Dr. Torsten Andersen

I earned my Ph.D. in Mathematics and Physics in 1998 from Aalborg University, Denmark, where I worked on a Theoretical Study of Phase Conjugation in Mesoscopic Interaction Volumes under the supervision of Prof. dr. scient. Ole Keller.

After my Ph.D., I went to Berlin, Germany, for a year, working for the EU TMR NOMOKE network on nonlinear surface magneto-optics from first principles. This work was continued at the Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) within the framework of the EU TMR Dynaspin and the DFG SFB 418, the latter one at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

I am now working at Uppsala University within the EU RTN EXCITING, with collaborations with the network nodes Kaiserslautern and Graz. My present scientific interests include, but are not limited to:

• Development of a local-field theory for nonlinear magneto-optics in low-dimensional systems as well as in the bulk.
• Ab initio nonlinear surface magneto-optics within the LAPW method.

My scientific contributions to the EXCITING network are mainly connected to M15 and M11, and the main organizational contribution was the Summer School 2003 at Riksgränsen.

After my time in Uppsala I will be working at the Kaiserslautern group, where I will continue the different works on nonlinear magneto-optics, as well as being involved in the planning of the conference in 2005.

For more information, including a copy of my Ph.D. thesis and a list of publications, feel free to visit my homepage at http://deep.at/myspace