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SUMMARY:Light in Motion: Microresonators\, Quantum Optomechanics\, and On
 ‑Chip Frequency Combs
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DESCRIPTION:Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg\nFollowing the award of the Swi
 ss Marcel Benoist Prize 2025\, EPFL is pleased to host a public lecture by
  Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg\, honouring his pioneering contributions a
 t the interface of light and mechanics.\n\nThis event offers an accessible
  introduction to how microresonators are reshaping both our understanding 
 of quantum physics and the future of photonic technologies. It will be mod
 erated by Olivier Dessibourg\, Scientific Journalist.\n\nIn this lecture\,
  Professor Kippenberg will explore how tiny optical resonators\, structure
 s that confine light on a microchip\, can be used to both control mechanic
 al motion at the quantum level and generate highly precise optical frequen
 cy combs. His work in quantum optomechanics has revealed how light can be 
 used to measure and manipulate the motion of mechanical systems with unpre
 cedented sensitivity\, opening new windows onto quantum phenomena in macro
 scopic objects.\n\nAt the same time\, his discovery and development of sol
 iton microcombs\, optical frequency combs generated in microresonators\, h
 as enabled the creation of compact\, chip-scale devices that produce preci
 sely spaced optical frequencies. These “rulers of light” are transform
 ing technologies ranging from high-speed optical communications to precisi
 on timing\, spectroscopy\, and sensing. By bringing together fundamental p
 hysics and integrated photonics\, this research has turned complex laborat
 ory systems into scalable\, robust technologies with wide-ranging applicat
 ions.\n\nBio\nTobias J. Kippenberg was born in 1976. Following his studies
  at RWTH Aachen University and his doctorate at the California Institute o
 f Technology (2004)\, he conducted research at the Max Planck Institute of
  Quantum Optics before accepting an appointment as assistant professor in 
 Lausanne in 2008. He is an international member of the US National Academy
  of Engineering\, a member of the Leopoldina\, and the recipient of numero
 us distinctions\, including the ZEISS Research Award\, the Fresnel Prize o
 f the European Physical Society (2009)\, and the Helmholtz Prize for Metro
 logy (2009). Since 2014\, he has been among the 1% most cited authors in p
 hysics\, as recognised by Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list. He 
 is the author of more than 30 publications in Nature and Science and recei
 ved the National Latsis Prize in 2014.\n\nImage:\nOn-chip microresonator-b
 ased frequency comb\nLaboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements\, EP
 FL
LOCATION:Auditoire CO1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CO%201
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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