Nanostructure Quantum Photonics Group (Jonathan Finley)

The nanostructure quantum photonics and spectroscopy group in the Walter Schottky Institute was founded in 2002 and now has more than twenty researchers (3 Postdocs, 7 PhD students and >10 MSc students) working in three main research areas covering both experimental and theoretical semiconductor physics. The three main topics are (i) quantum optical studies of artificial atoms and molecules, (i) nano-photonics including photonic crystals, quantum electrodynamics effects in nanocavities and plasmonic systems and (iii) control of single spins in low dimensional nanostructures. Full details of the research topics being pursued are presented under the specific research headings on our research pages.

The research carried out by the group is funded principally by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft via SFB-631, the Nanosystems Initiative Munich, the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) via the QuaHL-rep programme, the seventh framework programme of the European Union via SOLID and the Marie Curie Programme. This funding has permitted us to establish a variety of well equipped labs covering the spectral ranges from the mid-IR to the ultraviolet, a variety of timescales from continuous wave to ultrafast, spatially resolved capabilities (down to sub-micron) and temperatures from room temperature down to liquid helium temperature. Again full details of our equipment and capabilities can be found under the equipment heading on our research pages.