{"id":9808,"date":"2025-05-16T16:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unam.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2025-05-16T16:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:07:31","slug":"celebrating-100-years-of-quantum-science-at-unam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unam.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/2025\/05\/16\/celebrating-100-years-of-quantum-science-at-unam\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Science at UNAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) hosted \u201cBilkent UNAM \u2013 Quantum Day\u201d as part of a global scientific initiative to honor the 100-year legacy of quantum science.<\/p>\n<p>During the event held on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Chair of the Department of Physics at Bilkent University Prof. Ceyhun Bulutay, Assoc. Prof. Serkan Ate\u015f from \u0130zmir Institute of Technology, and Asst. 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After its first stop in Turkey at the \u0130zmir Institute of Technology (\u0130YTE), the quantum light source continued to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory of Asst. Prof. \u0130brahim Sarpkaya at Bilkent University UNAM. Here, Asst. 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