Group Members
Director
Prof. Dr. Harald Giessen
Consultation hour: Thu 12:30 - 13:00 ~ Curriculum Vitae
| Office: 4-552 | Phone: +49 711 685 65111 |
| h.giessen@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 65097 |
Secretary
Dr. Christine von Rekowski
| Office: 4-553 | Phone: +49 711 685 65110 |
| c.rekowski@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 65097 |
Junior Professors
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaiser
Leader of the Max Planck Research Group "Ultrafast Solid State Spectroscopy"
| Office: 7M19 | Phone: +49 711 689 1775 |
| s.kaiser@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 689 1010 |
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Weiss
Leader of the Junior Research Group "Physical Optics"
| Office: 4-557 | Phone: +49 711 685 69847 |
| t.weiss@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Director of Nanofabrication
Dr. Mario Hentschel
Head of Cleanroom and Nanostructuring Facilities
| Office: 4-547 Lab: MSL | Phone: +49 711 685 65104 Lab: +49 711 685 64531/69840/64533 |
| m.hentschel@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 65097 |
Postdocs
Dr. Hao Chu
Ultrafast spectroscopy on correlated materials
| Office: 7M23 | Phone: +49 711 689 1777 Lab: +49 711 689 1774 |
| h.chu@fkf.mpg.de | Fax: +49 711 689 1010 |
Dr. Dominik Floess
Nonreciprocal Plasmonics
| Office: 4-507 | Phone: +49 711 685 64979 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| d.floess@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Dr. Bettina Frank
Large-area and single crystalline plasmonics
| Office: 4-551 Lab: 4-326 | Phone: +49 711 685 65109 Lab: +49 711 685 60514/64870 |
| b.frank@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Dr. Lili Gui
Compact femtosecond lasers and nonlinear optics
| Office: 4-509 Lab: 4-322 | Phone: +49 711 685 64955 Lab: +49 711 685 60511 |
| l.gui@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Dr. Heiko Linnenbank
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and nonlinear plasmonics
| Office: 4-549 Lab: 4-522/4-524 | Phone: +49 711 685 65109 Lab: +49 711 685 65243/64970 |
| h.linnenbank@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Dr. Frank Neubrech
Surface-enhanced spectroscopy
| f.neubrech@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Dr. Andy Steinmann
Solid state ultrafast lasers
| Office: 4-516 Lab: 4-522/4-524 | Phone: +49 711 685 64963 Lab: +49 711 685 65243/64970 |
| a.steinmann@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Dr. Nikolai Strohfeldt
Optical Hydrogen Sensing and Active Plasmonics
| Office: 4-514 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 65107 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| n.strohfeldt@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Permanent Staff
Michael Kube
Cleanroom facilities
| Office: 4-309 | Phone: +49 711 685 64956 Lab: +49 711 685 64020/64021 |
| m.kube@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Monika Ubl
Etching and thin film techniques
| Office: 4-309 Lab: MSL | Phone: +49 711 685 69841 Lab: +49 711 685 64533/64531/69840 |
| m.ubl@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
PhD Students
Qi Ai, M.Sc.
Fiber oscillators
| Office: 4-511 Lab: 4-539 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 64962 Lab: +49 711 685 60970/65894 |
| q.ai@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Izzatjon Allayarov, M.Sc.
Theory and numerical methods for hybrid plasmonic and quantum systems
| Office: 4-308 | Phone: +49 711 685 64960 |
| i.allayarov@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Steffen Both, M.Sc.
Coupling of quantum emitters to plasmonic nanostructures
| Office: 4-311 | Phone: +49 711 685 60518 |
| s.both@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Sascha Böhrkircher, M.Sc.
Light-matter interaction in curved microcavities
| Office: 4-556 | Phone: +49 711 685 60842 |
| sascha.boehrkircher@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Josselin Defrance, M.Sc.
Theory of non-linear plasmonics
| Office: 4-516 | Phone: +49 711 685 65188 |
| j.defrance@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Min-Jae Kim, M.Sc.
Optical control of intercalated superconductors
| Office: 7M23 | Phone: +49 711 689 1779 |
| mj.kim@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 689 1010 |
Annika Konzelmann, M.Sc.
Excitonic Rydberg Spectroscopy
| Office: 4-509 Lab: 4-535 | Phone: +49 711 685 69872 Lab: +49 711 685 64965 |
| a.konzelmann@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Joachim Krauth, M.Sc.
Mid-infrared light generation
| Office: 4-518 Lab: 4-322 | Phone: +49 711 685 60519 Lab: +49 711 685 60511 |
| j.krauth@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Florian Mörz, M.Sc.
Optical parametric amplifier for the near IR
| Office: 4-518 Lab: 4-522/4-524 | Phone: +49 711 685 60509 Lab: +49 711 685 65243/64970 |
| f.moerz@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Simon Ristok, M.Sc.
Complex microoptics by 3D printing
| Office: 4-555 Lab: 4-530 | Phone: +49 711 685 60517 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| s.ristok@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 65397 |
Michael Schmid, M.Sc.
3D printed microoptics
| Office: 4-555 Lab: 4-530 | Phone: +49 711 685 60519 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| m.schmid@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Rostyslav Semenyshyn, M.Sc.
Surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy
| Office: 4-311 Lab: 4-323/4-326 | Phone: +49 711 685 60516 Lab: +49 711 685 60512/14 |
| r.semenyshyn@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 65397 |
Parmida Shabestari, M.Sc.
Ultrafast optical spectroscopy of novel quantum materials
| Office: 7M23 | Phone: +49 711 689 1779 |
| p.shabestari@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 689 1010 |
Florian Sterl, M.Sc.
Chemical Reaction Sensing with Plasmonic Materials
| Office: 4-507 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 64961 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| f.sterl@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 65397 |
Swaathi Upendar, M.Sc.
Theory of disordered photonic crystal fibers
| Office: 4-308 | Phone: +49 711 685 60510 |
| s.upendar@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Ramon Walter, M.Sc.
Cleanroom facilities and advanced lithography methods
| Office: 4-309 Lab: 4-323/4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 64956 Lab: +49 711 685 64531/69840/64533 |
| r.walter@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Ksenia Weber, M.Sc.
New materials for 3D printing
| Office: 4-511 Lab: 4-530 | Phone: +49 711 685 65108 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| k.weber@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Master Students
Annette Böhme, B.Sc.
Phase Transitions of Single Nanoparticles
| Office: 4-507 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 64979 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| a.boehme@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Vincent Drechsler, B.Sc.
Nonlinear chiral plasmonics
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-322 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 60511 |
| vincent.drechsler@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Ahmed Farag, B.Sc.
Plasmonic detectors
| Office: 4-314 Lab: MSL | Phone: +49 711 685 65877 Lab: +49 711 685 64533 |
| a.farag@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Moritz Floess, B.Sc.
Stimulated Raman scattering microscopy
| Office: 4-314 Lab: 4-539 | Phone: +49 711 685 65877/60515 Lab: +49 711 685 64970 |
| m.floess@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Caroline Grenet, B.Sc.
Large-area optical nanoplasmonic gas sensors
| Office: 4-514 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 64964 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| c.grenet@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Ediz Herkert, B.Sc.
Hydrogen sensor design
| Office: 4-314 | Phone: +49 711 685 65877 |
| e.herkert@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Emily Huang, B.Sc.
Double pulse excitation schemes to probe order parameter dynamics
| Office: 7M21 | Phone: +49 711 689 1777 |
| e.huang@fkf.mpg.de | Fax: +49 711 689 1010 |
Matthäus Jäckle, B.Eng.
Perovskite laser
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-522/4-524 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 65243/64970 |
| m.jaeckle@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Julian Karst, B.Sc.
Nanohydrogenography
| Office: 4-314 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 60515/65877 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| j.karst@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Lucca Kühner, B.Sc.
Resonant SEIRA in the far IR and THz range
| Office: 4-314 Lab: 4-323 | Phone: +49 711 685 60515/65877 Lab: +49 711 685 60512 |
| l.kuehner@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Marco Nägele, B.Sc.
Parametric light sources
| Office: 4-314 | Phone: +49 711 685 65877 |
| m.naegele@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Tobias Pohl, B.Sc.
Optical and plasmonic gas sensing
| Office: 4-314 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 65877/60515 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| t.pohl@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Amrit Raj Pokharel, B.Sc.
Ultrafast spectroscopy techniques
| Office: 7M23 | Phone: +49 711 689 1779 |
| a.pokharel@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 689 1010 |
Bachelor Students
Philipp Geser
3D printed microoptics
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-530 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| p.geser@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Elinor Kath
Active plasmonics
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 65894 |
| e.kath@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Trainees
Rebecca Rühle
Microoptics
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-530 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| r.ruehle@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Zhen Wang
3D printed functional microoptics
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-530 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 65893 |
| z.wang@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Chenyang Zhang, B.Sc.
3D printing of complex optical elements
| Office: 4-526 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 |
| c.zhang@pi4.uni-stuttgart.de | Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |
Valentin Zimmermann, B.Sc.
Synthesis and analysis of single crystalline gold platelets
| Office: 4-526 Lab: 4-326/4-527 | Phone: +49 711 685 65071 Lab: +49 711 685 60514/65894 |
| Fax: +49 711 685 60397 |