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List of Speakers & Tentative Titles

  1. Martin Aeschlimann, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
    Spin phenomena at chiral metal-molecule hybrid interfaces.
  2. Hasan Areeq, Stanford University, USA
  3. Mete Atature, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
    Quantum optics with solid-state spins.
  4. Ian Aupiais, Université de Genève, Switzerland
    Coherent control of an ultrasmall terahertz superconducting cavity.
  5. Adolfo Avella, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
    DPOA-based generalized linear response theory for ultrafast optical, magneto-optical, and spin-resolved pump–probe spectroscopies in intrinsic and doped semiconductors and altermagnets.
  6. Omar Abdul-Aziz, Die Universität zu Köln, Germany
    Photoinduced dynamics of hybrid exciton-phonon order in the charge density-wave phase of 1T-TiSe₂.
  7. Ihar Babushkin, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
    Light-matter and light-light entanglement by high harmonic generation in strong fields.
  8. Edoardo Baldini, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
    Resonant chiral dressing by amplitude fluctuations in a ferroaxial electronic crystal.
  9. Wei Bao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
    New room-temperature playground for Bose-Einstein condensates using halide perovskites.
  10. Francesco Barantani, Universität Luxemburg, Luxembourg
    Resonant chiral dressing by amplitude fluctuations in a ferroaxial electronic crystal.
  11. Ed Barnes, Virginia Tech University, USA
    Preparation of entangled states for quantum information processing.
  12. Michael Bauer, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
    Tracking exciton-polariton propagation in thin films of semiconducting TMDC.
  13. Samuel Beaulieu, Université de Bordeaux, France
    Floquet engineering in valleytronic materials.
  14. Lara Benfatto, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
    Probing and driving chirality with circularly polarized light.
  15. Martin Bernier, Université Laval, Canada
    Recent progress in ultrafast fluoride fiber lasers.
  16. Sofia Bertuetti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  17. Rolf Binder, University of Arizona at Tucson, USA
    Introduction to nonlinearities in non-Hermitian systems.
  18. Fabio Boschini, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
    Direct evidence of competition between superconductivity and pseudogap in the dark electronic side of cuprates.
  19. Uwe Bovensiepen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
    Dynamics of electronic excitations in 1T-TaS₂.
  20. Alan Bristow, West Virginia University, USA
    Multidimensional coherent spectroscopy of exciton-polaritons and biexcitons.
  21. Sangam Chatterjee, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Germany
    Monitoring and controlling interplay of excitons vs. plasma.
  22. Ioannis Chatzakis, Texas Technical University, USA
    Polarons in hexagonal boron nitride.
  23. Elbert Chia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    Observation of d+is pairing symmetry in infinite-layer nickelates.
  24. Federico Cilento, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
    Kagome metals investigated by time-resolved spectroscopies.
  25. Mirko Cinchetti, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
    Nonequilibrium pathways to hidden excitations in magnetic quantum materials.
  26. Matthew Day, Vanderbilt University, USA
    Optical control of topological transport in quantum materials.
  27. Martina Dell’Angela, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
    Diradicals as model systems for nonlinear quantum dynamics.
  28. Jure Demsar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
    Interplay between ferromagnetism and charge density waves in SmNiC₂ probed by femtosecond optical spectroscopy.
  29. Thibault J.-Y. Derrien, FZU Institute of Physics, Czech Republic
    Linking harmonic generation and transient band gap dynamics in solids upon ultrafast
  30. Jacob Dolgner, Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Germany
    Quantum nonlinear phononics in HOPG.
  31. Hermann Dürr, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
    Light-induced topological spin textures and spin currents.
  32. Martin Eckstein, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    Theory of ultrafast disordering at photo-induced phase transitions.
  33. Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, Radiantis, Spain
    Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator continuously tunable across 3.6–8 μm.
  34. Sophia Economou, FORTH, Greece – Virginia Tech University, USA
    Quantum information processing: from hardware to applications.
  35. Stefan Eisebitt, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Germany (Dr. Daniel Schick will make the presentation)
    Magnon momentum microscopy for the study of nonlinear spin-wave dynamics below 100-nm wavelength.
  36. Iliya Eremin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
    Third harmonic generation of composite modes in unconventional superconductors.
  37. Michael Fechner, Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
    Coherent terahertz emission from critical superconducting fluctuations.
  38. Adrian Feiguin, Northwestern University, USA
    Ligand charge correlations as the origin of the mass enhancement in LiV₂O₄.
  39. James Freericks, Georgetown University, USA
    Electronic Raman scattering related to phonon Raman scattering.
  40. Michael Först, Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
    Light-driven high temperature superconductivity.
  41. Herbert Fotso, State University of New York Buffalo, USA
    Scalable photon-mediated operations in quantum information processing.
  42. Yann Gallais, Université Paris Cité, France
    Ultrafast Raman spectroscopy of the photoinduced superconducting to normal state phase transition in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊δ.
  43. Yaroslav Gerasimenko, Universität Regensburg, Germany
    All-optical atomic-scale microscopy of emergent ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials.
  44. Donsung Choi, Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
    The optical phonoelectric effect.
  45. Harald Gießen, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
    Phononic skyrmions.
  46. Tomke Glier, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    Inelastic light scattering on unconventional amplitude modes.
  47. Denis Golež, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
    Optical and transport properties of metastable states in Wigner crystals.
  48. Claudia Gollner, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
    Interplay of interface morphology, ultrafast charge transfer, and photostability in two-dimensional materials.
  49. Daria Gorelova, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany
    Theoretical description of attosecond X-ray imaging and spectroscopy.
  50. Oleg Gorobtsov, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
    Disorder and sequential ultrafast morphology transitions in photoexcited V₂O₃.
  51. Elizabeth Grace, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
    Single-shot spatiotemporal plasma density measurements with a chirped probe pulse.
  52. Matt Graham, Oregon State University, USA
    Driving ultrafast spin and Landau-level transitions in twisted 2D, 1D, and 0D graphene systems.
  53. Denis Grigorovitch, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
  54. Alexander Gray, Temple University, USA
    Interfacial magnetism in nickelate-manganite superlattices: new mechanisms, dual magnetic sublattices, and ultrafast control.
  55. Uwe Griebner, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Germany
    Sub-50 fs post-compression of millijoule 5-µm pulses in coated and uncoated hollow-core fibers.
  56. Vitaly Gruzdev, University of New Mexico, USA
    Petahertz lightwave electronics: status, issues, gaps, challenges, and future developments.
  57. Eleftherios Goulielmakis, Universität Rostock, Germany
    Probing correlated materials with sub-cycle optical pulses.
  58. Kenan Gundogdu, North Carolina State University, USA
    Unconventional solitonic superfluorescence and excitonic quantum coherence.
  59. Zahid Hasan, Princeton University, USA
    Ultrafast studies of topological quantum matter – a new frontier.
    Ultrafast spectroscopic probes of topological quantum matter.
  60. Ulrich Hofer, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    Subcycle band-structure videography of lightwave-driven currents.
  61. Philip Hofmann, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
    Electron and exciton dynamics in large-angle twisted bilayer graphene.
  62. Anton Husakou, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Germany
    Hybrid quantum-classical description of the ionization process.
  63. Menderes Işkın, Koç University, Türkiye
    Flat-band superconductivity and quantum geometry.
  64. Julen Ibañez Azpiroz, Centro de Física de Materiales, Spain
    Spin symmetries as a guide for the optical response of magnetic materials.
  65. Shinichiro Iwai, Tohoku University, Japan
    Ultrafast recovery of Umklapp scattering and quasiparticle generation in superconducting YBa₂Cu₃Oᵧ.
  66. Henri Jaffrès, CNRS-Thales, France
    THz spectroscopy of spin-injection efficiency at quantum materials interfaces.
  67. Allan Johnson, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados Nanociencia, Spain
    An experimental thermodynamic perspective on ultrafast phase transitions.
  68. Steven Johnson, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
    Linear and nonlinear X-ray probes of ultrafast material dynamics.
  69. Gregor Jotzu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Probing driven materials with ultrafast proximate magnetometry at the picosecond and nanometer frontiers.
  70. Dominik Juraschek, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    Multicolor phonon excitation in terahertz cavities.
  71. Franz Kärtner, Universität Hamburg – DESY, Germany
    Optimised optical waveforms for efficient water window attosecond pulse generation.
  72. Kota Katsumi, New York University, USA
    Probing collective excitations in strongly correlated materials using terahertz two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy.
  73. Tobias Kippenberg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Femtosecond mode-lock lasers based on erbium-doped photonic integrated circuits.
  74. Andrei Kirilyuk, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands
    Ultrafast lattice-driven switching of ferroic order.
  75. Patrick Klein, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    Time-resolved Raman scattering.
  76. Andreas Knorr, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
    Spatio-temporal dynamics in two-dimensional exciton gases.
  77. Oleksandr Kovalenko, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
    Phonon-driven coherent spin dynamics in iron oxides.
  78. Tilmann Kuhn, Universität Münster, Germany
    Markovian and non-Markovian effects of the electron-phonon interaction on the optical properties of moiré excitons in TMDC bilayers.
  79. Norio Kumada, NTT, Japan
    Ultrafast edge photocurrent dynamics in WTe₂ driven by broken crystal symmetry.
  80. Yannis Laplace, École Polytechnique – Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
    Plasmonic metamaterial time crystal.
  81. François Légaré, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
    Nonlinear optics and frequency conversion in hollow-core waveguides.
  82. Alfred Leitenstorfer, Universität Konstanz, Germany
    Quantum Dynamics under Elementary Confinement in Time and Space.
  83. Hebin Li, Miami University, USA
    Optical two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy of color centers in solids.
  84. Christoph Lienau, Universität Oldenburg, Germany
    Ultrafast meets ultrasensitive: ultrafast multimode Rabi oscillations in an open cavity probed by two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy.
  85. Peter Littlewood, University of Chicago, USA
    Non-reciprocal and non-Hermitian quantum dynamics.
  86. Paul van Loosdrecht, Die Universität zu Köln, Germany
    Non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum materials.
  87. Louis Lopez, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Germany
    Tracing light-induced dynamics of local charge order at the angstrom scale.
  88. Konstantinos Makris, University of Crete – FORTH, Greece
    Nonlinear optics of non-Hermitian lattices: from skin solitons to thermalization.
  89. Dirk Manske, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany
    How to activate and detect the Higgs mode in superconductors.
  90. Marina Marinkovic, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
    Digital quantum simulation of cQED: insights from superconducting and trapped ion quantum testbeds.
  91. Anna Martinez, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
    Average power scaling of terahertz time-domain systems: challenges and opportunities.
  92. Stefan Mathias, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
    Unraveling exciton dynamics in 2D quantum materials on ultrashort time- and length-scales using time-resolved momentum microscopy.
  93. Ludwig Mathey, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    Dynamics and criticality of superconductors.
  94. Ryusuke Matsunaga, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Spin, valley, and orbital-dependent transport in semiconductors studied by time-resolved terahertz polarimetry.
  95. James McIver, Columbia University, USA
    THz electrodynamics of moiré materials.
  96. Johan Mentink, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands
    Understanding ultrafast topological magnetism.
  97. Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
    Terahertz coherent magnonics in canted antiferromagnets.
  98. Sergey Mirov, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Cr and Fe doped ZnSe/S mid-IR lasers and applications.
  99. Matteo Mitrano, Harvard University, USA
    Revealing novel electronic phases in driven quantum chains with ultrafast X-rays.
  100. Masataka Mogi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Ultrafast optical control of topological crystalline order.
  101. Reza Safaei Mohamadabadi, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
    Ultrafast nonlinear optics in gas-filled hollow-core waveguides.
  102. Oliver Monti, University of Arizona at Tucson, USA
    Spin-resolved band structures of layered quantum materials.
  103. Soumya Mukherjee, École Normale Supérieure – CNRS, France
    Ultrafast THz properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures.
  104. Niclas Sven Müller, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
    Nonlinear imaging of polaritons, crystal structure and stacking configurations in 2D materials with sum-frequency generation microscopy.
  105. Yuta Murakami, Tohoku University, Japan
    Toward high-harmonic spectroscopy of strongly correlated systems.
  106. Andrey Moskalenko, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
    Electro-optic sampling of the electric-field operator for ultrabroadband pulses of Gaussian quantum light.
  107. Sergej Neb, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
    Local fields expose atomic-scale non-adiabatic carrier–phonon dynamics in Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene.
  108. Christian Negrin, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
    Holographic imaging of ultrafast demagnetization dynamics.
  109. Niloufar Nilforoushan, Université Paris-Saclay, France
    Lightwave engineering of excitonic states in a semiconductor monolayer.
  110. Lázaro Padilha, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
    Optical coherences and fine structure in colloidal quantum dots revealed by multi-dimensional coherent spectroscopy.
  111. Evangelos Papaioannou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
    The role of proximity-induced magnetization in ultrafast spin-to-charge conversion at ferromagnetic/non-magnetic interfaces.
  112. Ilias Perakis, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Terahertz 2D coherent spectroscopy for probing and controlling multi-correlations in quantum matter.
  113. Vasili Perebeinos, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
    Linear and nonlinear optical response in low-dimensional materials.
  114. Luca Perfetti, École Polytechnique, France
    Fluid of excitons.
  115. Antonio Picano, Collège de France, PSL Research University, France
    Thermalization fronts in the Hubbard-Holstein model.
  116. Ilie Radu, European XFEL
    THz-driven ultrafast spin dynamics.
  117. Marina Radulaski, University of California, Davis, USA
    Scalable quantum hardware in silicon carbide color center platform.
  118. Michael Rafailov, Ultrafast Bandgap Photonics – Dynamics of Nonequilibrium, USA
    Bleaching in the presence of external field.
  119. Theo Rasing, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands
    Probing and controlling magnetism by light: controlling magnetism on the length and time scale of the exchange interaction.
  120. Greta Reese, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    Critical behavior of the thermal phase transition of U(1) lattice gauge systems.
  121. Mika Rerrer, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    Light-induced ultrafast structural transition in HOPG.
  122. Bärbel Rethfeld, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
    Ultrafast dynamics of hot electrons and hot holes in laser-excited metals.
  123. Laurenz Rettig, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
    Ultrafast control of charge density waves.
  124. Matthew Ringer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
    Transition and application of non-equilibrium discoveries.
  125. Alon Ron, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Non-adiabatic dynamics of the ferroelectric soft mode.
  126. Michael Rübhausen, Universität Hamburg, Germany
    A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Collective Excitations in the Mexican-Hat Potential.
  127. Charlotte Sanders, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
    Three-dimensional electron dynamics in PtBi₂.
  128. Pavlos Savvidis, China West University, China & FORTH, Greece
    Quantum light and fluids: applications in photonic simulation and annealing.
  129. Agustin Schiffrin, Monash University, Australia
    Ultrafast carrier relaxation dynamics in formamidinium-rich metal-halide perovskites.
  130. Clemens von Korff Schmising, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Germany
    Ultrafast spin-reorientation in ferri- and antiferromagnetic systems.
  131. Thorsten Schmitt, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
    Time-resolved RIXS.
  132. Christian Schneider, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
    Magneto-optical signatures of altermagnetic symmetries on ultrashort timescales.
  133. Michael Sentef, Universität Bremen, Germany
    Towards cavity control of superconductivity.
  134. Choongwon Seo, Stanford University, USA
    Ultrafast X-ray scattering reveals the charge density wave amplitude mode in YBCO.
  135. Kyle Seyler, University of Arizona at Tucson, USA
    Ultrafast control of antiferromagnetic domains.
  136. Sangeeta Sharma, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
    Light-induced dynamics in quantum materials.
  137. Sufei Shi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
    Controlling moiré exciton diffusion via strong correlations.
  138. Kyriaki Samioti, Université Paris-Saclay, France
    Band structure and ultrafast dynamics in MnSb₂Te₄: a magnetic semimetal.
  139. Hadas Soifer, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Resolving the phase of a Dirac topological state via interferometric photoemission.
  140. Evgeni Sorokin, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
    Ultrashort pulse lasers.
  141. Irina Sorokina, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
    Recent progress in miniaturized 2–3 micron frequency combs and their applications in science and industry.
  142. Benjamin Stadtmüller, Universität Augsburg, Germany
    Imaging the ultrafast dynamics of altermagnets.
  143. Aaron Sternbach, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
    Nano-THz spectroscopy of polar lattice vibrations in ferroelectrics.
  144. Kai Sun, University of Michigan, USA
    Algebraic non-Hermitian skin effect in arbitrary dimensions.
  145. Janosh Tasto, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
    Analyzing the laser-driven tetragonal-to-cubic phase transition in ferroelectric BaTiO₃ using EXAFS spectroscopy as a local probe.
  146. Shingo Toyoda, RIKEN, Japan
    All-optical control of an antiferromagnet via an inverse optical magnetoelectric effect.
  147. Mariano Trigo, SLAC & Stanford University, USA
    Hidden phases of quantum paraelectrics under uniaxial strain.
  148. Naoto Tsuji, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy of disordered superconductors.
  149. Mattia Udina, Université de Strasbourg & Université Paris Cité, France
    Microscopic theory of cavity phonon polaritons.
  150. Eryin Wang, Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
    Ultrafast depairing currents and diode behavior in type-II superconductors.
  151. Jigang Wang, Ames National Laboratory & Iowa State University, USA
    Extreme nonlinear phononics of hybrid exciton–phonon order revealed by THz 2D coherent spectroscopy.
  152. Nanlin Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Peking University, China
    New insight into the interplay between superconductivity and pseudogap in cuprate superconductors as revealed by detecting collective Higgs modes.
  153. Yao Wang, Emory University, USA
    Role of matter interactions in superradiant phenomena.
  154. Yiping Wang, Columbia University, USA
    Time-domain view of fractional Chern insulators in twisted MoTe₂.
  155. Christian Weidgans, Universität Regensburg, Germany
    Controlling an exciton-polariton condensate by spin order.
  156. Tsuneya Yoshida, Kyoto University, Japan
    Liouvillian skin effect in electron systems.
  157. Sijie Zhang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
    Revealing hidden bulk inversion symmetry breaking in ZrTe₅ via terahertz-driven nonlinear optics.
  158. Hanyu Zhu, Rice University, USA
    Ultrafast spin-phonon dynamics with infrared and Raman-active chiral phonons.
  159. Alfred Zong, Stanford University, USA
    Probing equilibrium properties of correlated materials via ultrafast atomic motion.
  160. Michael Zuerch, University of California, Berkeley, USA
    Ultrafast propagation of polar vortex domain walls.