Professor Thorsten Ackemann
Physics
Personal statement
I studied physics at the University of G枚ttingen, Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) and the Westf盲lische Wilhelms-Universit盲t M眉nster. There I received my Diplom in physics in 1992, my Dr. rer. nat (PhD) in 1996, and my habilitation in 2002. In 1998 and 1999 I have been working as a postdoc at the Institut Non Lineaire de Nice with a Feodor-Lynen fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation. In May 2005 I joined the Photonics Group of the Department of Physics at the 吃瓜tv, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) as a lecturer. I am Professor of Nonlinear Photonics since November 2012.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 6/2012
- Recipient
- 1/2013
Publications
- , Labeyrie Guillaume, Baio Giuseppe, Kre拧i膰 Ivor, , , , , Kaiser Robin, ,
- Atoms Vol 9 (2021)
- , Guillet T, ,
- Springer Series in Optical Sciences (2022) (2022)
- Kre拧i膰 Ivor, , ,
- Physical Review Letters Vol 131 (2023)
- Kre拧i膰 Ivor,
- Physical Review A Vol 108 (2023)
- , , ,
- EMMI Workshop on Long-Range Ultracold Interactions 2022 (2022)
- Baio Giuseppe, , , ,
- Physical Review Letters Vol 126 (2021)
Research Interests
My research interests cover several aspects of nonlinear photonics and nonlinear quantum dynamics with fundamental and applicative aspects.
Self-organization in cold and ultracold atoms due to light-mediated interactions between atoms via feedback from a single mirror is explored to study complex phases and phase transitions including supersolids. A further activity is spontaneous magnetic ordering not only of dipolar but also quadrupolar degrees of freedom and potential connections to corresponding phases in condensed matter physics. These activities have strong interdisciplinary aspects being connected to self-organization phenomena in nonequilibrium system ubiquitous in Nonlinear and Complexity Science, technology and nature.
In semiconductor lasers, I investigate their highly nonlinear dynamics, especially in vertical-cavity devices like VCSELs and VECSELs, with a focus on polarization dynamics and spintronics on the one hand and transverse mode structure and solitons on the other. This aims in particular on the understanding of the complex nonlinear processes determining (and partially limiting) the performance of semiconductor-based photonic devices and lasers, their control and the utilization of nonlinearities for applications. Recently, I became interested in thermodynamics aspects like photon condensation providing a further fruitful link between my research fields.
Professional Activities
- Speaker
- 4/7/2023
- Organiser
- 4/3/2019
- Invited speaker
- 6/6/2019
- Invited speaker
- 15/7/2019
- Member
- 7/2015
- Chair
- 25/6/2017
Projects
- Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Robb, Gordon (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2011 - 30-Jan-2015
- Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Oppo, Gian-Luca (Co-investigator) Robb, Gordon (Co-investigator) Yao, Alison (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2020
- Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator) Oppo, Gian-Luca (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2016
- Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator) Haller, Elmar (Co-investigator) Kirton, Peter (Co-investigator) Robb, Gordon (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2029
- McKee, David (Principal Investigator) Ackemann, Thorsten (Co-investigator) Fedorov, Maxim (Co-investigator) Fraser, Helen (Co-investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator) Hunt, Neil (Co-investigator) Tucker, Nicholas (Co-investigator)
- Equipment sharing grant, 拢36,0000
- 01-Jan-2012 - 30-Jan-2012
- Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator)
- 吃瓜tv Links KE grant with Scimus Solutions Inc., 拢10000
- 18-Jan-2011 - 23-Jan-2011