Christian Frydendahl receives Sapere Aude grant

Christian Frydendahl from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Leader grant of DKK 6,335,999 from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for the project “Quantum Control of Emission in Valleytronic Materials.”

The project will investigate a new method for producing photons with a particular spin, or chirality. Light with a particular spin can control the state of other quantum objects such as atoms and electrons, and this is key to many new quantum technologies, including quantum computers and quantum encryption.

In the project, Christian will work with a new class of 2D semiconductors. By passing current through the material in a particular way, the project will investigate how to sort the charges inside a light-emitting diode, so that only light with precisely the desired spin is emitted.

Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Leader is a programme under the Independent Research Fund Denmark that gives early-career researchers the opportunity to develop their research ideas and establish themselves as independent research leaders.

Read more about Christian Frydendahl and the project in the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s researcher portrait:
Christian Frydendahl – Sapere Aude researcher portrait
 

The Department of Physics and Astronomy congratulates Christian on the grant.