Name: Greenhorn Meeting 2026
Start: 2026-10-05T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Institute for Quantum Physics

Greenhorn Meeting 2026

from Monday, 5 October 2026 (09:00) to Thursday, 8 October 2026 (20:00)

Monday, 5 October 2026

10:00 Welcome talk

10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Optics and Tweezer design
10:30 - 11:15
Contributions

10:30 Developing a Hybrid Tweezer Array of Dipolar Molecules and Rydberg Atoms - Erik Geesmann (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

10:45 Cavity array microscope for fast, scalable readout of a dual-element atom array - Bahar Öztürk (uni-muenchen)

11:00 Fast, dynamic and three-dimensional SLM holography for optical tweezers - Maximilian Kob (5th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart)
11:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:45
11:45 Optics and Tweezer design
11:45 - 12:15
Contributions

11:45 Design of an Objective for a Single Atom Optical Tweezer - Nessa Baum

12:00 Toward Near-Unity Photon Collection with a High-NA Solid-Immersion Lens System - Jan Erik Axmann (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
12:15 Rydberg excitations
12:15 - 12:30
Contributions

12:15 Strong Light–Matter Coupling in a Rectangular Ring Cavity Integrated with a Rydberg-Atom Platform - Thomas Benedikt Beck (University Bonn)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:45
13:45 Rydberg excitations
13:45 - 14:30
Contributions

13:45 Reducing decoherence in single-photon Rydberg excitation - Jule Brosig (Universität Tübingen)

14:00 Effect of small interaction terms in a time-reversal protocol for a Rydberg quantum simulator - Varad Dhodapkar (Heidelberg University)

14:15 Dynamical Decoupling for Realising Time Reversal in Dipole–Dipole-Interacting Rydberg Systems - Moritz Linnebacher
14:30 DESY Tour: Introductory Talk to DESY
Introductory Talk to DESY
14:30 - 15:00

15:00 DESY Tour

15:00 - 18:00

18:00 BBQ
BBQ
18:00 - 20:20
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
10:00 Invited Talk: Giacomo Valtolina, FHI Berlin
Giacomo Valtolina, FHI Berlin
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Giacomo Valtolina, FHI Berlin
10:30 (Quantum) Mechanical Oscillators
10:30 - 11:30
Contributions

10:30 Inter-Mode Correlations in a Quantum Optomechanical System - Sofiia Kokhanska (Institute of Spintronics and Quantum Information, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Adam Mickiewicz University)

10:45 Towards Remote Quantum Coherent Coupling of Atoms and a Mechanical Oscillator via Light - Andreas Weber (Department Physik, Universität Basel)

11:00 Coherent feedback cooling of a mechanical oscillator - Alexandre Huot de Saint-Albin (Basel University)

11:15 Implementation of a Simple Neural Network using a Neuromorphic Linear Wave-Scattering System - Paula Turkiewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University)
11:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 Quantumsimulation
11:45 - 12:30
Contributions

11:45 Towards imaging of 6Li using near-resonant tweezers - Magnus Michael Rusch (Universität Tübingen)

12:00 Towards high-resolution manipulation of a fermionic lithium-6 quantum gas - David Gopalan (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau)

12:15 Controlled preparation of double Well eigenstates with high fidelities - Om Pote (Johannes Gutenberg Universität-Mainz)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45

13:45 Research at the IQP

13:45 - 14:05

14:05 Lab Tours

14:05 - 16:30

16:30 Postersession

16:30 - 18:30
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
10:00 Quantumoptics and Spectroscopy
10:00 - 11:00
Contributions

10:00 Mid-infrared sensing with induced coherence in Rb vapor ensemble - Kaveri Jagtap (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

10:15 Integration of Flip-Chip Photodiodes on Lithium Tantalate on Insulator (LTOI) Photonic Chips - Luise Heiland

10:30 Probing the Standard Model with Atomic Deuterium - Sudhir Suresh Babu (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

10:45 Performance Evaluation of a Vacuum-Fluctuation Quantum Random Number Generator According to AIS 20/31 - Mehrzad Firoozi (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Quantumsimulation
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 Characterizing RF-Induced Pressure Variations in Glass-Cell Vacuum Systems - Vicente Yael Baca Montero (RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau)

11:45 The superradiant phase transition driven by squeezed light - Juan Antonio Luna Gutierrez (RPTU Kaiserslautern and University of Hamburg)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:45

13:45 Excursion: Schäfter + Kirchhoff
Schäfter + Kirchhoff
13:45 - 18:45
Thursday, 8 October 2026
10:00 Invited Talk: Ralf Riedinger
Ralf Riedinger
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Ralf Riedinger
10:30 Trapped Ions
10:30 - 11:15
Contributions

10:30 Towards optical excitation of a spin-forbidden clock transition with structured light using a photonic-integrated ion trap - M. Ludwig

10:45 Towards Scalable Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing with an X-junction Trap - Christian Miguel Karres (Johannes Gutenberg Universität-Mainz)

11:00 Cooling dynamics of C₆₀⁺ in an RF Paul trap: deep ion–atom wells and RF collisional heating - Yu Wang (University of Ülm)
11:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:45
11:45 Quantumcommunication
11:45 - 12:30
Contributions

11:45 Exploring Nickel Vacancies for Improved Quantum Repeaters - Florian Rickert (Universität Hamburg)

12:00 Telecom-to-Visible Fiber-Integrated Quantum Frequency Conversion - Felix Rohe (Universität des Saarlandes)

12:15 Investigation of Tin-Vacancy Centers in Diamond for Quantum Repeater Applications - Linus Ehre (Saarland University)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45
13:45 Quantumcommunication
13:45 - 14:15
Contributions

13:45 Optical Memory in a Microfabricated Rubidium Vapor Cell - Joscha Locher (Universität Basel)

14:00 Towards consumer-level quantum-secure cryptography using entanglement-based short-range quantum-key-distribution - Marco Arnds (Universität Hamburg)
14:15 Quantumoptics and Spectroscopy
14:15 - 14:30
Contributions

14:15 Decoding Quantum Mechanics Textbooks: A Roadmap for Learners, Researchers and Young Educators - Yajie Liang
15:00 Postersession

15:00 - 18:00

18:00 Conference Dinner

18:00 - 19:00