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Acknowledgments
to all contributors who have had a visible and/or invisible hand in this success story.
The knowledge gained and the accomplishments made throughout this academic
journey have established the link between the previous, the outgoing, and the current
team members. The connectivity of all participants, as well as the essence of the
research, is not only preserved by a vast amount of publications. It is also preserved
by nice memories and the gratitude towards each other.
The following is an attempt to thank everyone who had a positive role in the
completion of this Habilitation project, and even if the following list likely is not
complete, I also would like to thank those supportive and helpful people related to
this academic work which may have not been recalled here. Please note that many
of the (former) students mentioned in the following have received their Master or
Ph.D. degrees by now and entered the next stage of their professional careers.
• Many thanks are devoted to the head of the Semiconductor Photonics group, Prof.
M. Koch, for inviting me into his group to engage in a Habilitation project, as
well as for his kind and enduring support over the last years. This provided an
outstanding research opportunity as well as a fruitful platform for the preparation
of this work and for independent explorations that have led to important findings
and key publications of my Habilitation project. Without his help and trust, many
of the works on the path to a complete Habilitation work presented would have
not taken form.
• I would like to thank my ‘nanomaterials and quantum-structures’ team’s former
and current members, among them S. C. Lippert, L. M. Schneider, R. Li, O. M.
Abdulmunem, M. Hünecke, D. Renaud, X. Lin, Dr. K. Hassoon, Dr. S. EdalatiBoostan, M.-U. Halbich, G. Q. Ngo, F. Wall, O. Mey, L. Gomell, M. J. Shah, M. A.
Nouh, Dr. A. Usman, Dr. H. Masenda, C. Palekar, S. Machchhar, and many more,
for their continuous help in different fields, and L. M. Schneider, M. J. Shah, M.
A. Nouh and C. Palekar for assistance with the bibliographic work. Similarly, I
thank co-supervised students J. Kuhnert and S. Schmitt from the Semiconductor
Spectroscopy group of Prof. W. Heimbrodt, who worked with me on 2D materials.
• I would also like to thank my ‘semiconductor disk laser’ team’s former and current
members, among them M. Wichmann, M. A. Gaafar, F. Zhang, Dr. K. A. Fedorova,
D. Al Nakdali, J. Quante, M. Vaupel, S. Kefer, S. Kress, C. D. Kriso, M. M. Alvi,
M. T. Munshi, S. Wang, H. Guoyu, O. Mohiuddin, A. Barua, M. Gao and many
more, for their continuous help in different fields. Similarly, I thank co-supervised
student C. Möller from the group of Prof. W. Stolz, who contributed to the team’s
VECSEL work.
• Furthermore, help and commitment by our group’s other supportive spectroscopy
team members, among others R. Scott, M. Drexler, R. Woscholski, A. Velauthapillai, K. Shakfa, M. Gerhard, M. Bilal, is acknowledged. The eager participation in lab activities by my student interns is also appreciated, among others by
M. Khalaf, S. Firoozabadi, R. Guo, O. Farooqui, M. Naramulu, G. Muhkerjee.
• Many thanks go to my (former) project employees Dr. R. Gente, Dr. S. EdalatiBoostan, S. C. Lippert, L. M. Schneider, C. D. Kriso, M.-U. Halbich and M. J.
Shah, who supported my research over different periods of time.
Acknowledgments
to all contributors who have had a visible and/or invisible hand in this success story.
The knowledge gained and the accomplishments made throughout this academic
journey have established the link between the previous, the outgoing, and the current
team members. The connectivity of all participants, as well as the essence of the
research, is not only preserved by a vast amount of publications. It is also preserved
by nice memories and the gratitude towards each other.
The following is an attempt to thank everyone who had a positive role in the
completion of this Habilitation project, and even if the following list likely is not
complete, I also would like to thank those supportive and helpful people related to
this academic work which may have not been recalled here. Please note that many
of the (former) students mentioned in the following have received their Master or
Ph.D. degrees by now and entered the next stage of their professional careers.
• Many thanks are devoted to the head of the Semiconductor Photonics group, Prof.
M. Koch, for inviting me into his group to engage in a Habilitation project, as
well as for his kind and enduring support over the last years. This provided an
outstanding research opportunity as well as a fruitful platform for the preparation
of this work and for independent explorations that have led to important findings
and key publications of my Habilitation project. Without his help and trust, many
of the works on the path to a complete Habilitation work presented would have
not taken form.
• I would like to thank my ‘nanomaterials and quantum-structures’ team’s former
and current members, among them S. C. Lippert, L. M. Schneider, R. Li, O. M.
Abdulmunem, M. Hünecke, D. Renaud, X. Lin, Dr. K. Hassoon, Dr. S. EdalatiBoostan, M.-U. Halbich, G. Q. Ngo, F. Wall, O. Mey, L. Gomell, M. J. Shah, M. A.
Nouh, Dr. A. Usman, Dr. H. Masenda, C. Palekar, S. Machchhar, and many more,
for their continuous help in different fields, and L. M. Schneider, M. J. Shah, M.
A. Nouh and C. Palekar for assistance with the bibliographic work. Similarly, I
thank co-supervised students J. Kuhnert and S. Schmitt from the Semiconductor
Spectroscopy group of Prof. W. Heimbrodt, who worked with me on 2D materials.
• I would also like to thank my ‘semiconductor disk laser’ team’s former and current
members, among them M. Wichmann, M. A. Gaafar, F. Zhang, Dr. K. A. Fedorova,
D. Al Nakdali, J. Quante, M. Vaupel, S. Kefer, S. Kress, C. D. Kriso, M. M. Alvi,
M. T. Munshi, S. Wang, H. Guoyu, O. Mohiuddin, A. Barua, M. Gao and many
more, for their continuous help in different fields. Similarly, I thank co-supervised
student C. Möller from the group of Prof. W. Stolz, who contributed to the team’s
VECSEL work.
• Furthermore, help and commitment by our group’s other supportive spectroscopy
team members, among others R. Scott, M. Drexler, R. Woscholski, A. Velauthapillai, K. Shakfa, M. Gerhard, M. Bilal, is acknowledged. The eager participation in lab activities by my student interns is also appreciated, among others by
M. Khalaf, S. Firoozabadi, R. Guo, O. Farooqui, M. Naramulu, G. Muhkerjee.
• Many thanks go to my (former) project employees Dr. R. Gente, Dr. S. EdalatiBoostan, S. C. Lippert, L. M. Schneider, C. D. Kriso, M.-U. Halbich and M. J.
Shah, who supported my research over different periods of time.