Photonics Webinar | Quantum Cascade Lasers: Recent Progress and Novel Applications
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2nd Photonics Webinar
Quantum Cascade Lasers: Recent Progress and Novel Applications
Join us for an engaging online webinar exploring the latest advancements in Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs). This session will highlight cutting-edge developments in the modeling and simulation of QCLs, as well as innovations in integrated photonic devices based on planarized THz QCLs. Attendees will gain insights into recent research trends and applications in the field.
Date: 28 October 2025
Time: 3:00 pm CET | 10:00 am EDT | 10:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 836 9270 3359
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chairs
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Aleksandar Demić
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK;
Aleksandar Demić is a Lecturer at the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and specializes in quantum device modeling, numerical simulation, and semiconductor physics. His research combines theoretical physics and advanced software development, with experience in C++, Python, and high‑performance computing. His work has contributed to the optimisation of terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers and the design of the first intersubband Quantum Cascade Saser. He has authored several peer‑reviewed publications and is currently expanding his research interests toward interdisciplinary directions involving quantum devices and high‑performance computing.
Dr. Urban Senica
Laboratory for Nanoscale Optics
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University, USA;
Urban Senica is presently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University in the group of Prof.
Marko Lončar, where he conducts research on integrated nonlinear photonics with thin-film
lithium niobate and semiconductor lasers. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics at ETH Zurich
under the supervision of Prof. Giacomo Scalari and Prof. Jérôme Faist, where he developed
an integrated photonics platform based on planarized terahertz quantum cascade lasers,
frequency combs, microwave and passive components, for which he was awarded the ETH
Medal. His previous research experience includes working on nanowire lasers at TU Munich,
radiation-hard semiconductor particle detectors at CERN, and silicon solar cells at the
University of Ljubljana.
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Quantum Cascade Lasers: Recent Progress and Novel Applications
Guest Editors: Dr. Andrea Ottomaniello and Dr. Urban Senica
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026