Prof. Dr. Stefan Schumacher

Theory of Functional Photonic Structures

Contact and Affiliations

E-Mail:
stefan.schumacher@uni-paderborn.de
Phone:
+49 5251 60-2334
ORCID:
0000-0003-4042-4951
Web:
Homepage
Office Address:
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn
Room:
A4.234

About Stefan Schumacher

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2021: Professor (W3)

Physics Department - Paderborn University

Since 2010: Adjunct Professor

Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, USA

07/2024 - 04/2025: Sabbatical

Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

08/2019 - 04/2020: Sabbatical

Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, USA

07/2015 - 2020: Professor (Heisenberg Professorship, W2)

Physics Department, Paderborn University

07/2010 - 06/2015: Junior Professor (W1)

Physics Department, Paderborn University

08/2014 - 04/2015: Sabbatical

Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, USA

04/2013: Habilitation equivalent

Positive evaluation of junior professorship, Paderborn University

02/2008 - 06/2010: PostDoc

Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

02/2006 - 02/2008: PostDoc

Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

03/2005 - 02/2006: PostDoc

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bremen

24.02.2005: Doctorate

Dr. rer. nat. in Physics, Universität Bremen, Germany. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gerd Czycholl & Prof. Dr. Frank Jahnke

02/2002 - 02/2005: PhD student

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bremen

1996 - 2001: Degree programme

Diploma in Physics, Universität Bremen, Germany

08/2020: Offer of chair in Theoretical Physics

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

01.06.2015 - 30.06.2020: Heisenberg professorship (DFG)

Deparment of Physics, Paderborn University

2013 - 2015: Fellow of the young college of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

2014: Golden Chalk award for excellence in teaching by board of physics students, Paderborn University, Germany

2006 - 2008: Postdoctoral Fellowship of the DFG, Germany

Research

Research Interests

  • Ultrafast nonlinear photonics and quantum theory of nanostructures

  • Microscopic theory of functional photonic structures and materials

  • Solid state quantum light sources

Selected Projects

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Publications

Selected Publications

Tracking Quantum Coherence in Polariton Condensates with Time-Resolved Tomography

C. Lüders, M. Pukrop, F. Barkhausen, E. Rozas, C. Schneider, S. Höfling, J. Sperling, S. Schumacher, M. Aßmann, Physical Review Letters 130 (2023).

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Nonlinear down-conversion in a single quantum dot

B. Jonas, D.F. Heinze, E. Schöll, P. Kallert, T. Langer, S. Krehs, A. Widhalm, K. Jöns, D. Reuter, S. Schumacher, A. Zrenner, Nature Communications 13 (2022).

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Manipulating polariton condensates by Rashba-Dresselhaus coupling at room temperature

Y. Li, X. Ma, X. Zhai, M. Gao, H. Dai, S. Schumacher, T. Gao, Nature Communications 13 (2022).

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Quantifying Quantum Coherence in Polariton Condensates

C. Lüders, M. Pukrop, E. Rozas, C. Schneider, S. Höfling, J. Sperling, S. Schumacher, M. Aßmann, PRX Quantum (2021).

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Split-ring polariton condensates as macroscopic two-level quantum systems

Y. Xue, I. Chestnov, E. Sedov, E. Kiktenko, A.K. Fedorov, S. Schumacher, X. Ma, A. Kavokin, Physical Review Research 3 (2021).

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Further Information

Engagement in University committees

  • Stellvertretender Sprecher des Department Physik
  • Vorstandsmitglied des Sonderforschungsbereichs TRR142 "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics"
  • Mitglied des Fakultätsrates, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Universität Paderborn
  • Leiter des Prüfungsausschusses des Masterstudiengangs Optoelectronics and Photonics, Universität Paderborn