People at the Max Planck School of Photonics
Here you will find a list of all MPSP Fellows, i.e. your potential PhD supervisors. In total, the Max Planck School of Photonics has 45 fellows of which four are adjunct fellows. If you are interested in the research work of a particular fellow, we recommend that you visit the website of the respective partner institution.
MPSP-Fellows
Aachen
Henrich Schleifenbaum
Research Topic: SLS of high-performance polymers with fiber or diode lasers through integrated IR absorbers.
Erlangen
Maria Chekhova
Research Topic: Nanolayer sources of entangled photons
Peter Hommelhoff
Research Topic: Attosecond physics inside of quantum materials.
Nicolas Joly
Research Topic: Generation of entangled photons with extreme wavelengths separation
Christoph Marquardt
Research Topic: Quantum communication in space
Florian Marquardt
Research Topic: Theory of Quantum Optomechanics
Bernhard Schmauß
Research Topic: Fiber Optic Sensor Networks.
Birgit Stiller
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Research fields: Fiber Optics, Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics
The research fields of interest of my team span from nonlinear optics to quantum optics with a focus on light-sound interactions and waveguide optomechanics. The physics of optical waves interacting with acoustic or mechanic vibrations is fascinating because it links two very different domains in terms of frequency, velocity, dissipation and other properties. Despite their different nature, light waves and acoustic vibrations can couple efficiently through the effects of electrostriction, photo-elastic effect and radiation pressure. These phenomena enable the coherent creation and annihilation of sound waves as well as manipulation of optical signals. Our aim is to explore optoacoustic interactions experimentally at the classical and quantum level with suitably engineered microstructured fibres and nanowaveguides to manipulate, in this way, light states. The projects in our group focus on optoacoustic quantum signal processing, light storage, computing, distributed sensing and light-sound interactions in specialty optical fibers, such as twisted photonic crystal fibers or liquid-core capillaries.
The research fields of interest of my team span from nonlinear optics to quantum optics with a focus on light-sound interactions and waveguide optomechanics. The physics of optical waves interacting with acoustic or mechanic vibrations is fascinating because it links two very different domains in terms of frequency, velocity, dissipation and other properties. Despite their different nature, light waves and acoustic vibrations can couple efficiently through the effects of electrostriction, photo-elastic effect and radiation pressure. These phenomena enable the coherent creation and annihilation of sound waves as well as manipulation of optical signals. Our aim is to explore optoacoustic interactions experimentally at the classical and quantum level with suitably engineered microstructured fibres and nanowaveguides to manipulate, in this way, light states. The projects in our group focus on optoacoustic quantum signal processing, light storage, computing, distributed sensing and light-sound interactions in specialty optical fibers, such as twisted photonic crystal fibers or liquid-core capillaries.
Göttingen
Stefan W. Hell
Research Topic:
Far-Field Optical Imaging at Molecular Resolution
Claus Ropers
Research Topic: Ultrafast magnetic imaging using high-harmonic radiation
Steffen J. Sahl
Research Topic: Nanoscopic Analysis of Neurodegenerative Disease Proteins.
Tim Salditt
Research Topic: Curved x-ray waveguides and resonators: x-ray optic on a chip.
Hamburg
Franz X. Kärtner
Research Topic: THz acceleration promises GV/m accelerating fields
Nina Rohringer
Research Topic: Theory of ultrafast nonlinear x-ray processes of many-body systems
Ralf Röhlsberger
Research Topic: X-ray quantum optics with x-ray waveguides and diffractive structures.
Jena
Stefanie Gräfe
Rainer Heintzmann
Research Topic: Nanoimaging
Stefan Nolte
Research Topic: Spin-orbit photonics in inhomogeneous anisotropic media
Gerhard Paulus
Research Topic: Ultrafast fragmentation dynamics of fundamental molecules in intense laser fields
Thomas Pertsch
Research Topic: Nanoscale photon control for next generation ultrafast integrated quantum systems
Jürgen Popp
Research Topic: Coherent biomedical Raman Imaging by means of ultrafast tunable laser sources
Isabelle Staude
MPSP Ombudsperson
Andreas Tünnermann
Research Topic: Quantum Source Development and Application.
Karlsruhe
David Hunger
MPSP OmbudspersonResearch Topic: Label-free single-molecule sensing with open-access microcavities
Christian Koos
Research Topic: Silicon photonics and 3D integration for ultra-fast signal processing
Uli Lemmer
Ulrich Nienhaus
Research Topic: Advancing STED nanoscopy-based tools for live cell dynamics.
Carsten Rockstuhl
München
Stefan Karsch
Research Topic: Development of a multi-color Thomson X-ray source
Matthias Kling
Research Topic: Attosecond imaging and spectroscopy of light-induced dynamics in molecules and nanostructures
Ferenc Krausz
Research Topic: Ultrafast laser physics and spectroscopy
Vladislav Yakovlev
Research Topic: Theory of attosecond metrology in solids and nanoscale objects.
Paderborn
