Scientific
- Scientific Secretary of the 11th edition of
the International Conference
on Physics of Light-Matter Coupling in Nanostructures
(PLMCN10) held in Cuernavaca (Mexico), April 2010. Webmaster of
the conference website and co-editor of the proceedings (to be
published in Superlattices and Microstructures).
- October 2009. Publication of
my thesis
dissertation under the title Microcavity Quantum
Electrodynamics (VDM
Verlag, ISBN:
978-3-639-19460-9).
- April 2009-2011. Newton
Fellowship (run by The British Academy, The Royal Academy of
Engineering and The Royal Society), at
the University of Southampton in the
group of
Prof. Alexey
Kavokin.
- March 2009. Ph. D. in Theoretical Physics from
the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Spain. The dissertation was
entitled Quantum
Electrodynamics with Quantum Dots in Microcavities and my
advisor was
Prof. Carlos
Tejedor.
- August 2008. Four month stay in the University of Southampton
(U.K.), supported by my FPU grant.
- July 2007. Two month stay in
the International
center of condensed matter physics, Brasilia (Brasil), supported
by my FPU grant.
- October 2006. Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Master) on
Theoretical Condensed Matter (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid).
- March 2005, 2006 and 2007. Teaching one week physics laboratory
with first-year chemical engineering students (Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid).
- April 2005-2009. Predoctoral four
year FPU
fellowship (run by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia).
- 2004-2005. PhD courses in Condensed Matter Physics (Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid).
- June 2004. Bachelor's degree in Theoretical Physics in the
Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (3.6 over 4). Honourable mention in the
National Award (Mencion especial en el Premio Nacional fin de carrera
de Ciencias Fisicas) and first graduate award of the UAM (Premio fin
de licenciatura de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid).
- December 2000. Cambridge Proficiency Exam of English (CPE).
List of publications
- Strong and weak coupling of two coupled qubits, E. del Valle. Phys. Rev. A. 81, 053811 (2010)
- Effect of pure dephasing on the Jaynes-Cummings
nonlinearities, A. Gonzalez-Tudela, E. del Valle, E. Cancellieri,
C. Tejedor, D. Sanvitto and
F.P. Laussy. Optics
Express 18, 7002 (2010)
- Two-photon lasing by a single quantum dot in a high-Q
microcavity, E. del Valle, S. Zippilli, F.P. Laussy,
A. Gonzalez-Tudela, G. Morigi and C. Tejedor. Phys. Rev. B 81, 035302 (2010).
- Dynamics of the Formation and Decay of Coherence in a
Polariton Condensate, E. del Valle, D. Sanvitto, F.P. Laussy,
A. Amo, D. Ballarini, R. André, C. Tejedor and L. Viña.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103,
096404 (2009).
- Luminescence spectra of quantum dots in
microcavities. I. Bosons, F. P. Laussy, E. del Valle and
C. Tejedor. Phys. Rev. B 79, 235325 (2009).
- Luminescence spectra of quantum dots in
microcavities. II. Fermions, E. del Valle, F. P. Laussy and
C. Tejedor. Phys. Rev. B 79, 235326 (2009).
- Collective fluid dynamics of a polariton condensate in a
semiconductor microcavity, A. Amo, D. Sanvitto, F. P. Laussy,
D. Ballarini, E. del Valle, M. D. Martin, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch,
D. N. Krizhanovskii, M. S. Skolnick, C. Tejedor and
L. Viña, Nature
457, 291 (2009).
- Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Bosons: Emission Spectra
in the Strong and Weak Coupling Regimes, F. P. Laussy and
E. del Valle. Wolfram Demonstrations Project (2008).
- Strong-coupling of quantum dots in microcavities,
F. P. Laussy, E. del Valle and
C. Tejedor. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101,
083601 (2008).
- Optical spectra of a quantum dot in a microcavity in the
nonlinear regime, E. del Valle, F. P. Laussy, F. M. Souza and
I. A. Shelykh. Phys. Rev. B
78, 085304 (2008).
- Entanglement and lasing with two quantum dots in a
microcavity, E. del Valle,
F. P. Laussy, F. Troiani
and
C. Tejedor. Phys. Rev. B
76, 235317 (2007). Featured in the January 7, 2008 issue of
the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science &
Technology and in the January 2008 issue
of Virtual Journal of Quantum
Information
- Electrostatic control of quantum dot entanglement induced by
coupling to external reservoirs, E. del Valle, F. P. Laussy and
C. Tejedor. EPL
80, 57001 (2007). Selected for the Editor's Choice.
Conference proceedings
- Effective cavity pumping from weakly coupled quantum dots,
E. del Valle and F.P. Laussy. To appear in PLMCN10 Proceedings, Superlattices
and Microstructures, arXiv:1004.1681 (2010)
- On the spectroscopy of quantum dots in microcavities,
F. P. Laussy and E. del Valle. OECS11
Conf. Proc. J. Phys.:
Conf. Ser. 210, 012018 (2010).
- Superfluidity in polariton condensates, A. Amo,
J. Lefrère, C. Adrados, E. Giacobino, A. Bramati, D. Sanvitto,
F. P. Laussy, D. Ballarini, E. del Valle, M. D. Martín, C. Tejedor,
L. Viña, S. Pigeon, C. Ciuti, I. Carusotto, R. Houdré, A. Lemaître,
J. Bloch, D. N. Krizhanovskii and M. S. Skolnick. OECS11
Conf. Proc. J. Phys.:
Conf. Ser. 210, 012060 (2010).
- Anticrossing in the PL spectrum of light-matter coupling under
incoherent continuous pumping, A. Gonzalez-Tudela, E. del Valle,
C. Tejedor and F.P. Laussy. PLMCN9
Proceedings, Superlattices
and Microstructures 47, 16 (2010).
- Quantum regression formula and luminescence spectra of two
coupled modes under incoherent continuous pumping, E. del Valle,
F. P. Laussy and C. Tejedor. ICTOPON
Proceedings, AIP
Conf. Proc. 1147 238 (2009).
- Optical Spectra of the Jaynes-Cummings Ladder,
F. P. Laussy and E. del Valle. ICTOPON
Proceedings, AIP
Conf. Proc. 1147 46 (2009).
- Quantitative Description of Strong-Coupling of Quantum Dots in
Microcavities, F. P. Laussy, E. del Valle and C. Tejedor. ICPS29
Proceedings, AIP Conf Proc.
(2008). arXiv:0808.3215.
- Steady state of two quantum dots in a cavity, E. del
Valle, F. P. Laussy, F. Troiani and C. Tejedor. PLMCN7
Proceedings, Superlattices
and Microstructures 43, 465 (2008).
- Cavity quantum electrodynamics for two quantum dots,
E. del Valle, F. Troiani, C. Tejedor. ICPS28
Proceedings, AIP
Conf. Proc. 893, 1077 (2007).
In progress
- Steady state entanglement of two coupled qubits, E. del Valle, arXiv:1005.4383 (2010).
Conferences, schools and seminars
- London (U.K.),
September 2010: Seminar at University College London.
- Seoul (South
Korea), July 2010: Oral presentation at ICPS30 (International
Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors),
titled Strong coupling and entanglement of two coupled quantum
dots.
- Saint
Petersburg (Russia), June 2010: Oral presentation at 18th International
Symposium NANOSTRUCTURES: Physics and Technology,
titled Strong coupling and entanglement of two coupled quantum
dots.
- Saint
Petersburg (Russia), June 2010: Seminar at IOFFE institute,
titled Strong coupling with quantum dots in microcavities.
- Cuernavaca (Mexico),
April 2010: Poster presentation
at PLMCN10,
titled Dephasing of strong-coupling in the nonlinear regime.
- London (U.K.),
February 2010: Poster at The Royal
Society for
the Newton
International Fellowship Event, titled Quantum information
processing with BEC of polaritons.
- Cardiff (U.K.),
October 2009: Seminar
at Cardiff University,
titled Quantum dots in microcavities: where we are and where to
go.
- Madrid (Spain),
September 2009: Oral presentation at the OECS11 conference, titled Strong coupling revisited.
- Reykjavík
(Iceland), April 2009: Seminar at
the University
of Iceland, titled Light-matter coupling in the presence of
decoherence; application to quantum dots in semiconductor
microcavities.
- Lecce (Italy),
April 2009: Oral presentation
at PLMCN9,
titled Cavity QED with Quantum Dots in Microcavities.
- Santiago
de Cuba (Cuba), January 2009: Poster at
the International
School of Nanophotonics and Photovoltaics titled Strong
coupling of quantum dots in microcavities.
- Allahabad
(India), January 2009: Oral presentation
at ICTOPON (International
Conference on Transport and Optical Properties of Nanomaterials),
titled
Two-photon resonance with a quantum dot in a microcavity.
- Cambridge
(U.K.), September 2008: Oral presentation
at ICSCE4
(International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic
Systems), titled Dynamics of formation and decay of coherence
in a polariton BEC.
- Madrid (Spain),
June 2008: UAM Department seminar titled Luz y materia en acoplo
fuerte.
- Tokyo (Japan),
April 2008: Oral presentation
at PLMCN8,
titled Coherence and entanglement control of two quantum
dots.
- Barcelona
(Spain), January 2008: Poster at the
second QOIT project meeting
in
the Institute
of Photonic Science (ICFO) titled Coherent and incoherent
strong coupling.
- Madrid (Spain),
December 2007: Invited talk in the X Jornada científica
del Instituto de Ciencia
de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera titled Light and matter in
strong coupling.
- Brasilia
(Brasil), August 2007: Attendance to School on Atomic Quantum
Fluids.
- Brasilia (Brasil), July 2007: Invited talk in the international
workshop Advances in Physics and Applications of Low-Dimensitonal
Systems, titled Nanostructures as components for Quantum
Optics.
- La Habana
(Cuba), April 2007: Oral presentation
at PLMCN7,
titled Steady state of two quantum dots in a cavity. Best
student presentation award.
- Barcelona
(Spain), November 2006: Poster at
the QOIT project Kick-off
meeting in
the Institute
of Photonic Science (ICFO) titled Cavity QED with two
quantum dots.
- Sheffield
(U.K.), November 2006: Seminar
in The University of
Sheffield titled Cavity QED with two quantum dots.
- Vienna
(Austria), July 2006. Poster at
ICPS28 (International
Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors), titled Quantum
cavity electrodynamics for two quantum dots.
- Maratea
(Italy), September 2005. Attendance to the
International
Summer School of Nanophotonics.
- Madrid, February 2006. Seminar in
the Instituto de Ciencias de
Materiales (ICMM insitute, CSIC).
Educación y mediación
- Julio 2007: Título
de Mediadora
social intercultural por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
- 2006/2007: Curso de postgrado de 200 horas en la UAM en Mediación social Intercultural.
- Junio 2006. Obtención del Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica (CAP).
- Mayo 2005. Curso de 16 horas sobre relaciones interculturales y mediación organizado por el Ayuntamiento de Tres Cantos con motivo del intercambio Nejapa-Tres Cantos.
- Enero-Abril 2005. Curso-taller de 20 horas sobre Consumo Responsable organizado por el Equipo de Comunicación Educativa (ECOE).
- Octubre 2004. Curso de formación en Derechos Humanos de 30 horas organizado por Helsinki-España en la Sede del Parlamento Europeo.
- Mayo 2000. Título de Monitor de Tiempo Libre.
Experiencia laboral y voluntariados
- Enero 2006-Junio 2007: 60 horas de prácticas de Mediación Social Multicultural en la Asociación Madrid: Puerta Abierta en un centro de apoyo escolar del distrito La Latina.
- 2005/2006. Realización de las prácticas del CAP en un aula de matemáticas de secundaria (15 horas).
- Abril 2005-Julio 2006: Organización y realización del Café Social Alternativo de Tres Cantos en la Casa de la Juventud con las asociaciones Tres Kantos Muévete y Consume Hasta Morir.
- Octubre 2004-Febrero de 2005. Voluntariado de promoción y educación de los derechos humanos en centros educativos (secundaria) organizado por Helsinki-España.
- Julio 2004. Directora de programa del viaje de estudios organizado por FSL-Council Exchanges Spain en Edimburgo (Gran Bretaña).
- Semana Santa 2002. Viaje de intercambio cultural a los campamentos de refugiados saharauis en Tinduf organizado por la Asociación de Amigos del Pueblo Saharaui en Tres Cantos.
- Septiembre 2002. Intérprete de inglés en la feria anual Bisutex en el Parque Ferial de Juan Carlos I de Madrid.
- Agosto 2002. Directora de programa del viaje de estudios organizado por FSL-Council Exchanges Spain en Cardiff (Gran Bretaña).
- Julio de 2002. Quincena como monitora de tiempo libre en las Colonias Urbanas de Tres Cantos.
- Agosto 2001. Quincena como monitora de tiempo libre en las Colonias Urbanas de Tres Cantos.
- Julio 2001. Directora de programa del viaje de estudios organizado por FSL-Council Exchanges Spain en Hastings (Inglaterra).
- Julio-Agosto 2000. Seis semanas como monitora de tiempo libre en las colonias urbanas organizadas por Elite Community Centre en Londres con niños.
- Julio 1999. Quincena en prácticas como monitora en las Colonias Urbanas de Tres Cantos.
- Septiembre de 1999. Quincena como monitora voluntaria a media jornada para Elite Community Centre en Londres.