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10SEP 2026
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Max Planck School of Photonics: new application round now open
The Germany-wide Max Planck Graduate School of Photonics, of which we are a part, has opened a new application round and is inviting applications for PhD positions. Click here for further details.
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04SEP 2026
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New Nature Physics Publication
A new paper published in Nature Physics shows that we can turn graphene into a Floquet insulator by focusing circularly polarized light onto it. This fundamentally changes the electrical properties of graphene: the material transforms from a (semi-)metal into an insulator as a band gap opens. What makes this Floquet insulator particularly interesting is that […]
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13JUL 2026
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Imaging the Transverse Component of Optical Near-Fields – new publication in ACS Photonics
Nanophotonic structures can confine and shape optical fields on length scales far below the wavelength of light, enabling new ways to control electrons with light. In our recent collaborative publication in ACS Photonics, we use ultrafast 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy (U4DSTEM) to visualize the transverse component of optical near-fields in a resonant silicon photonic structure with nanometer […]Nanophotonic structures can confine and shape optical fields on length scales far below the wavelength of light, enabling new ways to control electrons with light. In our recent collaborative publication in ACS Photonics, we use ultrafast 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy (U4DSTEM) to visualize the transverse component of optical near-fields in a resonant silicon photonic structure with nanometer […]
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22JUN 2026
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USD Distinguished Poster Award for Selina Nöcker
Our PhD student Selina Nöcker was awarded the Distinguished Poster Award at the international conference “Ultrafast Surface Dynamics 14 (USD14)” (https://usd2026.org/), which took place from 31 May to 5 June 2026 in Waterville Valley (New Hampshire, USA). Her poster, entitled “Probing time-reversal symmetry via tailored light photocurrent spectroscopy”, convinced the jury and was one of […]Our PhD student Selina Nöcker was awarded the Distinguished Poster Award at the international conference “Ultrafast Surface Dynamics 14 (USD14)” (https://usd2026.org/), which took place from 31 May to 5 June 2026 in Waterville Valley (New Hampshire, USA). Her poster, entitled “Probing time-reversal symmetry via tailored light photocurrent spectroscopy”, convinced the jury and was one of […]
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17MAY 2026
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RIKEN summary
RIKEN has written a layman’s summary of a collaborative paper led by Dr. Yuya Morimoto at RIKEN, which elegantly discusses how shaped electron wave packets could be used for imaging in the future. Here is the link to the RIKEN summary, and here is the link to the original publication.
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21APR 2026
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ACS Nano cover
Even though it doesn’t say anything about the scientific significance of a paper, it’s always nice to see your own work featured on the cover of a journal. In this case, we made it onto the cover of the journal ACS Nano. You can find the associated article here, and our newsflash here.
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