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Department(s)/lab(s): Department of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics I | Main Group - Institute for Theoretical Physics I @ Stuttgart
Summary:

Main works on nonlinear dynamics, semiclassics and quantum chaos, and is the principal theorist behind Stuttgart's Rydberg-exciton programme: high-n excitons in cuprous oxide, where the giant excitonic Rydberg states show magnetoexciton spectra, level statistics and symmetry breaking that his group models quantitatively. This is the theoretical partner to Giessen's (existing PI) experimental Rydberg-exciton work. Relative to the established NV-ensemble quantum-sensing playbook (DEER, nanoscale NMR, T1 relaxometry at pT/sqrt(Hz) ensemble sensitivity), a borderline theory inclusion, kept because Rydberg excitons are a genuinely promising solid-state electrometry platform -- giant polarizability in a semiconductor rather than a vapour cell -- and this is the group that understands their spectra.

Created at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Updated at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Metadata: Freshness: 2026-07-14. Primary lab: Institute of Theoretical Physics I, University of Stuttgart. Theory; borderline include.