The Institute of Physics in Belgrade and the Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation are organising a series of lectures on photonics from March 2 to April 6, 2026. Entitled ‘Under Quantum Light’, the new lecture series will be held on Mondays at 6 p.m. in the Small Hall of the Foundation.
Through new lecture series, year after year, the Institute and Kolarac present a variety of physical sciences and a wide range of topics in contemporary physics to the general public. This spring, researchers from the Photonics Centre at the Institute of Physics Belgrade will deliver a series of engaging lectures.
The series opens on Monday, 2 March, with a lecture by Dr Dušan Arsenović, who will explore whether particles can find their own path, with a particular focus on Bohmian mechanics as a possible interpretation of quantum mechanics.
The following Monday, on 9 March, Dr Dragan Markušev will explain how materials ‘sound’. He will present photoacoustics, which is used for the non-destructive characterisation of advanced materials.
On 16 March, Dr Biljana Stankov will deliver a lecture entitled ‘From Fusion Reactors to Crime Scenes – Analysis of Materials with Laser-Generated Plasma’, presenting a part of the research conducted at the Institute’s Laser and Plasma Laboratory, as well as broader applications of light and plasma in understanding matter.
On 23 March, Dr Jadranka Vasiljević will discuss non-diffracting beams and their applications in optical communications, biology, and medicine.
On Monday, 30 March, Dr Marija Ćurčić will give a lecture on quantum light sources as tools for future microscopy and sensing technologies, with a focus on the generation of non-classical states of light.
The series concludes on 6 April with a lecture by Dr Branko Kolarić, entitled ‘Nanophotonics as a Stage for the Interaction of Light and Matter: From Fundamental Physics to New Applications’. In addition to the introduction to nanophotonics, this new lecture explores how light–matter interactions shape both optical properties and material behaviour.
All lectures are held at the Small Hall of the Kolarac Foundation (Studentski trg 5, Belgrade). Admission is free of charge.
Lecture Schedule
2 March – Dr Dušan Arsenović
Can Particles Find Their Own Path?
9 March – Dr Dragan Markušev
What Materials Tell Us and How They Sound
16 March – Dr Biljana Stankov
From Fusion Reactors to Crime Scenes – Analysis of Materials with Laser-Generated Plasma
23 March – Dr Jadranka Vasiljević
How to Shape and Guide Light: Non-Diffracting Beams and Their Applications
30 March – Dr Marija Ćurčić
Seeing the Invisible: Quantum Light Sources for Microscopy and Future Sensors
6 April – Dr Branko Kolarić
Nanophotonics: The Interaction of Light and Matter from Fundamentals to Applications