Engaging with authors on the high-impact research published in Optica has never been so easy. In our Light Conversations webinar series, recently published authors talk with the Journal’s editors and webinar participants about how their careers have evolved, what they’re working on, and how others can follow in their footsteps.

In this Light Conversations event, Optica Editor-in-Chief Prem Kumar interviewed recently published mini-review author Sara Ducci about her article, “Nonlinear integrated quantum photonics with AlGaAs. 

Topics Covered

• Ducci’s start in the field of integrated quantum optics and her tips for those seeking to enter it
• Her current research and how this work has evolved over time
• Her views on the direction of the field, including its most exciting developments, and its biggest challenges
• Near-term prospects for adoption of integrated quantum photonics in practical quantum information processing
• The benefits of writing a mini-review for Optica, her personal experience of writing her recent article, and the publication process at Optica

Who Should Watch:

• Anyone interested in developing photonic quantum technologies for ushering in the Quantum 2.0 era
• Those interested inwho’d like to learning about writing and publishing a mini-review in Optica

Featured Author:

Sara Ducci
Professor, Université Paris Cité

Sara Ducci is a professor at Université Paris Cité and a member of the Research Unit Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques (UPCIté/CNRS). She obtained her PhD in physics from the University of Florence, Italy in 2000, with a thesis on the formation of spatial structures in a nonlinear optical system. After a postdoctoral fellowship in quantum optics at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, and a temporary teaching and research position at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, she joined the Université Paris Diderot (now Université Paris Cité) in 2002. She is in charge of a research team working on miniaturized semiconductor sources of quantum light states, ranging from device development and fundamental quantum optics research to applications in the field of quantum information. She is also President of the Scientific Council of the Physics Department, Associate Editor for Optica, and co-director of a Graduate School focused on Quantum Technologies. She was awarded the Prix Louis Ancel by the French Physical Society in 2016, and is an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Webinar Host:

Prem Kumar                                     
Editor-in-Chief, Optica                      
Northwestern University, USA