World Quantum Day Launch Event 14th April 2021
Join the opening event for WQD on 14th April 2021, “From Einstein to Wheeler: Wave-Particle duality of a single photon,” Alain Aspect (Institut d’Optique Graduate School, Université Paris-Saclay) via YouTube, details follow below
Time: 17:00 Central European Time (15:00 UTC)
Venue: Online: World Quantum Day YouTube Channel
Find out more at: World Quantum Day
Twitter: @WorldQuantumDay
hashtag: #WorldQuantumDay
ColOpt academics organize special issue on Collective Atomic and Free Electron Lasing in “Atoms”. The deadline is extended until 31/05/2021. For details see Special Issue-Atoms
Closing Date: 30th April 2021
Collective, non-linear dynamics and spontaneous self-organization are abundant in nature, sciences and technology. These processes are found in biology and chemistry, in non-linear optics and condensed matter physics, and across both the classical and the quantum regime. The understanding of such dynamics is important for fundamental sciences, where the non-equilibrium quantum dynamics is a major quest from a fundamental point of view, and for quantum technologies, with the demand for complex systems with robust quantum coherent dynamics.
A promising and versatile platform to study these processes in a highly controlled way is the collective interaction of light with laser-cooled cold or quantum-degenerate matter. This experimental setting explores the innovative control of matter through optomechanical effects, identifying novel quantum phases, investigating light transport in strongly scattering and disordered systems. Additionally, it is advancing our knowledge of long-range coupled systems in the presence of noise and driving fields.
This seminar focuses on collective effects and non-equilibrium quantum dynamics in systems with matter-light interaction. In addition to self-organization of matter in classical and quantized light fields, collective scattering involving coupled dipoles and finite-range interactions, via complex multi-mode light fields or via Rydberg atoms will be central topics in the workshop.
The seminar will still be held at the “Physikzentrum Bad Honnef”, located near Bonn/Germany, but its format will be a hybrid event, suited to give all attendees the choice to either participate on site or via the video conference tool Zoom.
The full details of the workshop and are on the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation website: 724. WE-Heraeus-Seminar
Nir Davidson, Weizman Institute of Science
Davide Dreon, ETH Zurich
Michael Drewsen, Aarhus University
Igor Ferrier-Barbut, Laboratoire Charles Fabry Institut d’Optique
Sonja Franke-Arnold, University of Glasgow
Robin Kaiser, University of Nice
Peter Kirton, University of Strathclyde
Corinna Kollath, University of Bonn
Igor Lesanovsky, University of Tuebingen
Benjamin Lev, Stanford University
Ehud Meron, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Giovanna Morigi, University of Saarland
Andreas Nunnenkamp, University of Cambridge
Helmut Ritsch, University of Innsbruck
Gordon Robb, University of Strathclyde
Monika Schleier-Smith, Stanford University
Oliver Steinbock, Florida State University
Oded Zilberberg, ETH Zurich
The seminar will still be held at the “Physikzentrum Bad Honnef”, located near Bonn/Germany, but its format will be a hybrid event, suited to give all attendees the choice to either participate on site or via the video conference tool Zoom.
Dr. Tobias Donner, ETH Zürich • Prof. Dr. Thorsten Ackemann, U of Strathclyde • Prof. Dr. Sebastian Slama, U Tübingen
Angel T. Gisbert
Congratulations to Angel our ESR based at the University of Milan, and his PhD supervisor Nicola Piovella. Angel’s PhD was awarded as excellent on the 11th December 2020. This is ColOpt’s first completed PhD. Well done!
For information and paper submission visit: CLEO EUROPE 2021
ColOpt academics organize special issue on Collective Atomic and Free Electron Lasing in “Atoms”. The deadline is extended until 15/03/2021. For details see Special Issue-Atoms
ColOpt academics organize special issue on Collective Atomic and Free Electron Lasing in “Atoms”. The deadline is extended until 11/1/2021. For details see Special Issue-Atoms
ColOpt academics and ColOpt early stage researchers from Strathclyde and Glasgow gave invited talks and posters on aspect of Structured light on the 2020 Brazil-Scotland Meeting on Structured Light. Great initiative from early stage researchers and student chapters organizing this from both institutions! For more details look at the BraSco 2020 Website
ColOpt is excited to be the scientific organiser for this event, which has been rescheduled. We are currently confirming some fantastic invited speakers, and the programme will be announced early in 2021. The event is open to academics, and students. Some abstracts will be selected to give short talks. There’ll be some great science and lots of opportunities to exchange ideas and to network. To keep up to date with event and calls for abstracts visit: 724. WE-Heraeus- Seminar
On 4 May the European Union joined forces with global partners to kick-start the Coronavirus Global Response, a worldwide pledging effort to raise €7.5 billion of funding to rapidly develop and deploy universally available and affordable diagnostics, treatments and vaccines against the coronavirus.
The opening event already raised €7.4 billion, including a significant contribution of €1 billion mobilised by Horizon 2020. This marks the role of research and innovation in the worldwide pledging marathon, which will continue in the following weeks.
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