**[[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]]**
====== Student MSc & BSc Theses ======
For theses from Löffler lab, see https://quphotonics.org/

^Year thesis ^Name ^Title & link ^
|MSc, 2019 |Guido Stam |Strongly focused vortices and pinhole scanning microscopy |
|MSc, 2019 |Jeroen van Doorn |An investigation of the plane-concave Fabry Perot cavity |
|MSc, 2019 |Corné Koks |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/79966| Mechanical manipulation of line defects in a 2D photonic topological insulator]] |
|MSc, 2019 |Tim Fuchs |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/78424|Through the Eye of the Mirror]] |
|MSc, 2019 |Daniëlle van Klink |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/72442|Optical properties of amorphous thin-film MoGe]] |
|MSc, 2019 |Tycho Roorda | |
|MSc, 2019 |Angelique van Vark |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/75412|Towards single photon spectroscopy]] |
|MSc, 2019 |Vincent Eerenberg  | |
|BSc, 2019 |Naor Scheinowitz |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/72521|On the Thermodynamics of Toroidal Helium Plasmas]] |
|BSc, 2019 |Wout Gevaert       | |
|MSc, 2019 |Gerard Westra |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/77918| Quantum entangled single photons with partial distinguishability]] |
|BSc, 2019 |Edward Hissink |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/75217|Photonic cluster states with quantum dots]] |
|BSc, 2019 |Sacha Szkudlarek |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/77205|The simulation of a plane-concave Fabry-Perot micro-cavity]] |
|BSc, 2019 |Andreas Lepidis |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/75409|On Quadripartite Entanglement in High-Dimensional Hilbert Space]] |
|BSc, 2019 |Charlie Bender |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/75230|Towards 4-photon OAM entanglement experiments]] |
|BSc, 2019 |Sam Woldringh |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/74875|Analogies of Positronium & Quantum Dot Excitons]]|
|MSc, 2019|Konstantin Iakovlev |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/72381|Generation of Linear Cluster States with a Deterministic Single Photon Source]] |
|MSc, 2018 |Erik W. de Vos |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/65122|Surface Plasmon Lasing & Dispersion]] |
|BSc, 2018 |Kevin van Helden |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/63805|Examples of quantum moduli algebras via Hopf algebra gauge theory on ribbon graphs]] |
|BSc, 2018 |Maurits Houmes |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/63806|Field line solutions of the Maxwell equations using the 3+1 formalism for general relativity]] |
|BSc, 2018 |Steven Riedijk |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/63795|Rabi oscillations in a cavity-quantum dot system]]|
|BSc, 2018 |Daan Barsukoff Poniatowsky |Photonic cluster states with quantum dot cavity QED |
|BSc, 2018 |Thomas Steenbergen |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/64246|Thermal conductivity measurements of nanometer-thick SiN membranes]]|
|BSc, 2018 |Evert Stolte |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/63807|Characterisation of 3D-printed micro-structures for optics]]|
|MSc, 2017 |Elger Vlieg |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/52789|A membrane-in-the-middle device for optomechanics]] |
|MSc, 2017 |David Kok |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/52787|Single photons and coherent light in polarized quantum dot cavity QED]] |
|MSc, 2017 |Marnix van de Stolpe |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/48081|Optimizing the polarization for a brighter CQED single photon source]] |
|MSc, 2017 |Snigdh Sabharwal |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/49423|Spatial Bunching of Entangled Four Photons]] |
|MSc, 2017 |Snigdh Sabharwal |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/56356|Hopfions in Curved Spacetime]] |
|MSc, 2017 |Vincent Post |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43457|Towards fiber coupled cavity quantum electrodynamics]] |
|BSc, 2017 |Andreani Petrou |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/50826|Singular light knots]] |
|BSc, 2017 |Jimi de Haan |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/50806|Spectroscopic Study of Ytterbium in Amorphous Silicon Nitride]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Joris Carmiggelt |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41315|Creating spatially entangled 4-photon states by parametric down conversion]] |
|BSc, 2016 |David van Driel |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43171|Magnetic-field enhanced coherence in Ytterbium-doped ring resonators at millikelvin temperatures]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Camiel van Efferen |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43084|Back-action evading measurements on a trampoline resonator]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Bart de Klerk |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43179|Knots and electromagnetism]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Sebastian Lučić |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43170|Fibre bundles in general relativity]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Joost Opschoor |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43180|KAM and Melnikov theory describing island chains in plasmas]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Marijn van Velzen |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37127|Wavefront shaping for absorption optimization in a thin film solar cell]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Steven Zwaan |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41271|Plasma rings in laser-induced plasma]] |
|BSc, 2016 |Jasper Bouman |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41384|Gravity and Connections on Vector Bundles]] |
|MSc, 2015 |Mengzi Huang |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/43980|Cooling a Mechanical Resonator with an Artificial Cold Resistor]] |
|BSc, 2015 |Roel Burgwal |[[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/43964|The effect of electric pre-ionization on the laser-induced breakdown of helium]] |
|BSc, 2015 |Marc Paul Noordman |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37080|Investigation of the light produced by a 2 mm length PPTKP crystal be spontaneous parametric down-conversion]] |
|BSc, 2015 |Mila Schipper |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33726|Search for spatially entangled photon pairs from a 2 mm PPKTP crystal]] |
|MSc, 2015 |Marios Kounalakis |Generation and Characterisation of Picosecond Laser Pulses |
|MSc, 2015 |Kim Vendel |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37062|Super-oscillatory lenses and optical metasurfaces]] |
|BSc, 2015 |Ruud van Asseldonk |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37088|The Hopf Map in Magnetohydrodynamics]] |
|MSc, 2014 |Irina Komen |{{ :website:IrinaKomen-MSc-thesis.pdf |Superconducting single photon detectors, magnetic fields and polarisation}} |
|MSc, 2014 |Andre van Delft |{{ :website:AndreVanDelft-BSc-thesis.pdf |The complex band structure of surface plasmons on a square metal hole array}} |
|MSc, 2014 |Thomas Ruytenberg |{{ :website:ThomasRuytenberg-MSc-thesis.pdf |Hysteresis with Quantum Dots in Micropillar Cavities}} |
|BSc, 2013 |Donny de Bruin |{{ :website:DonnydeBruin-BSC-thesis.pdf |DNA-encapsulated silver clusters on DNA-nanotube structures}} |
|MSc, 2013 |Louwrens van Dellen | {{ :website:LouwrensvanDellen-MSc-thesis.pdf |Depolarization and Second Harmonic Generation in Photonic Crystal Slabs}} |
|BSc, 2013 |Jeroen van Gorsel |Vortex splitting and vortex coronography |
|BSc, 2013 |Danny Hetharia |[[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/54535|Spatial coherence and the orbital angular momentum of light in astronomy]] |
|BSc, 2013 |David Kok |{{ :website:David-Kok-BSc-thesis.pdf |Driven oscillations in a Fabry-Perot cavity}} |
|MSc, 2013 |Bob Rengelink |{{ :website:Bob-Rengelink-MSc-thesis.pdf |Superconducting-nanowire-single-photon- detectors in a magnetic field}} |
|BSc, 2013 |Kim Vendel |{{ :website:Kim-Vendel-BSc-thesis.pdf |Polarization and angle dependence of transmission through subwavelength hole arrays}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Mark Bogers |{{ :website:Bachelor-Mark-Bogers.pdf |Creating different polarisations using sub-wavelength slits in a zigzag pattern}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Marc Kralingen |{{ :website:Bachelor-Kralingen.pdf |Temperature-dependence of NbN photon detector behavior}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Irina Komen |{{ :website:Bachelor-Irina-Komen.pdf |Quantum optics with DNA encapsulated silver clusters on nanotubes}} |
|MSc, 2012 |Daniël Geelen |Detecting Correlations of High-Dimensional Spatially Entangled Photons using Phase-only Modulation |
|MSc, 2012 |Francesco Ricci |Experimental study of phase singularities in optical beams carrying orbital angular momentum |
|MSc, 2012 |Rick Leijssen |{{ :website:Master-Rick-Leijssen.pdf |Mid-infrared photonic crystal cavities}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Anne Meeussen |{{ :website:Bachelor-Anne-Meeussen.pdf |Surface plasmon polaritons at a metal-dielectric interface with randomly spaced subwavelength holes}} |
|MSc, 2012 |Carolina Rendón Barraza |{{ :website:Master-Carolina-Rendon-Barraza.pdf |Phase retrieval using plasmonic nanostructures}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Henk Snijders |{{ :website:Bachelor-Henk-Snijders.pdf |Real-time oxidation monitoring of a cavity aperture using reflection}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Guido Stam |{{ :website:Bachelor-Guido-Stam.pdf |Quadrant Detector Response of Non-integer Orbital Angular Momentum Laser Beams}} |
|BSc, 2012 |Steffie Ypma |{{ :website:Bachelor-Steffie-Ypma.pdf |Probing encapsulatedcacy of antisense oligonucleotides with uorescent silver clusters}} |
|MSc, 2011 |Yorick van Boheemen |{{ :website:Master-Yorick-vanBoheemen.pdf |Direct detection and characterization of vortices in optical speckle}} |
|BSc, 2011 |Johan Bosman |{{ :website:Bachelor-Johan-Bosman.pdf |A subwavelength slit as a quarterwave retarder}} |
|MSc, 2011 |Ralph Lenssen |{{ :website:Master-Ralph-Lenssen.pdf |Towards lossless plasmonics}} |
|BSc, 2011 |Shawn Levie |{{ :website:Bachelor-Shawn-Levie.pdf |Measuring photon statistics with single-photon counters}} |
|MSc, 2011 |Jeroen Sirre |{{ :website:Master-Jeroen-Sirre.pdf |Analysis of speckles behind random patterns of nano holes}} |
|MSc, 2011 |Alexander van der Torren |{{ :website:Master-Alexander-vanderTorren.pdf |Spatially entangled four-photon states}} |
|MSc, 2011 |Jasper Woudenberg |{{ :website:Master-Jasper-Woudenberg.pdf |Classical and quantum scattering}} |
|MSc, 2011 |Jeroen Zonneveld |{{ :website:Master-Jeroen-Zonneveld.pdf |Using a spatial light modulator to efficiently couple light to photonic-crystal modes}} |
|BSc, 2010 |Frans Coppens |{{ :website:Bachelor-Frans-Coppens.pdf |Near-field correlations in downconverted light with a strongly focused pump}} |
|MSc, 2010 |Daniel Marjenburgh |{{ :website:Master-Daniel-Marjenburgh.pdf |Geometric representations of finite dimensional quantum systems}} |
|BSc, 2010 |Evert van Nieuwenburg |{{ :website:Bachelor-Evert-van-Nieuwenburg.pdf |Solid state CQED; Quantum dots in microcavities}} |
|BSc, 2010 |Chris Smiet |{{ :website:Bachelor-Chris-Smiet.pdf | Plasmonics in metal hole arrays}} |
|BSc, 2010 |Jasper Woudenberg |{{ :website:Bachelor-Jasper-Woudenberg.pdf |Measurements on partial coherent light}} |
|BSc, 2009 |Bastiaan Florijn |{{ :website:Bachelor-Bastiaan-Florijn.pdf |Interference of two high-dimensional entangled photons}} |
|MSc, 2009 |Ziyu Gu |{{ :website:Master-Ziyu-Gu.pdf |Towards two-dimensional optics}} |
|MSc, 2009 |Thierry Kaufmann |{{ :website:Master-Thierry-Kauffmann.pdf |Progress on the study of two-photon speckles}} |
|BSc, 2009 |Rick Leijssen |{{ :website:Bachelor-Rick-Leijssen.pdf |AFM and optical measurements on photonic-crystal slabs}} |
|MSc, 2009 |Filippo Miatto |{{ :website:Master-Filippo-Miatto.pdf |High dimensional entanglement and the design of sector phase plates}} |
|BSc, 2009 |Johannes Simon |{{ :website:Bachelor-Johannes-Simon.pdf |Light transmission through subwavelength slits}} |
|BSc, 2009 |Keesjan de Vries |{{ :website:Bachelor-Keesjan-de-Vries.pdf |Optical modes of micropillar cavities}} |
|BSc, 2008 |Jelle Brill |{{ :website:Bachelor-Jelle-Brill.pdf |Second harmonic generation in GaP nanowires}} |
|MSc, 2008 |Philip Chimento |{{ :website:Master-Philip-Chimento.pdf |Orbital angular momentum mode analysis with a micro mirror array}} |
|MSc, 2008 |Jelmer Renema |{{ :website:Master-Jelmer-Renema.pdf |Two-photon interference on Young's double slit}} |
|BSc, 2008 |Hans Moerman |{{ :website:Bachelor-Hans-Moerman.pdf |Two-photon interference on Young's double slit}} |
|MSc, 2008 |Daniel Stolwijk |{{ :website:Master-Daniel-Stolwijk.pdf |Optical studies of nano-hole arrays}} |
|MSc, 2007 |Floris Braakman |{{ :website:Master-Floris-Braakman.pdf |Towards heralded detection of single photons at 2 µm using superconducting NbN nanowires}} |
|BSc, 2007 |Peter Heemskerk |{{ :website:Bachelor-Peter-Heemskerk.pdf |FDTD simulations on periodic perforated slabs}} |
|BSc, 2006 |Sanli Faez |{{ :website:Bachelor-Sanli-Faez.pdf |Transmission of light through sub-wavelength metallic slits}} |
|BSc, 2006 |Arthur Zonnenberg |{{ :website:Bachelor-Arthur-Zonnenberg.pdf |Supercontinuum generation in the picosecond regime}} |