The Wyant College of Optical Sciences (OSC) at the University of Arizona is one of the most renowned educational and research institutions in the field of optics and photonics. Among other things, it hosts the “Arizona Quantum Initiative”, and the NSF-ERC funded “Center for Quantum Networks”. Stefan Schumacher, research group leader at PhoQS, is adjunct professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona – currently, he is spending his sabbatical there.
Besides Stefan Schumacher, PhoQS members Maximilian Nürmberger and Jan Wingenbach, PhD students in the ‘Theory of Functional Photonic Structures’ research group, are also spending an extended research stay at the OSC. The scientists maintain long-standing collaborations and exchange research content and methods – but of course, they also have the opportunity to explore the extraordinary landscape in Arizona.
