**[[http://qowiki.physics.leidenuniv.nl/website/qomembers?do=export_html|QO members]] • [[http://qowiki.physics.leidenuniv.nl/website/phd-theses?do=export_html|PhD theses]] • [[http://qowiki.physics.leidenuniv.nl/website/theses-student?do=export_html|Student theses]] • [[http://qowiki.physics.leidenuniv.nl/website/agenda?do=export_html|Agenda]]**
====== PhD Theses ======
^Year ^Name ^Title & link ^
|2023 |Petr Steindl |[[https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3629753|Quantum dots in microcavities: From single spins to engineered quantum states of light]]|
|2022 |Vitaly Fedoseev |[[https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3421649|Stimulated raman adiabatic passage in optomechanics]] |
|2022 |Nelli Bossert |[[https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3249722|Functional fluorescent materials and migration dynamics of neural progenitor cells]] |
|2021 |Vincent Kooi |[[https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3161377|Laser-generated toroidal helium plasmas]] |
|2018 |Henk Snijders |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/67538|Quantum dot microcavity control of photon statistics]] |
|2018 |Hedwig Eerkens |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/59506| Investigations of radiation pressure: optical side-band cooling of a trampoline resonator and the effect of superconductivity on the Casimir force]] |
|2018 |Frank Buters |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/58471|Where photons meet phonons]] |
|2018 |Flavio Mariani |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/61040|Scattering and absorption in 2D optics]]|
|2017 |Vasco Tenner |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/49932|Surface plasmon lasers]] |
|2017 |Chris Smiet |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/49720 |Knots in plasma ]] |
|2015 |Nemanja Markešević |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37043|Optical properties of DNA-hosted silver clusters]] |
|2015 |Dapeng Ding |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/32591|Cavity quantum electrodynamics with rare-earth ions in solids]] |
|2015 |Wang, Qiang |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/35972|Photon detection at subwavelength scales]] |
|2015 |Morten P Bakker |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33240 |Cavity quantum electrodynamics with quantum dots in microcavities]] |
|2015 |Jelmer J Renema |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/32149|The physics of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors]] |
|2014 |Jan Willem Dalhuisen |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/24880 |The Robinson congruence in electrodynamics and general relativity]] |
|2014 |Çiğdem Saime Yorulmaz |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/25981|Beyond Photon pairs]] |
|2013 |Philip Chimento |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/20901 |Two-dimensional optics: Diffraction and dispersion of surface plasmons]] |
|2013 |Frerik van Beijnum |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/20870 |Scattering, loss, and gain of surface plasmons]] |
|2012 |Jan Gudat |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/19553 |Cavity quantum electrodynamics with quantum dots in microcavities]] |
|2011 |Joris Berkhout |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/17842 |Fundamental methods to measure the orbital angular momentum of light]] |
|2011 |Henrique Di Lorenzo Pires |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/17830 |Spatial coherence and entanglement of light]] |
|2011 |Bart-Jan Pors |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/16437 |Entangling light in high dimensions (High-dimensional spatial entanglement in quantum information)]] |
|2010 |Wouter H. Peeters |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/16264 |Two-photon interference (Spatial aspects of two-photon entanglement, diffraction, and scattering)]] |
|2010 |Steven J.M. Habraken |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/14745 |Light with a twist (ray aspects in singular wave and quantum optics)]] |
|2009 |Eduard F.C. Driessen  |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/14013 |Coupling Light to Periodic Nanostructures]] |
|2008 |Nikolay V. Kuzmin  |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/12551 |Interference Effects with Surface Plasmons]] |
|2007 |Graciana Puentes  |{{ :website:thesis_Puentes.pdf |Classical and Quantum Scattering in Optical Systems}} |
|2006 |Thijs Klaassen  |{{ :website:thesis_thijs.pdf |Imperfect Fabry-Perot resonators}} |
|2006 |Peter S.K. Lee  |{{ :website:thesis_lee.pdf |Quantum entanglement in polarization and space}} |
|2005 |Javier A. Loaiza  |{{ :website:thesis_javier.pdf |Experimental demonstration of the fractal nature of unstable-resonator modes}} |
|2005 |Jorrit Visser  |{{ :website:thesis_jorrit.pdf |Operator description of the dynamics of optical modes}} |
|2005 |Erwin Altewischer  |{{ :website:thesis_altewischer.pdf |Sub-wavelength hole arays, surface plasmons and quantum entanglement}} |
|2004 |Hayk L. Haroutyunyan |{{ :website:thesis_hayk.pdf|Coherent control of cold
atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates by light}} |
|2004 |Sumant R. Oemrawsingh  |{{ :website:thesis_sumant.pdf |Optical dislocations and quantum entanglement}} |
|2003 |Jos Dingjan  |{{ :website:dingjan_thesis.pdf |Multi-mode optical resonators and wave chaos}} |
|2002 |Yngve Lien  |{{ :website:lien_thesis.pdf |Intensity dynamics of a slow-inversion laser}} |
|2002 |Steven van den Berg  |{{ :website:SvandenBerg_binnenwerk.pdf |Dynamics of polymer lasers}} |
|2001 |Marnix B. Willemsen  |{{ :website:willemsen_thesis.pdf |Polarization fluctuations in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers}} |
|2000 |Alexander M. van der Lee |Unraveling the mechanism of excess quantum noise |
|2000 |Krista Joosten |Cavity losses and fluctuations of laser light |
|1999 |Frans E. van Dorsselaer | Quantum Trajectories |
|1999 |Gerwin P. Karman | Singular Optics |
|1998 |Eric W. M. van der Ham | Sum-frequency generation at interfaces: a study employing the Felix free-electron laser |
|1998 |Rob F. M. Hendriks |Optically-pumped vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers  |
|1998 |Harald van Kampen | Optical properties of dense atomic vapours an experimental study  |
|1998 |Boris Nagels | New light on nuclear spin conversion in molecules  |
|1998 |Paul M. Visser | Dark Atoms in Light Fields  |
|1997 |Martijn A. van Eijkelenborg |Excess quantum noise in unstable-cavity lasers |
|1997 |S. K. Masalmeh |A comparitive study of the low and high frequency characteristics of metal-insulator-metal diodes |
|1997 |E. J. van Duijn |Rotational state and molecular collisions |
|1996 |A. K. Jansen van Doorn |Symmetry breaking in vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers |
|1996 |M. W. Beijersbergen |Phase singularities in optical beams |
|1995 |D. Bouwmeester |Quantum mechanics and classical optics |
|1995 |S. J. M. Kuppens |The quantum-limited laser linewidth explored in extreme regimes |
|1993 |H. I. Bloemink |Light-induced drift of simple molecules and astrophysical implications |
|1992 |G. J. van der Meer |Molecular collision processes studied by light-induced kinetic effects |
|1992 |R. Centeno Neelen |Passive and active optical ring cavities |
|1992 |S. J. van Enk |Light as a thermodynamic force |
|1991 |R. J. C. Spreeuw |Optical atoms |
|1991 |M. C. de Lignie |Light-induced drift of alkali atoms with monochromatic light |
|1991 |W. A. Hamel |Effect of outcoupling on the quantum-limited linewidth of a semiconductor laser |
|1990 |F. Wittgrefe |Light-induced drift of Rubidium and spectral properties of semiconductor lasers |
|1990 |R. W. M. Hoogeveen |Light-induced kinetic effects in molecular gases |
|1988 |R. Horne |On rotational polarization in non-equilibrium Knudsen gases |
|1988 |R. J. van Oord |Optical studies on the distribution function in a heat conducting gas |
|1988 |H. G. C. Werij |Light-induced drift of Na atoms |
|1987 |J. Schlejen |Spectroscopy of NaNa and NaHg diatomics in high pressure vapours |
|1987 |J. E. M. Haverkort |Light-induced drift of Na in noble gases: a realistic description |