Contents - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
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many-bodyeffectsinquantumdots. Eventually,questionsofquantumchaosinopticalmicrocavities,<br />
includingverysmallcavitiesaswellastheeffectsofnonlinearmaterialsandlasingcavities,willremain<br />
anotherfocusofthegroup’sresearchinterests.<br />
Collaborations<br />
Thegroupiswellconnectedtothenationalandinternationalcommunity,comprisingboththeoretical<br />
andexperimentalcollaborations:<br />
• ContinuationofthecollaborationwithHaroldBaranger(DukeUniversity,USA)andDenisUllmo<br />
(Orsay, France)thatwasinitiatedduringthegroupleader’sPostdoctimeatDukeUniversity<br />
(Durham,USA)2002-2004.<br />
• CollaborationwithFranciscoGuinea(Madrid,Spain)ongraphene.<br />
• CollaborationwithEduardoMucciolo(UniversityofCentralFlorida,Orlando,USA)onthemesoscopicKondobox.<br />
• CollaborationwithDirkMorr(Chicago,USA)ontheKondoeffectingraphene.<br />
• ScientificexchangewithJeroenvandenBrink(IFWDresden)onX-rayedgephysics.<br />
• CooperationwithJanWiersig(UniversityofMagdeburg),RolandKetzmerickandArndBäcker<br />
(bothTechnicalUniversityofDresden)withintheDFGResearchGroup760“Scatteringsystems<br />
withcomplexdynamics”.<br />
• Collaborationwiththe(experimental)groupsofKarlLeo(TechnicalUniversityofDresden)and<br />
OliverSchmidt(IFWDresden).<br />
• Collaborationwiththe(experimental)groupofFedericoCapasso(HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,<br />
USA)onthefar-fieldcharacteristicsofmicrolaserswithdifferent(spiral, Limaçon, triangular)<br />
shape.<br />
• Collaborationswiththe(experimental)groupsofHans-JürgenStöckmann(UniversityofMarburg)<br />
andAchimRichter(TechnicalUniversityofDarmstadt)arecontinuedonvaryingtopics,atpresent<br />
especiallytheGoos-Hänchenshiftandgraphene-likephotoniccrystals.<br />
• RegularcontactsandexchangewiththegroupsofTakahisaHarayama(ATRWaveEngineering<br />
Laboratories,Kyoto,Japan),Chil-MinKim(PaichaiUniversity,Daejon,Korea),andHuiCao(Yale<br />
University,USA<br />
JuniorResearchGroup:ComputationalNonlinearandRelativisticOptics<br />
(Head:Dr.StefanSkupin)<br />
TheJuniorResearchGroupComputationalNonlinearandRelativisticOpticsstartedtooperateinfall<br />
2007atthe mpipks. InApril2009,thegroupleaderStefanSkupinbecameanappointmentasCarl<br />
Zeiss JuniorProfessorforComputationalPhotonics attheFriedrichSchillerUniversityinJena. Due<br />
tothissecondengagement,StefanSkupinisonlytwodaysperweekpresentatthe mpipks,andit<br />
becamenecessarytoappointMickaelGrechasalong-termPost-Docandassistantgroupleader. The<br />
groupcurrentlyhoststwoPhDstudents,ChristianKöhlerandFabianMaucher. Moreover,YiqiZhang<br />
spentoneyearinthegroupasanexchangestudent(11/2009–10/2010,MPG-CASDoctoralPromotion<br />
Program).EduardoCabreraGranadovisitedthegroupforoneyearasaPost-Doc(03/2010–02/2011),<br />
andthevisitorsprogramenabledseveralshortervisitsofotherseniorscientists.<br />
Computationalphysicsisafastgrowingdiscipline,andrecentprogressincomputertechnologymakesit<br />
possibletosolvelargescalenumericalproblemswhichwerenottractableatallonlyadecadeago.More<br />
andmoresuper-computersbecomeavailableforfundamentalscience(see,e.g.,thenewAIMSclusterof<br />
the mpipksatRZG)andallowthesimulationofwholephysicalexperiments.Thisdevelopmentoffersa<br />
uniqueopportunitytoconductnovelandinnovativeresearch.<br />
1.9. JuniorResearchGroups 25
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