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Piet O. Schmidt
 PTB BraunschweigLeibniz Universität Hannover
Name:Prof. Dr. Piet O.Schmidt 
Address:Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig		Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
Room:Laue/506D125
Tel.:+49 531 592 4700+49 511 762 17646
Fax:+49 531 592 69 4700 
E-Mail:piet.schmidt@quantummetrology.de

 

Scientific interests

 

Scientific CV

Scientific Education

10/1991 - 8/1994undergraduate studies in physics at the University of Konstanz, Germany
9/1994 - 8/1995graduate studies at the Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA
12.8.1995Master of Science in Physics at the Portland State University
Thesis title: "Origins of Effective Charge of Multivalent Ions at a Membrane/Water Interface and Distribution of 2,3,4,5--Tetrachlorophenol in a Membrane Model System"
10/1995 - 4/1998graduate studies at the University of Konstanz,
Diploma thesis "Light Masks in Atom Lithography" in the group of Prof. J. Mlynek
8/1998 - 12/2000PhD studies at the University of Konstanz in the group of Prof. J. Mlynek
1/2001 - 3/2003project moved with Prof. T. Pfau to University of Stuttgart, Germany
thesis title: "Scattering Properties of Ultra-cold Chromium Atoms"
 

Scientific Career

4/2004 - 2/2005

PostDoc at NIST in Boulder, Colorado, USA
in the group of Dr. J.C. Bergquist and Dr. D.J. Wineland as a Feodor-Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation
Project: An optical clock based on a single aluminum ion using quantum logic

3/2005 - 12/2008University assistant at University of Innsbruck in the group of Prof. R. Blatt
9/2006Started an independend research group: "Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy using Quantum Logic"
1/2009

W3 Professor at the University of Hannover and director of the QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology at the PTB in Braunschweig

 

Stipends, Awards, Memberships

08/1999 - 04/2002PhD stipend from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
07/2004Best thesis award from the "Freunde der Universität Stuttgart" association
11/2003 – 02/2005Feodor-Lynen research fellowship of the Alexander v. Humboldt Foundation
6/2006 START research award of the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Arts
4/2010European Time and Frequency Forum (EFTF) Young Scientist Award 2010
since 07/2016Speaker of the CRC 1227 DQ-mat
since 2017Member of the board of QUEST Leibniz Forschungsschule (QUEST-LFS)
since 2017Member of the board of Hannover Institute of Technology (HITec)
since 2017Member of the board of Quantum- and Nanometrology (QUANOmet)
since 2017Scientific coordinator of the BMBF project “opticlock”
since 2018Member of the programme committee “Quantum systems” of the BMBF
since 2019Co-Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence “QuantumFrontiers”
since 2019Acting director of Division 4 “Optical frequency metrology” of the DLR-SI in Hannover

 

Selected Refereed Publications

 
  1. P. Micke, T. Leopold, S. A. King, E. Benkler, L. J. Spieß, L. Schmöger, M. Schwarz, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, P. O. Schmidt, Coherent laser spectroscopy of highly charged ions using quantum logic, Nature 578, 60 (2020).
  2. F. Wolf, C. Shi, J. C. Heip, M. Gessner, L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, M. Schulte, K. Hammerer, and P. O. Schmidt, Motional fock states for quantum-enhanced amplitude and phase measurements with trapped Ions, Nat. Commun. 10, 2929 (2019).
  3. M. G. Kozlov, M. S. Safronova, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, and P. O. Schmidt, Highly charged ions: Optical clocks and applications in fundamental physics, Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 045005 (2018).
  4. F. Wolf, Y. Wan, J. C. Heip, F. Gebert, C. Shi, and P. O. Schmidt, Non-destructive state detection for quantum logic spectroscopy of molecular ions, Nature 530, 457–460 (2016).
  5. M. Schulte, N. Lörch, I. D. Leroux, P. O. Schmidt, and K. Hammerer, Quantum Algorithmic Readout in Multi-Ion Clocks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 13002 (2016).
  6. L. Schmöger, O. O. Versolato, M. Schwarz, M. Kohnen, A. Windberger, B. Piest, S. Feuchtenbeiner, J. Pedregosa-Gutierrez, T. Leopold, P. Micke, A. K. Hansen, T. M. Baumann, M. Drewsen, J. Ullrich, P. O. Schmidt, and J. R. C. López-Urrutia, Coulomb crystallization of highly charged ions, Science 347, 1233–1236 (2015).
  7. N. Scharnhorst, J. B. Wübbena, S. Hannig, K. Jakobsen, J. Kramer, I. D. Leroux, and P. O. Schmidt, High-bandwidth transfer of phase stability through a fiber frequency comb, Opt. Express 23, 19771–19776 (2015).
  8. F. Gebert, Y. Wan, F. Wolf, C. N. Angstmann, J. C. Berengut, and P. O. Schmidt, Precision Isotope Shift Measurements in Calcium Ions Using Quantum Logic Detection Schemes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 53003 (2015).
  9. A. D. Ludlow, M. M. Boyd, J. Ye, E. Peik, and P. O. Schmidt, Optical atomic clocks, Rev. Mod. Phys. 87, 637–701 (2015).
  10. Y. Wan, F. Gebert, J. B. Wübbena, N. Scharnhorst, S. Amairi, I. D. Leroux, B. Hemmerling, N. Lörch, K. Hammerer, and P. O. Schmidt, Precision spectroscopy by photon-recoil signal amplification, Nat. Commun. 5, 4096 (2014).
  11. F. Dubin, C. Russo, H. G. Barros, A. Stute, C. Becher, P. O. Schmidt, and R. Blatt, Quantum to classical transition in a single-ion laser, Nat. Phys. 6, 350–353 (2010).
  12. T. Rosenband, D. B. Hume, P. O. Schmidt, C. W. Chou, A. Brusch, L. Lorini, W. H. Oskay, R. E. Drullinger, T. M. Fortier, J. E. Stalnaker, S. A. Diddams, W. C. Swann, N. R. Newbury, W. M. Itano, D. J. Wineland, and J. C. Bergquist, Frequency Ratio of Al+ and Hg+ Single-Ion Optical Clocks; Metrology at the 17th Decimal Place, Science 319, 1808–1812 (2008).
  13. P. O. Schmidt, T. Rosenband, C. Langer, W. M. Itano, J. C. Bergquist, and D. J. Wineland, Spectroscopy Using Quantum Logic, Science 309, 749–752 (2005).
 

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