Stephan Middelkamp Postdoctoral researcher Former Affiliation Theoretical Chemistry Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 69120 Heidelberg Germany New Affiliation Zentrum für optische Quantentechnologien Universität Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49-40-89985263 FAX: +49-40-89985190 E-mail: Stephan.Middelkamp@physnet.uni-hamburg.de

Research fields

Bose-Einstein Condensates
Solitons
Vortices
Nonlinear Physics
Rydberg atoms

Publications

P. J. Torres, R. Carretero-González, S.Middelkamp, P. Schmelcher, D. J. Frantzeskakis, and P. G. Kevrekidis
Vortex Interaction Dynamics in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates
submitted to DCDS (2010)

S. Middelkamp, J. J. Chang, C. Hamner, R. Carretero-González, P. G. Kevrekidis, V. Achilleos, D. J. Frantzeskakis, P. Schmelcher, and P. Engels
Dynamics of dark-bright solitons in cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates
arXiv:1005.3789v2 (2010) pdf Abstract

S. Middelkamp, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, R. Carretero-González, and P. Schmelcher
Bifurcations, stability, and dynamics of multiple matter-wave vortex states
Physical Review A 82, 013646 (2010) pdf Abstract

S. Middelkamp, P.G. Kevrekidis, D.J. Frantzeskakis, R. Carretero-González, P. Schmelcher
Stability and dynamics of matter-wave vortices in the presence of collisional inhomogeneities and dissipative perturbations
Journal of Physics B 43, 155303 (2010) pdf Abstract

S. Middelkamp, G. Theocharis, P.G. Kevrekidis, D.J. Frantzeskakis and P. Schmelcher
Dark Solitons in Cigar-Shaped Bose-Einstein Condensates in Double-Well Potentials
Physical Review A 81, 053618 (2010) pdf Abstract

S. Middelkamp, M. Mayle, I. Lesanovsky and P. Schmelcher
Creating Versatile Atom Traps by Applying Near Resonant Laser Light in Magnetic Traps
Physical Review A 81, 053414 (2010) pdf Abstract

C. Wang, P.G. Kevrekidis, N. Whitaker, D.J. Frantzeskakis, P. Schmelcher
Collisionally inhomogeneous Bose-Einstein condensates in double-well potentials
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Volume 238, Issue 15, 15 July 2009, Pages 1362-1371 Abstract

S. Middelkamp, P.G. Kevrekidis, D.J. Frantzeskakis and P. Schmelcher
Matter-wave solitons in the presence of collisional inhomogeneities:
Perturbation theory and the impact of derivative terms
Physics Letters A 373, 262 (2009) pdf Abstract

S. Middelkamp, I. Lesanovsky and P. Schmelcher
Interaction-induced trapping and pulsed emission of a magnetically insensitive Bose-Einstein condensate
Europhysics Letters 84, 40011 (2008) pdf Abstract

S. Middelkamp, I. Lesanovsky and P. Schmelcher
Spectral properties of a Rydberg atom immersed in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Physical Review A 76, 022507 (2007) pdf Abstract

Diploma and PhD thesis

S. Middelkamp
Einzelne Rydberganregung in einem Bose-Einstein-Kondensat
Diploma Thesis (2007) pdf

S. Middelkamp
Nonlinear Excitations in Bose-Einstein Condensates
PhD Thesis (2010) pdf