Damir Aumiler
Senior Scientist
Head of Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT)
Institute of Physics
Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385 1 3300 171
E-mail: aumiler@ifs.hr
http://www.ifs.hr
http://cold.ifs.hr

• 2006 PhD in Physics: Resonant interaction of atoms and molecules with the femtosecond laser frequency comb
• 2003-2006 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Astrophysics
• 2002 BSc in Physics: The influence of perturbers on the structure of atomic and molecular transitions in rubidium vapor
• 1995-2002 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 1991-1995 High school, XV Gymnasium, Zagreb
• 1983-1991 Elementary school, Zagreb

Experimental

• Interaction of atoms with optical frequency combs
• Cold atoms
• Frequency comb spectroscopy
• Nonlinear interaction of atoms and molecules with ultrashort laser pulses
• Laser fluorescence microscopy

Theoretical

• Quantum density matrix treatment of atom-laser field interaction
• Propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in nonlinear dispersive media

Popular

• Laser Harp

(Under)graduate level

• Laser Physics
• Experimental Methods in Atomic Physics

Postgraduate level

• Coherent Light-Atom Interaction

• October 2003: Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
• October 2005: Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Institut Galilée, Université Paris-Nord 13, France
• November 2005: Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
• 2007-2008: Chinese Government Scholarship, Tsinghua University & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• 2008-2009: Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Fellowship for International Young Researchers, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• June 2015: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
• December 2015: Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
• September 2019: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland

National projects

• 2018-2023 Frequency comb cooling of atoms
  Croatian Science Foundation Project IP-2018-01-9047, project leader
• 2017-2023 Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT)
  National strategic research infrastructure project funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), project coordinator
• 2014-2019 Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensors – CEMS
  Research Unit: Graphene and Related 2D structures, research unit leader M. Kralj
• 2015-2019 Frequency-comb-induced optomechanics (HrZZ – IP-2014-09-7342), project leader T. Ban
• 2007-2013 Femtosecond laser physics of atoms and molecules, project leader G. Pichler
• 2002-2006 Femtosecond laser spectroscopy and ultracold molecules, project leader G. Pichler

International projects

• 2019-2024 Member representative in Horizon2020-INFRAIA-2019-1 project, Laserlab-Europe
• 2020-2021 Collaborator in China-Croatia bilateral project High intensity ultrafast fiber lasers for frequency comb cooling of atoms, in collaboration with Lei Li, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou
• 2018-2020 Collaborator in China-Croatia bilateral project Solvation dynamics and excited state energy transfer of complex molecules in condensed phase, in collaboration with Andong Xia, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• 2018-2019 Collaborator in Germany-Croatia bilateral project Laser cooling of atoms using an optical frequency comb, in collaboration with Thomas Udem, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching
• 2013-2015 Collaborator in Unity Through Knowledge Fund (UKF) “Crossing borders” grant, Pseudo-magnetic forces and fields for atoms and photons, project leader H. Buljan
• 2013-2015 Collaborator in Unity Through Knowledge Fund (UKF) “Crossing borders” grant, Confined DNA, project leader T. Vuletić
• 2013-2015 Collaborator in Austria-Croatia bilateral project Synthetic Lorentz force in rubidium and erbium cold neutral atoms, project leader T. Ban in collaboration with Francesca Ferlaino, University of Innsbruck
• 2011-2013 Project leader of China-Croatia bilateral project Nonadiabatic effects in molecular reaction dynamics studied by femtosecond laser spectroscopy (II), in collaboration with Andong Xia, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• 2008-2010 Collaborator in Unity Through Knowledge Fund (UKF) “My First Research Topic” grant, Protein Assisted DNA Monolayer Assembly, project leader T. Vuletić
• 2007-2009 Project leader of China-Croatia bilateral project Nonadiabatic effects in molecular reaction dynamics studied by femtosecond laser spectroscopy, in collaboration with Andong Xia, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• 2004-2006 Collaborator in France-Croatia bilateral project Theoretical aspects of ultracold molecule formation, new mechanisms, new systems, project leader R. Beuc in collaboration with Olivier Dulieu, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Orsay
• 2004-2006 Collaborator in France-Croatia bilateral project Femtosecond laser effects on organic light emitting devices, project leader G. Pichler in collaboration with M.-C. Castex, Institut Galilée, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Paris
• 2002-2004 Collaborator in Germany-Croatia bilateral project Ultrafast laser cooling of molecules and biomolecules, project leader G. Pichler in collaboration with E. Ridle, LMU München, Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, München
• 2002-2004 Collaborator in FW5 EU Research Training Network Cold Molecules: Formation, Trapping and Dynamics, Croatian project leader G. Pichler, project leader F. Masnou-Seeuws, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Orsay

• 34. D. Aumiler:
  Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT) (talk)
  Central European Condensed Matter Physics Day (CECMD), Linz, Austria (2024).

• 33. D. Aumiler:
  Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT) (talk)
  EGAS 52 (2021).

• 32. D. Buhin, D. Kovačić, F. Schmid, M. Kruljac, V. Vulić, T. Ban, D. Aumiler:
  Dual Species Frequency Comb Cooling (invited talk)
  CLEO 2021.

• 31. D. Aumiler:
  Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT) (invited talk)
  Ultrafast Optics XII, Bol, Croatia (2019).

• 30. D. Aumiler, N. Šantić, D. Buhin, D. Kovačić, I. Krešić, T. Ban:
  Laser cooling of atoms with an optical frequency comb (invited talk)
  VII International School and Conference on Photonics – PHOTONICA2019, Belgrade, Serbia (2019).

• 29. D. Aumiler, N. Šantić, D. Buhin, D. Kovačić, I. Krešić, T. Ban:
  Laser cooling of atoms with an optical frequency comb (poster)
  2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, Germany (2019).

• 28. D. Aumiler:
  Advanced laser techniques in modern scientific research (invited talk)
  XIV Croatian Symposium on Physics Education, Zadar, Croatia (2019).

• 27. D. Aumiler:
  Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT) (invited talk)
  11th Scientific Meeting of Croatian Physical Society, Beli Manastir, Croatia (2018).

• 26. D. Aumiler:
  Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT) (poster)
  International Conference on Extreme Light (ICEL 2015), Bucharest, Romania (2015).

• 25. D. Aumiler, G. Kregar, N. Šantić, H. Buljan, T. Ban:
  Frequency-comb-induced radiative force on cold rubidium atoms (talk)
  46th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Columbus, Ohio, USA (2015).

• 24. G. Kregar, N. Šantić, H. Buljan, T. Ban, D. Aumiler:
  Frequency-comb-induced radiative force on cold rubidium atoms (poster)
  Workshop on Many-body Dynamics and Open Quantum Systems DOQS 2014, Glasgow, Scotland (2014).

• 23. M. Šoštar, D. Aumiler:
  Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (poster)
  8th Scientific Meeting of Croatian Physical Society, Primošten, Croatia (2013).

• 22. D. Aumiler, T. Ban:
  Laser cooling of atoms using the optical frequency comb (poster)
  8th Scientific Meeting of Croatian Physical Society, Primošten, Croatia (2013).

• 21. D. Aumiler:
  Coherent accumulation effects in alkali metal vapors (talk)
  Japanese – Croatian workshop on Material Science, Zagreb, Croatia (2011).

• 20. Collaborative workshop on Charge density waves: small scales and ultrashort time
  Vukovar, Croatia (2010).

• 19. D. Aumiler, S. Wang, X. Chen, A. Xia:
  Single-molecule spectroscopy of organic dendrimers (invited talk)
  18th European Symposium on Polymer Spectroscopy, Zadar, Croatia (2010).

• 18. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Manipulation of the atomic velocity distributions using the femtosecond optical frequency comb (poster)
  Cold Quantum Matter: Achievements and Prospects, EuroQUAM 2010, Ischgl, Austria (2010).

• 17. 7-th International Symposium on Ultrafast Surface Dynamics USD7
  Brijuni, Croatia (2010).

• 16. D. Aumiler:
  Confocal laser microscopy: from the microscope to single molecules (invited talk)
  6th Scientific Meeting of Croatian Physical Society, Primošten, Croatia (2009).

• 15. The 3^rd Annual Advanced Optical Methods Workshop
  Shenzhen, China (2008).

• 14. The 6^th International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine
  PIBM 2007, Wuhan, China (2007).

• 13. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, G. Pichler:
  Coherence accumulation effects in rubidium atoms (invited talk)
  Laser Pulse Shaping and Coherent Control of Molecules, Brijuni, Croatia (2007).

• 12. T. Ban, S. Vdović, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, N. Vujičić, G. Pichler:
  Enhanced sensitivity rubidium velocity comb measurements (poster)
  ECAMP IX, Heraklion (Crete), Greece (2007).

• 11. D. Aumiler, N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Femtosecond pulse propagation in a resonant medium (poster)
  38th EGAS, Naples, Italy (2006).

• 10. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Mapping of the optical frequency comb to the atom velocity comb (talk)
  Achievements and perspectives of cold molecules, Les Houches, France (2006).

• 9. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Femtosecond laser induced conical emission in alkali vapor (poster)
  XXIV International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Rosario, Argentina (2005).

• 8. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Velocity selective optical pumping of Rb hyperfine lines induced by a train of femtosecond pulses (poster)
  Brijuni Conference: Laser Control and Molecular Switches, Brijuni, Croatia (2005).

• 7. D. Aumiler:
  Lasers in modern science and technology (talk)
  Summer school of physics, Labin, Croatia (2005).

• 6. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Conical emission in dense cesium vapor (poster)
  Matter under extreme conditions, Brijuni, Croatia (2004).

• 5. Theoretical concepts and recent experiments on ultracold molecules
  A Workshop and Training school, Volterra, Italy (2003).

• 4. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  High-resolution measurement of the pressure broadening and shift of rubidium resonance lines (poster)
  XXIII International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Stockholm, Sweden (2003).

• 3. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Pressure broadening and shift of rubidium resonance lines by argon and helium (talk)
  35th EGAS, Brussels, Belgium (2003).

• 2. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Measurements of pressure broadening and shift of rubidium resonance lines by argon and helium (talk)
  4th Scientific Meeting of Croatian Physical Society, Zagreb, Croatia (2003).

• 1. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, R. Beuc, G. Pichler:
  Determination of the atom number density in rubidium vapor (poster)
  The Brijuni Conference – Space, time and life, Brijuni, Croatia (2002).

• 40. A. Cipriš, I. Puljić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, N. Šantić:
  Absolute frequency measurement of the 5s5p 1P1 – 5s5d 1D2 transition in strontium
  Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 216, 106942 (2024).

• 39. M. Ðujić, D. Buhin, N. Šantić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban:
  Comparative study of light storage in antirelaxation-coated and buffer-gas-filled alkali vapor cells
  Sci. Rep. 14, 14467 (2024).

• 38. M. Kruljac, D. Buhin, D. Kovačić, V. Vulić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban:
  Frequency-comb-induced radiation pressure force in dense atomic clouds
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 39, 1411 (2022).

• 37. D. Gabrić, D. Aumiler, M. Vuletić, E. Gjorgievska, M. Blašković, M. Mladenov, V. Pavlić:
  Thermal Evaluation by Infrared Thermography Measurement of Osteotomies Performed with Er:YAG Laser, Piezosurgery and Surgical Drill-An Animal Study
  Materials 14, 3051 (2021).

• 36. D. Buhin, D. Kovačić, F. Schmid, M. Kruljac, V. Vulić, T. Ban, D. Aumiler:
  Simultaneous dual-species laser cooling using an optical frequency comb
  Phys. Rev. A 102, 021101(R) (2020).

• 35. W. Zhang, J. Kong, D. Hu, M. Tao, X. Niu, S. Vdović, D. Aumiler, Y. Ma, Andong Xia:
  Solvation-dependent excited-state dynamics of donor-acceptor molecules with hybridized local and charge transfer character
  J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 5574 (2020).

• 34. I. Krešić, M. Kruljac, T. Ban, D. Aumiler:
  Electromagnetically induced transparency with a single frequency comb mode probe
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36, 1758 (2019).

• 33. N. Šantić, D. Buhin, D. Kovačić, I. Krešić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban:
  Cooling of atoms using an optical frequency comb
  Sci. Rep. 9, 2510 (2019).

• 32. N. Šantić, T. Dubček, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan, T. Ban:
  Synthetic Lorentz force in an expanding cold atomic gas
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34, 1264 (2017).

• 31. N. Šantić, T. Dubček, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan, T. Ban:
  Experimental demonstration of a synthetic Lorentz force by using radiation pressure
  Sci. Rep. 5, 13485 (2015).

• 30. G. Kregar, N. Šantić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban:
  Radiation pressure force on cold rubidium atoms due to excitation to a non-cooling hyperfine level
  Eur. Phys. J. D 68, 360 (2014).

• 29. T. Dubček, N. Šantić, D. Jukić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Buljan:
  Synthetic Lorentz force in classical atomic gases via Doppler effect and radiation pressure
  Phys. Rev. A 89, 063415 (2014).

• 28. G. Kregar, N. Šantić, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan, T. Ban:
  Frequency-comb-induced radiative force on cold rubidium atoms
  Phys. Rev. A 89, 053421 (2014).

• 27. N. Vujičić, G. Kregar, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
  Frequency comb polarization spectroscopy of multilevel rubidium atoms
  Eur. Phys. J. D 68, 9 (2014).

• 26. N. Vujičić, T. Ban, G. Kregar, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
  Velocity-selective double resonance in Doppler-broadened rubidium vapor
  Phys. Rev. A 87, 013438 (2013).

• 25. K. Salamon, D. Aumiler, G. Pabst, T. Vuletić:
  Probing the mesh formed by the semirigid polyelectrolytes
  Macromolecules 46, 1107 (2013).

• 24. L. Yan, X. Chen, Q. He, Y. Wang, X. Wang, Q. Guo, F. Bai, A. Xia, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, S. H. Lin:
  Localized Emitting State and Energy Transfer Properties of Quadrupolar Chromophores and (Multi) Branched Derivatives
  J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 8693 (2012).

• 23. D. Aumiler, T. Ban:
  Simultaneous laser cooling of multiple atomic species using an optical frequency comb
  Phys. Rev. A 85, 063412 (2012).

• 22. T. Vuletić, S. Dolanski Babić, D. Grgičin, D. Aumiler, J. Rädler, F. Livolant, S. Tomić:
  Manning free counterion fraction for a rodlike polyion: Aqueous solutions of short DNA fragments in presence of very low added salt
  Phys. Rev. E 83, 041803 (2011).

• 21. D. Aumiler:
  Coherent population trapping in ⁸⁷Rb atoms induced by the optical frequency comb excitation
  Phys. Rev. A 82, 055402 (2010).

• 20. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Coherent population dynamics in rubidium atoms excited by resonant 0pi pulses
  Phys. Rev. A 80, 023425 (2009).

• 19. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Characterization of an optical frequency comb using modified direct frequency comb spectroscopy
  Appl. Phys. B 97, 553 (2009).

• 18. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Time dynamics of a multilevel system excited by a train of ultrashort pulses
  Phys. Rev. A 79, 063403 (2009).

• 17. D. Aumiler, S. Wang, X. Chen, A. Xia:
  Excited state localization and delocalization of internal charge transfer in branched push-pull chromophores studied by single-molecule spectroscopy
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 5742 (2009).

• 16. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
  Coherent accumulation effects in atoms excited by a train of femtosecond pulses
  chapter in New Trends in Quantum Coherence and Nonlinear Optics, Nova Science Publishers (2009).

• 15. W. Lv, X. Chen, D. Aumiler, A. Xia:
  Single molecule fluorescence fluctuations of the cyanine dyes linked covalently to DNA
  Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 52, 1148 (2009).

• 14. P. Lazić, D. Aumiler, B. Gumhalter:
  Nonadiabatic quasiparticle dynamics in time resolved electron spectroscopies of surface bands
  Surf. Sci. 603, 1571 (2009).

• 13. H. Skenderović, T. Ban, N. Vujičić, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, G. Pichler:
  Cone emission induced by femtosecond excitation in rubidium vapor
  Phys. Rev. A 77, 063816 (2008).

• 12. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, S. Vdović, N. Vujičić, G. Pichler:
  Cancellation of the coherent accumulation in rubidium atoms excited by a train of femtosecond pulses
  Phys. Rev. A 76, 043410 (2007).

• 11. S. Vdović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
  EIT at 5 ²S_1/2 – 6 ²P_3/2 transition in a mismatched V-type rubidium system
  Opt. Commun. 272, 407 (2007).

• 10. N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Femtosecond laser pulse train effect on Doppler profile of cesium resonance lines
  Eur. Phys. J. D 41, 447 (2007).

• 9. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Mapping of the optical frequency comb to the atom velocity comb
  Phys. Rev. A 73, 043407 (2006).

• 8. N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
  Low-density plasma channels generated by femtosecond pulses
  Appl. Phys. B 82, 377 (2006).

• 7. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler:
  Velocity selective optical pumping of Rb hyperfine lines induced by a train of femtosecond pulses
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 233001 (2005).

• 6. S. Vdović, R. Beuc, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Absorption spectrum of Na-K-He mixture: experiment and theory
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 3107 (2005).

• 5. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  Femtosecond laser-induced cone emission in dense cesium vapor
  Phys. Rev. A 71, 063803 (2005).

• 4. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler:
  Rubidium dimer destruction by a diode laser
  Phys. Rev. A 71, 022711 (2005).

• 3. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler:
  High-resolution measurements of the pressure broadening and shift of the rubidium 5S_1/2 – 6P_3/2 line by argon and helium
  Phys. Rev. A 70, 032723 (2004).

• 2. T. Ban, D. Aumiler, R. Beuc, G. Pichler:
  Rb₂ diffuse band emission excited by diode lasers
  Eur. Phys. J. D 30, 57 (2004).

• 1. D. Aumiler, T. Ban, R. Beuc, G. Pichler:
  Simultaneous temperature and density determination of rubidium vapor
  Appl. Phys. B 76, 859 (2003).