Dr. Ticijana Ban
Senior Research Scientist
Institute of Physics
Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385 1 4698 865
Fax: +385 1 4698 889
E-mail: ticijana@ifs.hr
http://cold.ifs.hr

 


Education

·         1979-1987 Elementary school, Fažana, Croatia

·         1987-1991 High school, Gymnasium, Pula, Croatia

·         1991-1997 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Croatia

·         1997 - B. Sc. in Physics (Diploma Work): Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy of the Lithium Vapor

·         2000 - M.Sc. in Physics (Master thesis): Photoassociation of Cesium Atoms

·        2003 - Ph. D. in Physics: Photoassociation and Photodissociation of Alkali Molecules

 

Research interests

Experimental Atomic and Molecular Physics

  • Cold atoms
  • Frequency comb spectroscopy
  • Nonlinear interaction of atoms and molecules with ultrashort laser pulses
  • Spectroscopy of dense alkali vapours

 

Research visits

  • 2010-2011 Academic Year (Fulbright Scholarship): Prof. Jun Ye group, JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, USA
  • 2005 (July and August): Prof. Massimo Inguscio group, European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Firenze, Italy
  • 2004 (July and August): Prof. Roland Hergenröder group, Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (ISAS), Dortmund, Germany
  • 2003 (July and August): Prof. Massimo Inguscio group, European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Firenze, Italy
  • 2003 (June): Dr. Carlo Gabbanini group, Istituto per i processi chimico-fisici (IPCF) Pisa, Italy
  • 2001 (July and August): Prof. Roland Hergenröder group, Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (ISAS), Dortmund, Germany

 

 

 

Research projects

Participation in national projects:

·         2015 – 2019 Frequency-Comb-induced OptoMechanics, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (hrzz), project leader

·         2013 – present Leader of the Quantum technology Unit in the CALT project - an infrastructural project of the Institute selected by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia to be funded through the EU Structural Funds (ERDF) in the 2014-2020 period

·         2006 – 2013 Femtosecond laser physics of atoms and molecules, leader Dr.Sc. G. Pichler, funded by MZOS

·         2000 – 2005 Femtosecond laser spectroscopy and Ultracold Molecules, leader Dr.Sc. G. Pichler, funded by MZOS

·         1998 – 2000 Laser guiding and diagnostics of processes in vapours and plasmas, leader Dr.Sc. G. Pichler, funded by MZOS

 

Participation in international projects:

·         2013 – 2015 Collaborator (leader of the experimental team) in Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF), grant No. 5/13, "Pseudo-magnetic forces and field for atoms and photons", PI Hrvoje Buljan

·         2013 – 2015 PI of a Austria-Croatia bilateral project (in collaboration with Francesca Ferlaino, University of Innsbruck), "Synthetic Lorentz force in rubidium and erbium cold neutral atoms"

·         2012 – 2014 Collaborator in a project Single tooth resolved Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy and its application to trace gas detection and line shape studies, PI Piotr Maslowski, HOMING PLUS Project granted by the Foundation for Polish Science and co-financed by the EU European Regional Development Fund.

·         2011 – 2013 Collaborator in a Croatian-Chinese billateral project Nonadiabatic effects in molecular reaction dynamics studied by femtosecond laser spectroscopy (PI Damir Aumiler in collaboration with Andong Xia, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) funded by MZOŠ and Ministry of Science and Technology of the People`s Republic of China

·         2009 – 2010 PI of a Croatian-France bilateral project Creation of ultracold molecules by femtosecond laser (in collaboration with Daniel Comparat, Laboratory Aime Cotton, Orsay, Paris) funded by MZOŠ and Ministry of Higher Education and Science, France

·         2008 – 2010 Collaborator in a project Protein Assisted DNA Monolayer Assembly ”My First Research Topic” Grant (3A), Grant (22/08), PI Tomislav Vuletić, funded by Unity through knowledge fund (UKF)

·         2004 – 2005 Bilateral project Austria-Croatia - project leader

·         2000 – 2004 Research Training Network, FW5, EU, project leader Goran Pichler

·         2003 – 2004 COGITO Bilateral project France-Croatia, project leader Goran Pichler

·         2002 – 2003 Bilateral project Germany-Croatia, project leader Goran Pichler

 

 

 

Seminars at international scientific institutions

 

  • Optomechanics with cold rubidium atoms, Instytut Fizyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Krakow, Poland, 20.03.2017.
  • Intriguing phenomena in cold atomic gasses caused by radiation pressure, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany, 20.11.2014.
  • Frequency comb induced radiative force on cold rubidium atoms, Umea University, Umea, Sweden, 09.09.2014.
  • Dynamic of the perturbed magneto- optical trap of rubidium atoms, Institutu Jozef Štefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 20.11.2013.
  • Radiative forces of fs pulse train on cold rubidium atoms, Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, 04.09.2013.
  • Dynamic of the perturbed magneto- optical trap of rubidium atoms, Umea University, Sweden, 13.02.2013.
  • Passion for precision, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 28.12.2008.
  • Manipulation of the atom velocity using femtosecond lasers, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany, 07.03.2007.
  • Mapping of the frequency comb to the atom-velocity comb, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Physics Department University of Zagreb, Croatia, 14.11.2006.
  • Mapping of the optical frequency comb to the atom velocity comb, Institut Galilée, Universite Paris-Nord (Paris 13), Villetaneuse, France, 06.10.2006.
  • BEC - the experimental view, Institut Galilée, Universite Paris-Nord (Paris 13), Villetaneuse, France, 06.10.2006.
  • Pure long-range ion-pair alkali molecules , Institut of phyisics, Zagreb, Croatia, 29.04.2004.
  • Velocity selective optical pumping of Rb lines induced by a train of femtosecond pulses, Institut of phyisics, Zagreb, Croatia, 29.04.2004.

 

Workshops and conferences

Invited talks

  • T. Ban: Coherent control through comb-matter interaction, Winter College on Optics: Optical Frequency Combs - from multispecies gas sensing to high precision interrogation of atomic and molecular targets, 15.-26. 02. 2016. g. Trieste, Italy.
  • N. Šantić, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan and T. Ban, T. Ban, Optomechanics with cold rubidium atoms, Photonica2015 , Belgrade, Serbia 24.08-28.08. 2015.
  • T. Ban, A. Foltynowicz, P. Maslowski, F. Adler and J. Ye, Optical frequency comb – ideal source for ultrasensitive absorption spectroscopy, Space Time and Matter , Brijuni, Croatia 27.08-31.08. 2012.
  • T. Ban, A. Foltynowicz, P. Maslowski, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler and J. Ye, Frequency comb spectroscopy: time and frequency domain, 43th EGAS conference, Fribourg, Switzerland 28.06-02.07. 2011.
  • T. Ban, Femtosecond lasers – accuracy in frequency and time, 5th Meeting of the Croatian Physical Society, Primošten, Croatia, 5.-8. 10. 2007.
  • T. Ban, Femtosecond pulse train excitation of a Doppler broadened rubidium vapor, From Solid State to BioPhysics III, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24.06.-01.07. 2006.

Oral contributions

  • N. Šantić, T. Dubček, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan, and T. Ban: Synthetic Lorentz force on cold rubidium atoms, DAMOP, 07.06.-13.06. 2015. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • T. Ban: Frequency comb induced radiative force on cold rubidium atoms , The Brijuni Conference: Self organizing matter and emergence, 25.08.-30.09. 2014. Brijuni, Croatia.
  • T. Ban: Manipulation of the atom velocity with femtosecond laser frequency comb, Imaging in Space and Time, 28.08.-01.09. 2006. Brijuni, Croatia.
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović and G. Pichler: Mapping of the optical frequency comb to the atom velocity comb, 31.07.-04.08. 2006. Pacific Grove, California, USA.
  • T. Ban: Velocity selective optical pumping of Rb hyperfine lines induced by a train of femtosecond pulses, Laser Control and Molecular Switches, 28.08.-02.09. 2005, Brijuni, Croatia.
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović and G. Pichler: Coherent accumulation induced velocity selective optical pumping of Rb hyperfine lines, 37th EGAS Conference, (2005), Dublin, Ireland.
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, and G. Pichler: Optical pumping of the Zeeman sublevels of rubidium hyperfine states, 34th EGAS Conference, (2002), Sofia, Bulgaria.

Poster contributions

  • N. Šantić, T. Dubček, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan, T. Ban: Synthetic Lorentz force on cold rubidium atoms: Experimental proof of concept , DOQS 2014 - Workshop on Many-Body Dynamics and Open Quantum Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, 2014.
  • A. Foltynowicz, P. Maslowski, T. Ban, K. C. Cossel, and J. Ye: Cavity-enhanced optical frequency comb spectroscopy, User Meeting and Summer School Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy, Kingston, Canada, 2011.
  • A. Foltynowicz, P. Maslowski, T. Ban, F. Adler, K. C. Cossel, and J. Ye: Frequency comb spectroscopy and applications, FLAIR 2011 - Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research, Murnau, Germany, 2011
  • P. Maslowski, A. Foltynowicz, F. Adler, K. C. Cossel, T. C. Briles, T. Ban, and J. Ye: Broadband direct frequency comb spectroscopy in the mid-infrared, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:2011), Baltimore, Md, USA, 2011.
  • P. Maslowski, A. Foltynowicz, F. Adler, K. C. Cossel, T. Ban, T. C. Briles, and J. Ye: Direct frequency comb spectroscopy of molecules in the mid-infrared, Frontiers in Spectroscopy: Faraday Discussion 150, Basel, Switzerland, 2011.
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Femtosecond pulse train excitation of a Doppler broadened rubidium vapor, 38th EGAS, Napulj, Italy, 2006.
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Coherent accumulation in rubidium atoms excited by a train of femtosecond pulses, Symposium on "Advanced Laser Applications", Dresden, Germany, 2005.
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler: Backward fluorescence from dense cesium vapor induced by Ti:Sa femtosecond laser, Matter under extreme conditions (NATO ARW), Brijuni, Croatia, 2004.
  • T. Ban, R. Beuc, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: High excited ion-pair long-range alkali molecules, Coherent Control and Cold Molecules,Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 2001.
  • T. Ban, H. Skenderović, R. Beuc, G. Pichler: Ion-pair satellite bands in heavy alkali dimers: ultracold ion-pair molecule, The Brijuni Conference VII, Brijuni, Croatia, 2000.
  • T. Ban, H. Skenderović, I. Krajcar, R. Beuc, G. Pichler: Strange long-range satellite bands in the blue wing of Cs 455 nm line, 15th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes, Berlin, Germany, 2000.
  • T. Ban,H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: The use of superbright LEDs in atomic and molecular spectroscopy, 6th EPS Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Siena, Italy, 1998.

 

 

Publications


2017.

  • N. Šantić, T. Dubček, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan and T. Ban: Synthetic Lorentz force in an expanding cold atomic gas , Journal of the Optical Society of America B 34, 1264 (2017).

2016.

  • D. Gabrić, M. Blašković, E. Gjorgijevska, M. Mladenov, B. Tašič, I. Bago Jurič, and T. Ban: Evaluation of bone healing after osteotomies prepared with Er:YAG laser in contact and non-contact mode and piezosurgery– an animal study , Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 74, 18 (2016)

2015.

  • N. Šantić, T. Dubček, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan and T. Ban: Experimental Demonstration of a Synthetic Lorentz Force by Using Radiation Pressure , Scientific Reports 5, 13485 (2015).

2014.

  • G. Kregar, N. Šantić, D. Aumiler, and T. Ban: Radiation pressure force on cold rubidium atoms due to excitation to a non-cooling hyperfine level , Eur. Phys. J. D 68: 360 (2014).
  • T. Dubček, N. Šantić, D. Jukić, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Buljan: Synthetic Lorentz force in classical atomic gases via Doppler effect and radiation pressure , Phys. Rev. A 89, 063415 (2014).
  • G. Kregar, N. Šantić, D. Aumiler, H. Buljan, T. Ban: Frequency-comb-induced radiative force on cold rubidium atoms, Phys. Rev. A 89, 053421 (2014).
  • N. Vujičić, G. Kregar, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler: Frequency comb polarization spectroscopy of multilevel rubidium atoms, Eur. Phys. J. D 68: 9 (2014).

2013.

  • N. Vujičić, T. Ban, G. Kregar, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler: Velocity-selective double resonance in Doppler-broadened rubidium vapor, Phys. Rev. A 87, 013438 (2013).

2012.

  • D. Aumiler and T. Ban: Simultaneous laser cooling of multiple atomic species using an optical frequency comb, Phys. Rev. A 85, 063412 (2012).

2011.

  • A. Foltynowicz, T. Ban, P. Mas1owski, F. Adler, and J. Ye: Quantum-Noise-Limited Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy,, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 233002 (2011), selected for a Viewpoint in Physics: J. Mandon and F. Harren, Physics 4, 100 (2011)
  • A. Foltynowicz, P. Mas1owski, T. Ban, F. Adler, K. C. Cossel, T. C. Briles and J. Ye: Optical Freqency Comb Spectroscopy, Faraday Discuss., 150, 1 (2011)

2009.

  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Coherent population dynamics in rubidium atoms excited by resonant 0p pulses , Phys. Rev. A 80, 023425 (2009).
  • D. Aumiler, T. Ban, N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Characterization of an optical frequency comb using modified direct frequency comb spectroscopy , Appl. Phys. B 97, 553 (2009).
  • D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler: Time dynamics of a multilevel system excited by a train of ultrashort pulses, Phys. Rev. A 79, 063403 (2009).
  • G. Školnik, N. Vujičić, T. Ban: Optical pumping of Zeeman components in rubidium vapour, Opt. Comm. 282, 1326 (2009).

2008.

  • H. Skenderović, T. Ban, N. Vujičić, D. Aumiler, S. Vdović, G. Pichler: Cone emission induced by femtosecond excitation in rubidium vapour , Phys. Rev. A 77, 063816 (2008).

2007.

  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, S. Vdović, N. Vujičić, G. Pichler: Cancellation of the coherent accumulation in rubidium atoms excited by a train of femtosecond pulses , Phys. Rev. A 76, 043410 (2007).
  • S. Vdović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler: EIT at 5 2 S1/2 - 6 2P3/2 transition in a mismatched V-type rubidium system , Opt. Commun. 272, 407 (2007).

2006.

  • N. Vujičić, S. Vdović, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Femtosecond laser pulse train effect on Doppler profile of cesium resonance lines, Eur. Phys. J. D 41, 447 (2006).
  • R. Beuc, M. Movre, T. Ban, G. Pichler, M. Aymar, O. Dulieu and W. Ernst: Predictions for the observation of KRb spectra under cold conditions, J. Pys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39, S1191 (2006).
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Mapping of the optical frequency comb to the atom-velocity comb, Phys. Rev. A 73, 043407 (2006).
  • N. Vujičić, H. Skenderović, T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler: Low-density plasma channels generated by the femtosecond pulses, Appl. Phys. B 82, 377 (2006).

2005.

  • D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Velocity selective optical pumping of Rb hyperfine lines induced by a train of femtosecond pulses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 233001 (2005).
  • S. Vdović, R. Beuc, D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler: Absorption spectrum of Na-K-He mixture: experiment and theory, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 3107 (2005).
  • D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler: Femtosecond laser-induced cone emission in dense cesium vapor, Phys. Rev. A 71, 063803 (2005).
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler,G. Pichler: Rubidium dimer destruction by a diode laser, Phys. Rev. A 71, 022711 (2005).

2004.

  • D. Aumiler, T. Ban, G. Pichler: High-resolution measurements of the pressure broadening and shift of the rubidium 5S1/2 - 6P3/2 line by argon and helium, Phys. Rev. A 70, 032723 (2004).
  • T. Ban, D. Aumiler, G. Pichler: Rb2 diffuse band emission excited by diode lasers, Eur. Phys. J. D 30, 57 (2004).
  • T. Ban, R. Beuc, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Rubidium pure long-range ion-pair molecules, Europhys. Lett. 66, 485 (2004).
  • V. Margetić, T. Ban, O. Šamek, F. Leis, K. Niemax, R. Hergenroder: Shock-wave velocity of a femtosecond-laser-produced plasma, Czechoslovak Jornal of Physics 54, 5493C (2004).
  • A. Fioretti, M. Fazzi, M. Mazzoni, T. Ban, C. Gabbanini: Ultra-Cold Molecules, Physica Scripta T112, 13 (2004).

2003.

  • D. Aumiler, T. Ban, R. Beuc, G. Pichler: Simultaneous temperature and density determination of rubidium vapor, Appl. Phys. B. 76, 859 (2003).
  • V. Margetić, T. Ban, F. Leis, K. Niemax, R. Hergenroder: Hydrodynamic expansion of a femtosecond laser produced plasma, Spectrochimica Acta B 58, 415 (2003).
  • G. Pichler, V. Živčec, R. Beuc, Z. Mrzljak, T. Ban, H. Skenderović, K. Günther, J. Liu: UV, Visible and IR Spectrum of the Cs High Pressure Lamp, Physica Scripta Vol. TXX, 1 (2003).

2002.

  • H. Skenderović, R. Beuc, T. Ban, G. Pichler: Blue Satellite Bands of KRb Molecule: Intermediate Long-Range States, Eur. Phys. J. D. 19, 49 (2002).

2001.

  • T. Ban, H. Skenderović, R. Beuc, I. Krajcar Bronić, S. Rousseau, A.R. Allouche, M. Aubert-Frécon, G. Pichler: Pure long-range ion-pair Cs2 molecules, Chem. Phys. Lett. 345, 423 (2001).
  • R. Beuc, H. Skenderović, T. Ban, D. Veža, I. Krajcar Bronić, G. Pichler, W. Meyer: Cesium satellite band at 875.2 nm stemming from the Cs2 0g+ (6p 2P1/2+6s 2S1/2) state, Eur. Phys. J. D 15, 209 (2001).
  • T. Ban, H. Skenderović, S. Ter-Avetisyan, G. Pichler: Absorption measurements in dense cesium vapor using UV-violet light emitting diode , App. Phys. B 72, 337 (2001).

2000.

  • H. Skenderović, T. Ban, G. Pichler: LiH emission spectrum from the glow discharge in the heat-pipe oven , J. Phys. D: Applied Physics 33, 396 (2000).

1999.

  • T. Ban, H. Skenderović, R. Beuc, G. Pichler: Photoassociation of cesium atoms into Cs2 3 3Pg state at 543.5 nm , Europhys. Lett. 48, 378 (1999).
  • T. Ban, S. Ter-Avetisyan, R. Beuc, H. Skenderović, G. Pichler: Photoassociation of cesium atoms into the double minimum Cs2 3 1S+u state , Chem. Phys. Lett. 313, 110 (1999).
  • H. Skenderović, T. Ban, G. Pichler: Constriction in lithium glow discharge in a heat-pipe oven , Optics Comm. 161, 217 (1999).