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Thomas Deckert (ESR11) presents at the CLEO/Europe 2021

From 21 – 25 June 2021 the bi annual Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) took place online at the World of Photonics Congress 2021 The CLEO/Europe-EQEC brings together universities, industry scientists and researchers to discuss basic research in laser physics, nonlinear optics and quantum optics. Thomas Deckert, our MUSIQ ESR11, represented the project by presenting his results on Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy with Field Resolution at Mid-Infrared and THz Frequencies.

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MUSIQ Innovation Newsletter n. 2 | March 2021

Our second MUSIQ Innovation Newsletter on ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY: RECENT PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES is available online as a PDF . We would like to thank Vasilis Petropoulos (ESR5), Vikramdeep Singh (ESR2) and Frank Quintela (ESR12) who delivered us this exciting read.

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Broadband laser sources for ultrafast spectroscopy

The continuous progress in laser technology along with technical advances and conceptual breakthroughs, expand the application potential of Ultrafast Spectroscopy. Read more

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Pulse shaping techniques for ultrafast spectroscopy

This section focuses on programmable femtosecond pulse-shaping techniques for multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopy. Read more

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Resources for improving data acquisit/newsletter/ion and coherence characterization in ultrafast spectroscopy

This section focuses on: 1. eliminating heat-induced signals by controlling pulse spectra through pulse shaping, 2. compressive sensing to shorten the data acquisition time, and 3. simultaneous frequency and time resolution using time-frequency transforms.  Read more

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MUSIQ Innovation Newsletter n. 1 | October 2020<

We are happy to present to you our first MUSIQ Innovation Newsletter written by three of our Early Stage Researchers, Andrea Pruccoli (ESR10), Eric Michele Fantuzzi (ESR7) and Thomas Deckert (ESR11) on LASER SOURCES FOR MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY. The articles are also available for download as PDF.

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Laser sources for Coherent Raman Scattering Microscopy
State of the art and new technologies – How to choose the best laser source for your SRS experiments

The laser source is arguably the core component in any CRS experiment. In this brief article we explain what the most common laser sources for CRS microscopy are and try to give guidelines for their selection. Read more

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Light sources for harmonic generation and multiphoton fluorescence microscopy

This section informs about the latest laser sources and their requirements for biophotonics applications. Specifically, the field of multiphoton microscopy (MPM) was subject to vast developments in recent years, pushed by the development of pulsed laser sources. This article will provide an overview of specific requirements of MPM experiments, and therein requirements for the laser sources themselves. Read more

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MUSIQ E-Schools on Nano-Plasmonics and applications

The 2nd MUSIQ week was originally planned to be a face-to-face event in June 2020.  Due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the school was organised online and held earlier to keep the ESRs engaged during the period where access to the various research labs was restricted. The 2nd School “Nano-Plasmonics and applications”  organised by our MUSIQ partner, ICFO, from 28th April – 7th May 2020 in six half day sessions and lecture topics related to the subject. 

  • Diffraction limited fluorescence microscopy and super-resolution approaches – Maria Garcia-Parajo (ICFO)
  • Introduction to nanoplasmonics – Niek van Hulst (ICFO)
  • Nanofabrication and integration approaches towards Neuroplasmonics – Francesco de Angelis (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
  • Nanoplasmonics & single molecules using DNA origamis – Guillermo Acuña (Université de Fribourg)
  • Plasmonic based fluorescence enhancement & FRET manipulation – Jerome Wenger (Fresnel Institute)
  • Nanoplasmonics for ultra-sensitive detection & living cell applications – Maria Garcia-Parajo (ICFO)

The virtual training session was open to externals and attracted 50-60 additional participants from outside of the MUSIQ Network. We would like to thank Prof. Maria Garcia-Parajo  from ICFO for organising this event and for the active participation from everyone who joined.

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Projects starts on 1st April 2019 – No Joke

The EU funded project MUSIQ will officially start on 1st April 2019 and aims to develope with the help of 15 early stage researchers (ESRs) the next generation optical microscopy exploitin quantum coherent nonlinear phenomena.

It trains the ESRs on a unique mixture of experimental and computational skills at the physics/chemistry/life science interface. By bringing together a unique team of 6 world-leading academic groups, at the forefront of nonlinear optical microscopy and ultrafast coherent light-matter interaction phenomena, and 6 high tech companies, to translate the results into biomedical/pharmaceutical real-world applications.

The project will run for 48 months under the coordination of Prof Paola Borri from the Cardiff University.