Prof. Dr. Thomas Zentgraf

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Zentgraf

Ultrafast Nanophotonics

Head - Professor

Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics (CeOPP)

Chairman - Professor

Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS)

Committee - Professor

Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 142

Committee - Professor - Projektleiter

Key research area Optoelectronics and Photonics

Member - Professor

Phone:
+49 5251 60-5865
Fax (External):
+49 5251 60-5886
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P8.3.03
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Pohlweg 47-49
33098 Paderborn
Brief Profile

Professor Thomas Zentgraf holds diploma degrees in Physics from the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany, as well as in Engineering from the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena, Germany. In 2006 he finished his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Harald Giessen at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Stuttgart and the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Thereafter, he worked as a Humboldt Research Fellow in the group of Prof. Xiang Zhang at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, where he led the plasmonics research activities. Since May 2011 he is head of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Research Group at Paderborn University. In 2016 he received an ERC Consolidator Grant for studying the nonlinear light-matter-interaction. In 2020 he became the Chairman of the Center for Optoelectronics & Photonics Paderborn and in 2021 Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics. His present research is focused on studying nano-optical system and artificially structured materials for optical applications by linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy.

Research Interests
  • Optical materials and hybrid systems
  • Light-Matter-Interaction with nanostructures
  • Nonlinear-optical spectroscopy
  • Optical holography with metasurfaces
Prof. Dr. Thomas Zentgraf
Education and Academic Career
Since 04/2011

Professor for Applied Physics, Head of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Group

Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Germany

2019

Visiting Researcher

Nonlinear Physics Center, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

08/2015 - 01/2016

Guest Professor

Department of Physics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

2012

Visiting Researcher

Department of Physics, City University Hongkong, Hongkong

09/2007 - 03/2011

Research Associate

Department for Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA

07/2006 - 08/2007

Postdoc

4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany

27.06.2006

Doctorate

Experimental Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Harald Giessen

01/2003 - 06/2006

PhD student

Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

09/2005 - 11/2005

Visiting Researcher

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (USA)

2001 - 2002

Degree programme

M.Sc. Applied Physics, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

1996 - 2001

Degree programme

B.Sc. Physical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany

03/2000 - 01/2001

Master Student

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics, Jena, Germany

Awards und Fellowships
2021

Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics, Germany

2016

ERC Starting Grant, European Commission

2011

Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, European Commission

2007

Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2006

Fellow of the Elite Program of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation

2006

Dr.-Heinrich-Düker Award of the Heidehof Foundation, Germany

2005

Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2002

Georg-Simon-Ohm Award of the German Physical Society (DPG)

Miscellaneous
Since 2021

Board member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the L-Lab

Since 10/2020

Chairman of the Center for Optolectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP)

Since 2020

Chairman of the Commission for the Allocation of Quality Improvement Funds in the Department of Physics

Since 2019

Member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS)

Since 2019

Member of the managing board of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS)

Since 2012

Member of the Center for Optoelectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP)

2017 - 2023

Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University

2012 - 2015

Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University

Scientific Engagement
Organisation of Scientific Events
2023

Program Committee, "CLEO Europe", Munich, Germany

2023

Program Committee, "OPTICA Optical Imaging Congress", Boston, USA

2021

Session organizer "New Frontiers in the Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Metamaterials" at MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, USA

2020

Scientific Advisory Committee, "5th International Conference on Photonics Solutions", Pattaya, Thailand

2020

Organizer of the focus session "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics" at the DPG Fall Meeting, Germany

2017

Program Committee, "SIAM Physics Congress 2017" in Rayong, Thailand

2015

Program Committee, "ICPS 2015" congress in Hua Hin, Thailand

2014

Organizer of the 551. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: "Active Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterial Dynamics" in Bad Honnef, Germany

2011

Program Committee of the "Metamaterials" congress in Barcelona, Spain

Editorial Boards and Editorship
2017

Guest editor IOP, Journal of Physics D

Membership in Scientific Societies
Since 2001

Member of the German Physical Society (DPG)

2018

Founding member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn University, Germany

Since 2021

Board member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the L-Lab

Since 10/2020

Chairman of the Center for Optolectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP)

Since 2020

Chairman of the Commission for the Allocation of Quality Improvement Funds in the Department of Physics

Since 2019

Member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS)

Since 2019

Member of the managing board of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS)

Since 2012

Member of the Center for Optoelectronics & Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP)

Since 04/2011

Professor for Applied Physics, Head of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Group

Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Germany

Education and Academic Career
Since 2001

Member of the German Physical Society (DPG)

Membership in Scientific Societies
2023

Program Committee, "CLEO Europe", Munich, Germany

Organisation of Scientific Events
2023

Program Committee, "OPTICA Optical Imaging Congress", Boston, USA

Organisation of Scientific Events
2017 - 2023

Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University

2021

Session organizer "New Frontiers in the Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Metamaterials" at MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, USA

Organisation of Scientific Events
2021

Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics, Germany

Awards und Fellowships
2020

Scientific Advisory Committee, "5th International Conference on Photonics Solutions", Pattaya, Thailand

Organisation of Scientific Events
2020

Organizer of the focus session "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics" at the DPG Fall Meeting, Germany

Organisation of Scientific Events
2019

Visiting Researcher

Nonlinear Physics Center, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Education and Academic Career
2018

Founding member of the Institute for Photonics Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn University, Germany

Membership in Scientific Societies
2017

Guest editor IOP, Journal of Physics D

Editorial Boards and Editorship
2017

Program Committee, "SIAM Physics Congress 2017" in Rayong, Thailand

Organisation of Scientific Events
2016

ERC Starting Grant, European Commission

Awards und Fellowships
08/2015 - 01/2016

Guest Professor

Department of Physics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Education and Academic Career
2015

Program Committee, "ICPS 2015" congress in Hua Hin, Thailand

Organisation of Scientific Events
2012 - 2015

Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science at the Paderborn University

2014

Organizer of the 551. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: "Active Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterial Dynamics" in Bad Honnef, Germany

Organisation of Scientific Events
2012

Visiting Researcher

Department of Physics, City University Hongkong, Hongkong

Education and Academic Career
09/2007 - 03/2011

Research Associate

Department for Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Education and Academic Career
2011

Program Committee of the "Metamaterials" congress in Barcelona, Spain

Organisation of Scientific Events
2011

Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, European Commission

Awards und Fellowships
07/2006 - 08/2007

Postdoc

4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Education and Academic Career
2007

Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Awards und Fellowships
27.06.2006

Doctorate

Experimental Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Harald Giessen

Education and Academic Career
01/2003 - 06/2006

PhD student

Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

Education and Academic Career
2006

Fellow of the Elite Program of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation

Awards und Fellowships
2006

Dr.-Heinrich-Düker Award of the Heidehof Foundation, Germany

Awards und Fellowships
09/2005 - 11/2005

Visiting Researcher

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (USA)

Education and Academic Career
2005

Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Awards und Fellowships
2002

Georg-Simon-Ohm Award of the German Physical Society (DPG)

Awards und Fellowships
2001 - 2002

Degree programme

M.Sc. Applied Physics, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

Education and Academic Career
1996 - 2001

Degree programme

B.Sc. Physical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany

Education and Academic Career
03/2000 - 01/2001

Master Student

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics, Jena, Germany

Education and Academic Career

Publications

Latest Publications

Topological edge and corner states in coupled wave lattices in nonlinear polariton condensates
T. Schneider, W. Gao, T. Zentgraf, S. Schumacher, X. Ma, Nanophotonics (2024).
Roadmap on electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces
T.J. Cui, S. Zhang, A. Alu, M. Wegener, J. Pendry, J. Luo, Y. Lai, Z. Wang, X. Lin, H. Chen, P. Chen, R.-X. Wu, Y. Yin, P. Zhao, H. Chen, Y. Li, Z. Zhou, N. Engheta, V.S. Asadchy, C. Simovski, S.A. Tretyakov, B. Yang, S.D. Campbell, Y. Hao, D.H. Werner, S. Sun, L. Zhou, S. Xu, H.-B. Sun, Z. Zhou, Z. Li, G. Zheng, X. Chen, T. Li, S.-N. Zhu, J. Zhou, J. Zhao, Z. Liu, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, M. Gu, S. Xiao, Y. Liu, X. Zhang, Y. Tang, G. Li, T. Zentgraf, K. Koshelev, Y.S. Kivshar, X. Li, T. Badloe, L. Huang, J. Rho, S. Wang, D.P. Tsai, A.Yu. Bykov, A.V. Krasavin, A.V. Zayats, C. McDonnell, T. Ellenbogen, X. Luo, M. Pu, F.J. Garcia-Vidal, L. Liu, Z. Li, W. Tang, H.F. Ma, J. Zhang, Y. Luo, X. Zhang, H.C. Zhang, P.H. He, L.P. Zhang, X. Wan, H. Wu, S. Liu, W.X. Jiang, X.G. Zhang, C. Qiu, Q. Ma, C. Liu, L. Li, J. Han, L. Li, M. Cotrufo, C. Caloz, Z.-L. Deck-Léger, A. Bahrami, O. Céspedes, E. Galiffi, P.A. Huidobro, Q. Cheng, J.Y. Dai, J.C. Ke, L. Zhang, V. Galdi, M. Di Renzo, Journal of Physics: Photonics (2024).
Three-dimensional dipole momentum analog based on L-shape metasurface
T. Li, Y. Chen, Y. Wang, T. Zentgraf, L. Huang, Applied Physics Letters 122 (2023).
Tailoring the directive nature of optical waveguide antennas
H. Farheen, L.-Y. Yan, T. Leuteritz, S. Qiao, F. Spreyer, C. Schlickriede, V. Quiring, C. Eigner, C. Silberhorn, T. Zentgraf, S. Linden, V. Myroshnychenko, J. Förstner, in: S.M. García-Blanco, P. Cheben (Eds.), Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII, SPIE, 2023, p. 124241E.
A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces
D. Hähnel, C. Golla, M. Albert, T. Zentgraf, V. Myroshnychenko, J. Förstner, C. Meier, Light: Science & Applications 12 (2023) 97.
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