Tobias Kippenberg
EPFL STI IEL LPQM2
PH D3 355 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne
Unit: SPH-ENS
EPFL STI SEL-GE
PH D3 355 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne
EPFL STI SMT-GE
PH D3 355 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne
EPFL SB IPHYS LPQM1
PH D3 355 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne
Unit: CMI-CD
Biography
Tobias J. Kippenberg is Full Professor of Physics at EPFL and leads the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurement. He obtained his BA at the RWTH Aachen, and MA and PhD at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech in Pasadena, USA). From 2005- 2009 he lead an Independent Research Group at the MPI of Quantum Optics, and is at EPFL since. His research interest are the Science and Applications of ultra high Q microcavities; in particular with his research group he discovered chip-scale Kerr frequency comb generation (Nature 2007, Science 2011) and observed radiation pressure backaction effects in microresonators that now developed into the field of cavity optomechanics (Science 2008). Tobias Kippenberg is alumni of the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”. For his invention of “chip-scale frequency combs” he received he Helmholtz Price for Metrology (2009) and the EFTF Young Investigator Award (2010). For his research on cavity optomechanics, he received the EPS Fresnel Prize (2009). In addition he is recipient of the ICO Prize in Optics (2014), the Swiss National Latsis award (2015), the German Wilhelm Klung Award (2015) and ZEISS Research Award (2018). He is fellow of the APS and OSA, and listed since 2014 in the Thomas Reuters highlycited.com in the domain of Physics.
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
2013 - present: Full Professor EPFL
2010 - 2012: 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 AND HONORS:
ZEISS Research Award 2018
Fellow of the APS 2016
Klung-Wilhelmy Prize 2015
Swiss Latsis Prize 2014
Selected Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in Physics, 2014/2015
ICO Prize, 2013
EFTF Young Scientist Award (for "invention of microresonator based frequency combs") 2010
Fresnel Prize of the European Physical Society (for contributions to Optomechanics) 2009
Helmholtz Prize 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 high Q optical microcavities and their use in cavity quantum optomechanics and frequency metrology
PUBLICATIONS AND OFTEN CITED METRICS*:
>70 Publications in peer reviewed journals
Researcher Google Profile: http://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=PRCbG2kAAAAJ&hl=en
h-Index 54 (Google scholar H: 64, >25,000 citations)
Thomson Reuters/Claravite List of Highly Cited Researchers (2014,2015,2016,2017)
*careful in its use: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201411/backpage.cfm*
KEY PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS:
A. Ghadimi, et al.
Elastic strain engineering for ultra high Q nanomechanical oscillators
Science, (2018)
Trocha, et al.
Ultrafast distance measurements using soliton microresonator frequency combs
Science, Vol. 359 (2018)
[joint work with C. Koos]
Pablo-Marin et al. Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communications
Nature (2017)
[joint work with C. Koos]
V. Brasch, et al.
Photonic chip-based optical frequency comb using soliton Cherenkov radiation.
Science, vol. 351, num. 6271 (2015)
Aspelmeyer, M., Kippenberg, T. J. & Marquardt, F. Cavity optomechanics.
Reviews of Modern Physics 86, 1391-1452, (2014)
Wilson, D. J. et al. Measurement and control of a mechanical oscillator at its thermal decoherence rate.
Nature (2014).
Verhagen, E., Deleglise, S., Weis, S., Schliesser, A. & Kippenberg, T. J. Quantum-coherent coupling of a mechanical oscillator to an optical cavity mode.
Nature 482, 63-67 (2012).
Kippenberg, T. J., Holzwarth, R. & Diddams, S. A. Microresonator-based optical frequency combs.
Science 332, 555-559, (2011).
Weis, S. et al. Optomechanically induced transparency.
Science 330, 1520-1523 (2010).
Kippenberg, T. J. & Vahala, K. J. Cavity optomechanics: back-action at the mesoscale.
Science 321, 1172-1176, (2008).
Del'Haye, P. et al. Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator.
Nature (2007)
Schliesser, A., DelHaye, P., Nooshi, N., Vahala, K. & Kippenberg, T. Radiation Pressure Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator Using Dynamical Backaction.
Physical Review Letters 97, (2006).
Publications
Infoscience
Infoscience
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D. Martyshkin; V. Fedorov; T. Kesterson; S. Vasilyev; H. Gu et al. : Visible-near-middle infrared spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguide; Optical Materials Express. 2019-06-01. Vol. 9, num. 6, p. 2553-2559. DOI : 10.1364/OME.9.002553.
I. Shomroni; L. Qiu; D. Malz; A. Nunnenkamp; T. J. Kippenberg : Optical backaction-evading measurement of a mechanical oscillator; Nature Communications. 2019-05-07. Vol. 10, p. 2086. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-10024-3.
D. Grassani; E. Tagkoudi; H. Guo; C. Herkommer; F. Yang et al. : Mid infrared gas spectroscopy using efficient fiber laser driven photonic chip-based supercontinuum; Nature Communications. 2019-04-04. Vol. 10, p. 1553. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-09590-3.
A. S. Raja; A. S. Voloshin; H. Guo; S. E. Agafonova; J. Liu et al. : Electrically pumped photonic integrated soliton microcomb (vol 10, 680, 2018); Nature Communications. 2019-04-03. Vol. 10, p. 1623. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-09529-8.
F. Alishahi; A. Fallahpour; A. Mohajerin-Ariaei; Y. Cao; A. Kordts et al. : Reconfigurable optical generation of nine Nyquist WDM channels with sinc-shaped temporal pulse trains using a single microresonator-based Kerr frequency comb; Optics Letters. 2019-04-01. Vol. 44, num. 7, p. 1852-1855. DOI : 10.1364/OL.44.001852.
M. J. Bereyhi; A. Beccari; S. A. Fedorov; A. H. Ghadimi; R. Schilling et al. : Clamp-Tapering Increases the Quality Factor of Stressed Nanobeams; Nano Letters. 2019-04-01. Vol. 19, num. 4, p. 2329-2333. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04942.
C. Bao; P. Liao; A. Kordts; L. Zhang; A. Matsko et al. : Orthogonally polarized frequency comb generation from a Kerr comb via cross-phase modulation; Optics Letters. 2019-03-15. Vol. 44, num. 6, p. 1472-1475. DOI : 10.1364/OL.44.001472.
S. A. Fedorov; N. J. Engelsen; A. H. Ghadimi; M. J. Bereyhi; R. Schilling et al. : Generalized dissipation dilution in strained mechanical resonators; Physical Review B. 2019-02-28. Vol. 99, num. 5, p. 054107. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.054107.
P. Liao; C. Bao; A. Almaiman; A. Kordts; M. Karpov et al. : Demonstration of Multiple Kerr-Frequency-Comb Generation Using Different Lines From Another Kerr Comb Located Up To 50 km Away; Journal Of Lightwave Technology. 2019-01-15. Vol. 37, num. 2, p. 579-584. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2019.2895851.
W. Weng; E. Lucas; G. Lihachev; V. E. Lobanov; H. Guo et al. : Spectral Purification of Microwave Signals with Disciplined Dissipative Kerr Solitons; Physical Review Letters. 2019-01-03. Vol. 122, num. 1, p. 013902. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.013902.
D. Grassani; M. H. R. Pfeiffer; T. J. Kippenberg; C.-S. Bres : Second- and third-order nonlinear wavelength conversion in an all-optically poled Si3N4 waveguide; Optics Letters. 2019-01-01. Vol. 44, num. 1, p. 106-109. DOI : 10.1364/OL.44.000106.
2018
A. N. Willner; P. Liao; K. Zou; Y. Cao; A. Kordts et al. : Scalable and reconfigurable optical tapped-delay-line for multichannel equalization and correlation using nonlinear wave mixing and a Kerr frequency comb; Optics Letters. 2018-11-15. Vol. 43, num. 22, p. 5563-5566. DOI : 10.1364/OL.43.005563.
N. R. Bernier; L. D. Toth; A. K. Feofanov; T. J. Kippenberg : Nonreciprocity in Microwave Optomechanical Circuits; Ieee Antennas And Wireless Propagation Letters. 2018-11-01. Vol. 17, num. 11, p. 1983-1987. DOI : 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2856622.
E. Lucas; G. Lihachev; R. Bouchand; N. G. Pavlov; A. S. Raja et al. : Spatial multiplexing of soliton microcombs; Nature Photonics. 2018-11-01. Vol. 12, num. 11, p. 699-+. DOI : 10.1038/s41566-018-0256-7.
J. Liu; A. S. Raja; M. Karpov; B. Ghadiani; M. H. P. Pfeiffer et al. : Ultralow-power chip-based soliton microcombs for photonic integration; Optica. 2018-10-20. Vol. 5, num. 10, p. 1347-1353. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.5.001347.
S. Fedorov; V. Sudhir; R. D. Schilling; H. Schütz; D. J. Wilson et al. : Evidence for structural damping in a high-stress silicon nitride nanobeam and its implications for quantum optomechanics; Physics Letters A. 2018-08-25. Vol. 382, num. 33, p. 2251-2255. DOI : 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.05.046.
M. Pfeiffer; J. Liu; A. Raja; T. Morais; B. Ghadiani et al. : Ultra-smooth silicon nitride waveguides based on the Damascene reflow process: fabrication and loss origins; OPTICA. 2018. Vol. 5, num. 7, p. 884-892. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.5.000884.
M. Pfeiffer; C. Herkommer; J. Liu; T. Morais; M. Zervas et al. : Photonic Damascene Process for Low-Loss, High-Confinement Silicon Nitride Waveguides; IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 2018. Vol. 24, num. 4. DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2808258.
N. Bernier; L. Toth; A. Feofanov; T. Kippenberg : Level attraction in a microwave optomechanical circuit; PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 2018. Vol. 98, num. 2. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.023841.
J. Liu; A. Raja; M. Pfeiffer; C. Herkommer; H. Guo et al. : Double inverse nanotapers for efficient light coupling to integrated photonic devices; OPTICS LETTERS. 2018. Vol. 43, num. 14, p. 3200-3203. DOI : 10.1364/OL.43.003200.
T. Kippenberg; A. Gaeta; M. Lipson; M. Gorodetsky : Dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators; SCIENCE. 2018. Vol. 361, num. 6402, p. 567-+. DOI : 10.1126/science.aan8083.
L. Toth; N. Bernier; A. Feofanov; T. Kippenberg : A maser based on dynamical backaction on microwave light; PHYSICS LETTERS A. 2018. Vol. 382, num. 33, p. 2233-2237. DOI : 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.05.045.
D. Malz; L. D. Tóth; N. R. Bernier; A. K. Feofanov; T. J. Kippenberg et al. : Quantum-Limited Directional Amplifiers with Optomechanics; Physical Review Letters. 2018. Vol. 120, num. 2, p. 3601. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.023601.
P. Liao; C. Bao; A. Kordts; M. Karpov; M. H. P. Pfeiffer et al. : Effects of erbium-doped fiber amplifier induced pump noise on soliton Kerr frequency combs for 64-quadrature amplitude modulation transmission; Optics Letters. 2018. Vol. 43, num. 11, p. 2495. DOI : 10.1364/OL.43.002495.
A. H. Ghadimi; S. A. Fedorov; N. J. Engelsen; M. J. Bereyhi; R. Schilling et al. : Elastic strain engineering for ultralow mechanical dissipation; Science. 2018. Vol. 360, num. 6390, p. 764-768. DOI : 10.1126/science.aar6939.
M. Anderson; N. G. Pavlov; J. D. Jost; G. Lihachev; J. Liu et al. : Highly efficient coupling of crystalline microresonators to integrated photonic waveguides; Optics Letters. 2018. Vol. 43, num. 9, p. 2106. DOI : 10.1364/OL.43.002106.
H. Guo; C. Herkommer; A. Billat; D. Grassani; C. Zhang et al. : Mid-infrared frequency comb via coherent dispersive wave generation in silicon nitride nanophotonic waveguides; Nature Photonics. 2018. Vol. 12, num. 6, p. 330-335. DOI : 10.1038/s41566-018-0144-1.
C. Javerzac-Galy; A. Kumar; R. D. Schilling; N. Piro; S. Khorasani et al. : Excitonic Emission of Monolayer Semiconductors Near-Field Coupled to High-Q Microresonators; Nano Letters. 2018. Vol. 18, num. 5, p. 3138-3146. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00749.
D. T. Spencer; T. Drake; T. C. Briles; J. Stone; L. C. Sinclair et al. : An optical-frequency synthesizer using integrated photonics; Nature. 2018. Vol. 557, num. 7703, p. 81-85. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-018-0065-7.
P. Trocha; M. Karpov; D. Ganin; M. H. P. Pfeiffer; A. Kordts et al. : Ultrafast optical ranging using microresonator soliton frequency combs; Science. 2018. Vol. 359, num. 6378, p. 887-891. DOI : 10.1126/science.aao3924.
M. Karpov; M. H. P. Pfeiffer; J. Liu; A. Lukashchuk; T. Kippenberg : Photonic chip-based soliton frequency combs covering the biological imaging window; Nature Communications. 2018. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 1146. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-03471-x.
2017
H. Guo; E. Lucas; M. H. P. Pfeiffer; M. Karpov; M. Anderson et al. : Intermode Breather Solitons in Optical Microresonators; Physical Review X. 2017. Vol. 7, num. 4, p. 041055. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041055.
C. Bao; P. Liao; A. Kordts; M. Karpov; M. H. P. Pfeiffer et al. : Tunable insertion of multiple lines into a Kerr frequency comb using electro-optical modulators; Optics Letters. 2017. Vol. 42, num. 19, p. 3765-3768. DOI : 10.1364/Ol.42.003765.
V. Sudhir; R. Schilling; S. A. Fedorov; H. Schutz; D. J. Wilson et al. : Quantum Correlations of Light from a Room-Temperature Mechanical Oscillator; Physical Review X. 2017. Vol. 7, num. 3, p. 031055-1. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031055.
P. Liao; C. Bao; A. Kordts; M. Karpov; M. H. P. Pfeiffer et al. : Pump-linewidth-tolerant wavelength multicasting using soliton Kerr frequency combs; Optics Letters. 2017. Vol. 42, num. 16, p. 3177-3180. DOI : 10.1364/Ol.42.003177.
M. H. P. Pfeiffer; C. Herkommer; J. Liu; H. Guo; M. Karpov et al. : Octave-spanning dissipative Kerr soliton frequency combs in Si3N4 microresonators; Optica. 2017. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.4.000684.
P. Marin-Palomo; J. N. Kemal; M. Karpov; A. Kordts; J. Pfeifle et al. : Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communications; Nature. 2017. Vol. 546, num. 7657, p. 274-279. DOI : 10.1038/nature22387.
N. R. Bernier; L. D. Toth; A. Koottandavida; M. A. Ioannou; D. Malz et al. : Nonreciprocal reconfigurable microwave optomechanical circuit; Nature Communications. 2017. Vol. 8, p. 604. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-017-00447-1.
E. Lucas; H. Guo; J. D. Jost; M. Karpov; T. J. Kippenberg : Detuning-dependent properties and dispersion-induced instabilities of temporal dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators; Physical Review A. 2017. Vol. 95, num. 4, p. 043822. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.043822.
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