AIP Publishing has announced the appointment of Prof. Dr. Ortwin Hess as the founding editor-in-chief of APL Quantum, its newest open-access journal.
Amid the growing importance of quantum science, the development of quantum technologies, and the increasing applications of quantum information, quantum communication, quantum sensing, and quantum computing, APL Quantum seeks to cultivate groundbreaking research in both fundamental and applied quantum science.
Hess is the Chair Professor of Quantum Nanophotonics and an SFI Research Professor at the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland. As editor-in-chief, he will lead the journal as it begins accepting submissions later in 2023 and prepares to publish in 2024.
Hess brings a lifetime of scientific experience and insight in nearly all aspects of quantum science. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 papers, discovered the ‘trapped-rainbow’ principle of storing light in metamaterials, and made defining contributions to the fields of spatio-temporal and quantum dynamics in semiconductor lasers.
He has been awarded the Royal Society Rumford Medal for his work in pioneering active quantum nanoplasmonics and optical metamaterials with quantum gain, has previously been the Leverhulme Chair in Metamaterials at the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, and has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of Optica.
Hess will build a diverse and experienced editorial team to establish APL Quantum as a leading Open Access journal that will provide a unique platform for essential and cross-disciplinary work in quantum science. The journal will waive article processing charges (APCs) in its first year of publication.
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