About the event

Date:
Place: University of Warsaw, Dobra 55

The conference summarizing the implementation of the National Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Technologies (NLPQT Project) took place in Warsaw on 19-20.10.2023. During this meeting, 6 lecturers from leading research centers in the world delivered invited lectures, and representatives of the Project presented the potential of the constructed infrastructure and the prospects for research that would be possible thanks to NLPQT. Conference participants had also the opportunity to visit the Chopin Museum and listen to a Chopin concert.

Programm

8:00-9:00 Registration and coffee break
9:00-10:30 Session 1 (Chairperson: Jarosław Sotor, PWr)

Alojzy Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw

Czesław Radzewicz, NLPQT Project Leader, University of Warsaw

Jarosław Sotor, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

NLPQT Photonic Technology Laboratories

Wim Ubachs, Free University Amsterdam

Invited lecture: Precision measurements of molecular hydrogen in search for new physics
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session 2 (Chairperson: Grzegorz Kowzan, UMK)

Maciej Kowalczyk, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Ultrastable source of single-cycle mid-IR pulses based on Cr:ZnS/Se laser technology

Piotr Fita, University of Warsaw

Stimulated emission in studies of biological materials

David Burghoff, University of Texas at Austin

Invited lecture: Frequency- and amplitude-modulated combs at long wavelengths

Łukasz Sterczewski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Battery-operated mid-infrared diode laser frequency combs
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 Session 3 (Chairperson: Krzysztof Abramski, PWr)

Grzegorz Kowzan, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Fourier-transform optical frequency comb spectroscopy with optical cavities

Michał Nikodem, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Laser-based gas sensing inside hollow-core fibers

Maciej Szkulmowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Functional Optical Coherence Tomography for biomedical applications

Marcin Procek, Silesian University of Technology

Modern functional receptors in sensor technology - research, development and applications

Adam Paździor, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin

Fiber-optic sensor for monitoring critical bolted connections in space applications

Tomasz Stefaniuk, University of Warsaw

Nanostructured optical materials - from fundamental science to functional devices
15:00-17:15 Poster session and coffee break
19:00-20:30 Visit to Chopin Museum and Chopin concert
8:00-9:00 Registration and coffee break
9:00-10:30 Session 4 (Chairperson: Piotr Masłowski, UMK)

Piotr Masłowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

The National System for Generation and Distribution of Reference Optical Carrier

Ronald Holzwarth, Menlo Systems GmbH

Invited lecture: Optical clocks, optical links and other cool quantum stuff

Marcin Bober, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Ultra-stable optical cavity as gravitational wave detector in search for new physics

Grzegorz Soboń, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Optical frequency combs in the mid-infrared for precise molecular spectroscopy
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session 5 (Chairperson: Grzegorz Soboń, PWr)

Markus Arndt, University of Vienna

Invited lecture: Advanced optical and quantum technologies for bimolecular physics and photochemistry

Piotr Wcisło, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Cold molecular hydrogen

Agata Cygan, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Molecular spectroscopy based on optical cavity resonances

Mateusz Pielach, Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS

Semi-linear cavity ultrafast all-fiber laser oscillators
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 Session 6 (Chairperson: Michał Karpiński, UW)

Michał Karpiński, University of Warsaw

NLPQT Quantum Technology Laboratory

Ian Walmsley, Imperial College London

Invited lecture: Lighting the Quantum Future

Radek Łapkiewicz, University of Warsaw

Photon correlations for phase and fluorescence imaging

Tomasz Kazimierczuk, University of Warsaw

Quantum dots with single magnetic ions
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Session 7 (Chairperson: Radek Łapkiewicz, UW)

Sylvain Gigan, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Normale Supérieure

Invited lecture: Shaping light in complex media: from imaging to quantum information processing

Filip Sośnicki, University of Warsaw

Spectral interface for quantum light pulses

Piotr Kolenderski, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Quantum light for satellite optical communication

Adam Widomski, University of Warsaw

Time-frequency encoding for quantum communication
17:00-17:15 Closing remarks
18:00-21:00 Conference dinner