From West to East: Professor Pavlos Savvidis’ Quest for Light
Ji Wang
TL;DR
This paper highlights Professor Pavlos Savvidis' journey from the West to East and his contributions to quantum optoelectronics research in China.
Contribution
The paper presents the story of a Greek physicist's integration into China's new research ecosystem and his work in quantum optoelectronics.
Findings
Professor Savvidis has built a new research laboratory on quantum optoelectronics in Hangzhou.
His work has earned widespread citation and recognition in the global scientific community.
Abstract
As early as about 2400 years ago, Mozi (original name Mo Di, Latinized as Micius), an ancient Chinese scientist, proposed the theory of pinhole imaging that demonstrates the fundamental principle of light behavior. About 700 years ago, Marco Polo, an Italian explorer, traveled to China along the Silk Road, marveled at the economic prosperity and the advanced technology of Hangzhou City in China, and described Hangzhou as “the most beautiful and splendid city in the world”. About 5 years ago, with the support of the China-proposed Belt-and-Road Initiative, it was in Hangzhou City that Professor Pavlos Savvidis, an Armenian-born Greek physicist, chose to work with more of his Chinese counterparts and took on the challenge of building a new research laboratory on quantum optoelectronics. He used to study and work in the UK, the USA, and Greece, but now in New China’s first new type of…
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Taxonomy
TopicsStrong Light-Matter Interactions · Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing · Quantum and electron transport phenomena