people
The QOSS team is part of the SemicUAM group at the Department of Physics of Materials, UAM, and is affiliated with the Instituto Nicolás Cabrera and IFIMAC.
QOSS team
Carlos Antón-Solanas
Experimental quantum optics and quantum materials. PhD (2015) with Prof. L. Viña on III-V exciton-polaritons. Postdoc (Marie Curie IF 2016–18) in the group of Prof. P. Senellart (2015–19) on quantum optics with semiconductor quantum dots. Then, in 2019–22, with Prof. C. Schneider in Würzburg and Oldenburg, co-founding the AG Quantenmaterialien, on nonlinear and quantum photonics with 2D materials. Since February 2022 he holds an Atracción de Talento contract (Comunidad de Madrid) at UAM, where he develops the QOSS research line within SemicUAM.
Juan Vicente Vidal Martínez-Pons
BSc Maths & Physics, MSc Theoretical Physics. Thesis: “Quantum communications with bright solid-state single-photon emitters at room temperature”.
Christos Paspalides
BSc Physics, MSc Applied & Engineering Physics (TUM). Thesis: “Photon correlation of interlayer excitons in moiré heterobilayers”, co-directed with María Dolores Martín.
Izan Romero Ayuso
TFG 26–27: “Emission of single photons from defects in hexagonal boron nitride”, co-directed with Juan Vicente Vidal Martínez-Pons.
Samuel Palacios Valdepeñas
INC Prize 2026 for the research work “Experimental characterization of second harmonic generation in TMD monolayers”. TFG 26–27: “Generation and characterization of polarization-entangled photons via spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal in a Sagnac configuration”, co-directed with Juan Vicente Vidal Martínez-Pons.
Sofía Quiñonez Silvero
TFG 26–27: “Pump-power dependence of the purity of a heralded single-photon source based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion”, co-directed with Juan Vicente Vidal Martínez-Pons.
alumni
- Pablo Pérez Casares — Master thesis 25–26 on “Dipole orientation of quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride” (MSc Condensed Matter Physics and Biological Systems)
- Álvaro Castilla Lamas — INC Prize 2025, Beca de Colaboración, TFG 25–26 on “Excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and bilayers” (co-supervised with Francesca Marchetti)
- Carmen Martínez Trejo — TFG 25–26 on “Cavity QED with hBN defects”; prácticas externas 25–26 on the automated alignment of an open Fabry-Pérot microcavity by white-light reflectivity
- Elena Sendarrubias Arias-Camisón — Master thesis 24–25 on “Room-temperature exciton-polaritons in perovskite semiconductors”
- Max Behrens — Master-level research project 24–25 (MSci, Imperial College London) on “Characterisation of emission from hBN defects at room temperature”, jointly assessed with D. Martín-Cano
- Adolfo Menéndez Rúa — INC Prize 2024, TFG 24–25 on “Reconfigurable Fabry-Pérot microcavity for photonic coupling of emission from quantum materials” (co-supervised with Herko van der Meulen); prácticas externas 24–25
- Andrea Herrero Otermín — INC Prize 2024 and Beca de Colaboración, TFG 24–25 on “Polarisation of emitted light in topological lattices of excitonic polaritons”; prácticas externas 24–25
- Alejandro Izquierdo Molina — GEFES Prize 2024, TFG 24–25 on “Emission of single photons from defects in hexagonal boron nitride” (co-supervised with María Dolores Martín); prácticas externas 24–25
- Lucía Lázaro Gutiérrez — Prácticas externas 24–25 on advanced spectroscopy of GaAs semiconductor quantum dots
- Marcos Puerto Matías — Prácticas externas 24–25 on advanced spectroscopy of GaAs semiconductor quantum dots
- Diego Marni Sobrino — INC Prize 23–24, TFG 23–24 on “Quantum fluids of light based on perovskites at room temperature” (co-supervised with María Dolores Martín); now in the MSc Quantum Science & Technology, TUM
- Raúl Díez Martínez — TFG 23–24 on “Emission of single photons from defects in hexagonal boron nitride” (co-supervised with Herko van der Meulen); now in the MSc Quantum Science & Technology, TUM
- Víctor Camacho Olivar — TFG 22–23 on “Exciton-polaritons in topological lattices” (co-supervised with Luis Viña)
- David Abejón Arribas — Prácticas externas 22–23 on “Quantum simulation in polariton lattices”
former visitors
- Sang Kyu Kim — PhD student of Kai Müller and Elena del Valle (TUM): Feb 2024 (active phase locking of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer), Feb–Mar 2025 (coherence of hBN emitters) and Mar 2026 (two-photon interference with hBN emitters)
- Antonina Bieganowska — PhD student of Maciej Pieczarka (Wrocław University of Science and Technology), Sept–Oct 2024, topological polariton lattices