Prof. Dr. Martin Weitz
Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms-University Bonn
Institute for Applied Physics
Quantum Optics
Research fields
Equilibrium thermodynamics of light
Quantum physics of ultracold atomic gases
Laser cooling of dense gases
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Since April 2006 |
Professor (W3) for Experimental Physics, University Bonn |
| 2001 - 2006 |
Professor (C3) or Experimental Physics, University Tübingen |
| 1998 |
Habilitation, University Munich |
| 1994 - 2001 |
Project leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching |
| 1994 |
Acting Assistant Professor, Stanford University |
| 1993 - 1994 |
Postdoc, Stanford University, Research group of Prof. Dr. S. Chu |
| 1992 |
Promotion, University Munich, Prof. T. W. Hänsch with „summa cum laude“. Dissertation at Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics |
| 1985 - 1989 |
Physics studies, Technical University Munich |
| 1983 - 1985 |
Physics studies and Electrical Engineering, University Kaiserslautern |
| 1983 |
Abitur, Bad Dürkheim |
Awards
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2012 |
Awarded with ERC Advanced Grant "Interacting Photon-Bose-Einstein Condensates in Variable Potentials", European Research Council |
| 2010 |
Awarded with 1st Prize of NRW-Hochschulwettbewerbs "Patente Erfinder", (with J. Klärs and F. Vewinger) |
| 2010 |
Granting of a Reinhart Koselleck-Project "Collisionally Induced Laser Cooling of Ultradense Molecular Gases" of the German Physical Society |
| 1998 |
Awarded with Philip Morris Research Prize (with T. Hänsch, T. Udem, B. Gross, A. Huber, and J. Reichert) |
| 1986 - 1989 |
Promotion by Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Müller-Foundation within the Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany |
Ausgewählte Publikationen
Compressibility and the equation of state of an optical quantum gas in a box
E. Busley, L.E. Miranda, A. Redmann, C. Kurtscheid, K. Karkihalli Umesh, F. Vewinger, M. Weitz, and J. Schmitt
Observation of a non-Hermitian phase transition in an optical quantum gas
F. Öztürk, T. Lappe, G. Hellmann, J. Schmitt, J. Klaers, F. Vewinger, J. Kroha, and M. Weitz
Thermally condensing photons into a coherently split state of light
C. Kurtscheid, D. Dung, E. Busley, F. Vewinger, A. Rosch, and M. Weitz
Real-space imaging of a topological protected edge state with ultracold atoms in an amplitude-chirped optical lattice
M. Leder, C. Grossert, L. Sitta, M. Genske, A. Rosch, and M. Weitz
Observation of grand-canonical number statistics in a photon Bose-Einstein condensate
J. Schmitt, T. Damm, D. Dung, F. Vewinger, J. Klaers, and M. Weitz
Bose-Einstein condensation of photons in an optical microcavity
J. Klaers, J. Schmitt, F. Vewinger, and M. Weitz
Directed transport in a Hamiltonian quantum ratchet
T. Salger, S. Kling, T. Hecking, C. Geckeler, L. Morales-Molina, and M. Weitz
Atomic Interferometer with Amplitude Gratings of Light and its Applications to Atom Based Tests of the Equivalence Principle
S. Fray, C. Alvarez Diez, T. W. Hänsch, and M. Weitz
Atomic Interferometer Based on Adiabatic Population Transfer
M. Weitz, B. C. Young, and S. Chu
Precise Optical Lamb Shift Measurements in Atomic Hydrogen
M. Weitz, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and T. W. Hänsch