Physics and Engineering Department

Dr. Schmitzer's Publications

  • "Unique Reflection from Birefringent Uncoated and Gold-Coated InP Nanowire Crystal Arrays", Tu, M. Kaveh, M. Fraenzl, Q. Gao, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, H. Schmitzer and H.-p. Wagner, Optics Express 30, 3172 (2022).  https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-30-3-3172&id=468561
  • “Effect of Au Substrate and Coating on the Lasing Characteristics of GaAs Nanowires”, Schmitzer, H., Aman, G., Mohammadi, F., Fränzl, M., Lysevych, M., Tan, H. H., Jagadish, C., Cahay, M. and Wagner, H. P..  Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group) 11, no. 23036 (2021). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-00855-w
  • “Lasing from InP Nanowire Photonic Crystals on InP Substrate”, Schmitzer, H., Wagner, H. P., Jagadish, C., Fraenzl, M., Tan, H. H.,  Tu, C., and Gao, Q, Advanced Optical Materials, 9(3):2001745 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202001745
  • “Index Matching in Multilayered Organic Waveguides”, Schmitzer, H., Thompson, J., Albalawi, F., Wickremasinghe, N., Salvan, G., Zahn, D., and Wagner, H. P.,  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abb31b
  • "Rosalind Franklin’s X-Ray Photo of DNA as an Undergraduate Optical Diffraction Experiment", Schmitzer, H., Wagner, H. P.,  Dultz, W., Thompson, J., Braun, G. A., Rossa, B., Wessels, L., and Tierney, D., American Journal of Physics 86 (February 2018): 95–104
  • "Emission dynamics of hybrid plasmonic gold/organic GaN nanorods", Mohammadi, F., Schmitzer, H., Kunert, G., Hommel, D., Ge, J., Duscher, G., Langbein, W., Wagner, H. P., Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP), Nanotechnology 28 (2017) 505710
  • "Controlling guided modes in plasmonic metal/dielectric multilayer waveguides", Wickremasinghe, N., · Thompson J., Wang X., Schmitzer H., Wagner, H. P., Journal of Applied Physics 06/2015; 117(21):213102. DOI:10.1063/1.4921874
  • "Real-time contrast-enhanced holographic imaging using phase coherent photorefractive quantum wells", Dongol, A., Thompson, J., Schmitzer, H., Tierney, D., Wagner, H. P.,Optics Express 05/2015; 23(10):12795
  • "Eliminating thermal effects in z-scan measurements of thin PTCDA films", Wickremasinghe, N., Wang, X., Schmitzer, H., Wagner, H.P., Optics Express, Vol. 22, Issue 20, pp. 23955-23964 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.023955
  • "Optical properties of Alq3 films and Alq3/plasmonic heterostructures", Wagner, H. P., Wickremasinghe, N., Kaveh, M., Ajward, M., Wang, X., Schmitzer, H., Gao, Q., Jagadish, C., Proc. SPIE 9181, Light Manipulating Organic Materials and Devices, 91810P (7 October 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2061218

  • "Optical properties of Alq3 films and Alq3/plasmonic heterostructures", Wagner, H. P., Wickremasinghe, N., Kaveh, M., Ajward, M., Wang, X., Schmitzer, H., Gao, Q., Jagadish, C., Proc. SPIE 9181, Light Manipulating Organic Materials and Devices, 91810P (7 October 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2061218
  • "Effects of uniaxial pressure on polar whispering gallery modes in microspheres", H. P. Wagner, H. Schmitzer, J. Lutti, P. Borri, W. Langbein, Journal of Applied Physics, 113, 243101, 2013
  • "A Polarization Analyzer for all the States of Polarization of Light using a Structured Polarizer", L. Kaiser, E. Frins, B. Hils, L. Beresnev, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 3, No. 6, p. 1256, 2013
  • "Modeling the avalanche diode as a photon detector in quantum optical interferometers", Schmid, K., Frins, E., Dultz, W., Schmitzer, H., Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 31, pp.7560-7565, 2012
  • "How Rosalind Franklin discovered the helical structure of DNA: Experiments in diffraction", Braun, G., Tierney, D., Schmitzer, H., The Physics Teacher, 49(3), 140-143, 2011
  • "A key experiment of quantum optics: The transfer of spin angular momentum from photons to a birefringent particle", Frins, E., Dultz, W., and Schmitzer, H., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 274(1), 012147 doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/274/1/012147, 2011
  • "Real 3D: How do they work?", Schmitzer, H., Tierney, D., Toepker, T., The Physics Teacher, 47, 456-459, 2009
  • "Irregular spin angular momentum transfer from light to small birefringent particles", Rothmayer, M., Tierney, D., Frins, E., Dultz, W., Schmitzer, H., Physical Review A, 80, 043801-043806, 2009
  • "Achromatic wavefront forming with space-variant polarizers: Application to phase singularities and light focusing", J. A. Ferrari, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, E. Frins, Physical Review A, 76, 053615, 2007
  • "Non-linearity in the Rotational Dynamics of Haidinger's Brushes", M. Rothmayer, E. Frins, W. Dultz, Q. Zhan, D. Tierney, H. Schmitzer, Applied Optics, 46, 7244-7251, 2007
  • "Interferometric Optical Path Measurement of a Glass Wedge with Single Photons and Biphotons", K.Schmid, H.Becker, W.Dultz, W.Martienssen, M.Kempe, H.Schmitzer, Opt. Lett. 32, 2257-2259, 2007
  • "Exciton absorption in PTCDA films, PTCDA/Alq3 multilayers, and codeposited films", H. P. Wagner, V. R. Gangilenka, A. DeSilva, H. Schmitzer, R. Scholz, T. U. Kampen, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), v 73 n 12, p.125323-1-6, 2006
  • "An optically driven bacterial screw of Archimedes", J. R. Robbins, D. A. Tierney, H. Schmitzer, Applied Physics Letters, 88, 023901, 2006
  • "Beam Mixing with a Pinhole", K. Schmid, E. Frins, H. Schmitzer, W. Dultz, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 22, 2672-2676, 2005
  • "Observation of the transfer of the local angular momentum density to an optically trapped particle", V. Garces-Chavez, D. McGloin, M. J. Padgett, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, K. Dholakia, Physical Review Letters, vol. 91, no. 9, 093602, 2003
  • "Controlled simultaneous rotation of multiple optically trapped particles", L. Patterson, M. P. MacDonald, J. Arlt, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, W. Sibbett, K. Dholakia, Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 50, no. 10, 1591-1599, 2003
  • "Measurement of the helicity of photon pairs using the optical Berry phase", Siebert, K. J. , Schmitzer, H. , Dultz, W. Physics Letters A vol. 300 no. 4-5, p. 341-7, 2002
  • "Phasematched third harmonic generation in mercury-(I)-chloride", Schmitzer, H. , Wagner, H.-P. , Dultz, W. , Ku?hnelt, M. Applied Optics vol. 41 no., p 470-4, 2002
  • "An experimental test of the path dependency of Pancharatnam's geometric phase", H. Schmitzer, S. Klein, W. Dultz, Journal of Modern Optics; 45 1039, 1998
  • "Pancharatnam's Phase in Polarization Optics", S. Klein, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, Advanced Electromagnetism: Foundations, Theory, Applications, T.W. Barrett, D.M. Grimes (Eds.); Singapur, 1995
  • "Phase matched second harmonic generation using thin film ZnTe optical waveguides", H. P. Wagner, H. Schmitzer, H. Stanzl, S. Wittman, J. Appl. Phys., 77, 3637, 1995
  • "Pancharatnam's Topological Phase in Relation to the Dynamical Phase in Polarization Optics", S. Klein, W. Dultz, H. Schmitzer, Frontiers of Fundamental Physics, Ed. M. Barone, F. Sellerie, Plenum Press, N. Y., 1994
  • "Tuning of an Optical Interference Filter using Pancharatnam's Topological Phase", H. Schmitzer, S. Klein, W. Dultz, Physical Concepts and Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II; F. Bertram, E. Gornik Eds; SPIE Vol. 1985, p. 763-766, Bellingham, 1993
  • "Second Harmonic Generation in ZnTe Waveguides", H. P. Wagner, H. Schmitzer, H. Stanzl, Physical Concepts and Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II, F. Beltram, E. Gornick ed., SPIE Vol. 1985, 178, 1993
  • "Nonlinearity of Pancharatnam's Toplogical Phase", H. Schmitzer, S. Klein, W. Dultz, Phys. Rev. Letters, 71, 1530-1533, 1993
  • "Topological Phases in Optical Fibers", H. Schmitzer, W. Dultz, S. Klein, Optics in Complex Systems; Ed.: F. Lanzl et al.; SPIE Vol 1319, 94-95, 1990