Introduction to photonics and qauantum technologies celebrating the 30th anniversary of the quantum cascade laser
Year: 2026
Authors: Vitiello M.S., Williams B.S., De Natale P.
Autors Affiliation: CNR, NEST, Ist Nanosci, Piazza San Silvestro 12, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Scuola Normale Super Pisa, Piazza San Silvestro 12, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA; CNR, INO Ist Nazl Ott, Largo E Fermi 6, I-50125 Florence, Italy.
Abstract: This feature issue collects papers related to presentations given at the International Quantum Cascade Lasers School & Workshop (IQCLSW 2024) and the co-located Italian Integrated Infrastructure on Photonics and Quantum Science (I-PHOQS) meeting. Organizers held IQCLSW 2024 in Ischia (Naples, Italy), 25-30 August 2025, to celebrate the 30th anniversary since the first Quantum Cascade Laser was switched on at Bell Labs, USA, in the group of Federico Capasso’s group. The I-PHOQS mid-term review meeting had a scientific program based on frontier research on Photonics and Quantum Science performed at the new facilities built within the recently started Italian, distributed Infrastructure I-PHOQS. The feature issue collects 11 papers covering a selection of the presented subjects. (c) 2026 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement
Journal/Review: OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume: 34 (4) Pages from: 6139 to: 6141
KeyWords: Lasers; Photonics;Bell Labs; Cascade lasers; Co-located; Distributed infrastructure; Integrated infrastructure; New facilities; Photonics technology; Quantum cascades; Quantum technologies; Scientific programsDOI: 10.1364/OE.583782
