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Quantum Light Matter Cooperative
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Academic-Industry-National Lab Research consortium examining light-driven quantum processes to help solve interconnected socio-technological issues. Science-driven. Humanities-inspired. Director: Prof. Sergio Carbajo

https://light-matter.seas.ucla.edu/
Thrilled to see Prof. Sergio Carbajo (UCLA/SLAC) at the World Laureates Forum (#WLF), a global summit of Nobel laureates & brilliant minds. His work in ultrafast laser & quantum science is a powerful reminder that basic, curiosity-driven research is essential for a healthier future for all.
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you're at Optica's #FiO2025 this coming week, don't miss out on the talks by Abhimanyu Borthakur, on using diffusion models for ultrashort pulse retrieval, and Hao Zhang, on high-power photoinjector laser systems.

Details below:
#Optica #Photonics
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Explore how #STEM shapes justice & queer knowledge. Workshop with Sergio Carbajo.

Unraveling the Role of STEM in Justice-Oriented Epistemologies
📍 Hershey Hall, #UCLA
🗓️ Fri, Oct. 31
⏰ 1:00-2:30pm

No QGrad reg required.
#QGrad #SocialJustice

🔗 Info: gender.ucla.edu/qgrad-2025/
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If you are at Optica's Laser Congress and #ASSL in Prague, make sure to check out our director's invited talk, Sergio Carbajo from #UCLA and #SLAC, and panel discussion moderated by Sandra Biedron on Global Security and Directed Energy.

Other speakers include:
October 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Our Engineering School at #UCLA has turned 80! Help us celebrate as a community, stronger than ever.

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Engineer Change: The Power of Possibility
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October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's a wrap for Ultrafast Optics 2025 #UFO25, our premier biennial conference at the Azores.

We're thankful to the chairs, organizers, sponsors, and committee to facilitate our presence there – and very happy to see very familiar and friendly faces there.

Safe travels back home, everyone!
October 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you are attending the 14th Ultrafast Optics Conference #UFOXIV in the Azores, make sure to stop by and learn about some of our most recent work:

P1.28: Ultraviolet pulse shaping through four-wavemixing-based upconversion by Linshan Sun
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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BREAKING: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in quantum mechanics.
Nobel Prize for physics goes to 3 scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research into quantum mechanical tunneling.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thrilled to announce our UCLA/SLAC team has received a #DOE grant to advance particle #accelerator and #Xray science!
We're building a "superior flashlight" for X-ray lasers #XFELs by creating better, brighter electron beams.
October 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Meet our new #UCLA ECE #PhD students: Cyrus Bry, Alexander Amador, and Obi Oligbo.These scholars will be pushing the boundaries of fundamental and applied photonics, from #quantum #sensing to #xray imaging to advance human and ecosystem health monitoring, prediction, and hazard mitigation.
September 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New publication in @science.org! A multi-institutional effort #UCLA #SLAC #CSM has established picosecond pulse shaping—bridging a key gap in light control. Funded by #DOE #NSF, this work enables programmable lightwaves for medical devices and microelectronics.

#Gigahertz and #THz #Photonics
September 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Virtual Lab Tours are live! 👩‍💻

Walk through our quantum labs at #UCLA and #SLAC from anywhere. See the tools, the teams, and the science in action.

Tour: tinyurl.com/c9uz9usv

#QuantumScience #UCLA #GradSchool #LightMatter
September 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Honored: Prof. Sergio Carbajo is a 2025 Inaugural #HSI_Fellows – only Engineering-wide rep #UCLA!

Thanks to the stellar team: Arlene Pesigan, Axel Cortes, Maritza Sondhi, Maverick Santos, Marian Gabra, & Shahla M.

Fellows advance #InclusiveExcellence via leadership, research & student impact. 🚀
August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Congrats to our PhD students Gia Azcoitia & Jack Rozells, awarded #USPAS scholarships to study advanced accelerator physics this summer!

USPAS is vital—it trains the next gen of experts in accelerator science, powering breakthroughs in #research, #medicine, #industry & #security

🔗 uspas.fnal.gov
July 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Live from #ARES at DESY! Blae Stacey (U. Hamburg) & Gia Azcoitia (UCLA) study ultrashort e-beam dynamics. Their research enables advanced #nonintrusive beam diagnostics & paves the way for compact #attosecond e-beams & #radiation sources. Supported by AFOSR and NSF
July 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thrilled to collaborate with Peter Hommelhoff’s group at FAU thanks to #Humboldt. Excited to explore photoemission & many-body coherence with @uclasamueli.bsky.social & #SLAC teams. The future is bright! 🚀 #attosecond #science
July 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Escherichia coli bacteria (E. coli) can convert a molecule derived from a waste plastic bottle into paracetamol, a pain medication also known as acetaminophen, according to a paper in Nature Chemistry. go.nature.com/44cvLw1 #chemsky 🧪
July 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
👏 Shoutout to Hao Zhang (UCLA/SLAC) for winning the #IEEE #Photonics Society Graduate #Scholarship, his third major award this year (after SPIE & APS)!

“I’m driven by light-matter #science to advance photonics, biosensing, and comms.”

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July 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We just came back from our first-ever Summer Retreat.

In a world in crisis, it is ever more important to maintain a strong sense of community and mutual support.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this fantastic weekeend and to more to come!
June 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Congrats, Prof. Sergio Carbajo (UCLA/SLAC) on joining HPLSE’s Editorial Board!

HPLSE leads in #LaserScience, covering #PlasmaPhysics, #FusionEnergy & #ParticleAcceleration, key to next-gen tech. Carbajo’s expertise in #UltrafastOptics will drive the journal’s impact.
June 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Our UCLA team collaborated with DESY scientists to demonstrate superradiant light sources using femtosecond/attosecond electrons.

This research advances:
🔬 #Hyperspectral tech
#Attosecond physics
🏥 Medical #radiation devices

More updates soon!
June 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Meet Jesus Perez, our newest member at UCLA.

Jesus will be working on RF synchronization for laser and photonics devices, and electron beam compression techniques. He joins us with BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Welcome to the Cooperative, Jesus!
June 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Thanks to a recently awarded #NSFfunded grant, we will soon embark on the next stage of one of our main lines of research in coherent #quantum #electrodynamics.
June 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For more info, visit our website
light-matter.seas.ucla.edu
June 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Meet Eesha Jain, our newest member at UCLA.

Eesa will be working on #quantum and #coherent transition #radiation driven by free electrons and controlled by novel QED phenomena with a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering (Bioengineering minor) at UC Irvine.

Welcome to the Cooperative, Eesha!
May 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM