Research Topics
		Nano Optics and Dispersion (Casimir) Interactions

Student Projects:

• Radiation forces on atoms moving near a dielectric surface
  Gregor Pieplow (diploma thesis 2013)
• Resonance fluorescence in a photonic crystal
  Geesche Boedecker (PhD 2013)
• Fluctuation-mediated interations of atoms and surfaces on a mesoscopic scale
  Harald R. Haakh (PhD 2012)
• Cavity quantum electrodynamics with Bose-condensed atoms
  Jürgen Schiefele (PhD 2011)
• Atom chips and magnetic fluctuations
  Bo Zhang (PhD 2009)
• The Casimir effect at finite temperature between superconductors
  Francesco Intravaia and Harald Haakh (diploma thesis 2009)
• Interactions between a surface and an atom or nanoparticle
  Harald Haakh, Francesco Intravaia and Salvo Spagnolo
• Connecting individual electron traps with a macroscopic wire
  Jorge Zurita Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico)
• Numerical simulations for trapped Bose gases at finite temperature
  Antonio Negretti (Ulm, Germany), Stuart Cockburn and Nick Proukakis (Newcastle, UK)
• Optomechanical coupling for mobile mirrors
  Christian Höhne, Maria Martin, and Marc Herzog
• Photon pair generation by transiently accelerated electrons and the Unruh effect
  Dennis Rätzel (diploma thesis 2009)

C. Henkel, 15 Jul 2013