POLIMA

DNRF Centre of Excellence

POLIMA - Centre for Polariton-driven light-matter Interactions

- a research centre based on the Mads Clausen Institute/the Faculty of Engineering at University of Southern Denmark

Conference

SCOM5 - Strong Coupling with Organic Molecules Conference

16-19 June 2025 - The conference topics cover all aspects of strong light—matter coupling.

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Vacancies

Vacant positions at POLIMA

POLIMA is currently seeking for talented researchers to fill out postdoc and PhD positions.

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News

07.03.2025

The Gian Paolo Brivio International Prize

POLIMA affiliate P. Elli Stamatopoulou receives the prize in 2025

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Photonics

06.03.2025

Eduardo wants to solve nanotechnology’s heat problem

As microchips in smartphones, computers, and other electronic devices become more powerful and compact, a significant issue arises: how to get rid of the heat? Eduardo Dias from POLIMA has received a prestigious EU fellowship to find a solution.

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26.02.2025

Publication in Physical Review B highlighted as Editor's Suggestion

Recent paper "Tunable exciton polaritons in biased bilayer graphene" supervised by POLIMA visitor André Chaves, with the participation of Pedro Ninhos, Christos Tserkezis, N. Asger Mortensen and Nuno Peres, was chosen as one of the best contributions to the February issue of Physical Review B.

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06.02.2025

Mikkel Have Eriksen's PhD defence

Title of thesis: Quantum Nonlinear Nano-optics in Hybrid Polaritonic Systems

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Grant

24.01.2025

Young physicist receives prestigious grant and returns to SDU

How do light and matter behave at the nanoscale? This is one of the key questions physicist P. André D. Gonçalves will investigate as he returns to the Faculty of Engineering at SDU, supported by a Villum Young Investigator grant of 9 million DKK.

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23.01.2025

Nonlinear Thermoplasmonics in Graphene Nanostructures

New paper published in Nano Letters reveals that near-infrared plasmons can be thermally activated in narrow graphene nanoribbons by using optical pulses, without resorting to extreme electrical doping schemes, and can drive nonlinear optical effects for advanced photonic applications.

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22.01.2025

New experimental Assistant Professor

Nicolas Ubrig will join POLIMA - Centre for Polariton-driven light-matter Interactions from 1st February

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22.01.2025

New Assistant Professor in Theoretical and Computational Physics

POLIMA is very happy to announce that P. André D. Gonçalves (André) will be joining our team as an Assistant Professor starting February 1st.

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Funding

05.11.2024

P. Elli Stamatopoulou receives prestigious grant from the Villum Foundation

Villum Foundation awards over 16 million DKK to seven excellent female researchers in technical and natural sciences. One of them is P. Elli Stamatopoulou.

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28.10.2024