News from Leuchs Division
Optical remote sensing of atmospheric mineral particles in Northwest Iran
Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Khalesifard, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, Iran
Library, A.2.500, Staudtstr. 2
Abstract:
The Iran plateau is located over the Earth dust belt and Northwest of Iran is a mountainous semiarid region with average annual…
Quantum technology simply explained: Gerd Leuchs gives the Leopoldina lecture
In front of over 200 science enthusiasts – including the Prime Minister of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and physicist Dr. Reiner Erich Haseloff – Prof. Gerd Leuchs spoke recently at the Leopoldina Academy. Held on the occasion of the presentation of certificates to the newly elected Class-I members of…
Max Planck School of Photonics Autumn School in Erlangen
The Max Planck School of Photonics (MPSP) kicks off its annual Autumn School Retreat with a visit to the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light.
Founding Director Gerd Leuchs becomes Vice President of the scientific organisation Optica
The membership of Optica, formerly OSA, the leading organization for the advancement of optics and photonics worldwide, has elected Gerd Leuchs, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany, as the society’s 2022 Vice President.
First MPL partner group in Africa
The Max Planck Society is funding the team of Professor Geoffrey Kihara Rurimo, Director of the National Institute of Optics and Lasers at the Multimedia University of Kenya in Nairobi, for the next five years - the first partner group within the Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section on the…
Operational quantum tomography
Olivia Di Matteo, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Leuchs-Russell Auditorium, Staudtstr. 2
Abstract:
As quantum processors become increasingly refined, benchmarking them in useful ways becomes a critical topic. Traditional approaches to quantum tomography, such as state…
