Institute of Physics – IPHYS

Attendees of the course Control and Operation of Tokamaks © Federico Felici / EPFL 2023

A new generation facing the challenges of high power fusion devices

Education

It brought together an audience from all over Europe, Switzerland and the United States. The great success of the course organized this February by five research scientists from the Swiss Plasma Center of EPFL, confirms the growing importance in control solutions in the research towards a fusion reactor.

Nicolas Grandjean teaches a physics class © 2022 EPFL, Alain Herzog, CC BY-SA 4.0.

“My classes are constantly evolving”

EPFL

Nicolas Grandjean, who won the PolySphère award for best teacher in EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences as well as the PolySphère d’Or for best teacher overall, has a unique approach to teaching physics.

iStock photos

Ultrafast control of spins in a microscope

Research

Researchers at EPFL have developed a new technique that can visualize and control the rotation of a handful of spins arranged in a vortex-like texture at the fastest speed ever achieved. The breakthrough can advance “spintronics”, a technology that includes new types of computer memory, logic gates, and high-precision sensors.

All news

Upcoming Events

Improved operation of fusion plasmas via innovative shaping

17-04-202317-04-2023

With: Prof. Christian Theiler, Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
Place and room: CE 1 2
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62347702816
Category: Conferences – Seminars

affiche du symposium

Symposium à la mémoire de François Rothen

21-04-202321-04-2023

With: Gervais Chapuis, EPFL, Giovanni Dietler, EPFL, Marc Donnet Monay, ancien étudiant, Jacques Dubochet, Prix Nobel, UNIL Claude Joseph, UNIL, Philippe Martin, EPFL Michel Mayor, Prix Nobel, UNIGE, Pawel Pieransky, Univ. Paris-Saclay.
Place and room: UNIL Amphipôle salle 315.1
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Living patterns: Linking microscopic properties with emergent macroscopic dynamics

24-04-202324-04-2023

With: Prof. Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan, Living Patterns Laboratory, EPFL
Place and room: CE 1 2
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

See all events

Publications

 

Contact

Director
Prof. Henrik M. Rønnow
Tel.: 41 (0)21 693 03 29
Sec: 41 (0)21 693 33 55 / 78 51
Email: [email protected]

Deputy Director
Prof. Olivier SCHNEIDER
Tel.: 41 (0)21 693 05 07
Email: [email protected]

Administrator
Claire-Lyse ROUILLER
Tel.: 41 (0)21 693 33 55
Email: [email protected]

Scientific Assistant
Blandine JÉRÔME
Tel.: 41 (0)21 693 33 76
Email: [email protected]


Administrative Assistant
Valérie SCHAERER BUSINGER
Tel.: 41 (0)21 693 78 51
Email: [email protected]


Webmaster
Primo LOCATELLI
Tel.: 41 (0)21 693 44 09
Email: [email protected]

Mail Address
Institute of Physics
EPFL SB IPHYS-Direction
Bâtiment PH
Station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne

IPHYS Secretariat, PH A2 392 

Access map