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Michal Grochol, PhD

Munich, Germany
Email: mgrochol [at] msu.edu

Curriculum Vitae:

• Chercheur (post-doctorant), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, 03.2010 - 11.2010

• Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research associate), University of Erlangen, Germany, 04.2009 - 02.2010

• Research associate, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, 05.2007 - 03.2009.

• PhD in Physics, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 2003-2007.
  PhD Thesis: Optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures in magnetic field

• M.Sc. in Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 1998-2003.
  Diploma Thesis: Luminescence spectroscopy of semiconductor quantum structures

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Research Interests:

• Magnetoexciton in disordered quantum rings and disordered quantum wells

• Polariton in an array of quantum dots in a cavity

• Quantum transport

List of Publications in peer reviewed journals:

1. M. Grochol
   Quantum phase transitions in an array of coupled nanocavity quantum dots
   Phys. Rev. B 79, 205306 (2009).

2. M. Grochol and C. Piermarocchi
   Multispin erros in the optical control of a spin quantum lattice
   Phys. Rev. B 78, 165324 (2008).

3. M. Grochol and C. Piermarocchi
   Microcavity polaritons in disordered exciton lattices
   Phys. Rev. B 78, 035323 (2008).

4. E. M. Kessler, M. Grochol, and C.Piermarocchi
   Light-mass Bragg cavity polaritons in planar quantum dot lattices
   Phys. Rev. B 77, 085306 (2008).

5. M. Grochol and R. Zimmermann
   Noncircular semiconductor nanorings of types I and II: Emission kinetics in the excitonic Aharonov-Bohm effect
   Phys. Rev. B 76, 195326 (2007).

6. C. Ropers, M. Wenderoth, L. Winking, T. C. G. Reusch, M. Erdmann, R. G. Ulbrich, M. Grochol, F. Grosse, R. Zimmermann, S. Malzer and G. H. Döhler
   Atomic Scale Structure and Optical Emission of AlGaAs/GaAs Quantum Wells
   Phys. Rev. B 75, 115317 (2007).

7. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
   Exciton Aharonov-Bohm effect and emission kinetics in nanorings
   phys. stat. sol. (b) 243, 3834-3839 (2006).

8. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
   Optical exciton Aharonov-Bohm effect, persistent current, and magnetization in semiconductor nanorings of type I and II
   Phys. Rev. B 74, 115416 (2006).

9. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
   Exciton wave function properties probed by diamagnetic shifts in disordered quantum wells
   Phys. Rev. B 71, 125339 (2005).

10. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
    Diamagnetic shift and localization of excitons in disordered quantum wells
    J. Luminescence 112, 208-211 (2005).

Conference proceedings:

1. M. Grochol and C. Piermarocchi
   Bragg Cavity Polaritons in Disordered Planar Lattices
   CLEO/QELS 2008 Proceedings, QFC 5 (2008).

2. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
   Exciton Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Embedded Nanostructures
   Physics of Semiconductors, Eds. W. Jantsch and F. Schäffler, AIP Conf. Proceedings 893 (28th ICPS Vienna), p. 929 (2007).

3. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
   Exciton diamagnetic shift in realistic quantum wells
   phys. stat. sol. (c) 3, 3492-3495 (2006), (Proc. EXCON 7, Winston-Salem).

4. M. Grochol, F. Grosse, and R. Zimmermann
   Exciton Aharonov-Bohm effect in quantum dot rings
   phys. stat. sol. (c) 3, 2518-2521 (2006) (Proc. NOEKS 8, Münster)