Dr Mikolaj K. Schmidt
Macquarie University Research Fellow
DECRA Research Fellow
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
MQ Photonics Research Centre
MQ Centre for Quantum Engineering (MQCQE)
ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (Associate Investigator)
Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
E: mikolaj.schmidt@mq.edu.au | mq.edu.au
Pronouns: he/his
Education and employment
- since April 2019 – Macquarie University Research Fellow
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Australia. - January 2017 – March 2019 – Research Associate
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Australia. - 2011 – 2016 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (Cum Laude)
Center for Material Physics (University of Basque Country and Donostia International
Physics Center), Spain. - 2006 – 2011 Master of Science in Physics
Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University,
Poland. - 2006 – 2010 Master of Science in Informatics
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. - 2006 – 2009 Bachelor of Science in Physics
Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University,
Poland.
Selected publications (full list here)
- 1800+ citations, H-index 16 (via Google Scholar)
- “Frequency-resolved photon correlations in cavity optomechanics”, Mikołaj K. Schmidt, Ruben Esteban, Geza Giedke, Javier Aizpurua, Alejandro González-Tudela, Quantum Science and Technology 6, 034005 (2021). (open access) https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.06216.
- “Acoustic diamond resonators with ultra-small mode volumes”, Mikołaj K. Schmidt, Christopher G. Poulton, Michael J. Steel, Physical Review Research 2, 033153 (2020). (open acces) arXiv:2003.01834.
(see blog entry) - “, Mikolaj K. Schmidt, L.G. Helt, Christopher G. Poulton, Michael J. Steel, Physical Review Letters 12, 064301 (2018).
(Editors’ Suggestion)
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- “Single-molecule optomechanics in ‘pico-cavities’”, #quantum_optics #plasmons #spectroscopy
(see blog entry) - “Quantum mechanical description of Raman scattering from molecules in plasmonic cavities”, Mikołaj K. Schmidt, Ruben Esteban, Alejandro González-Tudela, Geza Giedke, and Javier Aizpurua, ACS Nano 10, 6289 (2016).
#quantum_optics #plasmons #spectroscopy #SERS - “Isotropically polarized speckle patterns“, Mikołaj K. Schmidt, Javier Aizpurua, Xavier Zambrana-Puyalto, Xavier Vidal, Gabriel Molina-Terriza, and Juan José Sáenz, Physical Review Letters 114, 113902 (2015).
#angular_momentum #dielectrics - “Electromagnetic Resonances of Silicon Nanoparticle Dimers in the Visible“, Urs Zywietz, Mikołaj K. Schmidt, Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Carsten Reinhardt, Javier Aizpurua, and Boris N. Chichkov, ACS Photonics 2, 913 (2015).
#dielectrics #magnetic_response
Professional activity
- Reviewer for: Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, ACS Photonics, Optica, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Research, Physical Review A, Laser and Photonics Reviews.
- Supervision of M.Sc. students (James Bainbridge, Shiromal Kumara, Johannes Piotrowski – graduated in 2020, now at ETH Zurich;
as associate supervisor Elizabeth Wagner – 2019, now at Macquarie University) and Ph.D. student (as associate supervisor, Daniel Blay). - Member of the Macquarie University Photonics Research Center Committee, Equity and Diversity
Committee (as deputy chair from 2021) and Research Committee of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University. - Early Career Researchers representative for the Department of Physics and Astronomy (2018-2020), member of the Network Advisory Group for the ECR Network at Macquarie University (from 2021).
- OPTICA (formerly OSA) ECR Member, Member, Secretary (since 2020) and President (since 2021) of the OPTICA (formerly OSA) Sydney Local Section, and Travelling Lecturer.
Selected awards, prizes and fellowships
- Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship to develop project on quantum acoustic Macquarie University, Australia, January 2023 – December 2025.
- Macquarie University Research Fellowship to develop project on optomechanics at Macquarie University, Australia, April 2019 – December 2022.
- Short Term Scientific Mission grants from COST Action MP1403, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, and European Science Foundation Exchange Grant (PLASMON-BIONANOSCENCE project).
- Multiple travel grants from the COST Nanoscale Quantum Optics Action MP1403.
- Scholarships for a doctoral student awarded by the Donostia International Physics Center DIPC, and by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (FPU).
Importantly, I have not moved to Sydney on my own, but rather accompanied by my brave and adventurous better half (and fiancee!) – Weronika Raźna.
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