Lasers4EU Activity Board meeting, 10 September 2026
2026-09-10 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Berlin)
The Activity Board of the Lasers4EU project will hold its next meeting on 10 September from 15:00 to 16:30 CEST.
Login details will be provided by the Laserlab-Europe Office.
Please note: this is an internal project event.

360 Carla Training: Quantum Materials — from ARPES to trARPES
2026-09-16 | Online
360Carla training “Quantum Materials — from ARPES to trARPES“ will be held on 16 September 2026 online. This event is organised by Max Born Institute, the Institute of Physics of the NAS of Ukraine and the Kyiv Academic University.
The training is funded by the Horizon Europe project 360 Carla and delivered in collaboration with Lasers4EU and the German-Ukrainian Centre for Research on Quantum Materials (GU-QuMat).

Target audience:The workshop is primarily aimed at MSc students, PhD students and early-career researchers working in physics, materials science and related fields who are interested in quantum materials and ultrafast spectroscopy. We particularly encourage applications from researchers from countries and institutions with limited local access to advanced laser and photoemission infrastructures.
Topics covered during the training:– Introduction to quantum materials and their key phenomena– Fundamentals of ARPES: mapping the electronic band structure of solids– Ultrafast lasers and XUV sources: taking ARPES into the time domain– From ARPES to trARPES: probing ultrafast electron dynamics– How to gain fully funded access to trARPES facilities (e.g. at LACUS) via the Lasers4EU TNA programme, and how to connect with experts and future collaborators across European laser labs.
Check the detailed programme here
Deadline for application: September 4, 2026
Selected participants will be notified during the week of September 7, 2026
Participation is free of charge.

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Laserlab-Europe Talk: Femtosecond laser fabricated glass photonic integrated circuits for stuctured illumination microscopy, 16 September 2026
2026-09-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Title: Femtosecond laser fabricated glass photonic integrated circuits for stuctured illumination microscopySpeaker: Francesca Bragheri (The Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, National Research Council)Date: Wednesday, 16 September, 16:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is a powerful imaging technique that enables resolution enhancement beyond the diffraction limit while preserving low phototoxicity and compatibility with conventional fluorescence microscopy. Traditional SIM implementations, however, typically rely on complex and bulky optical systems, limiting their robustness and widespread adoption.
In this talk, femtosecond laser micromachining (FLM) will be presented as a versatile enabling technology for the fabrication of three-dimensional integrated photonic circuits in glass for structured illumination microscopy. By inducing localized refractive index modifications inside transparent materials, FLM enables the direct writing of buried optical waveguides, directional couplers, and interferometric structures with true three-dimensional design freedom and micrometric precision. When combined with selective chemical etching (FLICE), the same technology also allows the fabrication of reflective micro-optical elements, including flat and curved mirrors, which are subsequently metal-coated to guide the beams and generate structured illumination patterns. Thermal phase shifters integrated onto the chip surface provide fast, dynamic control of the relative phase between the interfering beams without mechanical movement, enabling the pattern translation required for SIM image reconstruction.
Different device architectures will be presented, ranging from compact two-output interferometers to more sophisticated multi-beam photonic circuits capable of generating both two- and three-dimensional interference patterns. The resulting glass chips can be directly interfaced with conventional widefield microscopes, transforming them into compact and reconfigurable SIM platforms. Overall, the presented work highlights the unique capabilities of femtosecond laser micromachining for the rapid prototyping and fabrication of complex three dimensional integrated photonic systems, opening new opportunities for compact, alignment-free, and field deployable super-resolution imaging devices.

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Lasers4EU Webinar: The use and impact of artificial intelligence in research and innovation, 24 Sept 2026
2026-09-24 14:30 - 16:30
This webinar will look at how AI is becoming an integral part of the research process, from accelerating discovery through intelligent data analysis to supporting researchers as a ‘scientific co-pilot’ in design and decision-making. The speakers will also address the practical and legal implications of this shift, including licensing and data-sharing issues, and concrete applications of machine learning in experimental physics.

The use and impact of artificial intelligence in research and innovation
Speakers and titles:Michael Bussmann (HZDR): The Use and Impact of AI in R&D, and Creative Commons Licences in R&DSlav Ivanov (University of Strathclyde): The Scientific Copilot, the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Design and DiscoveryBaptiste Fabre (CELIA): The Use of Machine Learning for the Photoionisation Analysis of Chiral MoleculesDate: Thursday, 24 September 2026, 14:30 – 16:30 CEST

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