Date/Time
Date(s) - Wed 14 May
17:30 - 19:00
Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Harald Schwefel
About Professor Harald Schwefel’s research
Professor Schwafel began his physics training in Germany at the Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus. In 1998 he began graduate study at Yale University, USA, where he received his PhD in theoretical physics in 2004 on the topic of chaotic dielectric resonators. Following a short stay in Japan, he established himself as an experimental physicist and later group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany. In September 2015 he joined the Department of Physics at the University of Otago, where he reestablished his laboratory.
His research is centered on the interaction of light and matter in dielectric materials and in particular in resonantly enhanced interactions. Currently he is active in the field of nonlinear optics, where he is particularly interested in optical frequency conversion. To achieve the required high field strengths he works with ultra high quality optical resonators, which he fabricates out of crystalline materials. His current focus is on enabling the nonlinear interaction of widely spaced frequency bands that usually do not interact, such as the microwave and the visible domain of the electromagnetic radiation.
Livestream
This event will be livestreamed at the link below:
Livestream link for Professor Harald Schwefel