Theses
2026
Optimization of Endoscopic Magnetometers Based on Microdiamonds with NV Defects
Kilian Ebi (Bachelor’s Thesis, April 2026)Design and Optimization of Micro Antenna Structures for NV Center Magnetometry
Anish Thomas (Master’s Thesis, March 2026) PDF
2025
- NV-center relaxometry: from charge-conversion effects to application to paramagnetic spin-crossover complexes
Isabel Carolin Cardoso Barbosa (Ph.D. thesis, June 2025) PDF - Addressing Ytterbium Rydberg States with a UV Laser Setup for Neutral Atom Quantum Computing
Jakob Tobias Pätkau (Master’s Thesis, February 2025) PDF
2024
- Fluorescence of NV Centers in Optically Trapped Nanodiamonds
Arnold Wilhelm Schäfer (Bachelor’s Thesis, October 2024) - Tuning anomalous diffusion of ultracold Fermi gases in disorder using quantum and cosmological mechanisms
Sian Barbosa (Ph.D. thesis, September 2024) PDF - High-resolution imaging system for ultracold Li atoms
Bennet Benny (Master’s thesis, September 2024) PDF - First Steps Toward Integrating an Optical Tweezer into a System for Direct Laser Writing
Alena Erlenbach (Master’s Thesis, August 2024) PDF - Toward the Implementation of a Digital Micromirror Device for the Creation of Arbitrary Optical Potentials in an Ultracold Quantum Gas of 6Li
Louisa Marie Kienesberger (Master’s Thesis, August 2024) PDF - Simulation of Trajectories of Individual Cs Atoms in Dissipative and Conservative Force Fields and Their Analysis Using Artificial Intelligence
Marco Mohler (Diploma Thesis, June 2024) PDF - Development and Characterization of an Optical Tweezer for Individual Cesium Atoms
Levi Geier (Master’s Thesis, June 2024) PDF - Motorized Mirrors for Automated Fiber Coupling and Control of Laser Beams
Marcel Keck (Bachelor’s Thesis, February 2024)
2023
- Non-equilibrium dynamics in the BEC-BCS crossover: From disorder quenches to Pauli engines
Jennifer Koch (Ph.D. thesis, December 2023) PDF - Construction and characterization of a trapezoidal amplifier system for laser cooling of cesium atoms
Luca Leon Granert (Bachelor’s thesis, December 2023) - Control and Characterization of an Acousto-Optic Deflector for the Implementation of an Optical Tweezer
Hugo Gerlitz (Bachelor’s Thesis, November 2023) - Design and characterization of a low-adjustment optical system for frequency modulation using acousto-optic modulators
David Gopalan (Bachelor’s thesis, September 2023) - Toward probing and understanding radio-frequency-induced Floquet-Feshbach resonances in ultracold ⁶Li gases
Alexander Pascal Guthmann (Master’s thesis, April 2023) PDF
2022
- Development of an optical tweezers system for introducing individual cesium atoms into a rubidium quantum gas
Joshua Becker (Master’s thesis, December 2022) PDF - Spin dynamics of open quantum systems driven by spin-exchange collisions
Jens Nettersheim (Ph.D. thesis, November 2022) PDF - Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds: From Waveguide-Coupled Quantum Sensors to Collective Effects in Agglomerates
Jonas Maximilian Gutsche (Ph.D. thesis, November 2022) PDF - Non-equilibrium dynamics of single atoms for probing tailored baths
Daniel Adam (Ph.D. thesis, March 2022) PDF - Toward high-resolution probing of interacting Fermi gases in a UHV glass cell
Felix Lang (Master’s thesis, March 2022) PDF - Influence of the excitation wavelength on optically detected magnetic resonance spectra of defect centers in diamond
Levi Geier (Bachelor’s thesis, March 2022)
2021
- Development of an integrated, directly laser-written magnetic field sensor at the tip of an optical glass fiber based on quantum emitters in nanodiamonds
Mark Stefan Dix (Master’s thesis, November 2021) PDF - Dynamics of Individual Atoms in a Moving Optical Lattice
Florian Schall (Bachelor’s Thesis, October 2021) - Magnetometry of Spin-Crossover Complexes Using Nitrogen Impurity Centers in Nanodiamonds
Isabel Manes (Master’s Thesis, September 2021) PDF - Universal non-equilibrium spin dynamics of individual Cs atoms in an ultracold Rb gas
Julian Feß (Diploma thesis, September 2021) PDF - Experimental Setup for Double-Quantum Magnetometry on NV Centers in Nanodiamonds
Dennis Christian Lönard (Master’s Thesis, August 2021) PDF - Construction and Characterization of a Diode Laser for the Laser Cooling of Lithium Atoms
Jakob Wüst (Bachelor’s Thesis, August 2021) - Construction and Characterization of a Laser Amplifier for the Laser Cooling of Lithium Atoms
Jessica Schöberle (Bachelor’s Thesis, August 2021) - Construction and characterization of a diode laser for laser cooling of cesium
Paul Steuernagel (Bachelor’s thesis, June 2021) - Design, Implementation, and Characterization of an FPGA-Based System for Real-Time Control of Signals in Quantum Optical and Atom Optical Experiments
Jonas David Witzenrath (Master’s Thesis, May 2021) PDF - A setup for investigating ultracold quantum gases with high spatial resolution
Maximilian Kaiser (Master’s thesis, April 2021) PDF - Stabilization of a laser on a high-Q optical resonator
Isabell Jauch (Bachelor’s thesis, April 2021)
2020
- Bose-Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases in static and dynamic disorder potentials
Benjamin Nagler (Ph.D. thesis, December 2020) PDF - Optimization of a Radio Frequency Antenna for the Spectroscopic Investigation of Ultracold Fermi Gases
Carole Peiffer (Bachelor’s thesis, December 2020) - Numerical Simulation of the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation for a Bose-Einstein Condensate in Dynamic Disorder
Alexander Pascal Guthmann (Bachelor’s Thesis, November 2020) - Investigation of the fluorescence of NV− centers in nanodiamonds to study collective effects as a function of the spin state
Marek Bültel (Bachelor’s thesis, October 2020) - A Single-Atom Quantum Refrigerator Driven by Spin Exchange Collisions
Kevin Pascal Mours (Bachelor’s thesis, September 2020) - Spin Exchange Collisions Between Individual Atomic Defects and a Quantum Gas
Sabrina Burgardt (Master’s Thesis, September 2020) PDF - Directly Laser-Written Lab-on-a-Tip for Quantum Sensing
José Ferreira Neto (Master’s thesis, September 2020) PDF - Time-Dependent, Disordered Dipole Potentials for Ultracold Fermionic Quantum Gases
Silvia Hiebel (Diploma Thesis, September 2020) PDF - Tracing the difference between single quantum emitters and bulk material of quantum emitters in nanodiamonds using quantum optics
Ashkan Zand (Master’s thesis, August 2020) PDF - Design and Construction of an Optical Tweezer for Glass Spheres and Nanodiamonds
Lynn Knippertz (Master’s Thesis, March 2020) PDF
2019
- Relaxation Dynamics of Single Neutral Impurities in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Tobias Lausch (Ph.D. thesis, December 2019) PDF - Non-Equilibrium Motional Dynamics of Single Ultracold Cesium Atoms
Daniel Mayer (Ph.D. thesis, December 2019) PDF - Fermi Superfluids in Disordered Optical Potentials
Sian Cardaso Barbosa (Master’s Thesis, September 2019) PDF - Construction of a Source for Entangled Photon Pairs
Dennis Lönard (Bachelor’s thesis, April 2019) - Toward a degenerate Fermi gas in a disordered environment
Benjamin Gänger (Ph.D. thesis, March 2019) PDF - A tunable laser system for imaging rubidium in high magnetic fields
Jennifer Koch (Master’s thesis, January 2019) PDF - A laser system for pulsed, near-resonant excitation of nitrogen vacancy centers in nanodiamonds
Mark Stefan Dix (Bachelor’s thesis, January 2019)
2018
- Strongly Interacting Ultracold Fermi Gases: Dynamics in Disordered Potentials
Jan Ernst Phieler (Ph.D. thesis, December 2018) PDF - Spin dynamics of single neutral impurities in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Felix Schmidt (Ph.D. thesis, December 2018) PDF - Integration of Strongly Fluorescent Nanodiamonds into Direct Laser-Written Polymer Waveguides for Quantum Sensing
Alexander Landowski (Ph.D. thesis, December 2018) PDF - Design and Characterization of a Diode Laser for Nonresonant Excitation of NV Color Centers in Diamond
Moritz Weiland (Bachelor’s Thesis, July 2018) - Integration of nitrogen vacancy centers into polymer waveguides
Jonas Maximilian Gutsche (Diploma thesis, March 2018) PDF - Design of a Reflected-Light Microscope for the Investigation of Micro-Optical Systems
Marius Schöneberg (Master’s Thesis, March 2018) PDF
2017
- Interaction of Individual Ultracold Cs Atoms with an Rb Quantum Gas
Steve Haupt (Master’s Thesis, November 2017) PDF - Construction of an Optical Hochnesse Reference Resonator for Quantum-Optical Experiments
Maximilian Pallmann (Diploma Thesis, September 2017) PDF - A Microwave Setup for Magnetometry on Nitrogen Defect Centers in Nanodiamonds
Sebastian Wingerter (Master’s Thesis, March 2017) PDF - A Stabilized High-Performance Dipole Trap for Cooling and Transporting Fermionic Lithium Atoms
Geram Hunanyan (Diploma Thesis, January 2017) PDF
2016
- Single Ultracold Cesium Atoms Coupled to a Bath
Farina Kindermann (Ph.D. thesis, December 2016) PDF - Thermometry and Diffusion with Single Impurity Atoms in an Ultracold Gas
Michael Hohmann (Ph.D. thesis, December 2016) PDF - Design and Characterization of a Coil System for Generating Feshbach Resonances in Fermionic Lithium Atoms
Jürgen Häring (Master’s Thesis, December 2016) PDF - A Laser System for the Spectroscopy and Cooling of Ytterbium Atoms
Benjamin Nagler (Master’s Thesis, October 2016) PDF - Preparation for Driving Magnetic Feshbach Resonances in Ultracold Rubidium and Cesium Atoms
Manuel Stein (Thesis, October 2016) PDF - Diffusion of individual ultracold atoms in an optical lattice
Daniel Adam (Thesis, September 2016) PDF - A Setup for Investigating the Fluorescence Properties of Nitrogen Defect Centers in Nanodiamonds
Dominik Helward Zepp (Master’s Thesis, August 2016) PDF - Characterization of an Electro-Optic Modulator
Jana Bender (Bachelor’s Thesis, August 2016) - Flexible Generation of Beam Profiles Using Binary Patterns on a Digital Micromirror Device
Joshua Maximin Maas (Bachelor’s Thesis, July 2016) - Simulation and High-Resolution Position Detection of Individual Cesium Atoms in an Optical Lattice
Torsten Eckern (Master’s Thesis, July 2016) PDF
2015
- A Laser System for Laser Cooling of Ytterbium Atoms on the Blue 1 S 0 ↔ 1 P 1 Transition
Thomas Pinnel (Master’s Thesis, August 2015) PDF - Setup for a magneto-optical trap of fermionic lithium atoms
Carsten Lippe (Master’s thesis, August 2015) PDF - Laser cooling and temperature measurement of individual cesium atoms
Steve Haupt (Bachelor’s thesis, May 2015) - Investigation of the Fluorescence Properties of Various Photoresists for Integrated Optical Elements
Michael Schmidt (Master’s Thesis, April 2015) PDF - Construction and Characterization of a Magneto-Optical Trap for the Advanced Laboratory Course
Christoph Alexander Brach (Diploma Thesis, March 2015) PDF - Frequency doubling of a diode laser at 798 nm for laser cooling of ytterbium atoms
Christina Weirich (Master’s thesis, March 2015) PDF
2014
- Construction and Characterization of a Diode Laser with an External Resonator for Laser Spectroscopy of the Blue Ytterbium Line
Michael Lehmann (Master’s Thesis, October 2014) PDF - Construction and Characterization of a Doppler-Free Spectroscopy System for Lithium
Björn Leinenbach (Master’s Thesis, October 2014) PDF - Optimization of Bose-Einstein Condensate Generation Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Tobias Lausch (Diploma Thesis, September 2014) PDF - Design and Construction of Zeeman Decelerators for Laser Cooling of Fermionic 6Li and 173Yb
Tobias Eul (Diploma Thesis, June 2014) PDF - Direct laser writing and characterization of single-mode waveguides in SU-8 photoresist for a wavelength of 780 nm
Alexander Landowski (Master’s thesis, April 2014) PDF - Construction of a species-selective optical grating for individual cesium atoms
Daniel Mayer (Master’s thesis, April 2014) PDF - Cooling, Trapping, and Detecting Individual Cesium Atoms in a Magneto-Optical Trap
Felix Schmidt (Thesis, January 2014) PDF
2013
- Metamaterial-Focused Microwave Radiation for Applications in Quantum Optics
Alexander Wolff (Master’s Thesis, December 2013) PDF - Construction and Characterization of an Optical Trapping System for Ultracold Atoms
Philipp Franzreb (Thesis, January 2013) PDF - A phase-stable laser system for coherent Raman transitions in ultracold rubidium and cesium atoms
Jan Phieler (Thesis, January 2013) PDF
2012
- Construction and Characterization of a Source for Generating Cold Atoms
Benjamin Gänger (Master’s Thesis, December 2012) PDF