Dr. Sven Burger

Projects as a project leader

• OT9

  From single photon sources to tailored multi-photon states

  Dr. Sven Burger / Prof. Dr. Frank Schmidt

  Project heads: Dr. Sven Burger / Prof. Dr. Frank Schmidt
  Project members: Felix Binkowski
  Duration: 01.06.2017 - 30.09.2019
  Status: completed
  Located at: Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin
  

  Description

  This project investigates methods to model and simulate nanoscale light emitters in complex environments. Semiconductor quantum dots can be used as light sources in quantum information processing. Typical applications like secure communication or quantum-computing require integration of quantum dots into optical nanostructures. For the analysis and design of such structures and their interaction with radiation emitted by the quantum dots, numerical modeling and simulations are essential. In this project we concentrate on the specific problems arising when pointlike sources like quantum dots are interacting with nanostructures which support optical resonances. We plan to develop, extend and analyze methods for efficiently simulating coupling to optical resonators with material dispersion and for methods for handling coupled resonators.
  
  https://www.zib.de/projects/single-photon-sources-tailored-multi-photon-states

Projects as a member

• SE6

  Plasmonic concepts for solar fuel generation

  Prof. Dr. Rupert Klein / Prof. Dr. Frank Schmidt

  Project heads: Prof. Dr. Rupert Klein / Prof. Dr. Frank Schmidt
  Project members: Dr. Sven Burger / Dr. Martin Hammerschmidt
  Duration: -
  Status: completed
  Located at: Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin
  

  Description

  Artificial photosynthesis and water splitting, i.e. the sustainable production of chemical fuels like hydrogen and carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide, has the potential to store the abundance of solar energy that reaches the earth in chemical bonds. Fundamental in this process is the conversion of electromagnetic energy. In photoelectrochemical water splitting semiconductor materials are employed to generate electron hole pairs with sufficient energy to drive the electrochemical reactions. In this project we investigate the use of metallic nanoparticles to excite plasmonic resonances by means of numerical simulations. These resonances localize electromagnetic nearfields which is beneficial for the electrochemical reactions. We develop electromagnetic models and numerical methods to facilite in depth analysis of these processes in close contact with our collaboration partners within the ECMath and the joint lab ``Berlin Joint Lab for Optical Simulation for renewable Energy research'' (BerOSE) between the ZIB, FU and HZB.
  
  http://www.zib.de/projects/plasmonic-concepts-solar-fuel-generation

Projects as a guest