Setup for holographyResearch Interests:
  • Holographic methods (cooperation with University Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Physics of Functional Materials
    • Photorefraction in photopolymers and polymer composites
    • Two wave mixingHolographic scattering
    • Holographic storage
    • Preparation, optimization and characterization of photo(neutron)refractive photopolymers (cooperation with University Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Physics of Functional Materials)
  • Neutron optics from holographically generated structures (cooperation with University Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Physics of Functional Materials)
    • Mirrors and beamsplitters for low energy neutrons
    • Neutron spectroscopy
    • Cold neutron interferometry (cooperation with University Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Physics of Functional Materials)
    • Coherence properties of low energy neutronsNeutron interferometry at SANS: Phase measurements Neutron diffraction on holographically generated structures (cooperation with University Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Physics of Functional Materials)
    • Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) from light induced gratings, at Institute Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France; Paul Scherrer Instute, Villigen, Switzerland; GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany
  • Polymers:
    • Polymethylmethacrylate
    • Composites of Polymers and nanoparticles: Holographic polymer-dispersed nanoparticles (cooperation with University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Department of Engineering Science, Tokyo, Japan and Institute Jožef Stefan (IJS), Department of synthesis of materials,  Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Composites of Polymers and Liquid crystals: Holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (cooperation with Institute Jožef Stefan (IJS), Department of synthesis of materials,  Ljubljana, Slovenia) Ultra small angle neutron scattering (USANS) at Institute Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France
    • Composites of Polymers and nanoparticles: Holographic polymer-dispersed nanoparticles nanoparticles (cooperation with University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Department of Engineering Science, Tokyo, Japan and Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria (ATI))
  • UV, Visible, Near-infrared, and Mid-infrared, Raman, Brillouin Spectroscopy o  Liquids, Binary mixtures: (cooperation with University of Split, Croatia, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Science and Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matière Condensée, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
    • Polymers
    • Photopolymers
    • Black Silicon (cooperation with Harvard University, Department of Physics, Cambridge, USA)
Teaching: 2007/08 437.018         W            Physikalische Rechenübungen (Kurs 2), 1 std., VU 437.019         W            Physikalische Rechenübungen (Kurs 3), 1 std., VU 631.005         W            Rechencrashkurs für Erstsemestrige (Kurs 5), 1 std., VU 631.006         W            Rechencrashkurs für Erstsemestrige (Kurs 6) , 1 std., VU 428.510         S             Physikalisches Praktikum I, 4 std., PR 428.518         S             Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), 4 std., PR 2008/09 428.510         S              Physikalisches Praktikum I, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), 4 std., PR 2009/10 428.510         S              Physikalisches Praktikum I, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), 4 std., PR 2010/11 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 2, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 3, 4 std., PR 428.530         W             Ringpraktikum, 4 std., PR 2011/12 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 1, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 2, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 3, 4 std., PR 445.101         S              Elektronikpraktikum, Kurs 1, 2 std., UE 445.101         S              Elektronikpraktikum, Kurs 2, 2 std., UE 2012/13 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 1, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 2, 4 std., PR 428.518         S              Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 3, 4 std., PR 445.101         S              Elektronikpraktikum, Kurs 1, 2 std., UE 445.101         S              Elektronikpraktikum, Kurs 2, 2 std., UE 2013/14 437.058         W            Physik (für Molekularbiologen) 2 std., VO 437.060         W            Physik (für Biologen und Geologen) 4 std., VO 428.518         S             Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 2, 4 std., PR 428.518         S             Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), Kurs 3, 4 std., PR 2014/15 437.058         W            Physik (für Molekularbiologen), 2 std., VO 437.060         W            Physik (für Biologen und Geologen), 4 std., VO 428.518         S             Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), 4 std., PR 2015/16 437.058         W            Physik (für Molekularbiologen), 2 std., VO 437.060         W            Physik (für Biologen und Geologen), 4 std., VO 428.518         S             Physikalisches Praktikum III (Struktur der Materie), 4 std., PR Publications: (2009-2016) Peer-reviewed articles: [1]           M. Fally, M. Bichler, M. A. Ellabban, I. Drevenšek-Olenik, C. Pruner, H. Eckerlebe, and K.P. Pranzas, Diffraction Gratings for Neutrons from Polymers and Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Nanocomposites, J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 11, 024019, (2009), http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0807/0807.3448v1.pdf [2]           A. Asenbaum, B. Kezic, C. Pruner, F. Sokolic, and E. Wilhelm, Brillouin Scattering in Ethanol-Water Mixtures, AIP Conf. Proc. 1267, 821, (2010). [3]           A. Asenbaum, C. Pruner, A. V. Svanidze, E. Wilhelm, S. G. Lushnikov, and A. Schulte, Brillouin Scattering in Lysozyme Solutions, AIP Conf. Proc. 1267, 666, (2010). [4]           M. Fally, J. Klepp, Y. Tomita, T. Nakamura, C. Pruner, M. A. Ellabban, R. A. Rupp, M. Bichler, I. Drevenšek Olenik, J. Kohlbrecher, H. Eckerlebe, H. Lemmel, and H. Rauch, Neutron Optical Beam Splitter from Holographically Structured Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123904, (2010), Highlighted as Editor’s suggestion, http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v105/i12/e123904, http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.5425v1, Selected as Research Highlight at Paul Scherrer Institut, http://www.psi.ch/num/2010 [5]           M. Fally, J. Klepp, Y. Tomita, T. Nakamura, C. Pruner, M. A. Ellabban, R. A. Rupp, M. Bichler, I. Drevenšek Olenik, J. Kohlbrecher, H. Eckerlebe, H. Lemmel, and H. Rauch, Neutron optical elements from light-responsive nanoparticle-polymer composites, Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. 22, 14, (2010), http://www.vjnano.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=VIRT01&Volume=22&Issue=14#STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES [6]           A. Asenbaum, C. Pruner, W. Schröer, K. Plätzer, L. Bieler, H. Brandstetter, W. Schirmacher, A. Schulte, and E. Wilhelm, Rayleigh and Brillouin Scattering in a Lysozyme-Water Mixture: An Unusual Behavior around 343 K, J. Mol. Liq. 158, 7-12, (2011), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2010.09.008 [7]           J. Klepp, C. Pruner, M. A. Ellabban, Y. Tomita, H. Lemmel, H. Rauch, M. Fally, Neutronoptical gratings from nanoparticle-polymer composites, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 634, S59, (2011), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.360, http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1007/1007.3407v1.pdf [8]           A. Asenbaum, C. Pruner, H. Kabelka, A. Philipp, E. Wilhelm, R. Spendlingwimmer, A. Gebauer, R. Buchner, Influence of various commercial water treatment processes on the electric conductivity of several drinking waters, J. Mol. Liq. 160, 144-149, (2011), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2011.03.007 [9]           M. Fally, J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, H. Eckerlebe, J. Kohlbrecher, R.A. Rupp, Holographic gratings for cold neutron optics, In: Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference, 1 – 2 (2011), http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953716 [10]       M.J. Sher, Y.T. Lin, E. Mazur, C. Pruner, A. Asenbaum, Black Silicon: Optical Hyperdoping of Silicon for Optoelectronic Devices Operating at Photon Energies below the Bandgap, IEEE Conf. Proc. (Information Photonics 05-2011). [11]       J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, C. Plonka-Spehr, P. Geltenbort, S. Ivanov, G. Manzin, K.H. Andersen, J. Kohlbrecher, M. A. Ellabban, and M. Fally, Diffraction of slow neutrons by holographic SiO2 nanoparticle-polymer composite gratings, Phys. Rev. A 84, 013621, (2011), http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v84/i1/e013621, http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1362 [12]       A. V. Svanidze, I. P. Koludarov, S. G. Lushnikov, A. Asenbaum, C. Pruner, F. M. Aliev, C. C. Chang, L. J. Kan, Specific features of the temperature behavior of lysozyme diffusivity in solutions with different protein concentrations, J. Mol. Liq., 168, 7-11, (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2012.01.015 [13]       J. Klepp, I. Drevenšek Olenik, S. Gyergyek, C. Pruner, R. A. Rupp, M. Fally, Towards polarizing beam splitters for cold neutrons using superparamagnetic diffraction gratings, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. IOP 340, 012031, (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953716 [14]       J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, K. Mitsube, P. Geltenbort, and M. Fally, Mirrors for slow neutrons from holographic nanoparticle-polymer free-standing film-gratings, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 214104, (2012), http://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.5938v1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4720511 [15]       J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, K. Mitsube, P. Geltenbort, and M. Fally, Mirrors for slow neutrons from holographic nanoparticle-polymer free-standing film-gratings, Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. 25, 23, (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4720511 [16]       A. Asenbaum, C. Pruner, E. Wilhelm, M. Mijakovic, L. Zoranic, F. Sokolic, B. Kezic, A. Perera, Structural changes in ethanol-water mixtures: Ultrasonics, Brillouin scattering and molecular dynamics studies, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 60, 102 – 106, (2012), http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924203111001639 [17]       J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, J. Kohlbrecher, M. Fally, Three-port beam splitter for cold neutrons using holographic SiO2 nanoparticle-polymer diffraction gratings, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 154104, (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4758686, http://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.3425 [18]       J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, P. Geltenbort, I. Drevenšek – Olenik, S. Gyergyek, J. Kohlbrecher and M. Fally, Holographic gratings for slow-neutron optics, Materials, 5, 2788 – 2815 (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma5122788 [19]       Meng-Ju Sher, Yu-Ting Lin, M. T. Winkler, E. Mazur, C. Pruner, A. Asenbaum, Mid-infrared absorptance of silicon hyperdoped with chalcogens via fs-laser irradiation, J. Appl. Phys., 113, 063520 (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4790808 [20]       R. Fujii, J. Guo, J. Klepp, C. Pruner, M. Fally, Y. Tomita, Nanoparticle-polymer-composite volume gratings incorporating chain-transfer agents for holography and slow-neutron optics, Opt. Lett. 39, 3453-3456, (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.003453 [21]       J. Guo, R. Fujii, T. Ono, J. Klepp, C. Pruner, M. Fally, and Y. Tomita, Effects of chain-transferring thiol functionalities on the performance of nanoparticle-polymer composite volume gratings, Opt. Lett. 39, 6743-6746 (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.006743 [22]       A. Asenbaum, C. Pruner, and E. Wilhelm, “Ultrasonics 1: Speed of ultrasound, isentropic compressibility and related properties of liquids”, Chapter 3 in Volume Properties: Liquids, Solutions and Vapours, E. Wilhelm and T. Letcher, eds., The Royal Society of Chemistry, 345-394 (2015), ISBN 978-1-84973-899-6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781782627043-00345 Non peer-reviewed: [1]           M. Bichler, C. Pruner, H. Eckerlebe, M. Fally, Neutron diffraction from holographic nanoparticle-polymer composites, Experimental report to GKSS GeNF, (03/2010). [2]           J. Klepp, M. Fally, C. Pruner, J. Kohlbrecher and R. A. Rupp, Neutron mirrors from nanoparticle-polymer composites, Experimental Report to PSI, (06/2010). [3]           J. Klepp, C. Pruner, P. Geltenbort, H. Rauch, R. A. Rupp and M. Fally, Tests of holographically generated diffraction gratings with very cold neutrons, Experimental Report to ILL, Instrument PF2, Experiment 3-14-278, (07/2010). [4]           J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, K. Mitsube, P. Geltenbort, M. Fally, Holographic grating-mirrors for very cold neutrons, Exp. Report to ILL, Instrument PF2, Experiment 3-14-294, (08/2011). [5]           J. Klepp, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, K. Mitsube, P. Geltenbort, M. Fally, Test of new holographic grating mir rors for very cold neutrons, Exp. Report to ILL, Instrument PF2, Experiment TEST-2020, (10/2011). [6]           J. Klepp, M. Fally, P. Geltenbort, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, Holographic absorption gratings recorded in CdSe nanoparticle-polymer composites for neutron-optics, (2012). Exp. Report to ILL, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, e-print [7]           J. Klepp, M. Fally, P. Geltenbort, C. Pruner, Y. Tomita, Angle amplification effect in holographic gratings, (2013). Exp. Report to ILL, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, e-print [8]           J. Klepp, M. Fally, C. Pruner, and Y. Tomita. Slow-neutron mirrors from holographic nanopartice-polymer composites. Annual report, millenium program and technical developments, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, (2013). 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