Our new work is now available online in Adv. Opt. Mater.
It is great fun to work with Andrzej Wismołek, Johannes Binder and their team from Warsaw University. They are able to grow high-quality boron nitride crystals via MOVPE which allowed Max and Oskar to study the phonon polariton confinement in triangular structures. This is a first step towards integration of phonons in quantum optics.
 

This was our first try building a model AFM with a student intern. Joel stayed for four weeks and did a great job 3D-printing, wiring, and constructing this model AFM. Besides that, he visited lectures, tutorials, seminars and lab classes. We hope to see him as a physics student in the future.
 

The publication “TEACHING WORLDS – Insights into 16 faculties” is now online, featuring a photo of Hannah and Oskar in our lab presenting the physics department. The result turned out great!
Many thanks to Christina Hoppenbrock for the article and Linus Peikenkamp for the picture.

Iris recently returned from an inspiring trip to the ISPSA conference on Jeju Island, Korea! We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the organizers for inviting Iris to present our latest results on near-field spectroscopy of hBN.
The event was filled with stimulating sessions and poster presentations, and it was wonderful to catch up with international collaborators. The beautiful setting of Jeju Island and a lovely conference dinner made the trip truly special.

Dennis and Sruthi have presented their shared poster at the MüSIM26 Meeting of the CRC1459 - Intelligent Matter.

Iris went for a wonderful trip to the beautiful city of Utrecht, where she visited Marlous Kamp! A major highlight of the visit was Iris’s seminar talk, which sparked excellent discussions and drew very thoughtful questions from the audience. Between the great scientific exchange and fascinating tours of the local laboratories, it was an incredibly rewarding trip.

The group just returned from a highly successful trip to the DPG Spring Conference in Dresden! We had a great time catching up with the physics community, listening to fascinating talks, and engaging in excellent discussions during the poster sessions. Also the focus session Iris organized together with Tobias Heindel and Michael Lorke was well received. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat with us about our research—we are already looking forward to next year for the 90th edition in Regensburg!

Iris recently had a productive and exciting week in Spain! She first attended the QLITES workshop in Oviedo, where she engaged in stimulating discussions about cutting-edge research in quantum light sources.
Following the workshop, Iris visited her former host institute in San Sebastián. While there, she served on the doctoral tribunal for Yaizia Asensio's PhD defense. We extend our warmest congratulations to Yaizia (from the nanodevices group at nanoGUNE) on her successful defense of her thesis on magnetism in perovskites!

Customizing our setupts is in progress. The 3D printer we got for christmas is constantly running.