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Alma del Carmen Fernández González

 

 Curriculum Vitae:

Address Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Photonik,
Gusshausstrasse 27-29/387,
1040 Wien -- Vienna, Austria
tel: +43 1 58801 38764
fax: +43 1 58801 38799
Education September 2004 - November 2006
Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
continuation of Ph.D. Studies. Graduated May 31, 2007.
February 2004 - July 2004
Visiting research collaborator at Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, USA
Main project: development of a compact NOPA system
November 2002 - August 2004
Research assistant at the Vienna University of Technology (Photonics Institute), Austria and Ph.D. studies at TU Vienna, Photonics Institute.
October 1999 - April 2002
Studies at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg in connection with the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshafen, Germany, main subject: Laser techniques.
Major: Master of Science in Engineering Physics.
April 1992 - December 1997
Studies at the University of Panama, main subject: Experimental physics; degree: Diploma in Physics.
April 1991 - September 1991
English courses in Florida State University (Panama Branch)
April 1988 - December 1990
High School Angel Maria Herrera;
High School graduation Certificate: Vocational baccalaureate diploma in Natural Science.
Theses Ph.D. thesis written at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, entitled: "Chirped Pulse Oscillators: Generating microjoule femtosecond pulses at megahertz repetition rate", degree received from Ludwig Maximillians Universtität München.
Masters thesis for the official examamination in Engineering Physics (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, in connection with the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshafen, Germany) entitled: "Fabrication and Characterization of PMMA based Optical Waveguides structured by direct Excimer Laser irratiation", 2002 (one year project).
Diploma thesis for the official examination in physics at the Universtity of Panama, entitled: "Comparative study of thermoluminiscent properties between Panamanian-like quartz and European-like quartz", 1997 (one year project).
Scholarships and Honors October 1999 - April 2002
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) full scholarship
January 1997 - December 1997
Panamanian Scholarship "Asamblea Legislativa"
April 1987 - December 1996
Guillermo Andrede Medal: High School culmination with high honors, Panamanian scholarship I.F.A.R.H.U.
Professional Experience March 1999
Summer Assistant Professor, Universidad Nacional de Panamá
May 1998 - July 1999
Assistant Professor, Universidad Tecnologica de Panamá
May 1998 - August 1998
Assistant Professor, Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua (Panamá)

 

Publications:

Generation of 60-nJ sub-40-fs pulses at 70 MHz repetition rate from a Ti:sapphire chirped pulse-oscillator,
A. Fernández, A. Verhoef, V. Pervak, G. Lermann, F. Krausz and A. Apolonski,
Appl. Phys. B 87, 395 (2007)

Pearl-chain waveguides written at megahertz repetition rate,
R. Graf, A. Fernández, M. Dubov, H.J. Brückner, B.N. Chichkov and A. Apolonski,
Appl. Phys. B 87, 21 (2007)

Few-cycle carrier envelope phase-dependent stereo detection of electrons,
A. J. Verhoef, A. Fernández, M. Lezius, K. O'Keeffe, M. Uiberacker, F. Krausz,
Opt. Lett. 31, 3520 (2006).

Approaching the microjoule frontier with femtosecond laser oscillators,
S. Naumov, A. Fernández, R. Graf, P. Dombi and A. Apolonski,
New J. Phys. 7, 216 (2006)

Approaching the microjoule frontier with femtosecond laser oscillators: theory and comparison with experiment,
V.L. Kalashnikov, E. Podivilov, A. Chernykh, S. Naumov, A. Fernández R. Graf and A. Apolonski,
New J. Phys. 7, 217 (2006)

Chirped-pulse oscillators for the generation of high-energy femtosecond laser pulses,
A. Fürbach, A. Fernández, A. Apolonski, T. Fuji and F. Krausz,
Laser and Particle Beams 23, 113 (2005)

Chirped-pulse oscillators: a route to high-power femtosecond pulses without external amplification,
A. Fernández, T. Fuji, A. Poppe, A. Fürbach, F. Krausz and A. Apolonski,
Opt. Lett. 29, 1366 (2004)

Guided Mode Analysis of Optical PMMA Waveguides Structured by Direct Excimer Laser Irradiation,
A. Fernández, H. Brückner, S. Tiedeken and W. Neu,
JOC 886, (2004)

Fabrication and characterization of optical wave guides on PMMA basis by means of excimer-laser-structuring,
H. Brückner, A. Fernández, S. Tiedeken and W. Neu,
Physikalische Methoden der Laser- und Medizintechnik, VDI Reihe 17, Nr. 231, VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2003, Germany.