Manfred Niehus

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	02-02-2009
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Scientific Area:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies - Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2005

Expertise Topics

Photonics
Nanowires
Single photon emitter
Non-linear effects
Semiconductors
Optical Fiber

Affiliations

Instituo Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, 01-01-2002, Eq. Prof. Adjunto

Academic Activities

Supervision of theses

3MSc Student

Fibras ópticas especiais como sensores ambientais e biológicos, MSc Student, Hugo Rodrigues, Concluded 09-2010
Desenvolvimento de Aplicações da Visão Estereoscópica baseadas na Polarização da Luz , MSc Student, Paulo Simões, Concluded 09-2010
Comunicação Óptica Segura, MSc Student, Paulo Alves, Concluded 11-2008

2Research Grant

Espectroscopia Óptica com orifícios nanométricos, Research Grant, Hugo Pinto, Concluded 01-2009
Espectroscopia por fotocorrente constante baseado em LED II, Research Grant, Joel Cruz, Concluded 09-2007

Co-Supervision of theses

1PhD Student

A new Low Power Compact Quantum Communication Payload design for small satellites, PhD Student, João Carlos Fonseca Pinto, Expected conclusion 09-2024

Publications

1Books Chapters

M. Niehus, R.S. Schwarz, M.K. Kunst, Electronic and thermal effects in transient photocurrent measurements after laser and microwave excitation in amorphous and microcrystalline semiconductors, Chapter in, Physics and Applications of Disordered Materials, M.A.Popescu, INOE Publishing House, Bucharest, 2002

4Papers in Journals

G. Fernandes, A. Almeida, M. Niehus, A. N. Pinto, Theoretical Analysis of Multimodal Four-Wave Mixing in Optical Microwires, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 195 - 202, January, 2013,
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Ana M. Rocha, G. Fernandes, M. F. Domingues, M. Niehus, A. N. Pinto, M. Facão, P.S André, Halting the fuse discharge propagation using optical fiber microwires, Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 19, pp. 21083 - 21088, September, 2012 | BibTex
M. Niehus, R.S. Schwarz, Correlation Between Transient Decays In Wide Gap Semiconductors: Photoluminescence Vs. Photocurrent, Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 42, No. 42, pp. 299 - 305, September, 2007 | BibTex
M. Niehus, R.S. Schwarz, A. Fedorov, J. Martinho, M.K. Kunst, Photoinduced Excess Carrier Dynamics In PLD- Grown ZnO, Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 42, No. 42, pp. 270 - 277, June, 2007 | BibTex

7Papers in Conferences

G. Fernandes, M. Niehus, C. Marques, R.N. Nogueira, A. N. Pinto, Acousto-Optic Tunable Mode Coupler, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, Los Angeles, United States, Vol. CD, pp. JTh2A.2 - --, March, 2012,
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G. Fernandes, A. Almeida, M. Niehus, A. N. Pinto, Measurement of the Diameter of an Optical Fiber Microwire using Stimulated Four-Wave Mixing, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, May, 2011 | BibTex
M. Niehus, G. Fernandes, A. N. Pinto, Dispersion engineered high index silica microfibers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011 | BibTex
M. Niehus, A. N. Pinto, Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Tapered Optical Fibers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 8 - 10, June, 2010 | BibTex
G. Fernandes, M. Niehus, A. N. Pinto, Fabrication and optical characterization of tapered optical fibers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, June, 2010 | BibTex
M. Niehus, G. Fernandes, A. N. Pinto, Design of a tunable single photon interferometer based on modal engineered tapered optical fibers, SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. 7727, pp. 194 - 212, April, 2010 | BibTex
M. Niehus, Comunicação Óptica Segura, IV Jornadas de Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores - JETC08, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 147 - 154, January, 2009 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
CONLUZ	Steering of light in nonlinear waveguides with resonant interactions	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2011	01-12-2013
OSP-HNLF	OSP-HNLF - Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear Fibers	FCT/PTDC	01-05-2010	01-04-2013
QuantPrivTel	QuantPrivTel: Quantum PrivateTelecommunications	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2010	01-06-2013
QuSim	QuSim – Integrated Photonics Quantum Simulations	IT/LA	01-07-2014	01-06-2016

Other Scientific Achievements

5Short Courses and Seminars

M. Niehus, 3º WORKSHOP ISEL|SENSORES, Portugal, Lisboa, 11-2008
M. Niehus, Comunicação (Óptica) Segura (Uma Perspectiva da Engenharia), Portugal, Lisboa, 06-2008
M. Niehus, Electron Trapping in Wide Band Gap Semiconductors, Portugal, Lisboa, 05-2008
M. Niehus, 2º WORKSHOP ISEL|SENSORES, Portugal, Lisboa, 10-2007
M. Niehus, 1º WORKSHOP ISEL|SENSORES, Portugal, Lisbon, 12-2006

Other Contributions

3Conference Committees

European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC, Scientific Committee, 2010
IBERSENSOR - Ibero-American Congress on Sensors, Organizing Committee, 2010
Jornadas de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores do ISEL, Organizing Committee, 2008

IT Member Profile

Manfred Niehus

Scientific Achievements

Supervision of theses

Co-Supervision of theses

Closed Projects4