QO members • PhD theses • Student theses • Agenda
| Year | Name | Title & link |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Petr Steindl | Quantum dots in microcavities: From single spins to engineered quantum states of light |
| 2022 | Vitaly Fedoseev | Stimulated raman adiabatic passage in optomechanics |
| 2022 | Nelli Bossert | Functional fluorescent materials and migration dynamics of neural progenitor cells |
| 2021 | Vincent Kooi | Laser-generated toroidal helium plasmas |
| 2018 | Henk Snijders | Quantum dot microcavity control of photon statistics |
| 2018 | Hedwig Eerkens | Investigations of radiation pressure: optical side-band cooling of a trampoline resonator and the effect of superconductivity on the Casimir force |
| 2018 | Frank Buters | Where photons meet phonons |
| 2018 | Flavio Mariani | Scattering and absorption in 2D optics |
| 2017 | Vasco Tenner | Surface plasmon lasers |
| 2017 | Chris Smiet | Knots in plasma |
| 2015 | Nemanja Markešević | Optical properties of DNA-hosted silver clusters |
| 2015 | Dapeng Ding | Cavity quantum electrodynamics with rare-earth ions in solids |
| 2015 | Wang, Qiang | Photon detection at subwavelength scales |
| 2015 | Morten P Bakker | Cavity quantum electrodynamics with quantum dots in microcavities |
| 2015 | Jelmer J Renema | The physics of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors |
| 2014 | Jan Willem Dalhuisen | The Robinson congruence in electrodynamics and general relativity |
| 2014 | Çiğdem Saime Yorulmaz | Beyond Photon pairs |
| 2013 | Philip Chimento | Two-dimensional optics: Diffraction and dispersion of surface plasmons |
| 2013 | Frerik van Beijnum | Scattering, loss, and gain of surface plasmons |
| 2012 | Jan Gudat | Cavity quantum electrodynamics with quantum dots in microcavities |
| 2011 | Joris Berkhout | Fundamental methods to measure the orbital angular momentum of light |
| 2011 | Henrique Di Lorenzo Pires | Spatial coherence and entanglement of light |
| 2011 | Bart-Jan Pors | Entangling light in high dimensions (High-dimensional spatial entanglement in quantum information) |
| 2010 | Wouter H. Peeters | Two-photon interference (Spatial aspects of two-photon entanglement, diffraction, and scattering) |
| 2010 | Steven J.M. Habraken | Light with a twist (ray aspects in singular wave and quantum optics) |
| 2009 | Eduard F.C. Driessen | Coupling Light to Periodic Nanostructures |
| 2008 | Nikolay V. Kuzmin | Interference Effects with Surface Plasmons |
| 2007 | Graciana Puentes | Classical and Quantum Scattering in Optical Systems |
| 2006 | Thijs Klaassen | Imperfect Fabry-Perot resonators |
| 2006 | Peter S.K. Lee | Quantum entanglement in polarization and space |
| 2005 | Javier A. Loaiza | Experimental demonstration of the fractal nature of unstable-resonator modes |
| 2005 | Jorrit Visser | Operator description of the dynamics of optical modes |
| 2005 | Erwin Altewischer | Sub-wavelength hole arays, surface plasmons and quantum entanglement |
| 2004 | Hayk L. Haroutyunyan | Coherent control of cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates by light |
| 2004 | Sumant R. Oemrawsingh | Optical dislocations and quantum entanglement |
| 2003 | Jos Dingjan | Multi-mode optical resonators and wave chaos |
| 2002 | Yngve Lien | Intensity dynamics of a slow-inversion laser |
| 2002 | Steven van den Berg | Dynamics of polymer lasers |
| 2001 | Marnix B. Willemsen | 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 |