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  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Thomas Pertsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany For groundbreaking contributions to spatio-temporal nonlinear dynamics in discrete optics, for the observation of light bullets, and for seminal contributions to metamaterial science and nanophotonics.

Overview

Thomas Pertsch is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and physics and astronomy, addressing various subfields and topics primarily centered on optics and photonics.

Main fields of study:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Subfields of study include:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Materials Chemistry

Main topics of work are:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

The scientist has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optics Express
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Nanophotonics

Selected recent papers illustrate their active involvement in research on metasurfaces and integrated photonics. These include:

  • "Photon Pairs from Resonant Metasurfaces," 2021, Nano Letters
  • "Second-Harmonic Generation in Resonant Nonlinear Metasurfaces Based on Lithium Niobate," 2020, Nano Letters
  • "Lithium Niobate on Insulator: An Emerging Platform for Integrated Quantum Photonics," 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
  • "Chiral Bilayer All-Dielectric Metasurfaces," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Material-specific high-resolution table-top extreme ultraviolet microscopy," 2022, Light Science & Applications

Frequent co-authors of Thomas Pertsch include:

  • Frank Setzpfandt
  • Isabelle Staude
  • Sina Saravi
  • Michael Steinert
  • Falk Eilenberger

In 2015, Thomas Pertsch was named an OSA Fellow. The award citation noted contributions to spatio-temporal nonlinear dynamics in discrete optics, observations of light bullets, and work in metamaterial science and nanophotonics.

Best Publications

  • High-Efficiency Dielectric Huygens’ Surfaces

    Manuel Decker;Isabelle Staude;Matthias Falkner;Jason Dominguez

  • Asymmetric transmission of linearly polarized light at optical metamaterials.

    C. Menzel;C. Helgert;C. Rockstuhl;E.-B. Kley

  • Optical Bloch Oscillations in Temperature Tuned Waveguide Arrays

    T. Pertsch;P. Dannberg;W. Elflein;A. Bräuer

  • Resonantly Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation Using III-V Semiconductor All-Dielectric Metasurfaces.

    Sheng Liu;Michael B. Sinclair;Sina Saravi;Gordon A. Keeler

  • Generation and Near-Field Imaging of Airy Surface Plasmons

    Alexander Minovich;Angela E. Klein;Norik Janunts;Thomas Pertsch

  • Optical Bloch oscillations in waveguide arrays

    U Peschel;T Pertsch;F Lederer

  • Anomalous refraction and diffraction in discrete optical systems.

    T. Pertsch;T. Zentgraf;U. Peschel;A. Bräuer

  • Ultrafast all-optical tuning of direct-gap semiconductor metasurfaces

    Maxim R. Shcherbakov;Sheng Liu;Varvara V. Zubyuk;Aleksandr Vaskin

  • Fabry-Perot Resonances in One-Dimensional Plasmonic Nanostructures

    Jens Dorfmüller;Ralf Vogelgesang;R. Thomas Weitz;Carsten Rockstuhl

  • Bloch oscillations and Zener tunneling in two-dimensional photonic lattices.

    Henrike Trompeter;Henrike Trompeter;Wieslaw Krolikowski;Dragomir N. Neshev;Anton S. Desyatnikov

  • Electrically tunable all-dielectric optical metasurfaces based on liquid crystals

    Andrei Komar;Zheng Fang;Justus Bohn;Jürgen Sautter

  • Retrieving effective parameters for metamaterials at oblique incidence

    Christoph Menzel;Carsten Rockstuhl;Thomas Paul;Falk Lederer

  • Visual Observation of Zener Tunneling

    Henrike Trompeter;Thomas Pertsch;Falk Lederer;Dirk Michaelis

  • Three-dimensional light bullets in arrays of waveguides.

    S. Minardi;F. Eilenberger;Y. V. Kartashov;A. Szameit

  • Nonlinearity and disorder in fiber arrays

    Thomas Pertsch;Ulf Peschel;Jens Kobelke;Kay Schuster

  • Bloch-Zener oscillations in binary superlattices.

    F. Dreisow;A. Szameit;M. Heinrich;T. Pertsch

  • Control of directional evanescent coupling in fs laser written waveguides: Erratum.

    Alexander Szameit;Felix Dreisow;Thomas Pertsch;Stefan Nolte

  • Observation of discrete quadratic solitons.

    R. Iwanow;R. Schiek;G. I. Stegeman;T. Pertsch

  • Two-dimensional soliton in cubic fs laser written waveguide arrays in fused silica

    Alexander Szameit;Jonas Burghoff;Thomas Pertsch;Stefan Nolte

  • Spatial and spectral light shaping with metamaterials.

    Benny Walther;Christian Helgert;Carsten Rockstuhl;Frank Setzpfandt

  • Discrete diffraction in two-dimensional arrays of coupled waveguides in silica

    Thomas Pertsch;Ulf Peschel;Falk Lederer;Jonas Burghoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Tünnermann
Andreas Tünnermann Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Falk Lederer
Falk Lederer Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Stefan Nolte
Stefan Nolte Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dragomir N. Neshev
Dragomir N. Neshev Australian National University
Yuri S. Kivshar
Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University
Isabelle Staude
Isabelle Staude Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Alexander Szameit
Alexander Szameit University of Rostock
Andrey A. Sukhorukov
Andrey A. Sukhorukov Australian National University
Ernst-Bernhard Kley
Ernst-Bernhard Kley Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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