Steven Hoekstra
Steven Hoekstra
Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA, Groningen
Projects
Our research program to measure the electron's electric dipole moment using a cold, slow and intense beam of BaF molecules
We optically levitate and cool nanospheres, to explore their use as sensitive sensors.
Publications
Manipulating a beam of barium fluoride molecules using an electrostatic hexapole
Anno Touwen, Joost W.F. van Hofslot, Thijs Qualm, Richard Borchers, Roman Bause, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Alexander Boeschoten, Anastasia Borschevsky, Ties H. Fikkers, Steven Hoekstra, Klaus Jungmann, Virginia R. Marshall, Thomas B. Meijknecht, Maarten C. Mooij, Rob G.E. Timmermans, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann
ArXiv:2402:09300
A novel method to determine the phase-space distribution of a pulsed molecular beam
Maarten C. Mooij, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Alexander Boeschoten, Anastasia Borschevsky, Ties H. Fikkers, Steven Hoekstra, Joost W. F. van Hofslot, Klaus Jungmann, Virginia R. Marshall, Thomas B. Meijknecht, Rob G. E. Timmermans, Anno Touwen, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann.
ArXiv:2401:16588
M C Mooij, H L Bethlem, A Boeschoten, A Borschevsky, K Esajas, T H Fikkers, S Hoekstra, J W F van Hofslot, K Jungmann, V R Marshall, T B Meijknecht, R G E Timmermans, A Touwen, W Ubachs, L Willmann, Y Yin.
ArXiv:2401:16590
Mass and Shape Determination of Optically Levitated Nanoparticles
Bart Schellenberg, Mina Morshed Behbahani, Nithesh Balasubramanian, Ties H. Fikkers, Steven Hoekstra
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 123(11), 2023
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Courses
Courses
1st year physics, applied physics and astronomy
I have taught this course from 2017-2023. The number of students has grown gradually, to about 340 students in 2022-2023.
2nd year physics, applied physics and astronomy
I have started teaching this course in 2019, and I have transformed it from traditional teaching to problem-based learning. Typically about 190 students take this course.
For honours college students of FSE.
I have given this course in 2019-2021. for about 25 students, twice a year.
3rd year broadening minor - university wide.
This is a course on quantum physics for non-physics students, part of the broadening minor 'Einstein's Physics: Space-time and Parallel Worlds'. About ~ 150 students take this course.
General
Educational philosphy statement
For the Senior teaching qualification program in which I was enrolled in 2022-2023, I have developed an educational philosophy statement, which you can find through the link below.
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