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 interest covers several aspects of 鈥楴onlinear Photonics鈥� with fundamental and applicative aspects in semiconductors and cold atoms.
One main activity is the exploration of self-organization in coupled light-matter systems, in particular the investigation of spontaneous phases and phase transitions in well-controlled cold atom systems with light-mediated coupling simulation of condensed matter phases. This includes self-organized magnetic ordering and atomic crystallization in self-organized optical lattices. We are working towards the realization of supersolids in quantum degenerate gases. Another focus is the investigation of solitons and structured light in vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers (VCSELs), nonlinear laser dynamics and spintronics and in general the understanding of the complex nonlinear processes determining and partially limiting the performance of semiconductor-based photonic devices and lasers and their control and applications. Many activities have strong interdisciplinary connections to self-organization phenomena in nonequilibrium system ubiquitous in Nonlinear and Complexity Science, technology and nature.
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