Peter Michler is a physics professor and the head of the Institute for Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, concentrating research on quantum dots, non-classical light sources, photonic quantum technology and semiconductor lasers.
Simone Luca Portalupi is head of the quantum optics group at the Institute for Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He focuses on quantum dots, classical and quantum photonics, quantum technology, spectroscopy, and hybrid quantum systems.