Professor
Physics and Astronomy
075 Jorgensen HallLincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-3579
hbatelaan@unl.edu
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1991
- Masters in Physics, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 1987
Research Interests
- Coherent electron control
- Slow light/phononic bands
Patents
- “Optically pumped direct extraction electron spin filter” Patent No.: US 6,590,923 B1, July 8, 2003
Honors and Awards
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2009, Citation: “For outstanding contributions to electron matter optics, in particular the measurements of the Kapitza-Dirac effect and elucidation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.”
- Sigma XI, University of Nebraska Chapter, Outstanding Young Scientist Award, 2003li>
- Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, Teaching Council of the University of Nebraska, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2012
Selected Publications
- Measuring Intrinsic Curvature of Space with Electromagnetism, Mason Mabin, Maria Becker, Herman Batelaan, Physics Teacher, Provisionally Accepted (2016).
- An Acoustic Analog for a Quantum Mechanical Level-Splitting Route to Band Formation. Marissa D'Onofrio, Mitchell Crum, Timothy Canalichio, Tyler Bull, Herman Batelaan, Shawn A. Hilbert, American Journal of Physics, Accepted (2016).
- Dispersionless forces and the Aharonov-Bohm effect. H. Batelaan and M. Becker, European Physics Letters, published. (2015).
- Laser control of electron matter waves. Eric Jones, Maria Becker, Jom Luiten, and Herman Batelaan, invited review paper to Lasers and Photonics. accepted. (2015).
- Path integrals, matter waves, and the double slit. Eric R Jones, Roger A Bach and Herman Batelaan European Journal of Physics, Volume 36, Number 6 (2015).
- Spin-dependent two-color Kapitza-Dirac effects. S. McGregor, W. C.-W. Huang, B. A. Shadwick, and H. Batelaan, Phys. Rev. A 92, 023834 (2015).
- On the classical coupling between gravity and electromagnetism, Maria G. Becker, Adam Caprez, and Herman Batelaan, Atoms 3(3), 320-338 (2015).
- Quantized Excitation Spectrum of the Classical Harmonic Oscillator in Zero-Point Radiation, Wayne Cheng-Wei Huang, H. Batelaan, Found. of Phys.45, 333 (2015).
- Do Dispersionless Forces Exist? Herman Batelaan and Scot McGregor, Invited paper for Tonomura Memorial Book, World Scientific Press. "In Memory of Akira Tonomura, Physicist and Electron Microscopist" (With DVD-ROM) Edited by: Kazuo Fujikawa (RIKEN, Japan), Yoshimasa A Ono (Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan) (2014).
- A low-power optical electron switch, Wayne Cheng-Wei Huang, Roger Bach, Peter Beierle and Herman Batelaan, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 47, 085102 (2014).
- Electric and Magnetic Field Sensing with a Charged Particle Lau Interferometer. R.Bach and H. Batelaan. In preparation for APL (2012)
- Quantized Excitation Spectrum of the Classical Harmonic Oscillator in Zero-Point Radiation, Wayne Cheng-Wei Huang, H. Batelaan, submitted to PRL (2012) arXiv:1206.6891
- Dynamics Underlying the Gaussian Distribution of the Classical Harmonic Oscillator in Zero-Point Radiation, Wayne Cheng-Wei Huang, H. Batelaan, submitted to PRA (2012), arXiv:1206.5323