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Prof. Dr. Carsten Schuck

Current affiliations

  • Department for Quantum Technlogy
  • Professorship of Experimental Physics (Prof. Schuck)
  • Münster Nanofabrication Facility (MNF)
  • Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Quantum Optics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors

Academic Education

2004 - 2009PhD-Thesis: Interfacing single ions and single photons for quantum networks. ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences UPC - Polytechnic University of Catalonia Barcelona, Spain

Work Experience

since 2016Juniorprofessor Physics Institute WWU Münster Deutschland
2015 - 2016Architect Sensors, Metrology and Computational Modeling ASML Research Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2013 - 2014Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Electrical Engineering Yale University New Haven, CT, USA
2010 - 2012Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Electrical Engineering Yale University New Haven, CT, USA

Functions and Memberships

since 2003German Physical Society (DPG)

Publications

Kinetic Inductance and Jitter Dependence of the Intrinsic Photon Number Resolution in Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
Jaha, Roland; Graham-Scott, Connor A.; Abazi, Adrian S.; Pernice, Wolfram; Schuck, Carsten; Ferrari, Simone (2025)
In: Optics Express, 33(20), 41869-41880. doi:10.1364/OE.564311
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
General Design Flow for Waveguide Bragg Gratings
Brückerhoff-Plückelmann, Frank; Buskasper, Tim; Römer, Julius; Krämer, Linus; Malik, Bilal; McRae, Liam; Kürpick, Linus; Palitza, Simon; Schuck, Carsten; Pernice, Wolfram (2025)
In: Nanophotonics, 14(3), 297-304. doi:10.1515/nanoph-2024-0498
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Multi-photon enhanced resolution for Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector-based Time-of-Flight lidar systems
Abazi, Adrian S.; Jaha, Roland; Graham-Scott, Connor A.; Pernice, Wolfram H. P.; Schuck, Carsten (2025)
In: Physical Review Research, 7(3), 033124. doi:10.1103/sv4y-qps6
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Directional Whispering Gallery Mode in Microring Lasers Enabled by Tilted Azimuthal Gratings
Chen J; Abazi A; Schoonhoven F; Oki Y; Yamamoto Y; Schuck C; Yoshioka H (2025)
In: Advanced photonics research, online first, 2400172. doi:10.1002/adpr.202400172
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Activation Functions in Non-Negative Neural Networks
Becker M; Drees D; Brückerhoff-Plückelmann F; Schuck C; Pernice W; Risse B (2025)
In: IEEE Access
Research article in digital collection | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

Detector-Modulator Technology Utilizing Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures (D-TEC)
Duration: 01/10/2025 - 30/09/2027
Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowship
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Messgerätunabhängige QKD und sichere System-Synchronisation für Anwendungen in Gasleitsystemen und kritischer Infrastruktur (MANTIS)
Duration: 01/03/2024 - 28/02/2027
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project
Quantum Universal Photonics Integrated Circuit platform (QU-PIC)
Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027
Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Research and innovation action
Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster
Skalierbare Mehrkanal Quantenkommunikationsplattform zur Bereitstellung von supraleitenden Detektoren mit angepassten Detektormerkmalen (MultiQomm)
Duration: 01/05/2023 - 30/04/2026
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project
Efficient Detection of Squeezed Light on Nanophotonic Chips using Subwavelength-Engineered Superconducting Nanowire Avalanche Photodetectors (ESSENS)
Duration: 04/10/2022 - 03/10/2024
Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowship
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
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Talks

Differentiable Nano-Photonics: Physics Informed Learning and Inverse Design
Schuck, Carsten (21/05/2025)
Photonics North 2025, Ottawa
Type of talk: scientific talk
Quantum technology with photonic integrated sources, circuits, & superconducting detectors
Schuck, Carsten (14/03/2024)
IPHT Colloquium, Jena
Type of talk: scientific talk
The second quantum revolution: the social significance of quantum technologies
Schuck, Carsten (28/11/2023)
DPG-Lehrerfortbildung (Low-Cost Schülerexperimente zur Quantentechnologie), Bad Honnef
Type of talk: scientific talk
Quantum Technology with Photonic Integrated Sources, Circuits, and Superconducting Detectors
Schuck, Carsten; (24/11/2023)
Joan van der Waals Colloquium, Leiden
Type of talk: scientific talk
Integrating Single Photon Sources, Circuits, and Detectors on Quantum Photonic Chips
Schuck, Carsten; (15/11/2023)
Center for Optical Sciences Seminar, Hong Kong
Type of talk: scientific talk
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