EDUCATION
2009: Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2004: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Advisor Professor Kerry Vahala)
2000: Master of Science (Applied Physics), California Institute of Technology
1998: BA in Physics, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany
1998: BA in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2010 - present: Associate Professor EPFL
2008 - 2010: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
2007 - present: Marie Curie Excellent Grant Team Leader, Max Planck Institute of
Quantum Optics (Division of Prof.T.W. Hänsch)
2005 - present: Leader of an Independent Junior Research Group, Max Planck Institute
2005- present: Habilitant (Prof. Hänsch) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
2005-2006: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for the Physics of Information, California Institute of Technology
2000-2004: Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology
PRIZES:
EFTF Young Scientist Award (for "invention of microresonator based frequency combs") 2010
Fresnel Price of the European Physical Society (for “contributions to Optomechanics”) 2009
Helmholtz Price for Metrology (for invention of the “monolithic frequency comb”) 2009
1st Prize winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists, Helsinki, Finland. Sept. 1996 Jugend forscht
1st Physics Prize at the German National Science Contest May 1996
FELLOWSHIPS
Fellow of the German National Merit Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes") 1998-2002
Member of the Daimler-Chysler-Fellowship-Organization 1998-2002 Dr. Ulderup Fellowship 1999-2000
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Experimental and theoretical research in photonics, notably optical microcavities and their use in cavity optomechanics, frequency comb metrology and quantum measurements of motion.
PUBLICATIONS
>50 Publications in peer reviewed journals (>3000 citations, H-Index 27), 3 bookchapters, 5 patent applications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. TJ Kippenberg, R. Holzwarth, SA Diddams, "Microresonator based Optical Frequency Combs", Science (2011)
2. S. Weis, R. Riviere, S. Deleglise, O. Arcizet, E. Gavartin, A. Schliesser, T.J Kippenberg "Optomechanically Induced Transparency",
Science (2010)
3. G. Anetsberger, O. Arcizet, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, E. M. Weig, J. P. Kotthaus, T. J. Kippenberg " Theory of quantum backaction enhancement and displacement measurement using a multiple cavity mode transducer"
Physical Review Letter (January 2010)
4. G. Anetsberger, O. Arcizet, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, E. M. Weig, J. P. Kotthaus, T. J. Kippenberg "Near-field cavity optomechanics with nanomechanical oscillators"
Nature Physics (2009)
5. A. Schliesser, O. Arcizet, R. Riviere, T.J. Kippenberg
“Resolved sideband cooling of a micromechanical oscillator close to the quantum limit” Nature Physics June 2009, www.arXiv.org:0901.1456v1
6. P. Del Haye, O. Arcizet, R. Holzwarth, T.J. Kippenberg
“Broadband Spectroscopy using a scanning diode laser "
Nature Photonics (2009).
7. T.J. Kippenberg, A. Tschebotscherova, J. Kalkman, A. Polman, K.J. Vahala
“Enhanced scattering efficiency in silicon nanocrystal doped microcavities”,
Physical Review Letters (2009)
8. J. Dobrindt, I. Wilson-Rae, T.J. Kippenberg
"Parametric Normal Mode Splitting in Cavity Optomechanics"
Physical Review Letters, 10, 263602 (2008)
9. G. Anetsberger, R. Rivière, A. Schließer, O. Arcizet and T.J. Kippenberg
"Demonstration of Ultra Low Dissipation Optomechanical Resonators on a Chip"
Nature Photonics 2, 627 (2008)
10. P. Del'Haye, O. Arcizet, A. Schliesser, R. Holzwarth and T.J. Kippenberg
"Full Stabilization of a Microresonator Frequency Comb"
Physical Review Letters 101 053903 (2008)
11. P. Del'Haye, O. Arcizet, A. Schliesser, R. Holzwarth and T.J. Kippenberg
"Microresonator based optical frequency comb"
Nature(2007)
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T. J. Kippenberg, R. Holzwarth, and S. A. Diddams.
Microresonator-Based Optical Frequency Combs.
2011.
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E. Gavartin, R. Braive, I. Sagnes, O. Arcizet, A. Beveratos, T. J. Kippenberg,
and I. Robert-Philip.
Optomechanical Coupling in a Two-Dimensional Photonic
Crystal Defect Cavity.
Physical Review Letters, 106:-, 2011.
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R. Riviere, S. Deleglise, S. Weis, E. Gavartin, O. Arcizet, A. Schliesser, and
T. J. Kippenberg.
Optomechanical sideband cooling of a micromechanical oscillator close
to the quantum ground state.
Physical Review A, 83:-, 2011.
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J. Alnis, A. Schliesser, C. Y. Wang, J. Hofer, T. J. Kippenberg, and T. W.
Haensch.
Thermal-noise-limited crystalline whispering-gallery-mode resonator
for laser stabilization.
Physical Review A, 84:-, 2011.
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P. Del'Haye, T. Herr, E. Gavartin, M. L. Gorodetsky, R. Holzwarth, and T. J.
Kippenberg.
Octave Spanning Tunable Frequency Comb from a
Microresonator.
Physical Review Letters, 107:-, 2011.
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T. J. Kippenberg.
MICRORESONATORS Particle sizing by mode splitting.
Nature Photonics, 4:9-10, 2010.
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J. M. Dobrindt and T. J. Kippenberg.
Theoretical Analysis of Mechanical Displacement Measurement
Using a Multiple Cavity Mode Transducer.
Physical Review Letters, 104:-, 2010.
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A. Schliesser and T. J. Kippenberg.
Cavity Optomechanics with Whispering-Gallery Mode Optical
Micro-Resonators.
2010.
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J. Hofer, A. Schliesser, and T. J. Kippenberg.
Cavity optomechanics with ultrahigh-Q crystalline microresonators.
Physical Review A, 82:-, 2010.
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M. L. Gorodetksy, A. Schliesser, G. Anetsberger, S. Deleglise, and T. J.
Kippenberg.
Determination of the vacuum optomechanical coupling rate using
frequency noise calibration.
Optics Express, 18:23236-23246, 2010.
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S. Weis, R. Riviere, S. Deleglise, E. Gavartin, O. Arcizet, A. Schliesser, and
T. J. Kippenberg.
Optomechanically Induced Transparency.
Science, 330:1520-1523, 2010.
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G. Anetsberger, E. Gavartin, O. Arcizet, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, E. M. Weig,
M. L. Gorodetsky, J. P. Kotthaus, and T. J. Kippenberg.
Measuring nanomechanical motion with an imprecision below the
standard quantum limit.
Physical Review A, 82:-, 2010.
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T. J. Kippenberg, A. L. Tchebotareva, J. Kalkman, A. Polman, and K. J. Vahala.
Purcell-Factor-Enhanced Scattering from Si Nanocrystals in
an Optical Microcavity.
Physical Review Letters, 103:-, 2009.
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A. Schliesser, O. Arcizet, R. Riviere, G. Anetsberger, and T. J. Kippenberg.
Resolved-sideband cooling and position measurement of a
micromechanical oscillator close to the Heisenberg uncertainty limit.
Nature Physics, 5:509-514, 2009.
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P. Del'Haye, O. Arcizet, M. L. Gorodetsky, R. Holzwarth, and T. Kippenberg.
Frequency comb assisted diode laser spectroscopy for measurement of
microcavity dispersion.
Nature Photonics, 3:529-533, 2009.
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O. Arcizet, R. Riviere, A. Schliesser, G. Anetsberger, and T. Kippenberg.
Cryogenic properties of optomechanical silica microcavities.
Physical Review A, 80:-, 2009.
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G. Anetsberger, O. Arcizet, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, R. Riviere, A. Schliesser,
E. M. Weig, J. P. Kotthaus, and T. Kippenberg.
Near-field cavity optomechanics with nanomechanical oscillators.
Nature Physics, 5:909-914, 2009.
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T. Kippenberg and K. J. Vahala.
Cavity optomechanics: Back-action at the mesoscale.
2008.
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A. Schliesser, G. Anetsberger, R. Riviere, O. Arcizet, and T. Kippenberg.
High-sensitivity monitoring of micromechanical vibration using
optical whispering gallery mode resonators.
New Journal Of Physics, 10:-, 2008.
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G. Anetsberger, R. Riviere, A. Schliesser, O. Arcizet, and T. J. Kippenberg.
Ultralow-dissipation optomechanical resonators on a chip.
Nature Photonics, 2:627-633, 2008.
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T. J. Kippenberg.
PHOTONICS Nanomechanics gets the shakes.
Nature, 456:458-458, 2008.
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J. M. Dobrindt, I. Wilson-Rae, and T. J. Kippenberg.
Parametric Normal-Mode Splitting in Cavity Optomechanics.
Physical Review Letters, 101:-, 2008.
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