Condensed Matter Physics Department’s Seminar: David Zueco
Condensed Matter Physics Department Seminar: David Zueco
On 2 February a new edition of the Seminars of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics of the University of Zaragoza will begin, which in this session will feature David Zueco, from the Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, INMA, a joint institute of the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza, who will give a lecture entitled: “Light-matter interfaces, a journey from quantum optics to quantum materials”.
The session will take place at 12.30 p.m. in the Sala de Grados of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Zaragoza.
Summary of the conference: Light-matter interfaces, a journey from quantum optics to quantum materials 2 Febrero (viernes) Light-matter interaction offers the potential to control, measure, and modify the properties of matter. When the intensity of light is sufficiently high, it can be considered a classical field. However, reducing the number of photons both light and matter behave quantum mechanically, and their interplay yields novel phenomena, primarily due to lightmatter entanglement. Pushing this concept further, we can consider utilizing the quantum vacuum of light as a means to control, measure, and modify the properties of matter. In this talk, I will discuss these light-matter interactions in a broad context, setting the stage for the final part, which is dedicated to exploring how the light vacuum influences matter
Curriculum summary: David Zueco did his PhD on quantum open systems at Universidad de Zaragoza (2007), then he moved to Augsbrug in the group of Peter Hanggi. In 2011 he became Araid researcher and since 2020 he is Tenured Scientist at CSIC (INMA). He also serves as the coordinator of the interuniversity master’s program in quantum technologies. As a theoretical physicist, his work centers on quantum optics, focusing on the interaction between light and matter at the quantum level. He is also interested in the quantum manybody problem and exploring how quantum computing and artificial intelligence algorithms can assist in solving challenges within condensed matter and optimization tasks.
The series of Seminars of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics has the collaboration of the Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, INMA, a joint institute of the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza, and the Science Faculty of the University of Zaragoza.
