CEWQO30 – The 30th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics 2026

The 30th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics (CEWQO30) will be held in Erlangen, Germany. This edition is jointly hosted by the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) and is organized by our PIs Maria Chekhova and Christoph Marquardt.

As a long-standing series, CEWQO serves as an international forum for researchers to present and discuss the latest advancements in quantum optics and quantum information.

Scope and Topics

The program encompasses a broad range of topics in quantum optics and related fields, including:

• Fundamental aspects of quantum optics
• Non-classical and multi-mode states, quantum correlations, and tomography
• Open quantum systems
• Quantum information, simulations, and sensing
• Quantum communication
• Quantum optics with atoms, ions, and molecules
• Cavity and circuit QED
• Opto-mechanical systems
• Quantum optics in condensed matter systems

Presentations

• Invited and selected hot-topic talks
• Poster presentations

Invited Speakers

The following researchers have confirmed their participation. This list will be updated as further invitations are finalized:

• Ulrik L. Andersen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Sergei Bozhevolnyi, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Nirit Dudovich, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Akira Furusawa, The University of Tokio, Japan
• Marco Genovese, INRIM, Italy
• Gershon Kurizki, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Alexei Ourjoumtsev, Collège de France, France
• Fabio Sciarrino, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
• Christine Silberhorn, Universität Paderborn, Germany
• Nicolas Treps, Sorbonne Université, France
• Paris Tzallos, IESL-FORTH, Greece
• Natalia Korolkova, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
• Young-Sik Ra, KAIST, Korea
• tbc

For more information and registration visit the website of the workshop.

Contact Information

E-Mail: cewqo30@mpl.mpg.de