Student Theses

2024

High-throughput particle tracking in an optofluidic chip
Elena Kyprianou, January 2024, Master thesis.

Optical vortex propagation through linear media
Lucas Vervoort, January 2024, Bachelor thesis.

2023

Spherical aberration correction for subsurface dicing of silicon carbide
Annemarijn van der Heiden, July 2023, Bachelor Thesis

Optical monitroing of battery dynamics
William Hayes, February 2023, Master thesis.

Optical analysis of ion dynamics in a battery
Nelfy Nelfyenny, February 2023, Master thesis.

Size determination and frequency response of a single nanoemulsion droplet 
Ingmar Bruggemann, January 2023, Master thesis. 

Measuring the transmission matrix of single polystyrene spheres
Roman Danser, January 2023, Master thesis.

Lensless imaging and laser writing in 3D
Dennis Kooijman, January 2023, Master thesis.

2022

Phase slips in space-time crystals
Jillis Schokking, November 2022, Master thesis.

Nonlinear response of nanoparticles to optical tweezers electrophoresis
Stijn Helsloot, July 2022, Master thesis.

Studying spin dynamics in a 23Na F = 1 spinor Bose gas
Amber de Bruijn, February 2022, Master thesis.

Crystallized time in ultra-cold Bose gases
Sam Borman, February 2022, Master thesis.

Exploring Nanoparticle Trapping through Dielectrophoresis: Insights from Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy
Ivo Kootwijk, 2022, Bachelor thesis.

2021

Redox flow battery: an open-source and accessible energy storage solution
Catherine Doherty, July 2021, Bachelor thesis.

Geografische positiebepaling aan de hand van een astronomische observatie
Laura Scheffer, July 2021, Master thesis. 

Nonlinear effects in a GaInP photonic crystal slab
Jerom Baas, July 2021, Master thesis.

The dark side of machine optics
Roman Danser, July 2021, Bachelor thesis.

Ray tracing simulation of optical coherence tomography to study subnanometre expansion of active neurons
Sjoerd Seinhorst, June 2021, Bachelor thesis.

Clogging of colloidal particles in a microchannel using an electro-osmotic micropump
Thijs Karman, June 2021, Bachelor thesis.

Optimizing nano-oscillators
Elise Alkemade, June 2021, Bachelor thesis.

Off-axis signal detection in ptychography
Kira Maathuis, April 2021, Master thesis.

Simulating optical scattering in disordered media using KWANT - working at the interface between electronic transport theory and optics
Filippo Bezzi, March 2021, Bachelor thesis. 

Simulation and experiment of double pulse femtosecond laser ablation
Jonas Hamers, 2021, Bachelor thesis.

2020

Electron-induced carrier dynamics in semiconductors
Marnix Vreugdenhil, September 2020, Master thesis.

Transmission and beam shaping of a Gaussian light beam passing through a dense rubidium vapour
Gijs Buist, August 2020, Master thesis.

Investigating quasiparticle poisoning in floating hybrid double dot devices using gate-based sensing
Nejc Blaznik, August 2020, Master thesis.

Nanosprings and the electric double layer
Janice van Dam, June 2020, Bachelor thesis.

2019

Potentiodynamic optical contrast
Kevin Namink, December 2019, Master thesis.

Super Resolution Ptychography
Vasileios Gouliaditis, 2019, Master thesis.

Robust Calibration of Optical Metrology System
Vasilis Gouliaditis, 2019, Master thesis.

The importance of nonlinearity for physical neural networks
Bram Verreussel, 2019, Bachelor thesis.

The effect of noise on an optical machine learning model
Sybren Huitink, 2019, Bachelor thesis.

Anderson Localization in 2D Bose Gases
Bart van Assen, July 2019, Master thesis.

Non-Markovian stochastic resonance in a tunable optical microcavity
Kevin Peters, July 2019, Master thesis. 

Measurements on electrical properties of water while acoustically levitated
Allard Veenstra, January 2019, Bachelor thesis.

Effects of local heating on resonances in photonic crystal nanocavities
Mark Mollema, January 2019, Bachelor thesis.

Measuring size and electrophoretic mobility of sub 100 nm particles by single particle tracking
Peter Speets, January 2019, Master thesis.

2018

Developing fluorescence microscopy setup to study microscopic solute transport in saturated and unsaturated porous media using microfluidics
Qianjing Tang, August 2018, Master thesis.

Imaging through scattering media
Tommaso Pavolini, July 2018, Master thesis.

Quasi-2D optical dipole trapping of Bose-Einstein condensates
Wouter Varenkamp, July 2018, Master thesis.

Remote viscosity measurement of acoustically levitated colloidal droplets
Milo Collaris, July 2018, Bachelor thesis.

Thermalization and effective interactions in photon condensates
Charly Beulenkamp, June 2018, Master thesis.

Relation between surface charge and the flow rate within microfluidic channels
Lorenzo Sierra Perez, June 2018, Bachelor thesis.

Thermally induced non-linearity in a CROW photonic crystal.
Hilbrand Wouters, June 2018, Bachelor thesis.

Characterizing the length of a femtosecond pulse at a microscopic sample plane.
Sylviane Roscam-Abbing, June 2018, Master thesis.

Thermalization and gain clamping in a photon Bose-Einstein condensate.
Maarten Droste, June 2018, Bachelor thesis.

Holographic imaging of Bose-Einstein condensates.
Sanne Loth, June 2018, Master thesis.

Characterization & tuning of double cavity optomechanical nanobeams.
Hessel Jagers, 2018, Master thesis.

Femtosecond doublepulse laser ablation of water.
Marnix Vreugdenhil, 2018, Bachelor thesis.

Over de refractiewet van Snellius, circa 600 jaar voor Snellius: Ibn Sahl en de refractiewet
Y. El Yandouzi, January 2018, Bachelor thesis.

2017

Interaction and polarization measurements of photon Bose-Einstein condensate
Fons van der Laan, July 2017, Master thesis.

Simulations of femtosecond laser excitation in bulk silica
Charly Beulenkamp, July 2017, Minor Research project.

Using an optical conveyor for light-matter interaction experiments.
Kostas Voutyras, June 2017, Master thesis.

Towards absolute scattering cross section of nanoparticles and single molecules
Zeyu Kuang, May 2017, Bachelor thesis.

Feedback control: theoretical and experimental research using a keysight DAQ
Tom Niessen, 2017, Bachelor thesis.

Optical trapping and cooling of single atoms.
David van der Flier, 2017, Master thesis.

2016

Characterisation of Transport in Bose-Einstein Condensates Below and Above the Critical Velocity
Koen Sponselee, August 2016, Master thesis.

VIS/NIR Photocurrent Spectroscopy on Organic Semiconductors by Lock-in Amplification.
Adriaan van der Feltz, August 2016, Master thesis.

Size Analysis of Trapped Goldnanoparticles using Polarimetry.
Anne de Beurs, August 2016, Master thesis.

Effect of Damping on Stability of Gold Nanoparticles in a Quadrupole Trap.
James Findley-de Regt, July 2016, Master thesis.

Phase imprinting of vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates using shaped light
Jasper Smits, July 2016, Master thesis.

An Experimental Design to Beamshape Ultrashort Pulses
Robbert Schoo, July 2016, Master thesis.

Cerenkov Wakes in Ultra-Cold Sodium Gases
Guanqiao Li, July 2016, Master thesis.

Self-Scattering of Gold Nano-particles under Femtosecond Laser Ablation Conditions
Gordian Zomer, July 2016, Master thesis.

Wavefront Shaping; Developing a demonstration setup
Suzan Marsman, July 2016, Bachelor thesis.

Interference in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Broos Vermeulen, June 2016, Master thesis.

DIY optical microscope
Kevin Namink, June 2016, Bachelor thesis.

Determining the radius of trapped gold nanoparticles with Mie scattering theory
Sylviane Roscam-Abbing, June 2016, Bachelor thesis. 

Polarization of a Photon Bose-Einstein Condensate
Hessel Jagers, June 2016, Bachelor thesis.

Photon Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Dye-Filled Microcavity
Karindra Perrier, May 2016, Master thesis.

Femtosecond laser nano-ablation of glass surfaces and their self-scattering effects.
Jasper Clarijs, March 2016, Master thesis.

Experiments on Ablation of Dielectrics on Gold, and Water
Marcel Scholten, January 2016, Master thesis.