sarychev, and V.M. Shalaev “Near-Field Optical Studies of Semicontinuous Metal Films”, Phys.Rev.B 64, 165403 (2001)
- M. Breit, V.A. Podolskiy, S. Gresillon, G. von Plessen, J. Feldmann, J.C. Rivoal, P. Gadenne, A.K. Sarychev, and V.M. Shalaev “Experimental observation of percolation-enhanced nonlinear light scattering from semicontinuous metal films” Phys.Rev.B64, 125106 (2001)
[selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Tech; v.4(13) 2001] - V.A.Podolskiy, A.K.Sarychev, V.M.Shalaev “Percolation Composites: Localization of Surface Plasmons and Enhanced Optical Nonlinearities”,in: Photonic Crystals and Light Localization in the 21st Century, 567-575 ed. C.M.Soukoulis
- M. Gadenne, V. Podolskiy, P. Gadenne, P. Sheng and V.M. Shalaev “Plasmon-Enhanced Absorption by Optical Phonons in Metal-Dielectric Composites”, Europhysics Letters, 53, pp.364-370 (2001)
- V.A.Podolskiy, V.M.Shalaev “Giant Optical Responses in Microcavity-Fractal Composites” Laser Physics, 11, 26 (2001)
- J.P.Clerc, V.A.Podolskiy, A.K.Sarychev “Precise Determination of the conductivity exponent of 3D percolation using exact numerical renormalization”, European Physical Journal B, v. 15 pp. 507-516 (2000)
- S.Ducourtieux, S.Gresillon, A.C.Boccara, J.C.Rivoal, X.Quelin, P.Gadenne, V.P.Drachev, W.D.Bragg, V.P.Safonov, V.A.Podolskiy, Z.C.Ying, R.L.Armstrong, and V.M. Shalaev “Percolation and fractal composites: Optical Studies” Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials v. 9 pp. 105-116 (2000)