Tobias Kippenberg

Expertise Quantum measurementsQuantum OptomechanicsFrequency metrologyNanomechanicsNanophotonics Tobias J. Kippenberg is Full Professor of Physics at EPFL and leads the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements. 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.EDUCATION2009: Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München2004: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Advisor Professor Kerry Vahala)2000: Master of Science (Applied Physics), California Institute of Technology1998: BA in Physics, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany1998: BA in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), GermanyACADEMIC POSITIONS2013 - present: Full Professor EPFL2010 - 2012: Associate Professor EPFL2008 - 2010: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne2007 - present: Marie Curie Excellent Grant Team Leader, Max Planck Institute ofQuantum Optics (Division of Prof.T.W. Hänsch)2005 - present: Leader of an Independent Junior Research Group, Max Planck Institute2005- present: Habilitant (Prof. Hänsch) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)2005-2006: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for the Physics of Information, California Institute of Technology2000-2004: Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of TechnologyPRIZES AND HONORS:ZEISS Research Award 2018Fellow of the APS 2016Klung-Wilhelmy Prize 2015Swiss Latsis Prize 2014Selected Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in Physics, 2014/2015ICO Prize, 2013EFTF Young Scientist Award (for "invention of microresonator based frequency combs") 2010Fresnel Prize of the European Physical Society (for «contributions to Optomechanics») 2009Helmholtz Prize for Metrology (for invention of the «monolithic frequency comb») 20091st Prize winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists, Helsinki, Finland. Sept. 1996 Jugend forscht1st Physics Prize at the German National Science Contest May 1996FELLOWSHIPSFellow of the German National Merit Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes") 1998-2002Member of the Daimler-Chysler-Fellowship-Organization 1998-2002 Dr. Ulderup Fellowship 1999-2000RESEARCH INTERESTSExperimental and theoretical research in photonics, notably high Q optical microcavities and their use in cavity quantum optomechanics and frequency metrologyPUBLICATIONS AND OFTEN CITED METRICS*:>70 Publications in peer reviewed journalsResearcher Google Profile: http://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=PRCbG2kAAAAJ&hl=enh-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 oscillatorsScience, (2018)Trocha, et al.Ultrafast distance measurements using soliton microresonator frequency combsScience, Vol. 359 (2018)[joint work with C. Koos]Pablo-Marin et al. Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communicationsNature (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 Education Habilitation | Quantum Optics 2009 – 2009 LMU Directed by T.W. Haensch Doctor of Philosophy | 2004 – 2004 California Institute of Technology Directed by Kerry J. Vahala Master of Science | 2000 – 2000 California Institute of Technology B.A. | Physics 1998 – 1998 Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany B.A. | Electrical Engineering 1998 – 1998 Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany Professionals experiences Postdoctoral Scholar 2005–2006 California Institute of Technology Teaching & PhD PhD Students Mengxin Lin, Xinru Ji, Shuhang Zheng, Junyin Zhang, Zhuoya Yuan, Evgenii Guzovskii, Mahdi Chegnizadeh, Jiale Sun, Shivaprasad Umesh Hulyal, Xiaoyi Cheng, Hao Li, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Alessio Zicoschi, Jiahe Pan, Mikael Sebastian Reichler, Xuxin Wang, Donato Manuel Jiménez Benetó, Xuan Yang, Hugo Paul Arbez, Amirali Arabmoheghi, Viacheslav Snigirev, Alisa Davydova, Zihan Li, Giovanni Scarioni Past EPFL PhD Students Stefan Weis, Emanuel Gavartin, Xiaoqing Zhou, Tobias Herr, Vivishek Sudhir, Victor Brasch, Hendrik Schütz, Martin Hubert Peter Pfeiffer, Amir Hossein Ghadimi, Ryan Daniel Schilling, László Dániel Tóth, Nathan Rafaël Bernier, Erwan Guillaume Albert Lucas, Clément Christian Javerzac-Galy, Katharina Schmeing, Philippe Andreas Rölli, Liu Qiu, Maxim Karpov, Junqiu Liu, Sergey Fedorov, Simon Benjamin Klaus Hönl, Mohammad Bereyhi, Miles Anderson, Arslan Sajid Raja, Anton Lukashchuk, Alberto Beccari, Amir Youssefi, Guanhao Huang, Alberto Nardi, Mikhail Churaev, Aleksandr Tusnin, Riedhauser Annina Irina, Anat Siddharth, Terence Blésin, Zheru Qiu Courses Quantum electrodynamics and quantum optics PHYS-453 This course develops the quantum theory of electromagnetic radiation from the principles of quantum electrodynamics. It will cover historic developments (coherent states, squeezed states, quantum theory of spontaneous emission) and moreover modern developments, e.g. quantum noise and circuit QED Statistical physics IV PHYS-436 Noise and fluctuations play a crucial role in science and technology. This course treats stochastic methods, applying them to both classical problems and quantum systems. It emphasizes the frameworks of fluctuation-dissipation theorems, stochastic differential equations, and Markov processes. Awards 1st Physics Prize at the German National Science Contest 1996 Helmholtz Prize for Metrology 2009 Fresnel Prize European Physical Society 2009 EFTF Young Scientist Award European Frequency and Time Forum 2011 International Commission for Optics (ICO) prize International Commission for Optics 2013 R.W. Wood Prize 2021 ZEISS Research Award 2018 Klung-Wilhelmy Science Award for Physics 2015 Swiss National Latsis Prize Latsis foundation 2014 Membership to Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences 2023 International Member United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE) United States National Academy of Engineering 2024 Member of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 2024 Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist Marcel Benoist Foundation 2025