Curriculum Vitae
Viktor Palm (jun.)
1979: Diploma in Physics from University of Tartu
1988: Ph.D. in Physics (Cand.Phys.Math.Sci) from Institute of Physics, Estonian Academy of Sciences (Tartu);
topic of the thesis: "Investigation of the zero-phonon lines of impurities in organic glasses using the
technique of spectral hole burning"
Since 1989 - (founding) member of Estonian Physical Society
Professional employment at Institute of Physics, Tartu:
1979-1982 - engineer
1982-1985 - postgraduate student
since 1985 - research staff
2005-2015 - senior scientist, Laboratory of Laser Spectroscopy,
Institute of Physics, University of Tartu
2016-... - specialist
Guest Scientist:
1993, 1994, 1999, 2000 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Prof. U.P.Wild),
ETH-Zürich
1996, 1997, 1998 - Institute of Physical Chemistry (Prof. V.E.Bondybey),
Technische Universität München
(participation in NATO international High Technology research project "Ultrasensitive matrix
isolation spectroscopy of molecules at extremely low concentrations")
2005 - Lund Laser Centre (LLC), Lund University,
Division of Atomic Physics at Lund Institute of Technology (participation in European Commission programme
LASERLAB-EUROPE).
Workshops/Schools:
2013 - 44th IFF Spring School 'Quantum Information Processing' (Jülich, Germany)
2018 - PicoQuant workshop on single photon-based quantum technologies
1996 - Estonian State Science Award (Natural Sciences), for research in single-molecule spectroscopy
Scientific Publications :
(01.2022)
Total number - 116
Full-length articles - 55
Citations (WOS) - 595
h-index -
12
List of Selected Publications
Main fields of experimental research:
1). Investigation of zero-phonon lines of impurities in organic glasses at low and ultralow temperatures,
and applications of the technique of spectral hole burning
[1-9,14,15,21,24,26,27].
2). Single-molecule spectroscopy in organic solids at low and ultralow temperatures;
single-molecule imaging
[10-13,16-20,22-25,28,29,31,34].
3). Photonics, quantum optics and interference phenomena
[22,30,32,33,35-39].
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