Introduction

We are excited to announce our first-ever Swabian Summer School! This 3-day workshop is designed to bring together Masters in their last year and PhD students for an intensive program on advanced photonic and quantum measurements using our Time Taggers with picosecond precision.

The Summer School program will include expert lectures on various related topics in the mornings, followed by hands-on and experimental sessions in the afternoons. Exciting social events and networking opportunities will inspire open discussion and chat with the entire Swabian Instruments community. Participants will have the chance to present their own research, foster connections, and exchange new ideas.

Don’t miss the chance to level up your skills and meet with a dynamic time-tagging community!

General information

The Summer School will take place from September 24th to September 27th at the headquarter of Swabian Instruments in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Germany. Swabian Instruments will cover the accommodation costs for all participants for the three nights of the event. Tasty breakfasts and lunches will be provided as well. On the first day, there will be a welcome event enabling participants to get to know each other and the Swabian community.

Program

• Tuesday, September 24th
  • 13:30 - 14:00: Registration
  • 14:00 - 14:30: Welcome & Practical information (E. Mornacchi - Swabian Instruments)
  • 14:30 - 15:00: Swabian Instruments presentation (M. Schlagmüller - Swabian Instruments)
  • 15:00 - 15:15: Laser safety instruction (M. Kolarczik - Swabian Instruments)
  • 15:15 - 15:45: Coffee break
  • 15:45 - 17:45: Time Tagger Software and API from the user perspective: introduction and exercises (E. Mornacchi - Swabian Instruments)
  • 18:00 - 20:00: Welcome party
• Wednesday, September 25th
  • 09:00 - 09:45: Resolving Photon Numbers Using Ultra-High-Resolution Timing of a Single Nanowire Detector (G. Sauer - Fraunhofer IOF, Jena)
  • 09:45 - 10:30: Epitaxial quantum dots: sources for on-chip quantum photonics and long-distance communication (S. Portalupi - IHFG Stuttgart University)
  • 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:45: Using periodic signals for improved timing resolution and device synchronization (M. Kolarczik - Swabian Instruments)
  • 11:45 - 12:30: Measuring nanoparticle sizes with dynamic light scattering (I. Shavrin - Swabian Instruments)
  • 12:30 - 13:30: Lunch
  • 13:30 - 15:15: Hands-on experimental session I
  • 15:15 - 15:45: Coffee Break
  • 15:45 - 17:30: Hands-on experimental session II
• Thursday, September 26th
  • 09:00 - 09:45: Time Tagger Hardware (F. Streitenberger - Swabian Instruments)
  • 09:45 - 10:30: FPGA and digital timestamp processing (S. Oesterwind - Swabian Instruments)
  • 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 12:45: Research projects presentations
  • 12:45 - 13:45: Lunch
  • 13:45 - 15:30: Hands-on experimental session III
  • 15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break
  • 16:00 - 17:45: Hands-on experimental session IV
• Friday, September 27th
  • 09:00 - 10:30: Research projects presentation
  • 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:45: The need for precise time measurement at Deutsche Börse (G. Sauthoff - Deutsche Börse)
  • 11:45 - 12:30: Introduction to satellite laser ranging and why we use gated single-photon counting (N. Bartels - DLR Stuttgart)
  • 12:30 - 13:30: Lunch & Closing

The program is still being finalized and may be subject to changes.

How to apply

Applications are closed. We look forward to receiving your application next year!