Plenary Speakers
Frank Koppens, Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Nano-lego for light with (twisted) 2D materials
Prof. Frank Koppens obtained his PhD in experimental physics at Delft University, at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, The Netherlands. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, since August 2010, Koppens is a group leader at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). The quantum nano-optoelectronics group of Prof. Koppens focuses on both science and technology of novel two-dimensional materials and quantum materials. Koppens has received five ERC awards: the ERC starting grant, the ERC consolidator grant, and three ERC proof-of-concept grants. Other awards include the Christiaan Hugyensprijs 2012, the national award for research in Spain, and the IUPAP young scientist prize in optics.
Jérôme Faist, ETH Zurich
Phonon-polariton lasers: optical and Raman emission
Jérôme Faist obtained his Ph.D. in Physics the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 1989. After a post-doc in IBM Rueschlikon (89-91), he joined Federico Capasso's group in Bell Laboratories in 1991 where he worked first as a post-doc and then as a Member of Technical Staff. From 1997 to 2007, he was professor in the physics institute of the University of Neuchâtel. In 2007, he became professor in the institute for quantum electronics of the ETH Zurich. His central role in the invention and first demonstration of the quantum cascade (QC) laser in 1994 was recognized by the IEE premium (1995), the IEEE/LEOS William Streifer award (1998), the Michael Lunn award (1999), the ISCS "Young scientist award" (1999), and the Swiss National Latsis Prize (2003). His present interests are the development of high performance QC lasers in the Mid and Far-infrared and the physics of coherence in intersubband transitions in the presence of strong magnetic fields.
Tutorial Speaker
Alessandro Tredicucci, Università di Pisa
When light is more than a perturbation: what are intersubband polaritons? And how can we use them?
Invited Speakers
Mercedeh Khajavikhan, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Topological Phenomena in Active Photonics Platform
Iacopo Carusotto, INO-CNR BEC Center and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Trento
Intersubband polaritons: new perspectives towards Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum fluids of light, and quantum optics
Alexei Baranov, IES, Université de Montpellier
Quantum Cascade Lasers Grown on Silicon
Christoph Lange, Universität Regensburg
Subcycle dynamics of ultrastrongly light-matter coupled structures
David Ting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Type-II superlattice unipolar barrier infrared detectors
Alex McLeod, Columbia University
Nano-imaging and polaritons in tunable Moiré-superlattice graphene layers
Qianchun Weng, RIKEN
Terahertz nanoscopy of non-equilibrium carrier dynamics: A thermometric approach
Michael Gensch, Technische Universität Berlin and German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Terahertz High Harmonic Generation in Dirac Materials
Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus, ETH Zurich
Electric field correlation measurements on the electromagnetic vacuum state
Benedikt Schwarz, Technische Universität Wien (TU Vienna)
Towards monolithic and battery driven mid-infrared dual-comb spectrometers