Uploaded February 2016 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Prior to Physics@FOM 2016, the programme committee organised four masterclasses. These classes offer PhDs and young postdocs a unique opportunity to receive an introduction to their discipline from top researchers.
Materials with novel electronic properties, an optical perspective.
Different materials have different properties. Even in the same material it is often possible to switch between states of matter with completely different behaviours, by applying external fields or radiation, by putting pressure on the sample, or by varying the temperature. This way one can switch a sample from insulator to metal, superconductor, or magnet, by tuning some field or temperature. Optical spectra and various other types of response are fundamentally related to the collective behaviour of electrons, more precisely to their correlation-functions in a solid. Some materials literally become more blueish, when we switch them into the superconducting state. In turn, we can learn a lot about the way electrons organize themselves in a solid from analysis of their specta, and the way these change when we tune the state of matter of a sample.
About the conference:
Physics@FOM Veldhoven is a large congress that provides a topical overview of physics in the Netherlands. It is organised by the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and takes place each year in January. Traditionally, young researchers are given the chance to present themselves and their work alongside renowned names from the Dutch and international physics community. The programme covers Light and matter, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Statistical physics and Soft condensed matter, Surfaces and interfaces, Physics of fluids, Subatomic physics, Plasma and fusion physics, and Strongly correlated systems.
http://www.fom.nl/veldhoven
Prior to Physics@FOM 2016, the programme committee organised four masterclasses. These classes offer PhDs and young postdocs a unique opportunity to receive an introduction to their discipline from top researchers.
Materials with novel electronic properties, an optical perspective.
Different materials have different properties. Even in the same material it is often possible to switch between states of matter with completely different behaviours, by applying external fields or radiation, by putting pressure on the sample, or by varying the temperature. This way one can switch a sample from insulator to metal, superconductor, or magnet, by tuning some field or temperature. Optical spectra and various other types of response are fundamentally related to the collective behaviour of electrons, more precisely to their correlation-functions in a solid. Some materials literally become more blueish, when we switch them into the superconducting state. In turn, we can learn a lot about the way electrons organize themselves in a solid from analysis of their specta, and the way these change when we tune the state of matter of a sample.
About the conference:
Physics@FOM Veldhoven is a large congress that provides a topical overview of physics in the Netherlands. It is organised by the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and takes place each year in January. Traditionally, young researchers are given the chance to present themselves and their work alongside renowned names from the Dutch and international physics community. The programme covers Light and matter, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Statistical physics and Soft condensed matter, Surfaces and interfaces, Physics of fluids, Subatomic physics, Plasma and fusion physics, and Strongly correlated systems.
http://www.fom.nl/veldhoven
