Emil Clausen - New PhD student

POLIMA is pleased to welcome Emil Clausen as a new PhD student. Emil has completed his BSc and MSc degrees at Aarhus University.

For his Bachelor’s thesis, carried out in collaboration with the Danish Center for Particle Therapy under the supervision of Prof. Stine Korreman, Emil investigated proton and photon treatment plans for patients with head and neck cancer. Using simulations, he compared machine-learning-based tumor delineations with conventional doctor-drawn delineations. This work has the potential to contribute to faster and more efficient cancer treatment planning, ultimately improving patients’ quality of life.

During the first half of his Master’s studies, Emil focused on theoretical physics, working in areas including ultrafast science and quantum optics. He later transitioned to experimental physics, completing his Master’s thesis in the laser laboratory of Associate Professor Simon Wall. There, he expanded an ultrafast pump–probe setup to include a white-light probe beam and used the system to detect and characterize induced phonons in crystals to establish the relationship between pump fluence and phonon amplitude.
As part of his PhD at POLIMA, Emil will combine his theoretical and experimental expertise to design and fabricate a current-driven nanophotonic device for generating Smith–Purcell radiation, a device concept that has not previously been realized experimentally. Smith–Purcell radiation is a valuable tool in physics, chemistry, and materials science, and the development of a compact and scalable source could make this type of radiation far more accessible to research groups, helping accelerate scientific investigations across multiple fields.

We are excited to have Emil join the Quantum Optoelectronics Group and look forward to following his research.

Emil Clausens PhD position is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and is part of the project 'Controlling Quantum Phases in Magnetic van der Waals Heterostructures'.