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2022
2021
2020
- Dynamics and applications of Dissipative Kerr solitons
PhD Thesis
Author: Maxim Karpov
Duration: March 2014 – Dec. 2020
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
- Physics of optically driven nanojunctions
PhD Thesis
Author: Philippe Roelli
Duration: Feb. 2014 – Sep. 2020
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
- Quantum measurement of Nanomechanical Oscillator
PhD Thesis
Author: Liu Qiu
Duration: Jan. 2014 – Sep. 2020
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
- Nitride Integrated Nonlinear Photonics
PhD Thesis
Author: Junqiu Liu
Duration: Mar. 2015 – Sep. 2020
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
2019
- Physics of Dissipative Kerr Solitons in Optical
Microresonators and Application to Low-noise
Frequency Synthesis
PhD Thesis
Author: Erwan Lucas
Duration: Sept. 2014 – Sep. 2019
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
- Crystalline materials for microresonator-based
quantum optics
PhD Thesis
Author: Clément Javerzac-Galy
Duration: Sept. 2014 – May 2019
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
- Multimode microwave circuit optomechanics as a platform to study coupled quantum harmonic oscillators
PhD Thesis
Author: Nathan Bernier
Duration: Sept. 2014 – Jan. 2019
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg
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Ultra-coherent mechanical resonators for room temperature cavity optomechanics
PhD Thesis
Author: Amir H. Ghadimi
Duration: Sept. 2012 – Sept. 2018
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Photonic Damascene process for integrated high Q microresonator based nonlinear photonic devices
PhD Thesis
Author: Martin Pfeiffer
Duration: Sept. 2014 – June 2018
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Dissipation as a resource in circuit quantum electromechanics
PhD Thesis
Author: Daniel Toth
Duration: Sept. 2013 – June 2018
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Development of a monolithic near-field optomechanical system
PhD Thesis
Author: Ryan Schilling
Duration: Sept. 2012 – May 2018
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Quantum Optomechanics at Room Temperature
PhD Thesis
Author: Hendrik Schütz
Duration: Sept. 2012 – Dec 2017
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Nonreciprocal Devices Microwave Circuit Optomechanics
Master Thesis
Author: Akshay Koottandavida
Duration: Sept. 2016 – Jan 2017
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Mid-Infrared Kerr Frequency Combs and Supercontinuum Generation based on Integrated Silicon Nitride Technology
Master Thesis
Author: Clemens Herkommer
Duration: Sept. 2015-February, 2017
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Theory and Design of Multimode Electromechanical Circuits
Master Thesis
Author: Jeremy Stevens
Duration: Jan 2017 – Jun 2017
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Nonreciprocal Devices Using Multimode Optomechanics
Master Thesis
Author: Marie Ioannou
Duration: Jan 2017 – Jun 2017
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
2016
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Towards Octave-Spanning Low-Power Microresonator Frequency Combs: Optical Characterization of Silicon Nitride Chips
Master Thesis
Author: Junqiu Liu
Duration: July 2015 – August 2016
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Soliton Kerr Frequency Combs Generated in Integrated Photonic Chips
PhD Thesis
Author: Victor Brasch
Duration: December 2011 – September 2016
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Quantum limits on measurement and control of a mechanical oscillator
PhD Thesis
Author: Vivishek Sudhir
Duration: October 2011 – August 2016
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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2015
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Simulation of solitons in optical microresonators
Master Thesis
Author: Ayman Nassar Kamel
Duration: Oct 2014 – June 2015
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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New Fabrication and Dispersion Engineering Techniques for Silicon Nitride Microresonators
Master Thesis
Author: Arne Kordts
Duration: Oct 2013 – June 2015
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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2014
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Microwave to optical quantum conversion via WGM crystalline microresonator
Master Thesis
Author: Clément Javerzac-Galy
Duration: Oct 2013 – Jan 2014
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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An Optomechanical approach to the Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering processes
Master Thesis
Author: Philippe Roelli
Duration: Oct 2013 – Jan 2014
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Absorption losses in silicon nitride optical resonators
Master Thesis
Author: Artur Hermans
Duration: Feb. 2014 – June 2014
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Toward Mid-Infrared Kerr frequency comb generation in crystalline microresonators
Master Thesis
Author: Erwan Lucas
Duration: Feb.2014 – June , 2014
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Characterization of high-Q superconducting microwave resonators for circuit optomechanics
Master Thesis
Author: Aram Mikayelyan
Duration: Feb. 2014 – Jun 2014
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Fabrication, Design and Measurement of Nano-Optomechanical Structures
Master Thesis
Author: EmanWolfgang Noichl
Duration: Sep 2008 – May 2013
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
2013
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Solitons and dynamics of frequency comb formation in optical microresonators
PhD Thesis
Author: Tobias Herr
Duration: Sep 2009 – Sep 2013
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Quantum Langevin Treatment of Optomechanical Interactions in the Highly Dissipative Regime
Master Thesis
Author: Alexandre Roulet
Duration: Feb 2013 – Jul 2013
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Superconducting Cavity Nanoelectromechanics
PhD Thesis
Author: Xiaoqing Zhou
Duration: Apr 2009 – Jun 2013
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Optonanomechanical Systems for Measurement Applications
PhD Thesis
Author: Emanuel Gavartin
Duration: Sep 2008 – May 2013
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Novel platforms for microresonator based frequency combs
Master Thesis
Author: Martin Hubert Peter Pfeiffer
Duration: June 2012 – June 2013
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Bio-sensing using toroidal microresonators & Theoretical cavity optomechanics
PhD Thesis
Author: Jens M. Dobrindt
Duration: Feb 2008 – Dec 2012
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
2012
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Cavity Optomechanics with Silica Microtoroids: Quantum-Coherent Coupling and Optomechanically Induced Transparency
PhD Thesis
Author: Stefan Weis
Duration: Mar 2008 – Jun 2012
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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2011
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Towards Observation of Quantum Backaction in Opto-Nanomechanical Coupling
Diploma Thesis
Author: Leonhard Neuhaus
Duration: Jan 2011 – Dec 2011
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg and LMU (Munich) |
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Integrated Silicon Nitride Based Microresonators for Frequency Comb Generation
Diploma Thesis
Author: Johann Riemensberger
Duration: Jan 2011 – Dec 2011
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg, Prof. Kienberger (TU Munich) |
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High-sensitivity measurement techniques
Rapport de stage de recherche FIP 2eme année, Ecole Normale Supérieure
Author: Emanuel Van Brackel, MA-2 thesis
July: 2011
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Cavity Optomechanics with Silica Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators down to Low Phonon Occupancy
PhD Thesis
Author: Remi Rivière
Duration: Aug. 2006 – Sep. 2011
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg, Prof. Hänsch, Prof. Kotthaus |
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Cavity Optomechanics with Silica Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators down to Low Phonon Occupancy
Intern Thesis
Author: Emmanuel Van Brackel
Duration: Feb. 2011 – July 2011
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Optical Frequency Comb Generatrion in Monolithic Microresonators
PhD Thesis
Author: Pascal Del’Haye
Duration: July 2007 – April 2011
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg, Prof. Hänsch, Prof. Kleineberg |
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Building an ultra-stable Diode Laser locked to a Reference Cavity for molecular sensing
Diploma Thesis
Author: Sebastian Karpf
Duration: Jan. 2010 – Jan. 2011
Advisors: Prof. Nickel, Prof. Zinth |
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2010
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Novel Cavity Optomechanical Systems at the Micro- and Nanoscale and Quantum Measurements of Nanomechanical Oscillators
PhD Thesis
Author: Georg Anetsberger
Duration: Dec. 2007 – Dec. 2010
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg, Prof. Hänsch, Prof. Kotthaus |
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Nano-optomechanical Resonators based on Superconducting Microwave Resonators
Master Thesis
Author: Haytham Chibani
Duration: Sep. 2009 – Sep. 2010
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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Novel Optomechanical Microcavities for Ground State Cooling
Master Thesis
Author: Ignacio Vasquez Garcia
Duration: Oct. 2009 – June 2010
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg |
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2009
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Cavity Optomechanics and Optical Frequency Comb Generation with silica Whispering-Gallery-Mode Microresonators
PhD Thesis
Author: Albert Schliesser
Duration: Nov. 2005 – Nov. 2009
Advisors: Prof. Haensch, Prof. Kotthaus |
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Crystalline Resonators for Optomechanics and Frequency Comb Generation
Diploma Thesis
Author: Johannes Hofer
Duration: Sep. 2008 – Sep. 2009
Advisors: Prof. Kippenberg, Prof. Haensch, Prof. Kotthaus |
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2008
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Theoretical Approaches to Cooling of Micromechanical Oscillators
Diploma Thesis
Author: Jens Dobrindt
Duration: Feb. 2007 – Feb. 2008
Advisors: Dr. Kippenberg, Prof. Haensch, Prof. Zwerger |
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2007
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Cavity Optomechanics in Whispering Gallery Mode Microresonators
Diploma Thesis
Author: Georg Anetsberger
Duration: Nov. 2006 – Nov. 2007
Advisors: Dr. Kippenberg, Prof. Haensch |
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Molecular Recognition with Toroidal Microcavities
Diploma Thesis
Author: Bastian Schroeter
Duration: Sept. 2006 – Oct. 2007
Advisors: Dr. Kippenberg, Prof. Haensch |
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Cascaded Parametric Frequency Conversion in Monolithic Microresonators
Diploma Thesis
Author: Pascal Del’Haye
Duration: May. 2006 – May. 2007
Advisors: Dr. Kippenberg, Prof. Haensch |
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2006
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Characterization of Acoustic Modes in Fiber-Taper-Coupled Silica Microspheres
Master Thesis
Author: Rui Ma
Duration: Feb. 2006 – Nov. 2006
Advisors: Dr. Kippenberg, Prof. Finley |
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Theory of Radiation Pressure Induced Coupling of the Mechanical Mode to the Optical Mode of a Micro-Resonator
Master Thesis
Author: Nima Nooshi
Duration: Feb. 2006 – Oct. 2006
Advisors: Dr. Kippenberg, Prof. Zwerger |
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