Faculty of Physics
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The Faculty of Physics is a large research and teaching center. It consists of The Institutes of Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Geophysics, The Astronomical Observatory and The Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics.
The Faculty is regarded as one of the best in the country, recognized internationally for the high quality of research and education.
News
ML Workshop: Physics-Informed Neural Networks
On May 11 and 18 workshops on neural networks utilizing physical information, such as known differential equations, will take place at the Faculty of Physics. These workshops are dedicated to individuals from fields such as physics, applied mathematics, chemistry, or biology. During the workshops, the focus will be on Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and neural operators. Participation in the workshops requires knowledge of the Python language and the NumPy package. The workshops will be held in English, in a remote mode. | More
The discovery of a record-breaking Cepheid in the Milky Way
Astronomers from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw involved in the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) project have discovered a classical Cepheid with the longest pulsation period in our Galaxy. The new, record-braking star was identified by Professor Igor Soszyński, the world leader in the variable star field. The Cepheid was designated as OGLE-GD-CEP-1884 and pulsates with a period of 78.14 days, nearly 10 days longer than the pulsation period of the previous record-holding Cepheid, S Vulpeculae. | More
ERC Advanced grant at the Faculty of Physics UW
Prof Emanuel Gull from the University of Michigan has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a project on quantum algorithms. The researcher has decided to complete the grant at the Faculty of Physics, UW. This is the first time in the history of our university that a foreign winner of an ERC grant has decided to conduct his research at the University of Warsaw. | More
Memorandum on nuclear energy
On 25th March, the University of Warsaw signed the memorandum of understanding with KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS), Pusan National University (PNU) and Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation (KNA). The agreement with South Korean institutions will result in the founding of a European training center of nuclear energy at the UW’s Faculty of Physics. | More
Optically trapped quantum droplets of light can bind together to form macroscopic complexes
Scientists from CNR Nanotec in Lecce and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw used a new generation of semiconductor photonic gratings to optically tailor complexes of quantum droplets of light that became bound together into macroscopic coherent states. The research underpins a new method to simulate and explore interactions between artificial atoms in a highly reconfigurable manner, using optics. The results have been published in the prestigious journal “Nature Physics”. | More
Boomerang-like beams of light
Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics have superposed two light beams twisted in the clockwise direction to create anti-clockwise twists in the dark regions of the resultant superposition. The results of the research have been published in the prestigious journal “Optica”. This discovery has implications for the study of light-matter interactions and represents a step towards the observation of a peculiar phenomenon known as a quantum backflow. | More
The efficient perovskite cells with a structured anti-reflective layer – another step towards commercialization on a wider scale
Perovskite-based solar cells, widely considered as successors to the currently dominant silicon cells, due to their simple and cost-effective production process combined with their excellent performance, are now the subject of in-depth research. A team of scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ISE and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw presented perovskite photovoltaic cells with significantly improved optoelectronic properties in the journal "Advanced Materials and Interfaces". Reducing optical losses in the next-generation cells, as shown in the paper, is one of the key challenges for their broader implementation. | More
Discovery made by University of Warsaw scientists may enable network interface for quantum computers
A team of scientists at the QOT Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, including a student from the Faculty of Physics (University of Warsaw), made a device capable of the conversion of quantum information between microwave and optical photons. The results of research, published in “Nature Photonics” magazine, highlight a new microwave detection method with possible applications in quantum technologies, as a part of quantum network infrastructure, and in microwave radio-astronomy. | More
Upcoming events
2024-05-16 (10:15) :: Nuclear Physics Seminar
PARIS@VAMOS – wgląd w proces rozszczepienia z użyciem pomiaru promieniowania gamma
2024-05-16 (10:15) :: Optics Seminar
Towards cavity-enhanced two-dimensional ifrared spectroscopy of gas-phase molecules
2024-05-16 (10:15) :: "Theory of Duality" (KMMF) Seminar
Invariants of dynamic pairs and behaviour of generalized geodesics
2024-05-16 (11:15) :: Quantum Information Seminar
Introduction to Joint Measurements
2024-05-16 (12:15) :: Photonics Seminar
SERS spectroscopy synthesis, characterizations, and applications of plasmonic nanomaterials - by a chemist's eye
2024-05-17 (09:30) :: Soft Matter and Complex Systems Seminar
Sedimentation Dynamics and Phase Diagram of Attracting Modes for Highly Deformable Fibers in Viscous Media
2024-05-17 (10:15) :: Solid State Physics Seminar
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2024-05-17 (10:15) :: High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent results from COMPASS on the GPD program
2024-05-17 (11:15) :: Theory of Relativity and Gravity Seminar
Theoretical and Phenomenological Cosmology: Early Universe and Gravitational Wave Physics
2024-05-17 (13:15) :: Atmospheric Physics Seminar
Broadening of cloud droplet spectra through eddy hopping: Why did we all have it wrong?
2024-05-17 (14:15) :: Exact Results in Quantum Theory & Gravity
The derivative expansion of the nonperturbative RG
2024-05-20 (14:00) :: Other Seminars
Badania nad personalizacją i poprawą efektywności terapii neurofeedback z wykorzystaniem sztucznych sieci neuronowych - kolokwium habilitacyjne
2024-05-21 (12:15) :: String Theory Journal Club
Inhomogeneous conformal field theory out of equilibrium
2024-05-22 (11:00) :: PhD Thesis
Zastosowanie wybranych metod fizyki i biologii molekularnej w badaniach struktury i oddziaływań białek z rodziny DcpS
2024-05-22 (13:15) :: Vision science seminar
Agresywny pacjent w gabinecie
2024-05-23 (10:15) :: "Theory of Duality" (KMMF) Seminar
Lifts, graded bundles and weighted geometric structures
2024-05-24 (14:15) :: Exact Results in Quantum Theory & Gravity
Where do Schwarzian modes live?
Research Highlights
Quantum trapping and rotational self-alignment in triangular Casimir microcavities
Küçüköz B., Kotov O.V., Canales A., Polyakov A.Y., Agrawal A.V., Antosiewicz T.J., Shegai T.O.
Science Advances, 2024, vol. 10(17), art. eadn1825
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn1825
Küçüköz B., Kotov O.V., Canales A., Polyakov A.Y., Agrawal A.V., Antosiewicz T.J., Shegai T.O.
Science Advances, 2024, vol. 10(17), art. eadn1825
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn1825
Goldilocks Fluctuations: Dynamic Constraints on Loop Formation in Scale-Free Transport Networks
Radost Waszkiewicz, John Burnham Shaw, Maciej Lisicki, and Piotr Szymczak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 137401 (2024)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.137401
Radost Waszkiewicz, John Burnham Shaw, Maciej Lisicki, and Piotr Szymczak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 137401 (2024)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.137401
Coexistence of critical phenomena: the concept of manifold multi‑spectral criticality
Michał Chorowski, Ryszard Kutner & Zbigniew R. Struzik
Scientific Reports (2024) 14:6833
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53014-2
Michał Chorowski, Ryszard Kutner & Zbigniew R. Struzik
Scientific Reports (2024) 14:6833
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53014-2
Large reconfigurable quantum circuits with SPAD arrays and multimode fibers
A. Makowski, M. Dąbrowski, Ivan M. Antolovic, C. Bruschini, H. Defienne, E. Charbon, R. Lapkiewicz, and S. Gigan
Optica Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 340-343 (2024)
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.506943
A. Makowski, M. Dąbrowski, Ivan M. Antolovic, C. Bruschini, H. Defienne, E. Charbon, R. Lapkiewicz, and S. Gigan
Optica Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 340-343 (2024)
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.506943
Collective Nature of Orbital Excitations in Layered Cuprates in the Absence of Apical Oxygens
L. Martinelli, K. Wohlfeld, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 066004 – Published 9 February 2024
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.066004
L. Martinelli, K. Wohlfeld, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 066004 – Published 9 February 2024
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.066004
Upcoming Conferences & Events
Simons semester on knots, homologies and physics
March 1 – June 30, 2024
This semester program includes two workshops and an advanced school that can be attended independently of the rest of the program.
2nd Corfu Workshop on Future Accelerators
Mon-Repos, Corfu, Greece, May 19-26, 2024
MASQOT: Masovian Symposium on Quantum, Optical and Atomic Physics
Warszawa, Poland, 10-11 June 2024
"Jaszowiec" International School and Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors
Szczyrk, Poland, 15-21 June 2024
Summer School on Mid-Infrared Quantum Sensing and Technologies (MIRAQLS)
Warszawa, Poland, 23-28 June 2024
IMAMPC’2024 – 13th International Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Chemistry
Warszawa, 9-12 July 2024
Advanced school on quantum spacetime
Warszawa, 2-6 September 2024
Warsaw Summer School on Advanced Optical Imaging
Warszawa, 3-5 September 2024
Job offers
2024-05-15 :: Assistant professor, research/teaching, two positions