Fundamentals and applications of semiconductor nanocavities

An international conference bringing together world-leading experts in the physics, theory, fabrication, characterization, and application of optical nanocavities.
Programme overview

7 June

8 June

9 June

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

08:00

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

09:00

Block 1

Block 6

Block 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30

Break

Break

Break

11:00

Block 2

Block 7

Block 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:45

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

14:00

Block 3

Block 8

Block 11

 

 

 

15:00

 

Trip to Ven

Cake

Cake

 

Block 12

16:00

Block 4

 

 

 

 

Departure

 

 

17:30

Break

 

18:00

Block 5

 

 

 

19:30

Dinner

Dinner

21:00

Posters

Posters

and

and

drinks

drinks

Programme

Tuesday

Block 1
Chair: Jesper Mørk, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark
09:00-09:15: Jesper Mørk, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark:
Opening address and NanoPhoton vision
09:15-09:45: Johann Peter Reithmaier, University of Kassel, Germany:
Nanoscale photonic structures in semiconductors and diamond for quantum communication and computing
09:45-10:15: Michal Lipson, Columbia University, USA: The Revolution of Silicon Photonic
10:15-10:45: Søren StobbeNanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Experimental demonstration of nanometer-scale photon confinement in dielectric cavities

Block 2
Chair: Søren Stobbe, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark
11:15-11:45: Kirsten Moselund, Paul Scherrer Institute/EPFL, Switzerland: Monolithic integration of III-V on Silicon for hybrid optoelectronic devices
11:45-12:15: Fabrice Raineri, Université Côte d'Azur, France: III-V on Silicon nanophotonic sources
12:15-12:35: Elizaveta Semenova, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Epitaxy of III-V QDs and integration to Silicon

12:45-13:45: Lunch

Block 3
Chair: Riccardo Sapienza, Imperial College London, UK
14:00-14:30: Satoshi Iwamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan: Optical cavities in topological photonic crystals
14:30-15:00: Alejandro Giacomotti, Université Paris-Saclay, France: Symmetry breaking and zero modes in photonic crystal cavity arrays
15:00-15:30: Stephen Hughes, Queen's University, Canada: Quasinormal modes and Purcell factors for coupled loss-gain resonators
15:30-15:50: Emil Denning, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany: Quantum nonlinear optics with atomically thin semiconductors

15:50-16:15: Cake

Block 4
Chair: Andreas Knorr, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
16:15-16:45: Javier Garcia de Abajo, ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain: Applications and fundamentals of ultraconfined polaritons
16:45-17:15: Steven Johnson, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA: Resonances for distributed emission
17:15-17:45: Kurt Busch, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany: Time-Domain Simulations of Nano-Photonic Systems: Advances using the DGTD Method
17:45-18:05: Kresten YvindNanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Photonic crystal buried heterostructure lasers


Wednesday

Block 6
Chair: Kurt Busch, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
09:00-09:30: Ole Sigmund, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Topology optimization for nano-photonics
09:30-10:00: Owen Miller, Yale University, USA: Nanophotonic design problems as sparse QCQPs
10:00-10:30: Alejandro Rodriguez, Princeton University, USA: Nanophotonic limits: a complement to inverse design

Block 7
Chair:
11:00-11:30: Alex Gaeta, Columbia University, USA: Synchronization in Nonlinear Nanophotonics
11:30-12:00: Alfredo de Rossi, Thales Research and Technology, France: Resonant Nonlinear Interactions in Photonic Nanostructures, the Photonic Crystal Optical Parametric Oscillator and the generation of non-classical light
12:00-12:30: Andrea Fiore, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands: Optomechanical sensing with semiconductor cavities: Towards practical applications

12:45-13:45: Lunch

Block 8
Chair: Christopher Gies, Universität Bremen, Germany
14:00-14:30: Andreas Knorr, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany: Theory of excitation transfer in atomically thin materials
14:30-15:00: Jake Iles-Smith, University of Manchester, UK: Non-Markovianity and cavity-QED with colour centres in 2 dimensional materials


Thursday

Block 9
Chair: Stephen Hughes, Queen's University, Canada
09:00-09:30: Dirk Englund, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA: Integrated Photonics for Quantum Computing and Networks
09:30-10:00: Stephan Reitzenstein, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany: Deterministically fabricated quantum light sources and microlasers for applications in photonic quantum technologies and neuromorphic computing
10:00-10:30: Christopher Gies, Universität Bremen, Germany: Coupled microcavity arrays for entanglement generation and reservoir computing

Block 10
Chair: Stephan Reitzenstein, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
11:00-11:30: Hadiseh Alaeian, Purdue University, USA: From dipolar to Rydberg photonics: harnessing collective effects for quantum technologies
11:30-12:00: Riccardo Sapienza, Imperial College London, UK: Time-varying and reconfigurable driven photonics
12:00-12:30: Jesper Mørk, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Squeezing in nanolasers and nanoLEDs with strong light-matter interaction

12:45-13:45: Lunch

Block 11
Chair: Fabrice Raineri, Université Côte d'Azur, France
14:00-14:30: Niels Gregersen, Technical University of Denmark: Micropillar single-photon sources
14:30-14:50: Andrei Laurynenka, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Near-zero index modes in linear and nonlinear problems in on-chip propagation
14:50-15:10: Yi Yu, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Ultra-coherent Fano lasers

15:10-15:30: Cake

Block 12
Chair: Jake Iles-Smith University of Manchester, UK
15:30-15:50: Martijn Wubs, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Quantum light sources in and around 2D materials
15:50-16:10: Philip Trøst Kristensen, NanoPhoton, Technical University of Denmark: Modes and mode volumes of optical cavities with extreme confinement 


Practical information

The conference takes place at 

Rungstedgaard Hotel
Rungsted Strandvej 107
2960 Rungsted Kyst
Web: rungstedgaard.dk

The hotel is located on the coast of Oresund approximately 25 km north of Copenhagen.


Travel directions

The easiest way to get from the airport to the hotel is by taxi (DKK 800-1000) or by train (DKK 100-150). There are direct trains from the airport - Københavns lufthavn - to the station of Rungsted - Rungsted Kyst st - every 30 minutes. Please refer to the journey planner for further information. The journey planner can be downloaded as an app: Rejseplanen. Tickets for the train can be purchased at the airport.

Rungstedgaard is located 1,7 km from the station and can be reached on foot or by taxi.