Lasers provide first evidence that light can stop electrons
By hitting electrons with an ultra-intense laser, researchers have revealed dynamics that go beyond ‘classical’ physics and hint at quantum effects.
Albert Polman is awarded the EPS QEOD Prize for Research into the Science of Light
The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of EPS is delighted to announce that Prof. Albert Polman has been elected the winner of the 2017 prize for Research into the Science of Light “for mastering light at the nanoscale and for demonstrating novel applications in nanoscale optical circuits, photovoltaics, and super-resolution imaging”. The prize will be awarded at the forthcoming 6th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (Nanometa) to be held in Seefeld, Austria from January 4-7, 2017.
France inaugurates APOLLON Laser
The summer of the International Year of Light ended brilliantly in France.
After PETAL’s achievement celebrated in mid-September near Bordeaux (see related e-EPS news of this issue), the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) together with Université Paris-Saclay (which includes the Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, IOGS and the Université Paris-Sud) inaugurated the APOLLON laser facility on the 29th of October 2015. This inauguration took place in the presence of the French State Secretary for Higher Education and Research, Mr. Thierry Mandon, the Vice-President of the Ile-de-France Regional …
A Neutron Optical Approach to Explore the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
theory describes the behavior of a system at atomic and smaller scales. At the beginning of the 20th century, the theory was developed and became one of the most successful theories in physics; for a wide range of the field, the validity of the theory has been verified with high accuracy by experiments. From the beginning, how- ever, quantum mechanics has also supplied an extraordi- nary and even counter-intuitive view of nature: contrary to its success, the predictions by quantum theory are governed by a probability law and its logic is different from that in classical physics, to which we have become accustomed to in our ordinary lives.
Light Prize announced – QEOD & IUPAP prizes open
EPS QEOD prize for Research into the Science of Light
The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society is delighted to announce the 2015 winner of the Prize for Research into the Science of Light. This Prize is awarded every two years and recognises recent work by one or more individuals for scientific excellence in the area of electromagnetic science in its broadest sense, across the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves. The award is accompanied by an engraved glass medal, a certificate, and a monetary sum of 2000 euros…
Topical Research Meeting on Hybrid Quantum Systems
The IOP run a Topical Research Meeting once a year and the 2014 event will be held in Nottingham, UK, from 16 to 18 December.
This meeting will cover all aspects of hybrid quantum systems involving atoms, light and matter. It will link theory to experiment, ranging from fundamental physics to the development of new quantum device concepts and technologies. The invited speakers are leading researchers in hybrid quantum systems.
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18th ISQE’2014
The 18th International School on Quantum Electronics “Laser Physics and Applications” [18th ISQE'2014] will be held from 29 September to 3 October 2014 in Sozopol, Bulgaria.
The 18th ISQE’2014 is a traditional event, organized biennially since 1980. The proceeding of previous issues are available on 18th ISQE’2014 website.
The topics cover investigations of the basic physical phenomena, processes of interaction of laser radiation with…
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The quantum anomalous Hall effect in a topological insulator thin film — The role of magnetic disorder
Detangling flat bands into Fano lattices
Overarching framework for data-based modelling
Fusion yield rate recovery by escaping hot-spot fast ions in the neighboring fuel layer
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Mathematical beauty behind particle production and Stokes phenomena
At the James Scott Prize Lecture in 1939, P. A. M. Dirac emphasized the theory of functions of a complex variable as an interesting mathematical theory that fulfilled his criteria of beauty. He found this field to be of “exceptional beauty” and hence likely to lead to deep physical insight [1]. The lecture was delivered a decade after he discovered the Dirac equation, the positron was found, and the concept of the Dirac sea was well established.
Dirac theory predicts that an external electric field may tilt the Dirac sea such that an electron in a negative energy…
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