6th International Workshop on Rydberg Excitons in Semiconductors

Excitons – bound pairs of electrons and holes in a semiconducting material – can be produced in excited internal states by means of laser excitation. More than 60 years after their discovery in cuprous oxide semiconductors, the investigation of such Rydberg excitons is currently attracting increasing world-wide interest due to their vastly exaggerated properties. Just like for their atomic counterparts, the enhanced external-field sensitivity and strong mutual interactions of such Rydberg states makes them attractive systems for fundamental studies of basic quantum phenomena and suggests exciting opportunities for future applications, such as nonlinear optical interfaces.

The workshop will bring together international researchers to share latest results, to discuss current challenges, and to explore future perspectives and new opportunities in this growing and vibrant field of research.

The scientific part of the conference will take place at Institute for Physics, Albert-Einstein-Straße 24, 18059 Rostock, Germany, lecture theatre HS2 . A limited number of places for accommodation has been pre-booked at Motel One, Schröderplatz 2, 18057 Rostock for 89€ pppn incl. breakfast. Those will be given out on a first come first serve basis, the rooms will be reserved for us until 18th May. Please use the form for this booking.
You can reach Rostock on Sunday 18th June by direct trains from Berlin airport (BER) at 13:05, 17:05 and 19:05 or from Hamburg airport (13:03,15:03,...) with a change at Hamburg main station. The connections can be booked on this website .

• Hadiseh Alaeian, Purdue University
• Pavel Belov, Universität Rostock
• Thomas Boulier, Université Toulouse 3
• Andreas Farenbruch, TU Dortmund
• Dmitry Krizhanovskii, University of Sheffield
• Stephen A. Lynch, Cardiff University
• Jörg Main, Universität Stuttgart
• Valentin Walther, Purdue University
• Sylwia Zielinska-Raczynska, University of Bydgoszcz

The workshop is open to all, and free of charge. To attend the workshop, prior registration (open until 31st May) is necessary.