ICFO-IMPRS Joint Workshop 2025

09.04.2025, 08:00 → 11.04.2025, 17:30 Europe/Berlin

Herbert Walther Lecture Hall (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

Giovanna Petrillo (ICFO), Sonya Gzyl (MPQ)

Welcome to the ICFO-IMPRS Joint Workshop 2025!

We are happy to host the fourth edition of this collaborative activity in Munich from April 9-11, 2025. This workshop is designed to bring together PhD students from ICFO and IMPRS-QST, as well as students from associated or related institutions, fostering a valuable exchange of ideas, networking, and scientific discussions. The program includes invited talks, poster sessions, PhD presentations, and a hands-on industry session. We also have a series of social activities to help foster connections in a relaxed setting.

 

ICFO-IMPRS workshop booklet.pdf

Mi., 9. April ¶

09:00 Registration

1 Opening Remarks¶

2 Talk: Quantum algorithm for cooling: a simple case study¶

Sprecher: Prof. Barbara Kraus (Technical University of Munich)

3 Talk: The Enigmatic Dirac Quantum Spin Liquid¶

Sprecher: Johannes Knolle (Technical University of Munich)

11:30 Coffee break

4 Short Talks Session A: Decoherence in Rydberg-EIT¶

Sprecher: Teresa Dimitra Karanikolaou (ICFO)

5 Short Talks Session B: Dimensional advantage in quantum communication¶

Sprecher: Albert Rico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

6 Short Talks Session A: Engineering tunable synthetic fluxes with Raman-coupled Bose mixtures in an accordion optical lattice¶

Sprecher: Ignacio Pérez (ICFO)

7 Short Talks Session B: Topological quantum thermometry¶

Sprecher: Anubhav Kumar Srivastava (ICFO)

8 Short Talks Session A: Challenging the traditional understanding of cavity QED with many atoms¶

Sprecher: Lukas Wangler (ICFO)

9 Short Talks Session B: Optimal matchgate circuits for fermionic Gaussian states¶

Sprecher: Marc Langer (Technical University of Munich)

10 Short Talks Session A: Gate-tunable Bose-Fermi mixture in a strongly correlated moiré bilayer electron system¶

Sprecher: Amine Ben Mhenni (Walter Schottky Institute)

13:00 Lunch break

11 IdeaLab Workshop: Part I¶

Have you ever wondered how your research could benefit society beyond the academic realm? This workshop will provide you with the tools to explore the commercial potential of cutting-edge technologies.

Join a team and dive headfirst into the exciting world of technology transfer

• Analyze Real-World Technologies: Delve into the practical applications of innovative technologies.
• Develop a Business Perspective: Learn to identify the market opportunities.
• Present your Findings: Practice communicating your solution and its benefits.

Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just starting your scientific journey, this workshop is your chance to gain valuable insights into the world of technology transfer.

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Poster Session

18:30 Group Activities

Do., 10. April ¶

12 Talk: Towards quantum repeaters with solid-state quantum nodes¶

Sprecher: Prof. Hugues de Riedmatten (ICFO)

13 Talk: Quantum-safe communication for space and fibre¶

Sprecher: Dr. Robin Camphausen (ICFO)

11:00 Coffee break

14 Short Talks Session A: Testing the Hilbert's space dimension of many-body quantum states¶

Sprecher: Guillem Müller-Rigat (ICFO)

15 Short Talks Session B: Functionalized mm-scale vapor cells for alkali-metal magnetometry¶

Sprecher: Harini Raghavan (ICFO)

16 Short Talks Session A: Riemannian quantum circuit optimization based on matrix product operators¶

Sprecher: Isabel Nha Minh Le (Technical University of Munich)

17 Short Talks Session B: Selective heating of atoms in subwavelength array¶

Sprecher: Panagiotis Tselifis (ICFO)

18 Short Talks Session A: Experimental realization of a Shortcut to Adiabaticity in a Neutral Atom Quantum Computer¶

Sprecher: Benjamin Schiffer (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

19 Short Talks Session B: Numerical optimizations for cooling algorithms¶

Sprecher: Daniel Molpeceres (Technical University of Munich)

20 Short Talks Session A: Exploring the Interface of Sound Reverberation and Quantum Behaviors¶

Sprecher: Juliette Tudoce (ICFO)

21 Short Talks Session B: On the photon number and energy conserving subspaces in non-linear quantum optics¶

Sprecher: Philipp Stammer (ICFO)

12:30 Lunch break

22 Talk: Optical control of correlated magnetism in moiré materials¶

Sprecher: Prof. Tomasz Smoleński (University of Basel)

15:00 Coffee break

23 Industry Talk: David Eslava Sabaté¶

Sprecher: Dr. David Eslava Sabaté (Qilimanjaro)

24 IdeaLab Workshop: Part II¶

Have you ever wondered how your research could benefit society beyond the academic realm? This workshop will provide you with the tools to explore the commercial potential of cutting-edge technologies.

Join a team and dive headfirst into the exciting world of technology transfer

• Analyze Real-World Technologies: Delve into the practical applications of innovative technologies.
• Develop a Business Perspective: Learn to identify the market opportunities.
• Present your Findings: Practice communicating your solution and its benefits.

Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just starting your scientific journey, this workshop is your chance to gain valuable insights into the world of technology transfer.

20:00 Conference Dinner

Fr., 11. April ¶

25 Talk: Emergent phenomena in atom arrays interacting with light¶

Sprecher: Prof. Darrick Chang (ICFO)

26 Talk: Complex time and real materials¶

Sprecher: Prof. Ulrich Schollwöck (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)

11:00 Coffee break

27 Short Talks Session A: Cavity-Enhanced On-Demand Solid-State Quantum Memory¶

Sprecher: Dr. Antariksha Das (ICFO)

28 Short Talks Session B: Non-perturbative signatures of fractons in the twisted multi-flavor Schwinger model¶

Sprecher: Pavel Popov (ICFO)

29 Short Talks Session A: Quantum Satellite research line and activities developed at i2CAT¶

Sprecher: Javier Jordán Parra (i2CAT Foundation)

30 Short Talks Session B: Encoding a topological gauge theory on an ring-shaped Bose gas¶

Sprecher: Claudio Iacovelli (ICFO)

31 Short Talks Session A: Optically addressable spins in erbium-doped materials¶

Sprecher: Alexander Ulanowski (Technical University of Munich)

32 Short Talks Session B: A minimal SU(2) model for analog simulation in small-scale superconducting quantum devices¶

Sprecher: Lucia Valor Menéndez (Walther Meißner Institute)

12:30 Lunch break

33 Talk: Engineering quantum many-body systems atom by atom¶

Sprecher: Prof. Monika Aidelsburger (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

34 Talk: Quantum simulation of far-from-equilibrium dynamics of gauge theories¶

Sprecher: Dr. Jad Halimeh (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

35 Closing Remarks¶

16:10 Buddy Time: Lab- and Grouptours