Professor Thorsten Ackemann

Physics

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Research Interests

The research covers several aspects of ‘Nonlinear Photonics’ with fundamental and applicative aspects, in particular 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.  Focus is on understanding and controlling the highly nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers, especially VCSELs. On the fundamental side many activities have strong interdisciplinary aspects being connected to self-organization phenomena in nonequilibrium system ubiquitous in Nonlinear and Complexity Science, technology and nature.

Professional Activities

Photon thermalization in broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Speaker
4/7/2023
ColOpt Winter School: Collective Effects, Structured Light and Quantum Matter
Organiser
4/3/2019
Complex solitons in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with frequency-selective feedback
Invited speaker
6/6/2019
Atomic interaction via diffractive light coupling
Invited speaker
15/7/2019
European Physical Society (External organisation)
Member
7/2015
European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2017
Chair
25/6/2017

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Projects

SELF-ORGANIZATION OF COLD MATTER DUE TO OPTO-MECHANICAL COUPLING
Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Robb, Gordon (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2011 - 30-Jan-2015
Collective effects and optomechanics in ultra-cold matter (ColOpt) (H2020 MCSA ETN)
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
Complex laser dynamics: Analysis and control
Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator) Oppo, Gian-Luca (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2016
Ultrafast Laser Facility for Advanced Spectroscopy Applications
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, £36,0000
01-Jan-2012 - 30-Jan-2012
Lifetime measurements for characterization of THz antennas
Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator)
Strathclyde Links KE grant with Scimus Solutions Inc., £10000
18-Jan-2011 - 23-Jan-2011
Characterization of cw THz emitters
Ackemann, Thorsten (Principal Investigator)
SUPA Start Knowledge exchange grant with Scimus Solutions Inc., £4999
13-Jan-2011 - 14-Jan-2011

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Professor Thorsten Ackemann
Physics

Email: thorsten.ackemann@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3079