Assoc. Professor Norman Heckenberg

Reader in Physics

Room 2.15, 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

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Measuring forces on cell membranes using lasers

 CURRICULUM VITAE

 EDUCATION:

Cabramatta High School, 1958-1962.

University of Sydney, Sydney

Bachelor of Science with first class honours , 1967

Ph D Sydney 1972. Thesis title: "Studies of decaying plasma".

 

APPOINTMENTS: Reader In Physics, The University of Queensland, 1994-

Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland 1985 - 1993.

Lecturer, The University of Queensland 1975 - 1984.

Gastforscher, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching,

Germany1972 - 1975.

Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney 1971.

 SPECIAL STUDIES PROGRAMS:

Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 1983

Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Florence, 1992

Columbia University, New York, 2000/1

RESEARCH AREAS:

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 1996-2004

Book Chapters

48.       Heckenberg, N.R. 1998. Crookes' Radiometer. In "Instruments of Science: a Historical Encyclopedia", Bud, R., Johnston, S., Warner, D. and Bahr, B., (eds.) Garland, Cambridge, Mass.1998, pp510-512.

58.       Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Friese, M.E.J., Heckenberg, N.R., and Nieminen, T.A. 1998Optical Trapping of Absorbing Particles. Advances in Quantum Chemistry.30, (P.Lowdin,ed),          Academic Press, San Diego, pp469-492.

83.       C.P. Smith, R.G. McDuff, N.R. Heckenberg, M.S. Soskin, and M.V. Vasnetsov. 1999. Experimental realisation and detection of optical vortices. Ch. 2 in "Optical Vortices", M. Vasnetsov and K. Staliunas (eds), Nova Science Publishers, New York.

84.       N.R. Heckenberg, M.E.J. Friese, T.A. Nieminen, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop.1999. Mechanical Effects of Optical Vortices. Ch. 3 in "Optical Vortices", M. Vasnetsov and K. Staliunas (eds), Nova Science Publishers, New York.

 

International journal articles

 

47.       Cooper, S.J., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1996. Theory of a Michelson interferometer used as a variable laser output coupler. Appl. Opt.35,9,1395-1398

49.       Tang, D.Y., Li, M.Y., Heckenberg, N.R., and Hübner, U. 1996. Chaotic Dynamics of an optically pumped NH3 multi-transverse mode ring laser. J.Opt.Soc.Am.B 13,9,2055-2064.

50.       Dykstra, R., McDuff, R.G., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1997. Self-defocusing effects in an ethanol solution of Chlorophyll. J. Nonlin. Opt. Phys. and Mat.,6,2,181-192.

51.       Heckenberg, N.R., Vaupel, M., Malos, J.T., and Weiss, C.O. 1996. Optical vortex pair creation and annihilation and helical astigmatism of a non-planar ring resonator. Phys. Rev.A 54,3,2369-2378..

52.       Friese, M.E.J., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Heckenberg, N.R. and Enger, J. 1996. Optical angular momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles. Phys.Rev.A 54, 2, 1593-1596..

53.       Friese, M.E.J., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Heckenberg, N.R. and Dearden, E.W. 1996. Determination of the force constant of a single-beam gradient trap by measurement of backscattered light. Appl. Opt. ,35,36,7112-7116.

54.       Tang, D.Y., Dykstra, R., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1996. Antiphase dynamics in an optically pumped bidirectional ring laser. Opt. Commun.126, 318-325.

55.       Tang, D.Y., Dykstra, R., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1996. Synchronisation of chaotic laser mode dynamics. Phys. Rev. A.54, 6, 5317-5322.

56.       Tang, D.Y., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1996. Spontaneous self-organization in chaotic laser mode-mode interaction. Opt Commun 131,89-94..

57.       Heckenberg, N.R. 1996 Crookes’ Radiometer and Otheoscope. Bull. Sci.Inst. Soc.50, 40-42.

59.       Tang,D.Y. and Heckenberg, N.R. 1997 Homoclinic Orbits and Chaos in a Multimode Laser. J.O.S.A. B 14 (11), 2930-2935.

60.       Tang, D.Y. and Heckenberg, N.R. 1997 Synchronisation of Mutually Coupled Chaotic Systems. Phys. Rev.E. 55,6,6618-6623.

61.       Dykstra, R., Malos, J.T., Heckenberg, N.R., and McDuff, R.G. 1997 Metastable Chaos in the Ammonia Ring Laser. Phys. Rev A 56,4,3180-3186..

62.       Truscott, A.G., Baleva, D., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H.1998 Short-term Spatial Diffusion in sigma plus- sigma minus Optical Molasses. Opt. Commun. 145, 81-85..

63.       Soskin, M.S., Gorshkov, V.N., Vasnetsov, M.V., Malos, J.T., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1997 Topological charge and angular momentum of light beams carrying optical vortices. Phys. Rev.A 56,4, 4064-4075..

64.       Tang, D.Y.,and Heckenberg, N.R.,1997 Antiphase Dynamics of a Chaotic Multimode Laser. Phys. Rev.A, 56,1,1050-1052

65.       Friese, M.E.J., Nieminen, T., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 1998 Optical torque controlled by elliptical polarization.. Opt. Lett. 23,1,1-3.

66.       Dykstra, R., Rayner, A., Tang, D.T., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1998 Experimentally Tracking Unstable Steady States by Large Periodic Modulation. Phys. Rev E 57,1, 397-401.

67.       Malos, J.T., Tang, D.Y., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1998 Dependence of transient dynamics in a class C laser upon the variation of inversion with time. Phys. Rev A, 57, 1, 559-566..

68.       Friese, M.E.J., Nieminen, T.A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 1998 Alignment or spinning of laser-trapped microscopic waveplates. Nature, 394, 348-350.(correction 395,621)

69.       Heckenberg, N.R., McDuff, R., Smith, C.P. and White, A.G. 1996 Generation of optical phase singularities by computer generated holograms. In Selected Papers on Zone Plates, J.Ojeda-Castaneda and C. Gomez-Rieno (eds), SPIE Milestone Series Volume MS 128, SPIE Washington, 1996.

70.       Truscott, A.G., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 1999 Frequency stabilised grating feedback laser diode for atom cooling applications. Opt. Quant. Electron.31, 5, 417-430.

71.       Hensinger,W., Truscott, A.G., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1999 Variations of relative line intensities in saturation spectroscopy due to low magnetic fields. Opt. Quant. Electron.31, 5, 391-403.

72.       Dykstra, R., Tang, D.Y., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1998 Experimental control of a single mode laser chaos by using continuous time delayed feedback. Phys Rev E, 57, 6, 6596-6598.

73.       Tang, D.Y., Dykstra, R., Hamilton, M.W., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1998 Experimental evidence of frequency entrainment between coupled chaotic oscillations. Phys. Rev. E 57, 3, 3649-3651.

74.       Tang, D.Y., Dykstra, R., Hamilton, M.W., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1998. Observation of generalised synchronisation of chaos in a driven chaotic system. Phys. Rev. E 57, 5, 5247-5251.

75.       Berry, D., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 1999. Effects associated with bubble formation in optical trapping. J. Mod Opt.47, 9, 1575-1585

76.       Truscott, A.G., Friese, M.E.J., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 1999. Optically written waveguide in an atomic vapour. Phys Rev Letters 82, 7, 1438-1441.

77.       Tang, D.Y., Dykstra, R., Hamilton, M.W., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1998. Stages of chaotic synchronisation. Chaos 8, 3, 697-701.

78.       Hensinger, W.K., Truscott, A.G., Upcroft, B., Hug, , Wiseman, H.M., Heckenberg, N.R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., 2001 Experimental study of the quantum driven pendulum and its classical analog in atom optics. Phys. Rev. A, 64, 033407

79.       Friese, M.E.J., Truscott, A.G., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 1999 Three dimensional imaging using optical tweezers. Appl Opt.,38(31), 6597-6603.

80.       Vaupel, M., Mandel, O., and Heckenberg, N.R. 1999 Two-wave-mixing induced self-focussing in an active photorefractive oscillator J.Optics B: Quant. Semiclass. Opt. 1, 96-100.

81.       Bayoudh, S., Mehta, M., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Heckenberg, N.R., and Chritchley, C. 2001. Micromanipulation and Orientation of Chloroplasts of Spinacia oleracea using Optical Tweezers. J. Microscopy,203 Pt2, 214-222.

82.       Truscott, A.G., Friese, M.E.J., Hensinger, W.K., Wiseman, H.M., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H.R., and Heckenberg, N.R. 2000. Coherent atomic beamsplitter using transients of a chaotic system. Phys. Rev. Letters.84, 18 4023-4026.

85.       Nieminen, T.A., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2001). Optical measurement of microscopic torques. J. Mod. Opt.48, 3, 405-413.

86.       Rayner,A., Friese, M.E.J., Truscott, A.G., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2001) Laser cooling of a solid from ambient temperature. J.Mod.Opt. 48 (1): 103-114 .

87.       Hensinger, W.K., Truscott, A.G., Heckenberg, N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2000) Atoms in an amplitude modulated standing wave - dynamics and pathways to quantum chaos and decoherence. J. Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 2,5, 659-667.

88.       Andersen JA, Friese MEJ, Truscott AG, Ficek Z, Drummond PD, Heckenberg NR, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. (2001) Light guiding light: Nonlinear refraction in rubidium vapor .Phys. Rev. A,6302 (2): 3820

89.       Kociuba, G., Heckenberg, N.R., and White, A.G. 2001. Transforming chaos to periodic oscillations. Phys. Rev. E. (accepted)

90.       Hensinger, W.K., Haeffner, H., Browaeys, A., Heckenberg, N.R., Helmerson, K., McKenzie, C., Milburn, G.J., Phillips, W.D., Rolston, S.L., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., and Upcroft, B. (2001) Dynamical Tunnelling of ultracold atoms. Nature, 412, 52-55.

91.       Dimer to monomer transformations of Rhodamine 6G in aqueous PPO-PEO-PPO block co-polymer solutions. R. Vogel, M. Harvey, P. Meredith, N. Heckenberg, G. Edwards, M. Trau and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Submitted Macromol., (2001).

92.       Distributed laser refrigeration. A. Rayner, M. Hirsch, N.R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Accepted for publication in Appl.Optics, 2001.

93.       Nieminen, T., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., and Heckenberg, N.R. 2001. Calculation and optical measurement of laser trapping forces on non-spherical particles. J.Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Trans. 70,627-637.

94.       Hensinger, W.K., Upcroft, B., Holmes, C.A., Heckenberg, N.R., Milburn, G.J., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2001. Multiple bifurcations in atom optics. Phys. Rev. A, 64, 063408.

95.       Nieminen, T.A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Heckenberg, N.R., and Bishop, A.I. 2001 Numerical modeling of optical trapping. Comp. Phys. Comm., 142, 468-471.

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

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

98.       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 (6): 595-603

99.       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.

100.     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.

101.     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.

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

103.     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.

104.     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.

105.     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.

106.     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

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

108.     Vogel, R., Dobe, C., Edwards, G., Whittaker, A., Riches, J.D., Raftery, T.,Harvey, M., Meredith, P., Heckenberg, N.R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and Trau. M Post-synthesis stabilization of mesoporous silica films by ammonia vapor treatment.  Submitted to Microporous and Mesoporous Materials.. 2003

109.     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)

110.     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

111.     Vogel, R., Harvey, M., Meredith, P., Kartini, I., Riches, J.D., Bishop, A.I., Heckenberg, N.R., Trau, M., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. 2003 Optical gain in dye-doped mesostructured titanium dioxide derived from a tetrachloride precursor. Submitted to Appl. Opt.

112.     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. Accepted by Optics Letters.

113.     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. B/181744/PAP/120119

114.     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..

115.     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. Accepted by J. Crystal Growth.

 

 

 

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