Dr. 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
Project: Single site addressing in optical lattices
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Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2006
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 distiction, "mit Auszeichnung")
with D. Meschede, Universität Bonn
1993 - 1998
Studies of Physics
Universität Bonn and École Polytechnique, Frankreich (1996)
Fellowships, spitends and prizes
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
2001
DAAD grant (5 months) for a research visit at the University of Stony Brook, USA
1996
DAAD grant (1 year) for a stay at the École Polytechnique, Frankreich
Selected Publications fold 
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)
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)
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