Erika Keil (she/her)

New year, new lab … but still unsuccessful in aligning off-axis parabolic mirrors 🥲 the comatic aberration is beautiful though
#science 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #photonics #scicomm #sciencesky

Terahertz science is reaching new limits because of advances in ultrafast laser-driven secondary sources.

Read all about these powerful new tools in the October OPN feature article "High-Power Ultrafast Moves into the Terahertz:" bit.ly/46WpG9r

#THz #Terahertz 💡⚛️

Rethinking the photon: New study reframes quantum light using first quantization Framework reveals a direct link between classical electromagnetism and quantum photon behavior, highlighting the “quantum diversity” of photons

What is a photon, really? 😬

A new study applies first quantization to light and bridges classical optics and quantum mechanics. This framework, published in #AdvancedPhotonics, reveals the "quantum diversity" of photons.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4plHKBd

When a beer garden visit results in you & your colleagues cutting off branches 🌿 to see esculin #fluorescence …

Freshly cut chestnut branches leak a milky substance that contains esculin, a colorless compound that fluoresces under UV light.
#physics ⚛️ #chemistry #chemsky #science 🧪 #scicomm

Every day is a good day to make red cabbage rainbows 🌈
(the juice contains the pigment anthocyanine, which is an excellent #pH indicator)
#science 🧪 #sciencesky #chemsky #scicomm #physics ⚛️

Finally back at it 😍 Fixed all the instruments and restored the signature vaporwave aesthetic of our lab …
#physics ⚛️ #sciencesky 🧪 #science #photonics 💡 #scicomm

Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

🧪 lovely #scicomm article- not that I understand it any more than before but it seems that physicists are also confused 😂

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Only love 💛 for our hollow core fiber (when it still worked … experimental #physics is 10% cool lab work, 90% fixing the laser)
#sciencesky #chemsky #science #scicomm #photonics💡 🧪 ⚛️

Right? 😍 we also had bacteria but turns out cilia are very hard to shape without breaking them …

Two woman behind a table preparing a 24-well plate with red cabbage juice for testing the pH of e.g. coke, vinegar etc.

Behind the scenes of this year’s @munichsoapbox.bsky.social Kids Corner with @e-keil.bsky.social 🧪🥼⚗️ We had so much fun - nothing beats getting other people excited about science😍 #scicomm

What’s you favourite science experiment for outreach activities?🤓 - Mine involves red cabbage juice!🧃😌

Baking but make it science with 3D printed cookie cutters
#sciencesky #science 🧪 #physics ⚛️

Call for Volunteers‼️ #SoapboxScience Event in #Munich! 🧬🔬🚀

We're looking for #volunteers to support our speakers, help set up the event, engage the audience, and bring energy to the day! 🙌

There will be a pre-event workshop and you'll receive an event T-shirt as a thank-you! 💚

Sign up now! 🎉

Gotta love #chemistry sometimes 😍
#chemiluminescence #sciencesky #womeninstem #science 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #photonics 💡

Our #spectroscopy lab showing its best side 😍

This is one of our hollow-core fiber pump-probe experiments, specifically tailored for blue light excitation. That’s how we look at #carotenoid and #chlorophyll photophysics 🌱

#optics #science 🧪 #sciencesky #physics ⚛️ #photonics 💡 #photosynthesis

Hi Gustaf, could you maybe add me to this starter pack? 🌱

@tum.de

Throwback to a cool double rainbow 🌈 over Garching campus. Sometimes #optics loves you back …

#science 🧪 #sciencesky #physics ⚛️ 💡

Check out our new publication on ultrafast energy transfer in chlorophyll! 🧪💡

Plate with some thin milk chocolate that has a fine grating on the surface leading to rainbows shimmering under a light source

Bowl with chocolate that is being tempered, a thermometer is sticking out of the bowl. Next to it the packaging for optical diffraction grating foil.

Chocolate science! Preparing some experiments for my end of the year #ChemSky lecture @hhu.bsky.social by imprinting a diffraction grating on tempered #chocolate. Also a great way to explain polymorphism of cocoabutter crystals 🤓🧪🥽

We had ourselves a merry little Xmas party. With a touch of Neon. And Minigolf.

Another day, another opportunity to accidentally create plasma while aligning our hollow-core fiber …
#science 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics #photonics #sciencecommunication

Hi, could you please add me to the science feed as a contributor? Here is a link to my ResearchGate profile: www.researchgate.net/profile/Erik...