Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grants for researchers from the Faculty of Physics of the Univeristy of Warsaw
2025-03-26
The creation of ultracold polyatomic molecules and an energy-efficient valleytronic transistor will be the research topics of two fellows who will carry out postdoctoral fellowships at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. The young researchers are winners of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships competition.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Programme (Horizon Europe) supports the international mobility of researchers. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded to individuals up to eight years after receiving their doctoral degree who have a significant scientific record. The fellowship recipients include two young scientists who will carry out postdoctoral fellowships at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw.
Dr Bijit Mukherjee will carry out the project ‘’Optical formation of ground state ultracold tetramers‘’. The fellow's scientific supervisor is Prof. Michał Tomza, also from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw.
There is currently growing interest in forming ultracold polyatomic molecules. – Their rich internal structure will provide powerful platforms for quantum information processing, and simulation of quantum many-body systems. Weakly bound ultracold tetratomic molecules exist, but they are not as stable as compared to molecules existing in their ground state. The research will propose novel theoretical methods to create stable ultracold tetratomic molecules starting from weakly bound molecules using lasers. The research will draw the ideas of well-established methods for creating ultracold diatomic molecules from ultracold atoms and extend them to create polyatomic molecules says dr Mukherjee.
Dr Wajid Ali will carry out the project ‘Magneto Plasmonic Assisted Room Temperature Valleytronic Transistor’. The fellow's scientific supervisor is Professor Maciej Molas, also from the UW Faculty of Physics. Valleytronics is a new way of storing and processing information, which makes use of extrema (minima and/or maxima) of the energetic band structure of a given material. Compared to classical charge- or spin-based devices, valleytronics offers lower energy consumption and higher efficiency. - The project aims to develop a novel valleytronic transistor that combines chiral plasmonic nanostructures with ferromagnetic Fe₃GaTe₂ material. The new device will allow efficient generation, transmission and manipulate information at room temperature, paving the way for next-generation energy-efficient electronics”, says Dr Wajid Ali.