Dissertations

2024

• From spectroscopy to coherent control: photon echoes of excitons in organic-inorganic perovskites and (In, Ga)As quantum dots
  Stefan Grisard
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-24148
  Topics: Four-wave-mixing spectroscopy, Photon echo, Perovskites, Quantum Dots

2023

• Spectroscopic analysis of structural and chemical properties of solid thin film lubricants
  Carl Arne Thomann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-24245
  Topics: Optical spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy analysis, Tribology

• Magneto-optical effects in hybrid plasmonic nanostructures
  Lars Klompmaker
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-24026
  Topics: Plasmonics, Magneto-optical effects, Exciton

• Photon echo from trions in semiconductor quantum wells and quantum dots
  Alexander Kosarev
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-24009
  Topics: Quantum dots, Photon echo

• Polarization- and time-resolved nonlinear optical spectroscopy of excitons in Cu₂O
  Andreas Farenbruch
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-23942
  Topics: Nonlinear optics, Semiconductor, Exciton, SHG, Cu₂O

2022

• Measuring coherence properties of exciton-polaritons with homodyne detection
  Carolin Lüders
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-23019
  Topics: Quantenoptik, Exziton, Nonlinear optics, Halbleiter

• Optical excitation and detection of high-frequency coherent phonons and magnons
  Michal Kobecki
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-23024
  Topics: Photons, Magnons, Pump probe technique, Miniaturization

• Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in bulk ZnSe, GaAs and Si
  Laura Krauß-Kodytek
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22833
  Topics: Non-degenerate two-photon absorption, Pump-probe spectroscopy, Nonlinear optics, Semiconductors

• Nonlinear optical functionalities of VO₂- and GaN-based nanocomposites
  Jan Mundry
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22851
  Topics: Photonics, Second harmonic generation, Vanadium dioxide, Gallium nitride

• Coherent spin dynamics and carrier-nuclear interaction in lead halide perovskite crystals
  Erik Kirstein
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22888
  Topics: Perovskite, Spin dynamics, Nuclear spin resonance, Time-resolved Kerr rotation

• Magneto-optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals in glass
  Gang Qiang
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22535
  Topics: Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, Magneto-optics, Dark exciton, Spin physics

2021

• Nuclear-electron spin interaction in low-dimensional semiconductors
  Eiko Evers
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22496
  Topics: Dynamic nuclear polarization, Nuclear spin dynamics, Spin coherence, Low-dimensional semiconductor structures

• Correlating Raman scattering signatures with microstructural properties of tribological surfaces
  Henning Moldenhauer
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22371
  Topics: Raman mapping, Tribofilms, Microstructural properties, Optical spectroscopy

• Control of orbital angular momentum of exciton polariton condensates
  Bernd Berger
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-22032
  Topics: Exciton-polariton, Vortices, Orbital angular momentum, Bose-Einstein condensate

2020

• Spin dynamics in indirect band-gap quantum wells and quantum dots
  Janina Rautert
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-21866
  Topics: Quantum dots, Quantum wells, Spin polarization, Indirect semiconductor

• Strong magnon-phonon coupling in a ferromagnetic nanograting
  Felix Godejohann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-21886
  Topics: Ultrafast magneto-acoustics, Magnon-phonon coupling, Magnon polarons, Nanotechnology

• Strongly interacting Rydberg excitons in Cu₂O
  Julian Heckötter
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-21696
  Topics: Rydberg excitons, Cu₂O, Electron-hole plasma, Semiconductor physics

• Nuclear spin dynamics of donor-bound electrons in GaAs
  Pavel S. Sokolov
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-21145
  Topics: Spin dynamics, Nuclear spin, Electron spin, Gallium arsenide

• Aspects of stimulated two-photon transitions in bulk semiconductors
  Stephan Melzer
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-20638
  Topics: Nonlinear optical phenomena, Multiphoton processes, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Two photon absorption

2019

• Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of exciton-polaritons in Cu₂O, ZnSe and semiconductor quantum wells
  Johannes Mund
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-20325
  Topics: Nonlinear optics, Second and third harmonic generation, Exciton, Polariton

• Exciton polariton interactions in tailored optical potential landscapes in semiconductor microcavities
  Daniel Schmidt
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-20046
  Topics: Exciton polaritons, Semiconductor microcavities

• Dynamical formation and manipulation of the persistent spin helix
  Felix Paßmann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-20016
  Topics: Spin helix, Spin orbit coupling, Spin dynamics, Spintronics

• Magneto-optical intensity effects in hybrid plasmonic structures
  Felix Spitzer
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-19898
  Topics: Surface-plasmon polaritons, Diluted magnetic semiconductors, Magneto-optics, Nanophotonics

• Non-stationary optical homodyne tomography
  Johannes Thewes
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-19895
  Topics: Quantum state tomography, Homodyne detection, Quantum optics

2018

• Characterization of semiconductor nanostructures by spin-flip Raman spectroscopy
  Dennis Kudlacik
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-19122
  Topics: Semiconductor nanostructures, Diluted magnetic semiconductors, Spin-flip Raman spectroscopy, Spintronics

• Optical properties of vacancies in diamond at high magnetic fields
  Dion Braukmann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-18856
  Topics: Nitrogen vacancy centers, Diamond, Fano resonance, Spectroscopy

2017

• Inverse Faraday effect and optical orientation under excitation with a train of optical pulses in solid state systems
  Manuel Jäckl
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-18776
  Topics: Spin waves, Magnons, Inverse Faraday effect, Ultrafast photonics

• Spin control and coherent optics in semiconductor nanostructures
  Matthias Salewski
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-18339
  Topics: Photon echoes, Time-resolved coherent optics, Spintronics, Semiconductor nanostructures

• Picosecond ultrasonics for the modulation and nanoscopy of semiconductor lasers
  Thomas Czerniuk
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-18083
  Topics: Optomechanical resonators, Nanoscopy, Ultrasonics, Semiconductor laser

• Electron and nuclear spin dynamics in fluorine-doped ZnSe epilayers
  Fabian Heisterkamp
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-18010
  Topics: ZnSe, Dynamic nuclear polarization, Optically detected nuclear magnetic resonance, Time-resolved Kerr rotation

• When do structural anomalies of ionic crystals begin?
  Corina Varga
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-17843
  Topics: Ionic crystals, CuCl:NaCl system, X-ray diffraction, Stored strain

2016

• Aspects of charge carrier dynamics in Germanium and cadmium zinc telluride
  Jan Lohrenz
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-17726
  Topics: Germanium, Exciton-polaritons, Spin, Ultrafast spectroscopy

• GaN- and VO₂-based nanostructures: physics and photonic applications
  Thorben Jostmeier
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-17719
  Topics: VO₂, GaN, Photonics, Plasmonics

• Experimental advances in the optical spectroscopy of carrier spin noise
  Philipp Glasenapp
  ISBN: 978-3-8440-4935-0
  Topics: Carrier spin dynamics, Spin noise, Laser spectroscopy, Semiconductor quantum dot

• Light intensity modulation in hybrid plasmonic crystals using propagating modes
  Lars Erik Kreilkamp
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-17405
  Topics: Plasmonics, Magneto-optics, Semiconductors, Ultrafast laser spectroscopy

• Optical and magnetic control of electron spins in tailored semiconductors
  Lukas Langer
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-17357
  Topics: CdMnTe, Ferro magnet/semiconductor hybrid structures, Photon echoes, Optics

• Picosecond acoustics in giant magnetostrictive Galfenol
  Jasmin Viktoria Jäger
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-16887
  Topics: Ultrafast acoustics, Magnetostriction, Acoustic cavities, Ferromagnetic thin films

2015

• Picosecond acoustics in giant magnetostrictive Galfenol
  Elmar Sternemann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-16381
  Topics: Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Coherent control, Semiconductor microstructures, GaAs

• Spectroscopy of excitons in CdSe/CdS colloidal nanocrystals
  Benjamin Siebers
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-7297
  Topics: Spectroscopy, Excitons, Nanocrystals, CdSe

• Dynamical properties of excitonic quasi-particles in II-VI semiconductors
  Tillmann Godde
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-7028
  Topics: Magnetic polarons, Polaritons, Luminescence, Time resolved

2014

• High frequency magneto-acoustics in diluted magnetic semiconductors
  Michael Bombeck
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-6779
  Topics: Acoustics, Magnetic thin films, Kerr effect, Magnons

• Spectroscopy of exciton polaritons in Cu₂O and GaAs-based microcavities
  Johannes Schmutzler
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-6771
  Topics: Polaritons, Bose-Einstein condensate, Nonlinear spectroscopy, Semiconductors

• Optical electron spin tomography and hole spin coherence studies in (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum dots
  Steffen Varwig
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-6665
  Topics: Quantum dots, Hole spin, InAs, Tomography

• Optical harmonic generation at exciton resonances in GaAs, GaN, and Cu₂O semiconductors
  David Samuel Brunne
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-998
  Topics: Second harmonic generation (SHG), Third harmonic generation (THG), Nonlinear optics, Semiconductors

• Ultrafast optical phenomena in magneto-plasmonic crystals and magnetically ordered materials
  Martin Pohl
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-13719
  Topics: Femtosecond optics, Magneto-optics, Plasmonics, Semiconductors

• Dynamics and optical manipulation of nuclear spin in self assembled (InGa)As/GaAs quantum dots
  Karl Flisinski
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-13434
  Topics: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Hanle effect, Nuclear spin cooling, Quantum dots

2013

• Recombination and spin dynamics of excitons in indirect (In,Al)As/AlAs quantum dots
  Daniel Dunker
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-15149
  Topics: Photoluminescence, Recombination dynamics, Quantum dots, Indirect semiconductors

• Magnetic field induced optical harmonic generation in the semiconductors ZnO and EuX
  Marco Lafrentz
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-5733
  Topics: Second harmonic generation (SHG), Third harmonic generation (THG), Nonlinear optics, Semiconductors

• Polariton condensates in a semiconductor microcavity influenced by all-optical methods
  Franziska Wishahi
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-14866
  Topics: Polariton, Bose-Einstein condensate, Nonlinear spectroscopy, Semiconductor microcavities

• Spinkohärenz und g-Faktor-Anisotropien in Halbleiter-Quantenstrukturen
  Alexander Schwan
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-10852
  Topics: g-factor anisotropy, Spin coherence, Quantum dots, Quantum wells

• Magneto-optical properties of II-VI semiconductor colloidal nanostructures
  Feng Liu
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-5514
  Topics: Spin dynamics, Förster resonant energy transfer, Colloidal nanocrystals, Semiconductors

• High frequency acousto-optics in semiconductor and metal nanostructures
  Christian Brüggemann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-5488
  Topics: Acousto-optics, Plasmonics, Microcavities, Semiconductors and metal nanostructures

• Quantum Interference Control of Electrical Currents in Semiconductor Nanodevices
  Sebastian Thunich
  ISBN: 978-3-8439-1063-7
  Topics: Coherent control, Electrical currents, Nanoantennas, Semiconductors

• Nonlinearities in semiconductor microcavities: A correlation spectroscopy study
  Jean-Sebastian Tempel
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-14471
  Topics: Lasers, Polariton condensate, Optical spectroscopy, Semiconductors

2012

• Spin-flip Raman scattering in low dimensional semiconductors
  Jörg Debus
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-14291
  Topics: Exciton dynamics, Exchange interactions, Spintronics, Semiconductor physics

2011

• Optically detected cyclotron resonance in a single GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction
  Gregor Bartsch
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-7325

• Kohärente Kontrolle und Wechselwirkung von Elektronenspins in einem (In,Ga)As/GaAs Quantenpunktensemble
  Stefan Spatzek
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-1633
  Topics: Ultrafast spin rotation, Pump-probe spectroscopy, Quantum dots, Semiconductors

• Relaxation Processes in Quantum Dots - Carrier Relaxation Dynamics and Exciton Spin Relaxations in (In,Ga)As/GaAs Quantum Dots
  Hannes Kurtze
  ISBN: 978-3-86844-335-6

• Photon Statistics of Semiconductor Light Sources
  Marc Aßmann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-8170
  Topics: Optical coherence, Quantum optics, Polariton condensate, Semiconductor light sources

2010

• Acoustic and optical phonon scattering of the yellow 1S excitons in Cu₂O: A high resolution spectroscopy study
  Christian Sandfort
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-15395
  Topics: Bose-Einstein condensation, Excitons, Phonon scattering, Cu₂O

• Interactions of 1S excitons in Cu₂O: A high resolution spectroscopy study
  Jan Brandt
  ISBN: 978-3-86844-298-4
  Topics: Exciton-exciton coupling, Bose-Einstein condensation, Polariton propagation beats, Cu₂O

• Ultrafast piezospectroscopy of semiconductor micro- and nanostructures
  Thorsten Berstermann
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-14794
  Topics: Strain, Ultrafast, Cavities, Nanostructures

• Coherent spin dynamics of carriers in GaAs and CdTe semiconductor quantum wells
  Liudmila Fokina
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-8571
  Topics: Spin dynamics, Decoherence, Pump-probe spectroscopy, Quantum wells

• New mechanisms of optical harmonic generation in semiconductors
  Benjamin Kaminski
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-8469
  Topics: Second harmonic generation (SHG), Third harmonic generation (THG), Spin induced SHG, Europium chalcogenides

2008

• Magnetization dynamics in diluted magnetic semiconductor heterostructures
  Martin K. Kneip
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-8392
  Topics: Magnetization dynamics, DMS, Spintronics

• The electron nuclear spin system in (In,Ga)As quantum dots
  Thomas Auer
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-8791
  Topics: Overhauser effect, Nuclear spin, Knight field, Quantum dots

• Optically detected resonances induced by far infrared radiation in quantum wells and quantum dots
  Michael Gerbracht
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-8409
  Topics: Optically detected resonance, Photoluminescence, Quantum dots, Semiconductors

2007

• Spin coherence of carriers in InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells and quantum dots
  Alex Greilich
  ISBN: 978-3-8322-6241-9
  Topics: Spin dynamics, Spin-mode locking, Quantum wells, Quantum dots

2006

• Magnetic-field-induced second harmonic generation in semiconductors and insulators
  Ingo Sänger
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-7967
  Topics: Second harmonic generation (SHG), Nonlinear optics, Magnetism, Semiconductors

2005

• Exciton dynamics in semiconductor quantum dot structures
  Matthias Schwab
  ISBN: 978-3-8322-4404-0
  Topics: Electric field, Dephasing, Quantum dot molecules, Quantum dots

2004

• Spectroscopy of Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Dot Molecules
  Gerhard Ortner
  ISBN: 978-3-8322-3403-4
  Topics: Electric field control, Tunnel coupling, Quantum dot molecules, Excitons

2003

• Spectroscopy of polaritonic excitations in semiconductors
  Gregor Dasbach
  DOI: 10.17877/DE290R-14505
  Topics: Excitons, Polaritons, Microcavities, Cu₂O