LPHYS'26.    Program:

Seminar 1: Modern Trends in Laser Physics

Co-chairs:

Our Seminar 1 is the only one in the frame of our workshop which is not focused on one particular research area but covers a broad range of modern trends in the field of light-matter interactions in accordance with its title, "Modern trends in laser physics".

Schedule:

  1. Monday, 6 July, 2026
  2. S1.1 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Olga Kocharovskaya (USA)
    1. 13:30 – 13:55 G S Agarwal (Texas A&M University, College Station, USA)Waveguide QED – from Quantum Nonreciprocity to Dimerized Entanglement (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 13:55 – 14:20 V V Kocharovsky (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA) Hybrid, Atom and Photon Boson Sampling (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:20 – 14:45 N R Rivera (Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA) Predicting and Controlling Quantum and Classical Noise Response in Multimode Nonlinear Photonics (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 14:45 – 15:05 E E Mikhailov, K Wen, C Gabaldon, I Novikova (Physics, William & Mary, Williamsburg VA, USA) Uncovering Hidden Spatial Quantum Modes of Squeezed Vacuum (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 15:05 – 15:30 D Seletskiy (Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, USA; Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada), G Demontigny, S Virally (Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada) Ultrafast Bright Quantum Light (invited talk) Abstract 
  3. S1.2 (16:00 – 19:00) Chair: Girish Agarwal (USA)
    1. 16:00 – 16:25 K R A Hazzard (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston TX, USA)What Is a Phase of Matter in a Cavity? (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:25 – 16:50 E Shahmoon (Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel) Quantum Light-Matter Interfaces with Tweezer Atomic Arrays (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 16:50 – 17:15 S Kim, B. S. Ham (Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea) Experimental demonstrations of coherence de Broglie wavelength for superresolution sensing (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 17:15 – 17:40 H Nha (Physics Department, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, USA) Characterizing and Observing Quantum Multipartite Entanglement (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 17:40 – 18:05 V Rodimin, Y Kurochkin, K Kravtsov, R-M Chua (Quantum communications, TII, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), X Zhang (Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Quantum communications, TII, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), A Ponasenko, J A Grieve (Quantum communications, TII, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Broadband Characterization of Polarization Mode Dispersion for Quantum Communication Channels (invited talk) Abstract 
    6. 18:05 – 18:30 B Min (Departmenf of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea) Photonic Time Crystals: Transport, Emission, Squeezing (invited talk) Abstract 
  4. Tuesday, 7 July, 2026
  5. S1.3 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Selim Shahriar (USA)
    1. 13:30 – 13:55 J M Rost (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)Relational Quantum Light (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 13:55 – 14:20 V M Schäfer (Quantum Dynamics&Control, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany) Searching for a Variation of the Fine Structure Constant with Highly Charged Ions (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:20 – 14:40 C Sanner (Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, USA) New Tests of Relativity with Optical Ion Clocks (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 14:40 – 15:05 Z Zager, D Pham, W Fan, H E Tureci (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA) Stabilization and Formation of Primordial Hydrogen in Non-Perturbative QED₂ (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 15:05 – 15:25 S J Borden, A M Dana, K Guy, M B Nguyen, A Grinin, A A Geraci (Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA) Progress Towards Non-Newtonian Gravity Searches with Optically Levitated Force Sensors (invited talk) Abstract 
  6. S1.4 (16:00 – 17:30)
    1. 16:00 – 16:20 I Novikova, R Behary, W Torg, E E Mikhailov, S A Aubin (Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, USA)Rydberg Atomic Vector Electrometer (RAVE) for Static Electric Fields (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:20 – 16:45 B M Garraway (Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK) Dressing Ultra-Cold Atoms for Matter-Wave Bubbles and Rings (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 16:45 – 17:10 F Atzori (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy; Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy), N Lal (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA), C M Nunn (Joint Quantum Institute and University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA), M V Jabir (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA), D Ahn (Joint Quantum Institute and University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA), F Piacentini, I P Degiovanni, M Genovese (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), I A Burenkov (Joint Quantum Institute and University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA), S V Polyakov (Physics, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA) Certifying Path-Entanglement over Quantum Networks Using Only Quantum Resources (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 17:10 – 17:35 P M Kraus (Department of Physics, and LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Ultrafast Nanoscopy by Deactivated High-Harmonic Generation from Solids (invited talk) Abstract 
  7. Wednesday, 8 July, 2026
  8. S1.5 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Ralf Röhlsberger (Germany)
    1. 13:30 – 13:55 A Derevianko (Physics, University of Nevada, Reno NV, USA)Theoretical Aspects of Developing the Th-229 Nuclear Clock (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 13:55 – 14:20 L von der Wense (Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany) Laser Spectroscopy of the 229Th Nuclear Transition - Current Status and Applications (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:20 – 14:40 W-T Liao (Department of Physics, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan) Gravitational Photon Echo Using Thorium-229 Nuclear Clock Transition (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 14:40 – 15:05 X Zhang, O A Kocharovskaya (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA) Quantum Memory for Hard X-Ray Photons (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 15:05 – 15:30 S Sadashivaiah (X-ray Science, Helmholtz Institut Jena, Jena, Germany), B Pandit (Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany), B Marx-Glowna, R Loetzsch (Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany; X-ray Science, Helmholtz Institut Jena, Jena, Germany), T Wunderlich, Y Wang (Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany), L Bocklage (Photon Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany), B Detlefs, C Sahle (ESRF, Grenoble, France), R Röhlsberger (Photon Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany; X-ray Science, Helmholtz Institut Jena, Jena, Germany) Coherent 181Ta Time-Domain Nuclear Resonant Scattering at 6.2 keV (invited talk) Abstract 
  9. S1.6 (16:00 – 19:00) Chair: Andrei Derevianko (USA)
    1. 16:00 – 16:25 J von Zanthier (Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany)New Results jf Incoherent Diffraction Imaging (IDI) for X-Ray Structure Analysis (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:25 – 16:50 X J Kong (Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China) From Multiexcitation to Superradiant Burst in Resonant Nuclear X-Ray Emission (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 16:50 – 17:15 F F Karpeshin, K V Chekirda, E Yu Korzinin, Y A Kustikov, A A Neklyudova, A N Pronin, L F Vitushkin (Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology, St.-Petersburg, Russia) Electron-Nuclear Resonance as the Alternative Path to Nuclear Clocks (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 17:15 – 17:40 M Gerharz, J Evers (Theoretical Quantum Dynamics and Quantum Electrodynamics, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany) Nuclear Quantum Dynamics at X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers Abstract 
    5. 17:40 – 18:05 Z-A Peng, C H Keitel, J Evers (Theory Division, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany) Parametric Mössbauer Radiation: General Diffraction Geometry and Coherent Amplification (invited talk) Abstract 
    6. 18:05 – 18:30 A Sandhu (Department of Physics and Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, USA) Compact X-Ray Free Electron Laser Development and Applications (invited talk) Abstract 
  10. Thursday, 9 July, 2026
  11. S1.7 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Denis Seletskiy (USA)
    1. 13:30 – 13:55 H Merdji (Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)Quantum Nature of High Harmonic Generation (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 13:55 – 14:15 C Heide (Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, USA) Frontiers in Petahertz Electronics Abstract 
    3. 14:15 – 14:40 A Marandi (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA, USA) Ultrafast Quantum and Classical Nonlinear Nanophotonic Circuits (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 14:40 – 15:05 E Lustig (ECE Department, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Solid State Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel) Controlling Multimode Gaussian States of Light in Nonlinear Micro-Resonators (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 15:05 – 15:30 S M Shahriar (ECE and Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA), J Li (Physic and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA) Nano-Particle Matter-Wave Interferometry for Ultra-Sensitive Rotation Sensing and Test of Quantum Gravity (invited talk) Abstract 
  12. S1.8 (16:00 – 19:00)
    1. 16:00 – 16:25 L Yang (Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO, USA)Exceptional Points in Lasing Systems: From Loss-Induced Lasing to Laser Mode Braiding (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:25 – 16:50 Vl V Kocharovsky, E R Kocharovskaya (Federal research center A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) Three Thresholds of Non-Stationary Superradiant Lasing (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 16:50 – 17:05 E R Kocharovskaya, Vl V Kocharovsky (Federal research center A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) 2nd Threshold of Superradiant Lasing: Typical Cases of Variable Cavity (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 17:05 – 17:25 A N Montanari, A E D Barioni, A E Motter (Physic and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA) Disorder-Promoted Synchronization and Coherence in Coupled Laser Networks (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 17:25 – 17:45 J P von der Weid (Research Centre for Inspection Technologies, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), P Tovar (Bell Research Center, Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ottawa, Canada), W Margulis (Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Distributed Random Lasing Sensors (invited talk) Abstract 
    6. 17:45 – 18:05 S Kotochigova (Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA) Laser-Controlled Nonadiabatic Processes in Excited-State Molecules Abstract 
    7. 18:05 – 18:25 H B Li (Department of Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA) Optical Two-Dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy of Color-Center Arrays in Diamond (invited talk) Abstract 
  13. Friday, 10 July, 2026
  14. S1.9 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Barry Garraway (UK)
    1. 13:30 – 13:55 A K Karnieli (ECE Department, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)Towards Entanglement of Free-Electron Pairs and Free-Electron–Bound-Electron Systems (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 13:55 – 14:15 J Peatross, M Ballif, K Barr (Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, USA), N Sá (Physics, U. of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal), Y Sun, M Ware (Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, USA) Characterizing Polarization of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:15 – 14:40 P J Ho, A Venkatesh (Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA), C Knight ( Computational Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA), S Kuschel (Department of Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany), T Gorkhover (Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany), L Young (Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA) Coherence and Structural Information in Intense X-Ray–Driven Systems (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 14:40 – 15:05 T Heldt (Quantum Dynamics and Control, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), H Liang (Theory Division, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), L Guth, J-H Oelmann, A Agarwal, L Matt (Quantum Dynamics and Control, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), K Z Hatsagortsyan, C H Keitel (Theory Division, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), T Pfeifer, J R Crespo López-Urrutia (Quantum Dynamics and Control, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany) Ultrafast Kapitza-Dirac Effect in a Femtosecond Enhancement Cavity (invited talk) Abstract 
    5. 15:05 – 15:30 Y Sivan (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel) Ultrafast Optical Nonlinearity of Transparent Conducting Oxides (invited talk) Abstract