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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to ultrafast nonlinear optics, in particular for the development of pulse characterization techniques, the experimental demonstration of pulse selfcompression through laser filamentation, and the investigations of higherorder nonlinear susceptibilities and rogue waves
  • 2016 - OSA Fellows Günter Steinmeyer Max Born Institute, Germany For significant contributions to femtosecond pulse measurements and stabilization of the carrier-envelope phase, in particular the feed-forward stabilization method using an acousto-optic frequency shifter.

Overview

Günter Steinmeyer is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, alongside notable work in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Solid State Laser Technologies
  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies

Günter Steinmeyer has published multiple recent papers, demonstrating ongoing engagement with laser physics and optical research. Selected recent publications include:

  • Highly reliable measurement of ultrashort laser pulses (2020), Journal of Applied Physics
  • All-optical supercontinuum switching (2020), Communications Physics
  • Spontaneous emission noise in mode-locked lasers and frequency combs (2020), Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Space-time focusing and coherence properties of supercontinua in multipass cells (2021), Physical Review Research
  • Spatial cage solitons-taming light bullets (2021), Photonics Research

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborative work within the optics and laser community and include:

  • Chao Mei
  • Esmerando Escoto
  • И. Бабушкин
  • Ayhan Demircan
  • Uwe Griebner

Steinmeyer's publications often appear in specialized venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters

Their research output spans across multiple dimensions of ultrafast nonlinear optics, laser pulse characterization, and nonlinear optical phenomena.

Recognition for their work includes awards such as:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2017, awarded for contributions to ultrafast nonlinear optics, pulse characterization techniques, pulse self-compression, and investigations of nonlinear susceptibilities and rogue waves
  • OSA Fellow, 2016, acknowledged for significant progress in femtosecond pulse measurements and carrier-envelope phase stabilization involving feed-forward methods using an acousto-optic frequency shifter

Best Publications

  • Photonic-bandgap microcavities in optical waveguides

    J. S. Foresi;P. R. Villeneuve;J. Ferrera;E. R. Thoen

  • Carrier-envelope offset phase control: A novel concept for absolute optical frequency measurement and ultrashort pulse generation

    H.R. Telle;G. Steinmeyer;A.E. Dunlop;J. Stenger

  • Ultra-compact Si-SiO 2 microring resonator optical channel dropping filters

    B.E. Little;J.S. Foresi;G. Steinmeyer;E.R. Thoen

  • Semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror assisted Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser producing pulses in the two-cycle regime.

    Dirk H. Sutter;G. Steinmeyer;L. Gallmann;N. Matuschek

  • Roadmap on optical rogue waves and extreme events

    Nail Akhmediev;Bertrand Kibler;Fabio Baronio;Milivoj Belic

  • Characterization of sub-6-fs optical pulses with spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction.

    L. Gallmann;D. H. Sutter;N. Matuschek;G. Steinmeyer

  • Self-compression of millijoule pulses to 7.8 fs duration in a white-light filament.

    Gero Stibenz;Nickolai Zhavoronkov;Günter Steinmeyer

  • Femtosecond light transmission and subradiant damping in plasmonic crystals.

    C. Ropers;D. J. Park;G. Stibenz;G. Steinmeyer

  • Direct frequency comb synthesis with arbitrary offset and shot-noise-limited phase noise

    Sebastian Koke;Christian Grebing;Harald Frei;Alexandria Anderson

  • Controlling light by light with an optical event horizon.

    A. Demircan;S.-H. Amiranashvili;G. Steinmeyer

  • Self-compression by femtosecond pulse filamentation: experiments versus numerical simulations.

    Stefan Skupin;Gero Stibenz;Luc Bergé;Falk Lederer

  • Passive mode-locking of a Tm-doped bulk laser near 2 microm using a carbon nanotube saturable absorber.

    Won Bae Cho;Andreas Schmidt;Jong Hyuk Yim;Sun Young Choi

  • Passive mode locking of Yb:KLuW using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber

    Andreas Schmidt;Simon Rivier;Guenter Steinmeyer;Jong Hyuk Yim

  • Boosting the Non Linear Optical Response of Carbon Nanotube Saturable Absorbers for Broadband Mode-Locking of Bulk Lasers

    W. B. Cho;J. H. Yim;S. Y. Choi;S. Lee

  • Few-Femtosecond Plasmon Dephasing of a Single Metallic Nanostructure from Optical Response Function Reconstruction by Interferometric Frequency Resolved Optical Gating

    Alexandria Anderson;Kseniya S. Deryckx;Xiaoji G. Xu;Günter Steinmeyer

  • Pulse compression over a 170-THz bandwidth in the visible by use of only chirped mirrors

    M. Zavelani-Rossi;G. Cerullo;S. De Silvestri;L. Gallmann

  • Back-side-coated chirped mirrors with ultra-smooth broadband dispersion characteristics

    N. Matuschek;L. Gallmann;D.H. Sutter;G. Steinmeyer

  • Saturation of the All-Optical Kerr Effect

    Carsten Brée;Ayhan Demircan;Günter Steinmeyer

  • Fabrication and characterization of ultrafast carbon nanotube saturable absorbers for solid-state laser mode locking near 1μm

    Jong Hyuk Yim;Won Bae Cho;Soonil Lee;Yeong Hwan Ahn

  • Techniques for the characterization of sub-10-fs optical pulses: a comparison

    L. Gallmann;D.H. Sutter;N. Matuschek;G. Steinmeyer

  • Spatiotemporal rogue events in optical multiple filamentation.

    Simon Birkholz;Erik T. J. Nibbering;Carsten Brée;Stefan Skupin

  • Coherent artifact in modern pulse measurements.

    Justin Ratner;Günter Steinmeyer;Tsz Chun Wong;Randy Bartels

  • Spatially resolved amplitude and phase characterization of femtosecond optical pulses.

    L. Gallmann;G. Steinmeyer;D. H. Sutter;T. Rupp

  • Predictability of rogue events.

    Simon Birkholz;Carsten Brée;Ayhan Demircan;Günter Steinmeyer

  • Rogue events in the group velocity horizon

    Ayhan Demircan;Shalva Amiranashvili;Carsten Brée;Christoph Mahnke

  • Carrier-envelope offset dynamics of mode-locked lasers

    F. W. Helbing;G. Steinmeyer;U. Keller;R. S. Windeler

  • Sub-10 fs pulse characterization using spatially encoded arrangement for spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction

    Adam S. Wyatt;Ian A. Walmsley;Gero Stibenz;Günter Steinmeyer

  • Method for Computing the Nonlinear Refractive Index via Keldysh Theory

    C. Bree;A. Demircan;G. Steinmeyer

  • The coherent artifact in modern pulse measurements

    Justin Ratner;Günter Steinmeyer;Tsz Chun Wong;Randy Bartels

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Griebner
Uwe Griebner Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
Ursula Keller
Ursula Keller ETH Zurich
Rick Trebino
Rick Trebino Georgia Institute of Technology
Mircea Guina
Mircea Guina Tampere University
Fabian Rotermund
Fabian Rotermund Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Soonil Lee
Soonil Lee Ajou University
Goëry Genty
Goëry Genty Tampere University
Thomas Elsaesser
Thomas Elsaesser Max Planck Society
Markus B. Raschke
Markus B. Raschke University of Colorado Boulder

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