News & Events
Alexander Högele awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant
Alexander Högele and his team have been awarded the ERC Proof of Concept Grant for a project exploring novel photonic integrated circuits.
Quantum Future Academy 2023
Students from Israel and Germany are attending two one-week academies about quantum technologies in Tel-Aviv and Munich.
MCQST Colloquium: Chetan Nayak
MCQST Colloquium | Chetan Nayak (Microsoft Station Q/UCSB)
Munich Conference on QST 2023
Save the date! Our annual conference brings together the MCQST community with international scientists for ideas exchange on the latest research in QST.
Highlights
Research News
Quantum simulator enables first microscopic observation of charge carriers pairing
Researchers have monitored how, for the first time, holes (positive charge carriers) combined to form pairs in a solid-state model.
The Magic Angle
LMU physicists have uncovered mysterious properties of twisted trilayer graphene.
NISQ-Computer: Quantum entanglement can be a double-edged sword
Theorists at MPQ have investigated the effects of error propagation on the quality of computations of classical optimisation problems on NISQ computers in a recent work.
Lifting the Invisibility Cloak - Characterising the Absorption of Light in Quantum Emitters
Researchers demonstrated that the minute light absorption of atomic defects in a 2D material can be made visible using a tailored optical resonator (cavity).
About
The Cluster of Excellence Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) comprises over 60 research groups from disciplines like physics, mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, material science and chemistry, covering all areas of quantum science and technology from basic research to applications.
The core goal of MCQST is to discover and understand the novel and unifying concepts in the interdisciplinary research fields of Quantum Science and Technology (QST). The cluster aims to make QST tangible and to develop the extraordinary applications within reach by building next-generation quantum devices.
