Canada Excellence Research Chair in Light-Matter Interactions

About the CERC

The high-level vision of the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Light-Matter Interactions is to deliver new knowledge of the properties of microscopic systems made of many interacting particles in the solid state, which will empower the discovery and implementation of new materials for photonics and quantum technologies.

Award amount: $1 million per year for eight years

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🎧 Listen now : Light-Matter Interactions and the Quantum Leap ✨

Name: CERC Workshop
Start: 2025-05-29T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-30T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Campus MIL université de Montréal. A-5502.1 A-5502.1

Dive into “Light-Matter Interactions and the Quantum Leap”, a fascinating discussion with Prof. Carlos Silva Acuña and Félix Thouin. They explore the intricacies of light-matter interactions and the unexpected impact of quantum physics on our understanding of the world.

🎙️ An episode produced by Fred Savard, showcasing the groundbreaking research of the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Light-Matter Interactions in Photonic Materials.

🔗 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/emrq9dKc

Discover how these studies are transforming our understanding of photonic materials, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

Prof Silva is nominated as one of the top 20 finalists for the 16th annual TLN 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians

Message from the Faculté des arts et des sciences:
« This recognition is a testament to the excellence and diversity that unite our community. Until October 10, you can vote to support a researcher whose work transcends disciplines and cultures. Click here to vote ▶ www.tln.ca/top10/voting/

Let’s celebrate together the innovation, perseverance and global impact of our university community.

Bravo to Carlos Silva Acuña for this nomination, which reflects the breadth of his contribution to science and society! »

A quantum analog of Huygen’s clock: noise-induced synchronization

We propose a quantum analogue of the Huygens clock, in which the phases of two spins achieve synchronization through their interaction with a shared environment. The environment functions analogously to the escapement mechanism in a mechanical clock, regulating the gear train and permitting the advancement of timing in discrete intervals. In our proposed model, the relative phase of the two spins become synchronized through interaction with a mutual, correlated, environment. We show that for a system of qubits, several arguments can be made that significantly reduce the cardinality of the set of allowed measurements and, hence, the complexity of the problem. We present a numerically efficient method to calculate the degree of quantumness that exists in the correlations of our final density matrix. This method also provides a tight upper bound for when the system is described by rank-3 and rank-4 density matrices.