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Quantum Optics and Quantum Materials summer school

A cutting-edge event dedicated to the latest breakthroughs in quantum sciences and technologies.

Lecce, May 26-30, 2025

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What You Will Learn

The school is a Quantum Week that gathers together worldwide renowned, leading experts to deliver key lectures to PhD students and Postdocs interested in the following topics:

Quantum Technology and Quantum Computers

Quantum Optics and Manybody Physics

Quantum Materials and Quantum Information

Quantum Magnetism and Spintronics

Superconductivity

A poster session will showcase the most promising student research. The event will also feature engaging social activities, including evening talks in a historical theater, a social dinner, an excursion to a explore a natural park, and a welcome cocktail featuring the interactive QTris quantum game. These events aim to foster interaction between students and lecturers, promoting a strong collaborative network. The organisers emphasize gender equality and encourage diverse participation.

Conference week

May 26-30

Abstract submission

1 December - 15 February

Notification of acceptance

1 March

Invited Speakers

Our international team of experts that will be conducting the seminars.

Eugene Demler (ETH Zurich): Photons for manybody physics: a platform and a probe

Fabio Sciarrino (Univ. La Sapienza, Rome): Quantum Technology and Quantum Computers

Atac Imamoglu (ETH Zurich): Introduction to Quantum Materials

Martino Poggio (Univ. of Basel): Quantum Magnetism

Dario Gerace (Univ. of Pavia): Quantum simulations, quantum machine learning

Alexia Auffeves (CNRS MajuLab, Singapore): Quantum Technologies

Fabrice Laussy (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid): Quantum Optics, Quantum matter

Costanza Toninelli (CNR-INO, Florence): Quantum materials

Marco Barbieri (Univ. Roma Tre): Quantum Optics, Quantum metrology

Annika Johansson (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics): Spin-orbitronics with quantum materials

André Stefanov (Univ. of Bern): TBA

Pascale Senellart-Mardon (CNRS/Univ. Paris-Saclay): TBA

Alessandro Bruno (Quantware): Superconductivity - from basic phenomenon to quantum computing

Michela Nazzaro (Univ. of Naples): QTris

Scope

The Quantum Optics and Quantum Materials school is part of the I-Phooqs Quantum Weeks activities, organized by I-Phooqs Infrastructural Network and funded by the European Union through the NextGenerationEU initiative. The school is designed to educate students on the latest advances in quantum sciences and technologies, focusing on quantum materials, nanodevices, and photonics. It will cover cutting-edge research in quantum computing and quantum information, exploring various platforms from superconductors to quantum materials and photons. This school is part of the portfolio of four EIC Pathfinder Challenge projects:

Project ARTEMIS: “moleculAR maTerials for on-chip intEgrated quantum lIght sourceS”

Project IQARO: "SpIn-orbitronic QuAntum bits in Reconfigurable 2D-Oxides"

Project Q-ONE: "Quantum Optical Networks based on Exciton-polaritons"

Project FERROMON: "Ferrotransmons and Ferrogatemons for Scalable Quantum Computers"

Venue

Lecce, renowned for its rich historical heritage and stunning architecture, provides the perfect backdrop for an immersive learning experience. Morning sessions will be held in the former convent of Santa Maria del Carmine, adjacent to the ancient cloister built between the 16th and 17th centuries for the Carmelite Fathers, where coffee breaks and lunch will take place. One session will be hosted at the Institute of Nanotechnology of CNR, including a tour of the laboratories and facilities. Special evening talks will be delivered at Teatro Paisiello, the first Risorgimento theater in the city, constructed in the architectural style of Italian theaters between the 1700s and 1800s.

Quantum Optics and Quantum Materials

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Places are limited, and participants will be selected based on their applications. Selected participants will have the opportunity to present their research in a poster session. Awards will be given for the best posters. To apply, please submit your title and a short abstract. The school fee of €550 includes all program activities, such as the evening session, the poster session, a welcome event, an excursion, a gala dinner, lunches, and coffee breaks. Payment instructions will be provided after the selection process is complete.