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📝ICFO researchers overcome long-standing bottleneck in single photon detection with twisted 2D materials.
The results of this study, published in Science, open the door to a wide range of applications, from bioimaging to observational astronomy and quantum technologies.
👉 icfo.eu/news/2548/ic...
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La #físicacuántica es contraintuitiva.
El @icfo.eu introduce algunos de sus conceptos con esta entretenida y bella plataforma 'Quantum Tour' #scicomm
♾️ quantumtour.icfo.eu/Quantum-World
#entanglement #superposition #belltest
¡Muchas gracias por compartir, Elena! 😍
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Interested in knowing how quantum communication works in space? 🛰️
#QUDICE is developing space-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to enable a future secure satellite network over Europe.
Learn more about the project 👉 qudice.eu
🤝This strategic program brings together leading academic institutions, industry partners, and government stakeholders with the shared vision of transforming the region into a global hub for #photonics innovation.
Meet the partnering institutions👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2546/st...
🔹 Coordinated by ICFO, and with the support of the Ministry for Digital Transformation of the Government of Spain and the Generalitat de Catalunya, #PIXEurope will mobilize investments of ~400M€ to offer unique technological capabilities to industry.
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Start of #PIXEurope, a initiative that aims to position Europe as a global leader in emerging technology for Photonic Integrated Chips.
Read the full story on ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2546/st...
🔬 shinephi aims to address a critical need in semiconductor manufacturing and nanofabrication: their imagers integrate with any optical system to enable ultra-precise, real-time process control for optimizing processes and boosting yield.
Read the story👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2543/sh...
We're proud to announce the creation of shinephi, ICFO’s 13th Spin-off🙌
shinephi was born as a result of more than a decade of research conducted by the research group led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Valerio Pruneri.
Read the full story here👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2543/sh...
#ICFOSpinOff
💬 Early-stage researchers Iliyan Karadzhov and Alessia Mezzadrelli presented the progress of their PhD research projects on nanostructured surfaces with multifunctional properties.
#NANOGLASS_EU
The #NANOGLASS_EU project held its second workshop on nanostructured surfaces for optics.
💬Invited talks included discussions about silicon photonics, thermal management and photovoltaics.
Read more👉 nanoglass-itn.eu/2025/07/28/n...
#H2020 #MSCA
📝 #AndiChallenge global competition puts tools for single-molecule motion analysis to the test, highlighting both the current strengths and the pressing challenges in this rapidly advancing field.
🔗Results in Nature Communications
Read the full story👉 bit.ly/3IPv9Wc
📝ICFO researchers shed light on how superconductivity’s precursor forms
This new optical method's extreme sensitivity can detect subtle asymmetries in the sample's behavior that eluded earlier techniques.
🔗In Communications Materials
Read the full story👉 bit.ly/3UwnrTa
📢 NEW PAPER OUT❗
🔬 An ICN2 Group, led by Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, with @icfo.eu collaborators & #Marburg University studied the transport mechanisms of charge carriers in MoSe₂.
🚀 Key for faster, more efficient #optoelectronic devices.
📜 Nature Communications
ℹ️ 👉 https://bit.ly/44SfIFj
#2DMaterials
☀️The #SOREC2_EU project hosted a Summer School in Ferrara last June.
Participants explored cutting-edge #photoelectrochemical solutions for #SolarFuels, with expert talks on CO₂ reduction to value-added chemicals.
Read more👉 bit.ly/3IH1zSF
#HorizonEU #SolarFuels
🧠 Applications open for the 2025 edition of the MINDLAB Hands-on Course!
Explore the state-of-the-art of photonics-based technologies tailored to monitor a hierarchy of scales in the study of the brain.
📅4–7 Nov |📍ICFO
🔗 bit.ly/455Jw02
🤝With #Lasers4EU & #360CARLA
🚀The European Space Agency - @esa.int and @hispasat.bsky.social have signed an agreement for Q-Design, the first integrated satellite and terrestrial quantum key distribution system.
Read the full news article 👇 icfo.eu/news/2534/hi...
Waveguide used in the study within the experimental set-up.
📝 ICFO researchers demonstrated a way to tune the properties of anisotropy-induced bound-states in the continuum –states that can hold light inside a structure instead of letting it just escape– using liquid crystals.
🔗In @optica.org
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/44MEHZk
🌞 Good morning #BISTcommunity !
👉 Remember that you have 2,5 weeks left to wrap up your collaborative project proposals for the #BISTignite call!
bist.eu/research/ign...
@crg.eu @irbbarcelona.org @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org @ibecbarcelona.eu
📣 Calling young quantum researchers!
Join us at #YQIS25 in Barcelona — a conference by young scientists, for young scientists. Present your work, connect, & help shape the future of quantum information science!
Register now 👉 icfo.eu/event/4000/8...
📅 Register by August 15.
We welcome BIYSC Fellows 2025! 👋
For 10 days, this group of international students will work closely with ICFO researchers on a project in quantum cryptography.
We hope you enjoy and make the most of this experience! 🎉
#BIYSC2025
💬 “I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the European Physical Society for this recognition — and especially to Javier and all my colleagues at ICFO for their support, ideas, and inspiration throughout the journey.”
Learn more in the full article👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2532/ic...
We congratulate ICFO PhD graduate Valerio Di Giulio on receiving the 2025 EPS-QEOD Thesis Prize 👏
Valerio, #ICFOAlumni from Prof. F. Javier García de Abajo's group, receives this prestigious award for theoretical advances in the theory of quantum optics with free electrons.
✨This week, #ICFOnians are hosting the Frontiers School on Physics for Biology and Medicine, exploring the role of physics in understanding and addressing key challenges in biology and healthcare.
A great start to a week of lectures, lab sessions, and scientific exchange! 🙌
🤝In collaboration with Universität Marburg, @icn2.bsky.social and @tue.nl, their findings address long-standing debate in charge carrier transport.
🔗Article in Nature Communications (@nature.com).
📝A team led by #ICFOnians clarify the transport mechanisms of charge carriers in MoSe₂, identifying key parameters that influence their behavior in this atomically thin material, which is crucial for a range of optoelectronic devices.
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4lmCECe
📢Call for applications!
Join the ICFO-UNAM-Uniandes Frontiers Research School on #Photonics for Quantum Science and Technology.
🏡Accommodation provided to all accepted participants
🌍Open to young researchers worldwide
📅October 2025
🔗Apply: bit.ly/44hq3du
📢 Save the date! Join us for MINDLAB, an interdisciplinary training on neuroscience and #photonics, exploring the brain from molecules to whole organisms.
🗓️ 4–7 Nov 2025
📍 ICFO
More details soon!
#MINDLAB #Photonics #Neuroscience #ICFO #SaveTheDate
📝After working for months, they have theoretically shown that high harmonics can indeed re-emerge by introducing strong enough fluctuations into the laser light.
The results were published today in Physical Review Letters.
📝Circular polarization is no longer a barrier for HHG
Contrary to long-standing scientific belief, ICFO researchers have demonstrated that circularly polarized light can, in fact, generate high harmonics –provided that the light contains sufficiently strong fluctuations.
ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4l3u0bA
