Possible PhD student projects

Classical ground-based interferometry

• Commissioning of the AEI 10m Prototype Interferometer
• Construction and Characterization of a Frequency Reference Cavity at AEI 10m Prototype
• Sqeezing in Advanced Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Interferometry in Space

• Electronic and Optical Components for Space-Based Interferometry
• Laser Ranging Interferometer for Grace-Follow On like missions
• LISA Phasemeter development and testing
• Optical Simulation tools
• Laser beam characterization
• Experimental Testing of LISA Interferometery aspects
• Development of Algorithms for the First Stages of Data Processing of GRACE Follow-On
• Analysis and simulation of Time-Delay Interferometry for LISA
• Initial processing steps of raw LISA data
• Compact optical interferometric sensors
• Torsion balance with optical sensors

Next-generation gravitational-wave detectors

• Numerical Simulations For Advanced and Third Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors
• Commissioning of the AEI 10m Prototype Interferometer
• Construction and Characterization of a Frequency Reference Cavity at AEI 10m Prototype
• Optical Experiments for ALPS II
• ALPS II
• Novel Methods of Power Stabilization
• Laser stabilization
• ALPS (Any light particle search) "Light-shining-through-a-wall"
• Power Stabilization At and Below the Shot Noise Limit
• Monolithic suspensions for 100g Mirror
• Thermal Noise Measurements

Quantum Control

•  Back-action evading techniques for gravitational wave detection and quantum optical experiments (e.g. Coherent Quantum Noise Cancellation)

•  Non-classical light at high frequencies for fundamental physics and precision metrology applications

•  Quantum Machine Learning

•  Metamaterials

Theoretical Quantum Optics

• Project iQUOEMS

Data Analysis

• Search for weak astrophysical signals
• Searches for Advanced GW detectors
• Gravitational-Wave Detection
• Studies of CBC Processing Waveforms with Application to GW Searches
• Binary Gamma-ray Pulsars

Gravitational-Wave Sources

• Numerical investigations of black hole collisions
• Neutron star normal mode emissions