Prof. Stefan Kuhr
Phone: +49 89 32905 738
Fax: +49 89 32905 313
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Room: G2.20
Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1
85748 Garching
University of Strathclyde
Department of Physics
107 Rottenrow East
Glasgow, U.K.
G4 0NG
Phone: +44 141 548 3364
stefan.kuhr(at)strath.ac.uk
http://phys.strath.ac.uk/information/acadstaff/stefan.kuhr.php
!!!! PhD and Postdoc positions available! Please contact Stefan Kuhr for details. !!!! ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Project: Single-site addressing in optical lattices
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Curriculum Vitae
since 02/2011
Professor of Quantum Information
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Senior scientist and group leader
10/2006 - 08/2009 Universität Mainz
09/2009 - present Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
2003 - 2006
Postdoc
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
with J.-M. Raimond and S. Haroche
work on Cavity QED, Quantum non-demolition photon counting
1999 - 2003
PhD Thesis (summa cum laude)
with D. Meschede, Universität Bonn, "A controlled quantum system of neutral atoms"
Research visit at the University of Stony Brook, USA, with L. Orozco, work on Cavity QED and quantum feedback (5 months in 2001)
1998 - 1999
Diploma thesis (with distinction)
with D. Meschede, Universität Bonn
1993 - 1998
Studies of Physics
Universität Bonn and École Polytechnique, France (1996)
Fellowships, stipends and prizes
2011 Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
2011 ERC Starting Grant (press release MPQ eng, deu)
2007 Research Fellowship of the Carl-Zeiss-Foundation
2003 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship of the EU
2003 PhD thesis award of the Physics Department, Universität Bonn
Selected Publications fold 
Light-cone-like spreading of correlations in a quantum many-body system
Authors: M. Cheneau, P. Barmettler, D. Poletti, M. Endres, P. Schauß, T. Fukuhara, C. Gross, I. Bloch, C. Kollath, S. Kuhr
Magazine: Nature 481, 484 (2012)
Observation of Correlated Particle-Hole Pairs and String Order in Low-Dimensional Mott Insulators
Authors: M. Endres, M. Cheneau, T. Fukuhara, C. Weitenberg, P. Schauß, C. Gross, L. Mazza, M.C. Banuls, L. Pollet, I. Bloch, S. Kuhr
Magazine: Science 334, 200 (2011)
Quantum computation architecture using optical tweezers
Authors: C. Weitenberg, S. Kuhr, K. Mølmer, J. F. Sherson
Magazine: Phys. Rev. A 84, 032322 (2011)
Coherent light scattering from a two-dimensional Mott insulator
Authors: C. Weitenberg, P. Schauß, T. Fukuhara, M. Cheneau, M. Endres, I. Bloch, S. Kuhr
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 215301 (2011)
Single-Spin Addressing in an Atomic Mott Insulator
Authors: C. Weitenberg, M. Endres, J. F. Sherson, M. Cheneau, P. Schauß, T. Fukuhara, I. Bloch, S. Kuhr
Magazine: Nature 471, 319 (2011)
Single-atom-resolved fluorescence imaging of an atomic Mott insulator
Authors: J. F. Sherson, C. Weitenberg, M. Endres, M. Cheneau, I. Bloch, S. Kuhr
Magazine: Nature 467, 68 (2010)
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Light Storage in an Atomic Mott Insulator
Authors: U. Schnorrberger, J. D. Thompson, S. Trotzky, R. Pugatch, N. Davidson, S. Kuhr, I. Bloch
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 033003 (2009)
Process tomography of field damping and measurement of Fock state lifetimes by quantum non-demolition photon counting in a cavity
Authors: M. Brune, J. Bernu, C. Guerlin, S. Deléglise, C. Sayrin, S. Gleyzes, S. Kuhr, I. Dotsenko, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 240402 (2008)
Freezing a Coherent Field Growth in a Cavity by Quantum Zeno Effect
Authors: J. Bernu, S. Deléglise, C. Sayrin, S. Kuhr, I. Dotsenko, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 180402 (2008)
Progressive field-state collapse and quantum non-demolition photon counting
Authors: C. Guerlin, J. Bernu, S. Deléglise, C. Sayrin, S. Gleyzes, S. Kuhr, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche
Magazine: Nature 448, 889 (2007)
Ultrahigh finesse Fabry-Pérot superconducting resonator
Authors: S. Kuhr, S. Gleyzes, C. Guerlin, J. Bernu, S. Deléglise, U. Hoff, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche, S. Osnaghi, E. Jacques, P. Bosland, B. Visentin
Magazine: Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 164101 (2007)
Quantum jumps of light recording the birth and death of a photon in a cavity
Authors: S. Gleyzes, S. Kuhr, C. Guerlin, J. Bernu, S. Deléglise, U. Hoff, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche
Magazine: Nature 446, 297 (2007)
A cavity-QED scheme for Heisenberg-limited interferometry
Authors: D. Vitali, S. Kuhr, M. Brune, and J.-M. Raimond
Magazine: J. Mod. Opt. (2006)
Analysis of dephasing mechanisms in a standing wave dipole trap
Authors: S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Phys. Rev. A 72, 023406 (2005)
Nanometric position control of single trapped neutral atoms
Authors: I. Dotsenko, W. Alt, M. Khudaverdyan, S. Kuhr, D. Meschede, Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Schrader, and A. Rauschenbeutel
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 033002 (2005)
Adiabatic Quantum State Manipulation of Single Trapped Atoms
Authors: M. Khudaverdyan, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, S. Kuhr, D. Meschede, Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Schrader, and A. Rauschenbeutel
Magazine: Phys. Rev. A 71, 031404 (2005)
Continued imaging of the transport of a single neutral atom
Authors: Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Schrader, S. Kuhr, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Optics Express 11, 3498 (2003).
Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt
Authors: S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Rosenfeld, M. Khudaverdyan, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 213002 (2003)
Application of electro-optically generated light fields for Raman spectroscopy of trapped Cesium atoms
Authors: I. Dotsenko, W. Alt, S. Kuhr, D. Schrader, M. Müller, Y. Miroshnychenko, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Appl. Phys. B 78, 711 (2003)
A controlled quantum system of individual neutral atoms
Authors: S. Kuhr
Magazine: Dissertation, Universität Bonn (2003).
Single atoms in a standing-wave dipole trap
Authors: W. Alt, D. Schrader, S. Kuhr, M. Müller, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Phys. Rev. A 67, 033403 (2003)
Cold collisions in a high-gradient magneto-optical trap
Authors: B. Ueberholz, S. Kuhr, D. Frese, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede
Capture and release of a conditional state of a cavity QED system by quantum feedback
Authors: W. P. Smith, J. E. Reiner, L. A. Orozco, S. Kuhr, and H. M. Wiseman
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 133601 (2002)
An optical conveyor belt for single neutral atoms
Authors: D. Schrader, S. Kuhr, W. Alt, M. Müller, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Appl. Phys. B 73, 819 (2001).
Ein Förderband für einzelne Atome
Authors: S. Kuhr, D. Schrader, W. Alt, M. Müller, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Physik in unserer Zeit 5, 198 (2001).
Deterministic Delivery of a Single Atom
Authors: S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, M. Müller, V.Gomer, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Science 293, 278 (2001).
Single Atoms in an Optical Dipole Trap: Towards a Deterministic Source of Cold Atoms
Authors: D. Frese, B. Ueberholz, S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede
Magazine: Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3777 (2000).
Counting Cold Collisions
Authors: B. Ueberholz, S. Kuhr, D. Frese, D. Meschede, and V. Gomer