In a podcast of the series "Forschung aktuell" by Deutschlandfunk, Birgit Stiller explains how to convert light to sound and to achieve longer storage times by refreshing acoustic phonons:

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/tolle-idee-was-wurde-daraus-optische-computerchips-durch.676.de.html?dram:artic…

We are pleased to announce that the 4^th international Workshop on Optomechanics and Brillouin scattering: Fundamentals, Applications and Technology (WOMBAT) will be held at the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, 15 – 17 June 2021!

The WOMBAT series of workshops aims to…

Our work on reinforcing sound waves via light has been published in Optica!

Abstract:

Acoustic waves can serve as memory for optical information; however, propagating acoustic phonons in the gigahertz (GHz) regime decay on the nanosecond time scale. Usually this is dominated by intrinsic acoustic…

Given the circumstances, our first group picture is virtual!

Physik am Samstagmorgen!

The lecture slides are online now:
https://www.video.uni-erlangen.de/clip/id/12838

Check out our public lecture, given by Dr. Birgit Stiller, on Saturday 8^th February at the University:
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Physik am Samstagmorgen!

The lecture slides will be made available afterwards.