The Faculty of Physics is a large research and teaching center. It consists of The Institutes of Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Geophysics, The Astronomical Observatory and The Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics.
The Faculty is regarded as one of the best in the country, recognized internationally for the high quality of research and education.
Gravitational wave detectors, LIGO and Virgo, have detected a population of massive black holes whose origin is one of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. According to one hypothesis, these objects may have formed in the very early Universe and may compose dark matter, a mysterious substance filling the Universe. A team of scientists from the OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) survey from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw have announced the results of nearly 20-year-long observations indicating that such massive black holes may comprise at most a few percent of dark matter. Another explanation, therefore, is needed for gravitational wave sources. The results of the study were published in two articles, in Nature and the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. | More
A National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) delegation visited the UW Faculty of Physics. The guests from China met with representatives of the University's authorities, the dean's office, and faculty researchers. The talks focused on expanding cooperation between Polish and Chinese researchers. SHENG research projects, a competition jointly funded by the Chinese NSFC and the Polish NCN, are currently being implemented at the FUW. | More
Professors Andrzej Udalski from Warsaw University and Joachim Wambsganss from Heidelberg University have become the laureats of the prestigious 2024 Copernicus Award, granted by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), for their groundbreaking contributions to astrophysics through their collaborative research on gravitational microlensing and the discovery of exoplanets. | More
Astronomers from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw involved in the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) project have discovered a classical Cepheid with the longest pulsation period in our Galaxy. The new, record-braking star was identified by Professor Igor Soszyński, the world leader in the variable star field. The Cepheid was designated as OGLE-GD-CEP-1884 and pulsates with a period of 78.14 days, nearly 10 days longer than the pulsation period of the previous record-holding Cepheid, S Vulpeculae. | More
Prof Emanuel Gull from the University of Michigan has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a project on quantum algorithms. The researcher has decided to complete the grant at the Faculty of Physics, UW. This is the first time in the history of our university that a foreign winner of an ERC grant has decided to conduct his research at the University of Warsaw. | More
Scientists from CNR Nanotec in Lecce and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw used a new generation of semiconductor photonic gratings to optically tailor complexes of quantum droplets of light that became bound together into macroscopic coherent states. The research underpins a new method to simulate and explore interactions between artificial atoms in a highly reconfigurable manner, using optics. The results have been published in the prestigious journal “Nature Physics”. | More
Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics have superposed two light beams twisted in the clockwise direction to create anti-clockwise twists in the dark regions of the resultant superposition. The results of the research have been published in the prestigious journal “Optica”. This discovery has implications for the study of light-matter interactions and represents a step towards the observation of a peculiar phenomenon known as a quantum backflow. | More
Perovskite-based solar cells, widely considered as successors to the currently dominant silicon cells, due to their simple and cost-effective production process combined with their excellent performance, are now the subject of in-depth research. A team of scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ISE and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw presented perovskite photovoltaic cells with significantly improved optoelectronic properties in the journal "Advanced Materials and Interfaces". Reducing optical losses in the next-generation cells, as shown in the paper, is one of the key challenges for their broader implementation. | More
A team of scientists at the QOT Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, including a student from the Faculty of Physics (University of Warsaw), made a device capable of the conversion of quantum information between microwave and optical photons. The results of research, published in “Nature Photonics” magazine, highlight a new microwave detection method with possible applications in quantum technologies, as a part of quantum network infrastructure, and in microwave radio-astronomy. | More
March 1 – June 30, 2024
This semester program includes two workshops and an advanced school that can be attended independently of the rest of the program.
Warszawa, 9-12 July 2024
Corfu, Greece, 25 August - 4 September 2024
Warszawa, 2-6 September 2024
Warszawa, 3-5 September 2024
2024-06-20 :: Senior assistant lecturer [58_2024]
2024-06-12 :: Assistant professor, research [57_2024]