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Prof Thorsten Ackemann Prof. of Nonlinear Photonics Department of Physics University of Strathclyde 107 Rottenrow East Glasgow G4 0NG United Kingdom thorsten.ackemann@strath.ac.uk Office: John Anderson 8.21 Phone: (+44) 141 548 3079 Fax: (+44) 141 552 2891 Physics Department webpage |
Research:
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395
| Observation of spontaneous structures in quantum coherences and atomic quadrupoles publised in Optica: Magnetic phase diagram of light-mediated spin structuring in cold atoms |
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| Observation of spontaneous magnetic ordering via light induced coupling published in Communication Physics : Spontaneous light-mediated magnetism in cold atoms. |
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| Physics Focus in Physical Review Letters: : Vortices of light on the cheap on Spontaneous Formation of Vector Vortex Beams in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Feedback |
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| Editor’s suggestion in Physical Review Letters: A step toward 3D self-localization and light bullets: Observation of Mode-Locked Spatial Laser Solitons |
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| Observation of self-organized hexagonal atomic crystalization via optomechanically nonlinearities reported in Nature Photonics. |  |
Fellowships, stipends and prizes
| Jan 2013 Fellow of the Optical Society of America June 2012 Fellow of the IOP (FInstP) |
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Selected Publications
- G. Labeyrie, I. Kresic, G. R. M. Robb, G.-L. Oppo, R. Kaiser, and T. Ackemann; Magnetic phase diagram of light-mediated spin structuring in cold atoms, Optica 5, 1322 (2018).
- I. Kresic, G. Labeyrie, G. R. M. Robb, G.-L. Oppo, P. M. Gomes, P. Griffin, R. Kaiser, and T. Ackemann; Spontaneous light-mediated magnetism in cold atoms., Commun. Phys. 1, 33 (2018).
- P. J. Jimenez, P. Rodriguez, T. Guillet, and T. Ackemann; Spontaneous Formation of Vector Vortex Beams in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Feedback, Phys. Rev.Lett. 119, 113902 (2017).
- F. Gustave, N. Radwell, C. McIntyre, J. P. Toomey, D. M. Kane, S. Barland, W. J. Firth, G.-L. Oppo, and T. Ackemann; Observation of Mode-Locked Spatial Laser Solitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 044102 (2017).
- G. Labeyrie, E. Tesio, P. M. Gomes, G.-L. Oppo, W. J. Firth, G. R. M. Robb, A. S. Arnold, R. Kaiser and T. Ackemann; Optomechanical self-structuring in a cold atomic gas., Nat Phot. 8, 321 (2014).
- P. V. Paulau, C. McIntyre, Y. Noblet, N. Radwell, W. J. Firth, P. Colet, T. Ackemann, and G.-L. Oppo; Adler synchronization of spatial laser solitons pinned by defects, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 213904 (2012).
- N. C. Gerhardt, M. Y. Li, H. Jaehme, H. Hoepfner, M. R. Hofmann, and T. Ackemann; Ultrafast spin-induced polarization oscillations with tunable lifetime in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 151107 (2011).
- Y. Tanguy, T. Ackemann, W. J. Firth, and R. Jaeger; Realization of a semiconductor-based cavity soliton-laser, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 013907 (2008).
- I. V. Babushkin, M. Schulz-Ruthenberg, N. A. Loiko, K. F.Huang, and T. Ackemann; Coupling of Polarization and Spatial Degrees of Freedom of Highly Divergent Emission in Broad-Area Square Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 213901 (2008).