Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Michler

 

General information

Current position and working area:
Director of the Institute of "Halbleiteroptik und Funktionelle Grenzflächen" at the Universität Stuttgart

Born: Nationality: Address: Phone/Fax: E-Mail:

November 29, 1963 in Stuttgart German Universität Stuttgart Institut für Halbleiteroptik und Funktionelle Grenzflächen (IHFG) Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart +49-711/685-64660; +49-711/685-63866 p.michler@ihfg.uni-stuttgart.de

 

1.Professional career

1990 April 1994 1994 - 1995 1995 - 1999 1999 - 2000 Januar 2001 2001 - 2003 2003 - 2006 Since 2006 Since 2006

Graduation in Studiengang (Dipl.-Phys.), University of Stuttgart Diploma work: Time-resolved photoluminescence studies on III-V heterostructures Doctoral Degree (Dr. rer nat.), University of Stuttgart (Prof. M. H. Pilkuhn) Dissertation: Nonradiative and radiative recombination in quantum-well structures Research Associate at Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart (Prof. H.-J. Queisser) Research Associate at the University of Bremen, Institut für Festkörperphysik (Prof. J. Gutowski) Post-Doc at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (Prof. A. Imamoglu) Habilitation Degree, University of Bremen Professorial dissertation: Mechanisms and Dynamics of Gain and Lasing in Semiconductor Laser Structures Lecturer (C2) at the University of Bremen Associate Professor (C3), University of Stuttgart Co-ordinator of the DFG research group "Positioning of single nanostructures - single quantum devices" Full Professor (W3) and Director of the Institute of Halbleiteroptik und Funktionelle Grenzflächen, University of Stuttgart

 

2.Research interests

• Quantum optics in semiconductor nanostructures
• Nonclassical light sources: Generation of single and entangled photons
• Quantum coupling in semiconductor nanostructures
• Photon statistics of microcavity lasers
• Cavity quantum electrodynamics based on semiconductor cavities
• VCSELs for ultrafast optical communication
• MOVPE growth of semiconductor nanostructures

 

3.Selected Awards and Memberships

Member of the German Physical Society (DPG)
Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
1999 - 2000 Research stipend of the Max-Kade Foundation at the University of California,Santa Barbara, USA