During the first year, QCEED results were disseminated broadly across the international quantum photonics, semiconductor physics, and epitaxy communities through invited talks, oral presentations, posters, and conference organisation roles.

Theory & Electronic Structure of Pyramidal Quantum Dots (PQDs)

Project results on modelling and excitonic structure of site-controlled GaAs PQDs and quantum dot molecules were presented at:

• Photonics Ireland 2025 (Cork, Ireland) – multiple oral contributions

• Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties Workshop (EQEP) (Grenoble, France)
  
  

These contributions highlighted:

• Light-hole mediated coupling in [111] site-controlled pyramidal quantum dots

• Theory-experiment benchmarking

• Pyramidal quantum dots as a platform for photonic cluster state generation
  
  

Nanowire Quantum Dots & Telecom Single-Photon Emitters (VLSQDs)

Extensive dissemination of results on InAsP/InP nanowire quantum dots was carried out through invited talks and posters at:

• CEWQO29 – Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics (Vilnius, Lithuania)

• European Conference on Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy (Pisa, Italy)

• Nanowire Week 2025 (Cambridge, UK)

• Jaszowiec – International School & Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (Poland)

• OPJ2025 – Optics & Photonics Japan (Tokushima, Japan)

• SPIE-CLP Advanced Photonics 2025 (Hong Kong, China)

• iNOW – International Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop (Wrocław, Poland

• OECS XIX – Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems (Warsaw, Poland)

• International Summer School on Quantum Technologies (Erice, Italy)

• Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties (Grenoble, France)

• DPG Spring Meeting 2025 (Regensburg, Germany)
  
  

Presented topics included:

• Spectral tuning of InAsP/InP QDs

• Reduction of inhomogeneous broadening

• Telecom-band emission optimisation

• Extraction efficiency engineering

• Photonic simulations and device design

• Comparison of zinc-blende and wurtzite nanowire QDs

• Many-body electronic structure modelling
  
  

Advanced Epitaxy & Materials Engineering

QCEED growth-related research was disseminated via:

• Organisation of the European Conference on Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy (Pisa, Italy)

• Euro MBE Workshop 2025 (France)

• Nanowire Week 2025 (UK)
  
  

These activities reinforced the project’s visibility in the epitaxy and materials-engineering communities, particularly in relation to:

• Controlled nanowire growth

• Material composition engineering

• Morphology optimisation for telecom emission