Professor Norman Heckenberg

Professor in Physics
Room 427, Physics Annexe
Department of Physics
The University of Queensland
St. Lucia,
Brisbane, 4072.

Tel: +61 7 3365 3369
Fax: +61 7 3365 1242

heckenberg@physics.uq.edu.au

Back from SSP in New York City in 2001® Measuring forces on cell membranes using lasers

 CURRICULUM VITAE

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Laser diagnostics of plasmas, infrared and far infrared lasers, laser stabilisation and frequency control, nonlinear optics, chaos in lasers, pattern formation in lasers, optical phase singularities, optical particle trapping, atom trapping, multiphoton fluorescence imaging, spectroscopy of quantum dots. For a more concrete idea of what I have been doing recently, scan the publication list below.

Director, Physics Museum, UQ.

PUBLICATIONS IN LAST FIVE YEARS

138.     Nieminen, TA, Heckenberg, NR, and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2008. Forces in optical tweezers with radially and azimuthally polarized trapping beams. Optics Letters, 33,2 122-124, 2008

137.     Pfeifer RNC, Nieminen TA, Heckenberg NR, and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2007Colloquium: Momentum of an electromagnetic wave in dielectric media.  Reviews of Modern Physics 79 (4): 1197-1216 ,Oct-Dec 2007

136.     T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, G. Knoener, A. M. Branczyk, N. R Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Optical tweezers computational toolbox. Journal of Optics A 9(8), S196-S203 (2007)

135.     Littleton B, Lai K, Longstaff D, Sarafis V, Munroe P, Heckenberg N, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. .2007. Coherent super-resolution microscopy via laterally structured illumination. Micron 38 (2): 150-157 Sp. Iss. SI, 2007

134.     Gregor Knoener, Simon Parkin, Timo A. Nieminen, Vincent L. Y. Loke, Norman R. Heckenberg, and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. 2007. Integrated optomechanical microelements. Optics Express 15 (9): 5521-5530 APR 30 2007

133.     Wolfgang Singer, Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg, and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. 2007. Collecting single molecules with conventional optical tweezers. Phys. Rev. E 75, 011916 2007 (selected for the February 1, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.)

132.     T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. M. Branczyk, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Towards efficient modelling of optical micromanipulation of complex structures”, PIERS Online 2(5), 442-446 (2006)

131.     G. Knöner, A. Ratnapala, T. A. Nieminen, C. J. Vale, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical force field mapping in microdevices”, Lab on a Chip 6, 1545-1547, (2006)

130.     V. L. Y. Loke, T. A. Nieminen, S. J. Parkin, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop. “FDFD/T-matrix hybrid method”, JQSRT, 106 (2007) 274–284

129.     S. Parkin, G. Knöner, W. Singer, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Optical torque on microscopic objects”, chapter 19, pp. 525-561 in M.W. Berns and K. O. Greulich (eds) Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues (Methods in Cell Biology 82), Academic Press, San Diego

128.     T. A. Nieminen, G. Knöner, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, “Physics of optical tweezers”, chapter 6, pp. 207-236 inM.W. Berns and K. O. Greulich (eds) Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues (Methods in Cell Biology 82), Academic Press, San Diego

127.     Knoner G, Rolfe BE, Campbell JH ,Parkin SJ , Heckenberg NR ,.), Rubinsztein-Dunlop H .2006. Mechanics of cellular adhesion to artificial artery templates. Biophys. J. 91 (8): 3085-3096.

126.     Jamie H. Warner, Norman Heckenberg and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. 2006. Non-linear photoluminescence from purified aqueous PbS nanocrystals. Materials Letters  60, 28,3332-3334

125.     Gregor Knöner, Simon Parkin, Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg, and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. 2006. Measurement of the Index of Refraction of Single Microparticles. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 157402 (selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 12(8) (2006) and was featured in PhysicsWeb News, 20th October (2006))

124.     T. Campey, C. J. Vale, M. J. Davis, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, S. Kraft, C. Zimmermann, and J. Fortágh. 2006. Atom counting in ultracold gases using photoionization and ion detection. Phys. Rev. A 74, 043612.

123.     Parkin,S., Knoener, G, Nieminen, T., Heckenberg, N.R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2006. Measurement of the total optical angular momentum transfer in optical tweezers. Optics Express 14, 15, 6963-70.( selected for The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics 1(8) (2006))

122.     Vainio, O., Vale, C.J., Davis, M.J., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2006.  Fringe spacing and phase of interfering matter waves. Phys. Rev. A 73, 063613.

121.     Knoener, G., Parkin, S., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2005. Characterization of optically driven fluid stress fields with optical tweezers. Phys Rev. E 72, 031507.

120.     Ross, Justin A., Zvyagin, Andrei, Heckenberg, Norman R., Upcroft, Jacqui, Upcroft, Peter, and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina. 2006. Measurement of Action Spectra of Light Activated Processes. Journal of Biological Optics,11, (1) Art No 014008

119.     Talbot, C.L., Friese, M.E.J., Wang, D., Brereton, I., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2005 Linewidth reduction in a large-smile laser diode array. Applied Optics 44, 29, 6264-6268

118.     Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo A., Gibson, Ursula J., Heckenberg, Norman R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2006 Orientation of optically trapped nonspherical birefringent particles. Phys. Rev.E 73 (2) Art No 021911

117.     Hensinger WK, Mouchet A, Julienne PS, Delande D, Heckenberg NR, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H   Analysis of dynamical tunneling experiments with a Bose-Einstein condensate Phys. Rev A 70 (1): 013408

116.     Warner JH, Watt AR, Fernee MJ, Heckenberg NR, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. 2005 Separating fluorescent species, of aqueous PbS semiconductor nanocrystals using micro-emulsions Nanotechnology 16 (4): 479-483

115.     Warner JH, Watt AR, Thomsen E,  Heckenberg N, Meredith, P. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2005.Energy transfer dynamics of nanocrystal-polymer composites J. Phys. Chem. B 109 (18): 9001-9005

114.     Parkin, S.J., Nieminen, T.A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004 Optical measurement of torque exerted on an elongated object by a non-circular laser beam. Phys. Rev. A 70, 023816.

113.     Warner, J.H., Thomsen, E., Watt, A.R., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2005. Time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of ligand capped PbS nanocrystals. Nanotechnology, 16(2005) 175-179

112.     Fernee, M., Watt, A., Warner, J., Riches, J., Heckenberg, N., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004 Investigation of the role of Cadmium Sulfide in the Surface Passivation of Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots. J. Crystal Growth 270(3-4):380-383..

111.     Fernee, M.J., Watt, A., Warner, J., Heckenberg, N., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004. Direct observation of mixed-parity excited states in surface-passivated PbS nanocrystals. Nanotechnology 15, 1351.

110.     Vale, C.J., Upcroft, B., Davis, M.J., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004 Foil-based atom chip for Bose-Einstein condensates. J.Phys. B:At.Mol. Opt. Phys. 37 (14): 2959-2967

109.     Ratnapala, A., Vale, C.J., White, A.G., Harvey, M.D., Heckenberg, N., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004. Laser frequency locking by direct measurement of detuning. Optics Letters,29,23,2704-2706.

108.     Fernee, M.J., Watt, A., Warner, J., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004. "Evidence for Energy Relaxation via a Radiative Cascade in           Surface-passivated PbS Quantum Dots", Nanotechnology 15, 1328

107.     Bishop, A.I., Nieminen, T.A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2004. Optical microrheology using rotating laser-trapped particles. Phys Rev.Letters, 92,19,198104( (also selected for the May 15, 2004 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research)

106.     Rayner, A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2003. Condensed-phase optical refrigeration. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 20, 5.

105.     Bishop, A.I., Nieminen, T.A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop. (2003) Optical Application and measurement of torque on microparticles of isotropic nonabsorbing material. Phys Rev A. 68, 033802

104.     Nieminen, T.A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., and Heckenberg, N.R. 2003. Calculation of the T-matrix: general considerations and application of the point-matching method. JQSRT 79-80, 1019-1029.

103.     Kociuba, G., and Heckenberg, N.R. Controlling chaos in a Lorenz-like system using feedback.2003. Phys. Rev E, 6806 (6) 6212-6212 Part 2.

102.     Fernee, M.J., Warner, J., Watt, A.,  Cooper, S.J., Heckenberg, N.R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2003. Polarised photoluminescence for surface-passivated PbS Nanocrystals. Nanotechnology 15(2004) 16-22.

101.     Kociuba, G., and Heckenberg, N.R. Controlling the complex Lorenz equations by modulation. 2002. Phys. Rev. E 66, 026205 (2002).

100.     Hensinger, Winfried K., Heckenberg, Norman R., Milburn, Gerard J., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina. 2003. Experimental Tests of Quantum Nonlinear Dynamics in Atom Optics. J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt.,5, R83-R120.

99.       Bayoudh, S., Nieminen, T.A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2003 Orientation of biological cells using plane polarized Gaussian beam optical tweezers. J.Mod. Opt. 50,10, 1581-1590.

98.       Fernee, M.J., Warner, J., Watt, A., Cooper, S., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2003.Inorganic Surface Passivation of PbS Nanocrystals Resulting in Strong Photoluminescence Emission.  Nanotechnology, 14, (9): 991-997.

97.       Vogel, R., Meredith, P., Kartini, I., Harvey, M., Riches, J.D., Bishop, A., Heckenberg, N.R., Trau, M., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2003. Mesostructured Dye-doped Titanium Dioxide for Micro-Optoelectronic Applications. ChemPhysChem,4,595-603.

96.       Nieminen, T.A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., and Heckenberg, N.R. 2003. Multipole expansion of strongly focused laser beams. JQSRT, 79-80, 1005-1007.