Who am I?
I am a theoretical physics researcher, with a particular interest in statistical physics and quantum physics. I am currently working on topological photonics, open quantum systems and nonlinear quantum optics
As a side project, I am the scientific community manager of « Le Lab Quantique », a nonprofit whose goal is to support the different actors of the French quantum ecosystem (companies, startups, academic laboratories, scientific media, students).
My research
During summer 2024, I worked with Iacopo Carusotto, and the team of Philippe St-Jean on topological photonics in synthetic dimensions:
- Chénier, A., d'Aligny, B., Pellerin, F., Blanchard, P. É., Ozawa, T., Carusotto, I., & St-Jean, P. (2024). Quantized Hall drift in a frequency-encoded photonic Chern insulator. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.04347. (https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04347)
I am currently working on the physics of arrays of coupled nonlinear microcavities with Alexandre Le Boité and Giuliano Orso at the MPQ laboratory. I am particularly interested in symmetry breaking in open quantum system, topology, phase-space representations, and how to simulate them numerically using stochastic approaches (Positive P, Truncated Wigner …).
Discover quantum
I do my best to popularize quantum physics and make it accessible to as many people as possible. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or remarks:
As the scientific community manager of Le Lab Quantique, I help students write popular science articles about quantum technologies:
Here are a few initiatives which promote research, collaboration and education in the quantum sciences field:
If you want to join Le Lab Quantique, you can send me a message at bosco@lelabquantique.com. We would be glad to welcome you if you want to organize hackathons, seminars, networking events, find fundings, support scientific journalism … But you can also just enjoy our events; I can add you to our discord and whatsapp groups on which our community chats regularly.
Recommendations
Here are my favorite science content creators. Most of them are in French, I hope it won't be a problem for you.
Quantum physics and technologies
- Olivier Ezratty's blog (blog, podcasts)
- Aqora news (News feed)
- John Preskill course (Youtube playlist)
Physics
- Scientia Egregia (Youtube channel)
- ScienceClic (Youtube channel)
- Etienne Parizot (Youtube channel)
- DIMENSION (Youtube channel)
- Science étonnante (Youtube channel)
- Science étonnante (blog)
- Minute physics (Youtube channel)
- David Tong's Lectures
Mathematics
- El Jj (Youtube channel)
- Mickaël Launay (Youtube channel)
- 3Blue1Brown (Youtube channel)
- Numberphile (Youtube channel)
- Mathologer (Youtube channel)
- Phil Caldero (Youtube channel)
Other
- Computerphile (Youtube channel)