WELCOME TO THE THEORETICAL SOLID STATE OPTICS GROUP

The main research focus in our group is on theoretical investigations of the optical properties of semiconductor structures. Our fundamental theoretical investigations of semiconductors are based on microscopic quantum-mechanical many-body theories and include ultrafast nonlinear optical processes in bulk semiconductors and quantum-well structures. Recent examples of research projects include electromagnetically-induced transparency, slow light effects in semiconductor heterostructures, nonlinear spectroscopy and applications of Bragg-spaced multiple quantum wells, optical refrigeration of semiconductors, and optical four-wave mixing instabilities in semiconductor quantum wells systems, including microcavities.

Prof. Binder received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Dortmund in 1989. He is currently professor of Optical Sciences and Professor of Physics, University of Arizona. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and an Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society.

Last Updated:09/29/2010