by Lenka Trdina | Feb 4, 2026 | 2026
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is one of the key techniques for synthesizing epitaxial thin films and heterostructures. In the lecture, I will describe how, at the Jožef Stefan Institute, we used PLD to develop a process for growing functional oxides on semiconductor...
by Lenka Trdina | May 27, 2025 | 2025
When an intense laser light interacts with a gas of atoms, high-order harmonics are generated. In the time domain, this radiation forms a train of extremely short light pulses, of length of the order of 100 attoseconds. These attosecond pulses enable the study of...
by Lenka Trdina | Apr 16, 2025 | 2025
We know that physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) exists, but the question is how to best proceed to determine its particle nature. I will provide a historical perspective, covering the last few decades, on how the dominant theoretical speculations and prejudices...
by Lenka Trdina | Dec 11, 2024 | 2024
Nematic liquid crystals have been known for decades and are widely utilized in modern display technologies, constituting a multibillion-dollar business. Their applicability lies in a unique combination of fluidity, anisotropic physical properties, and processability....
by Lenka Trdina | Nov 13, 2024 | 2024
In this lecture, the Nobel laureate Prof. Anton Zeilinger will explain the phenomenon of quantum entanglement and the experimental methods used to probe it. He will present the pioneering experiments with entangled photons that demonstrated the violation of Bell...
