MCQST Cluster of Excellence: A Strong Ecosystem

News

LMU feature | How a group of Munich quantum scientists built a globally one-of-a-kind research network

From Vision to Reality: MCQST Renewed

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MCQST Secures Second Phase of Funding under Germany’s Excellence Strategy!

Career in science: Viviana Villafañe

News | MCQST in Media | Portrait

The MCQST START Fellow, leading a research group exploring the foundations of a quantum internet, was recently featured by TUM.

Immanuel Bloch becomes member of US National Academy of Sciences

News | Awards

The MCQST co-spokesperson, a pioneer in quantum research, has been admitted to the American National Academy of Sciences as an international member

Quantum Oscillations of the Lifetime

Press Release | News | Science

A team of researchers discovered that the average time electrons can travel before scattering—known as their "lifetime"—can vary in a periodic fashion when exposed to strong magnetic fields. The results were highlighted in Advanced Physics Research.

NAT Features: Florian Dirnberger

News | Science

New MCQST member, Florian Dirnberger talks about his career path in a NAT Features Interview.

Immanuel Bloch receives the Hightech Award

News | Awards

Immanuel Bloch, MCQST co-Spokesperson, receives first Hightech Award of the of the Bavarian Prime Minister.

The IMPRS and MCQST Supervision Award

News | Awards

Frank Pollamann and Michael Wolf win the first IMPRS & MCQST Supervision Award

Parity-dependent state transfer for direct entanglement generation

News | Science

A team at WMI, has implemented Perfect State Transfer on a chain of six superconducting qubits and demonstrated its usefulness by generating multi-qubit entanglement.

Unlocking quantum secrets with entangled neutrons

News | Science

For decades, quantum entanglement has captivated the brightest minds—and now, researchers can create entangled neutrons using a standard neutron scattering instrument.

Completely new type of microscopy based on quantum sensors

News | Press Release | Science

TUM researchers invented an entirely new field of microscopy, nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope, enabling extremely high-resolution optical imaging.

Quantum Year 2025: The World Seen Anew

News | Outreach

How quantum mechanics revolutionized thought 100 years ago: An interview with Ulrich Schollwöck, Dean of the Faculty of Physics at LMU and MCQST member.

Barbara Kraus Appointed co-Spokesperson of MCQST

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At the MCQST General Assembly, Barbara Kraus was elected as the new co-spokesperson of the cluster.

Quantum spaces shatter under strong interactions

Press Release | News | Science

A quantum simulator with neutral atoms confirms surprising properties of thermalisation in two-dimensional quantum systems.

Philipp Preiss receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Press Release | News | Science

The project FermiChem uses ultracold fermions in quantum simulations to solve complex problems in quantum chemistry.

Milan Allan: The Magic of the Collective

News | Portrait

Quantum physicist Milan Allan has joined MCQST in 2024. He plans to build novel microscopes at LMU to investigate highly promising quantum materials.

Alumni stories: Interview with Patrick Emonts

Alumni Stories | Alumni

Patrick Emonts has graduated from the group of Prof. Ignacio Cirac at the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics. In our interview, he fondly reflected on his time in the Munich Quantum Community, sharing memories and valuable insights.

Silke Stähler-Schöpf is the “Female Physicist of the Week”

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Silke Stähler-Schöpf, head of the student lab "PhotonLab," is featured as “Female Physicist of the Week” by the German Physical Society (DPG).

First signs of stripe formation observed in cold-atom quantum simulator

News | Press Release | Science

MCQST researchers observed extended and attractive correlations between hole dopants and indications of stripes opening up novel insights into exotic quantum phases.

Quantum Computing: A dream or a reality?

News | Outreach

Special episode focusing on one of the most pressing questions in quantum research: the future of quantum computing.

Hans Hübl Appointed Adjunct Professor at TUM

News | Science | Press Release | Awards

Recognition for many years of excellence in research and teaching.

Julia Draeger Awarded 2024 Quantum Future Award

News | Awards

Julia Draeger's outstanding work is recognized for its high relevance to the field of quantum technology.

Three ERC Consolidator Grants Awarded to MCQST Researchers

News | Awards

Michael Knap and Andreas Reiserer, Professors at TUM, and Matthias Althammer, group leader at the WMI have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants!

360 Qubits in a crystal membrane

News | Press Release | Science

Rare-earth metal erbium could play a key role in future quantum networks: MCQST researchers succeeded in spectrally resolving and individually controlling up to 360 erbium ions.

Silke Stähler-Schöpf awarded the Georg Kerschensteiner Prize

News | Awards | Outreach

The German Physical Society honours the head of the PhotonLab for her exceptional work in bringing physics to the public.

Science with a Wow Factor: Slam of Munich's Excellence Clusters

News | Outreach

Make way for science! Together with the other three Munich Excellence Clusters, we hosted our first-ever Science Slam. Here are the highlights!

Jonathan Finley awarded ERC Synergy Grant

News | Awards

MCQST member, Jonathan Finley, aims to create innovative computer chips that integrate photonics and electronics, paving the way for transformative advancements in quantum computing.

Call for Applications: MCQST Postdoc Fellowships

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Join the MCQST: Apply now for the START & Distinguished Postdoc Fellowships!

Quantum Fridays in the PhotonLab

News | Outreach

Dive in into the world of quantum physics with hands-on experiments in the PhotonLab!

Quantum advantage in close sight: Quantum simulators show resilience to errors

News | Press Release | Science

Theorists show that analogue quantum simulators can outperform classical computers in solving certain problems in many-body physics even in the presence of errors, bringing the quantum advantage closer to the near future.

Quantum cryptography goes microwave

News | Press Release | Science

A team of researchers from MCQST partners, BAdW, TUM, and the University of Tokyo and Rohde & Schwarz demonstrated the successful realization of a quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol in the microwave regime. This significant achievement is highly relevant for modern communication systems.

Quantum register reaches 1200 neutral atoms in continuous operation

News | Press Release | Science

A team from MCQST and MQV, led by MPQ groups in collaboration with start-up planqc, has succeeded in running a register of 1200 atoms continuously for over an hour – a breakthrough on the way to scalable quantum computers.

Fostering Scientific Exchange: Waterloo-Munich Workshop

News | International

The Waterloo-Munich Workshop brought our communities closer together, fostering scientific exchange and strengthening our international ties.

Quantum sensor technology for cancer monitoring wins Medical Valley Award

Science | Press Release | News | Awards

TUM researchers have developed a diamond quantum sensor for optical MRI detection, aiming for clinical cancer monitoring with LMU Klinikum.

Quantum Talents: Promoting opportunities in quantum science

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The first edition of the Quantum Talents Munich Symposium celebrated excellent research by early-career scientists over the course of two inspiring days.

Detecting single photons with a ‘magic’ twist

Press Release | Science | News

An international team successfully demonstrated the detection of individual photons in the infrared spectrum by using a magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene.

Describing chaotic systems

News | Press Release | Science

LMU researchers have found indications that it is possible to describe chaotic many-body systems of the quantum realm using a theory called fluctuating hydrodynamics.

Christian Schilling Awarded Hans G. A. Hellmann Prize

News | Awards

MCQST member Christian Schilling received the Hans G. A. Hellmann Prize 2024 for his outstanding scientific contribution on the geometry of reduced density matrices and the N-representability problem.

Magnons bridge the gap

News | Press Release | Science

A team of researchers demonstrated the transfer of spin information between two separated ferromagnetic metal strips harnessing magnetic excitations, providing a new avenue for spintronics.

Jad C. Halimeh awarded ERC Starting Grant

News | Awards

MCQST member, Jad Halimeh aimes to advance current concepts of quantum simulation, particularly for higher-dimensional gauge theories.

MCQST Alumni Awarded Young Scientist Prize

News | Alumni

Former MCQST Distinguished Postdoc fellows, Lea Boßmann and Amanda Young awarded for significant contributions to mathematical physics.

The holy grail of algorithms

Portrait | News | Science

Mari Carmen Bañuls, co-coordinator of the RU-B Quantum Simulation research unit, is a physicist and a computer scientist. Her scientific career began in particle physics, and she is now developing algorithms for quantum simulations at MPQ.

Quantum Dreams and Spaces for the Future

Outreach | News

MCQST is partner in Quanten(t)räume project, which offers insights into quantum research, expert Q&A, and participation outreach for eveyone.

Global quantum key encryption: Nano-Satellite QUBE launches into Space

Science | News | Press Release

A team led by Harald Weinfurter will test, for the first time, newly developed quantum communication technologies using a very small satellite in space.

Alice im Quantenland: Episode 3 is Now Online

Outreach | News

The PhotonLab at the MPQ released the third episode of its popular radio play series for young and old.

Doping a Quantum Magnet

Press Release | Science | News

The groups of Annabelle Bohrdt and Fabian Grusdt have developed a scheme to implement doped, bosonic quantum magnets in tweezer arrays of Rydberg atoms or in cold, polar molecules.

Opening of the Light & Matter Exhibition

Outreach | News

Together with Deutsches Museum, we hosted the opening of the joint exhibition, which delves into the captivating interplay between light and matter.

Andreas Gritsch Wins the Nano Innovation Award

Awards | News

Andreas Gritsch wins the Nano Innovation Award for the creation of a novel experimental platform for quantum networks.

Securely propagating entanglement at the push of a button

Press Release | News

Physicists at MPQ and MCQST use laser tweezers in optical resonators to create entanglement in a quantum network.

Exzellent Erklärt Podcast: Quantum Simulation

Outreach | News

Monika Aidelsburger and Fabian Grusdt talk about quantum simulation on the "Exzellent Erklärt" podcast.

Vitaly Wirthl receives 2024 Theodor Hänsch Dissertation Prize

News | Awards

The prize, named after the Nobel Prize winner and pioneer of laser spectroscopy, honours particularly outstanding and ground-breaking dissertations in the field of physics.

Adam Kaufman is Awarded 2024 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

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Adam Kaufman will use the prestigious award for a research stay at the Aidelsburger group.

A „Quantum“ Insight

Press Release | News | Outreach

The new special exhibition ‘Light and Matter’ makes quantum physics tangible.

MCQST Master's Awards 2023

News | Awards

The MCQST Master's Award recognizes the best Master's theses in quantum science and technology from the MCQST community.

MCQST PhD Awards 2023

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The MCQST PhD Award honors the best PhD theses in quantum science and technology selected from the MCQST community.

A Glance at Edge Modes

News | Science | Press Release

The Aidelsburger and Bloch groups recently observed and manipulated the peculiar states emerging at topological boundaries, the so-called edge modes. Results are featured in Nature Physics.

Graphs Go Quantum

News | Press Release | Science

Quantum computers and quantum internet require entangled quantum bits, a recent major breakthrough is the first generation of two-dimensional "graph states”.

Xinyu Luo receives ERC Consolidator Grant

News | Science | Awards

With the funding, the researchers take on one of the central challenges of modern physics today – the creation and investigation of unconventional superfluids.

Ignacio Cirac Elected as International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

Awards | News

Membership in the NAS is a prestigious honour, with new members elected based on outstanding contributions in their respective research fields.

Quantum Systems Out of Equilibrium

News | Press Release | Science

Researchers develop a novel tensor network approach to simulate the evolution of quantum many body systems over time

Thomas Udem awarded ERC Advanced Grant

News | Awards

In the project H-SPECTR, scientists aim to measure the energies of selected transitions in the hydrogen atom with unprecedented precision.

Mari Carmen Bañuls accepts a permanent W2 position

News

Dr. Bañuls, MCQST RU-B co-coordinator, is launching her own W2 research group at MPQ.

Nora Brambilla awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Awards | News

Nora Brambilla has been awarded the ERC Advanved Grant for her “EFT-XYZ” project, aimed at investigating new forms of matter.

Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Drums, and Synchronized Swimming

News | Outreach

Three researchers took center stage at the MCQST Xamas Party offering insights into their research.

Twisted Bilayer Graphene’s Gallery of Phases

News | Press Release | Science

The many phases of twisted bilayer graphene featured in an overview article in Physics Today.

Aisha Aqeel is the “Female Physicist of the Week”

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Aisha Aqeel, junior group leader at MCQST and TUM, is featured as “Female Physicist of the Week” by the German Physical Society (DPG).

Ignacio Cirac receives honorary doctorate from the University of Nebrija

Awards | News

His work on the principles and applications of quantum physics, such as in quantum information theory or the simulation of complex many-body systems, as well as his overall scientific achievements would contribute to revolutionising the world as we know it today, explained the university. It is the ninth honorary doctorate that Ignacio Cirac has been awarded to date.

QlibriNANO Granted Prestigious European Innovation Council Transition Grant

News | Science

Qlibri's receives up to €2.5 Million European Innovation Council (EIC) transition grant for their QlibriNANO project.

Unveiling Secrets of Electron-Phonon Interactions

News | Science | Press Release

A new study by an international team provides new insights into electron-phonon interactions occurring within bilayer graphene.

Cal-Bay Quantum School: Boosting Scientific Collaboration

News | International

BaCaTec funds a week-long summer school, promoting research and educational collaboration between Bavaria and California.

Aisha Aqeel is Awarded Emmy Noether Grant

News | Awards

Asiha Aqeel is awarded 1.9 million euros in research funding through the German Research Council (DFG) Emmy Noether program.

Chemistry Takes an Ultracold Turn

Science | Press Release | News

Researchers create tetratomic supermolecules at a so far unprecedented low-temperature - a scientific breakthrough with implications for research into ultracold chemistry and quantum materials.

Amanda Young Featured in The UC Davis Newsletter

News | Alumni

MCQST alumna, Amanda Young, has been featured in the UC Davis Mathematics Newsletter.

Jad C. Halimeh Awarded Emmy Noether Grant

News | Awards

Jad C. Halimeh is awarded 1.5 million euros in research funding through the German Research Council (DFG) Emmy Noether program.

GALaQSci: Quantum Physics for Everyone!

News | Outreach | Press Release

GALaQSci uses augmented reality and artificial intelligence to playfully render the quantum world accessible.

Monika Aidelsburger launches new research group at MPQ

News

The internationally renowned expert in controlled quantum systems launches the "Engineered Quantum Systems" research group at MPQ.

Dmitri Efetov is Awarded The Leibniz Prize

News | Awards

Dmitri Efetov obtains premier research award in Germany for his work on graphene.

Quantum Minutes: How can drums help build the quantum internet?

News | Outreach

In the Quantum Minutes video series, scientists open up their laboratories and workspaces to curious minds to discover the fascinating research undertaken within MCQST.

Spin-Based Quantum Technology In a 2D Material

News | Science | Press Release

Researchers made a significant milestone by using spin defects as optically active quantum bits (qubits) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a well-known 2D material.

Stern Gerlach Medal for Immanuel Bloch

News | Awards

The award honours Immanuel Bloch's pioneering research on quantum simulations.

Midterm Report: Fostering Collaborative Excellence

News | Outreach

Report summarizing MCQST's achievements during its initial four years of activity.

Vibrating Nanostrings

News | MCQST in Media

MCQST member and RU-E co-coordinator, Eva Weig discusses her work on developing new micrometer quantum systems in a new article in Research in Bavaria.

Quantum internet: "The biggest problem is data loss"

News

Researchers around the world are working on a network which could connect quantum computers over long distances. Andreas Reiserer explains the challenges which have to be mastered and how atoms captured in crystals can help.

Call for Applications: 2024 PhD Positions

News

Apply now for fully funded PhD fellowships in Quantum Science and Technology.

PhD Survival Tips: Community & Job Search

News

MCQST & IMPRS-QST alumni and experienced students offer tips on how to survive and thrive in your PhD journey!

Call for Applications: MCQST Postdoc Fellowships

News

Apply now for the START Fellowship & Distinguished Postdoc Fellowship!

A miniature magnetic resonance imager made of diamond

News | Science | Press Release

Quantum sensors make microscale NMR spectroscopy possible

Ignacio Cirac receives first La Vanguardia Prize

News | Awards

Ignacio Cirac received the first La Vanguardia Prize in the category "Innovation" - presented by the King of Spain.

“Quantum computers will lead to previously unknown applications”

News

Barbara Kraus, head of the Chair of Quantum Algorithms and Applications at TUM and MCQST member, is featured in the "NewIn" series.

Quantum Future Academy: Young Researchers Reunite in Munich

News | International

For the second part of the QFA 2023, students from Israel and Germany reunite in Munich to discover the local thriving quantum ecosystem.

A Quantum Summer in Munich

News

Summer Bachelor Program kicks-off: 16 students embarked on a one-month journey of quantum research and cultural exchange.

MCQST Master's Awards 2022

News

The MCQST Master's Award recognizes the best Master's theses in quantum science and technology from the MCQST community.

Exciton Ensembles Manifest Coherence

News | Science | Press Release

Exciting new results show that coherent light emission from excitons in a 2D-material structure could inspire new quantum-technology applications.

MCQST PhD Awards 2022

News

The MCQST PhD Award honors the best PhD theses in quantum science and technology selected from the MCQST community.

The Path to a Quantum Network

News | Science | Press Release

Erbium atoms in silicon can be used to build quantum networks. Researchers have succeeded in taking an important step in this direction.

Advancing Quantum Simulation of Lattice Gauge Theories with Ultracold Fermions

News | Science | Press Release

A novel approach opens up new avenues for harnessing the capabilities of quantum simulators in the study of lattice gauge theories.

Magnons Prefer a Sense of Rotation Dancing the Waltz

News | Press Release | Science

A team of researchers demonstrated nonreciprocal behavior of magnons in an insulating antiferromagnet, allowing the development of nonreciprocal magnonic devices.

Thouless Pumps: Unveiling the Remarkable Role of Topology in Quantum Systems

News | Science | Press Release

A new review article sheds light on future directions for Thouless pumps and opens us new questions.

A 40-year journey towards understanding the Duffing oscillator

News | Science | Press Release

The longstanding discrepancy between the classical and quantum description of the nonlinear Duffing oscillator finally resolved by studying the quantum dynamics of a model system consisting of a tunable nonlinear superconducting resonator.

Quantum Simulation: Chiral Spin Liquids and Non-Abelian Anyons

News | Science | Press Release

New study suggests pathway toward investigating chiral spin liquids.

Joannis Koepsell wins the Theodor Hänsch PhD Award 2022

News | Awards

Joannis Koepsell is awarded the Theodor Hänsch PhD prize from the LMU Faculty of Physics for his outstanding dissertation entitled “Quantum simulation of doped two-dimensional Mott insulators”.

Mimicking Quantum Chemistry: Analogue quantum simulation of pseudomolecules

News | Science | Press Release

Theorists develop a simplified experimental concept that could enable the first quantum simulations of chemistry.

Immanuel Bloch honoured with “ZEISS Research Award”

News | Awards

Immanuel Bloch receives the award for his groundbreaking experimental research on quantum simulations with ultracold atoms.

High-Temperature Superconductors Boost Next-Generation Quantum Technologies

Science | Press Release | News

A team led by Dmitri Efetov demonstrate quantum detectors based on high-temperature (high-TC) superconductors.

Nanophysics: The Right Twist

News | Science | Press Release

Stacked layers of ultrathin semiconductor materials feature phenomena that can be exploited for novel applications. A team led by LMU physicist Alexander Högele has studied effects that emerge by giving two layers a slight twist.

PhotonLab Wins Experiment of the Year

News | Outreach | Awards

PhotonLab wins LeLa "Experiment of the Year" award for the experiment "Lecker im Licht".

Quantum meets Engineering

News | Science

Rudolf Gross and Fabian Kronowetter of WMI contribute with articles on Quantum Sensing and Quantum Radar to the Rohde & Schwarz journal "Neues".

Physics meets Philosophy: Dialogues on the Foundations

News | Outreach

Discussions between physicists and philosophers, exploring quantum gravity, cosmology, foundations of quantum mechanics, philosophy of physics.

PhD Survival Tips: How to Navigate your PhD Journey

News

MCQST & IMPRS-QST alumni and experienced students offer tips on how to survive and thrive in your PhD journey!

MCQST Scientists Awarded Poster Prizes at QIP2023

News | Awards

Two out of the four poster prizes at QIP2023 go to MCQST scientists.

Quantum Future Academy 2023: Young researchers visit Israel

News | International

QFA2023 is a bi-national event, that offers students from Israel and Germany an exclusive insight into quantum technologies.

A quantum switch for the world’s lightest mirror

News | Science | Press Release

Physicists at MPQ have developed an optical mirror with a novel feature: a quantum switch consisting of a single atom.

Matchmaking atoms into a new molecular Fermi gas

News | Science | Press Release

Researchers create a degenerate Fermi gas of molecules by leveraging a quantum phase transition for the first time.

Microwaves direct the interplay of waltzing molecules

News | Science | Press Release

The existence of so-called super molecules has long been predicted theoretically. Now, Max Planck researchers managed for the first time to create the conditions for proving these exotic entities.

Alexander Högele awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant

News | Awards

Alexander Högele and his team have been awarded the ERC Proof of Concept Grant for a project exploring novel photonic integrated circuits.

Quantum simulator enables first microscopic observation of charge carriers pairing

News | Science | Press Release

Researchers have monitored how, for the first time, holes (positive charge carriers) combined to form pairs in a solid-state model.

The Magic Angle

News | Science | Press Release

LMU physicists have uncovered mysterious properties of twisted trilayer graphene.

NISQ-Computer: Quantum entanglement can be a double-edged sword

News | Press Release | Science

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

News | Press Release | Science

Researchers demonstrated that the minute light absorption of atomic defects in a 2D material can be made visible using a tailored optical resonator (cavity).

Quantum Sensing meets Lab-on-a-Chip

News | Science | Press Release

Researchers demonstrate that solid-state quantum sensors can be interfaced with microfluidics without compromising either technology, thus enabling novel capabilities within lab-on-a-chip devices.

MCQST Scientist Receives 2022 Quantum Future Award

News | Awards

MCQST scientists recognized for outstanding work with high relevance to the field of quantum technology.

New Hardware for Quantum Networking

News | Press Release | Science

Researchers demonstrated that individual atoms in a thin crystalline slab can be resolved and individually controlled using light of a precisely adjusted color. This will enable the exchange of quantum information between them in order to create extended quantum networks.

Georgi Dvali wins ERC Synergy Grant

News | Awards

Georgi Dvali has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant for a project at the interface of quantum physics and general relativity.

Apply Now: MCQST Postdoc Fellowships

News

Call for Applications: START Fellowship & Distinguished Postdoc Fellowship

Viviana Villafañe Featured on "insideQuantum" Podcast

News | Outreach

MCQST Distinguished Postdoc interviewed on podcast telling the human stories behind quantum

Exploring new worlds

News | Awards

Physicist and MCQST Spokesperson Immanuel Bloch has been named Clarivate Citation Laureate for his pioneering research in the field of quantum simulation.

Nathalie Picqué wins Falling Walls Award "Science Breakthrough of the Year"

News | Outreach | Awards

MCQST Member Nathalie Picqué has been honored with Science Breakthrough of the Year 2022 by the Falling Walls Foundation

New Fur for the Quantum Cat

News | Science | Press Release

New Fur for the Quantum Cat: Entanglement of many atoms in a quantum material discovered for the first time

Precise Disorder

News | MCQST in Media

Dmitri Efetov's research on graphene featured in EINSICHTEN - The material graphene and a magic angle: physics with a new twist.

Entangled Photons Tailor-Made

News | Press Release | Science

Physicists at MPQ have managed to entangle more than a dozen photons efficiently and in a defined way; thus creating a basis for a new type of quantum computer.

Carolina Burger is the “Female Physicist of the Week”

News

Carolina Burger, PhD student in the Topology of Correlated Systems group at the TUM, is featured as “Female Physicist of the Week” by the German Physical Society (DPG).

How Start-up planqc Wants to Be the First to Build Quantum Computers with Thousands of Qubits

News | Science

Can a start-up stand a chance against Google or IBM in the race for operable quantum computers? It certainly can, because so far it is not even clear which technology platform will prevail, and planqc from Munich is pursuing a different path than the tech giants.

Exciting Times in Quantum Technologies

News | Outreach

Prof. Immanuel Bloch and Dr. Thomas Renner discuss the cooperation of industry and science, which lasers and photonic solutions for quantum technology applications are currently in demand, and what developments we can expect to see in the future.

Dmitri Efetov Receives the International Early Career Scientist Prize

News | Awards

Professor Dmitri Efetov has been awarded the Early Career Scientist Prize in Semiconductor Physics by IUPAP.

Nearly 17 Million Euros Funding for Quantum Lighthouse Projects

News | Press Release

Bavaria as a top location for quantum computing and quantum technologies.

A Roadmap for the Future of Quantum Simulation

Science | Press Release | News

Leading researchers in quantum science have published a perspective article on the future of quantum simulation, a special form of quantum computing, in the current issue of Nature.

Goldene Kreide Awarded to Rudolf Gross

News | Awards

Goldene Kreide awarded to Rudolf Gross for excellence in teaching.

Quantum Cryptography: Hacking Futile

Press Release | Science | News

An international team led by Harald Weinfurter has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography for the first time. Encryption is more secure against hacking attempts.

A Nanokelvin Microwave Freezer for Molecules

Press Release | Science | News

Researchers at MPQ have developed a new method to cool gases of polar molecules to near absolute zero. This paves the way for studying quantum effects of exotic forms of matter.

MCQST PhD Awards 2021

News

The MCQST PhD Award honors the best PhD theses in quantum science and technology selected from the MCQST community.

Record Entanglement of Quantum Memories

Science | Press Release | News

Researchers have entangled two quantum memories over a 33-kilometer-long fiber optic connection – a record and an important step toward the quantum internet.

Ignacio Cirac Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of A Coruña

News | Awards

Through his pioneering work in the field of quantum information theory, Ignacio Cirac is considered one of the most influential scientists of our time.

Dmitri Efetov: Quantum Physics and Graphene

News | MCQST in Media

MCQST Member Dmitri Efetov discusses his research on graphene in a new article in Research in Bavaria. The remarkable material graphene is a material made of carbon atoms in a one-atom-thick layer, which can exhibit exciting properties such as superconductivity

Alice in Quantum Land!

News | Outreach

With the new radio play series "Alice in Quantum Land", PhotonLab takes you on a fascinating journey into the mysterious world of quanta.

Max Planck Scientists Found planqc to Build Highly Scalable Quantum Computer

News | Science

Quantum computing startup planqc today announced a financing round of EUR 4.6 million to develop a highly scalable quantum computer operating at room temperature that is based on atoms trapped in optical lattices.

Realizing the symmetry-protected Haldane phase in Fermi–Hubbard ladders

Science | Press Release | News

MCQST researchers achieved a finite-temperature version of this topological Haldane phase using Fermi-Hubbard ladders in an ultracold-atom quantum simulator.

START Fellow Jasmin Meinecke Featured in Re:publica Festival

Outreach | News

Dr. Jasmin Meinecke and Dr. Libby Heaney presents an introduction to to quantum technologies and a deep-dive into artistic and ethical responses to groundbreaking advances in quantum computing.

Topological phase detected in spin chains

News | Science | Press Release

In a special arrangement of atomic spins, Max Planck physicists have measured the properties of the so-called Haldane phase in an experiment. To do so, they used a quantum mechanical trick.

MCQST Member Receives 2022 Helmholtz Prize

News | Awards

Nathalie Picqué of MCQST receives the 2022 Helmholtz Prize for Applied Metrology with Edoardo Vicentini.

Quantum Magnets in Motion

News | Press Release | Science

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in observing a new transport phenomenon in spin chains under the microscope - with surprising results: the movement in the quantum world resembles certain phenomena known from everyday life like the shape of coffee stains on a tablecloth.

When quantum particles fly like bees

News | Science | Press Release

A quantum system consisting of only 51 charged atoms can assume more than two quadrillion different states. Calculating the system's behavior is a piece of cake for a quantum simulator. Researchers from TUM have now shown how these systems can be described using equations from the 18th century.

More efficiency for optical quantum gates

News | Science | Press Release

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics succeeded in massively improving the performance of a component that is crucial to optical quantum systems.

Mikhail Lukin Explores the “New Frontier of Quantum”

News | Outreach

The Harvard physicist will give a series of talks in Munich in May as MCQST Distinguished Lecturer

World Quantum Day: Join Us in the Lab!

News | Outreach

How do scientists make crystals that are only one atom thick? Join us for a virtual trip into the lab!

Fit for quantum: Around one million euros for teaching in quantum technology

News | Press Release

The universities in Augsburg, Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Munich, Regensburg, and Würzburg will each receive 144,000 euros for their physics departments from the Hightech Agenda Bayern funds – State Minister of Science Blume: "Bavaria is a top location internationally for quantum technologies."

ERC Advanced Grant for Nathalie Picqué

News | Awards

She is the first woman physicist in Germany in the field of atomic, molecular and optical physics to be awarded this renowned grant.

MCQST Member Awarded ERC Grant

News | Awards

Prof. Phan Thành Nam has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.

Award-winning Quantum Random Number Generator

Outreach | Awards | News

The MPQ Photonlab is once again awarded with the LeLa Prize of the Federal Association of German School Labs, this time in the category “experiment of the year”.

Quantum Minutes: Why Should You Care About Quantum Computing?

News | Outreach

In the Quantum Minutes video series, scientists open up their laboratories and workspaces to curious minds to discover the fascinating research undertaken within MCQST.

Waves on circular paths

News | Science | Press Release

Magnetic excitations for information transfer without heat loss

Foundation of the Munich Quantum Valley e.V.

News | Press Release

In the presence of Bavaria’s Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder, the Bavarian Science Minister Bernd Sibler and the Director General of the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Dr. Sabine Jarothe, the founding document was signed at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities today by the presidents of the partner universities and scientific organizations.

How to Apply for a Master's or PhD Program in Germany

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Learn how to apply for a graduate program in Munich: Germany's hub for quantum science and technology.

Successful Quantum Teleportation at Microwave Frequencies

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A team headed by physicists from the Walther-Meißner-Institute has experimentally implemented quantum teleportation based on propagating microwave signals between distant locations, while preserving the fragile quantum nature of teleported states.

Apply Now: MCQST Postdoc Fellowships

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START Fellowship & Distinguished Postdoc Fellowship

New materials for quantum technologies

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Solids with special symmetries for quantum and spintronics applications

QST Master’s Student Receives Grant to Develop Open-Source Quantum Compiler

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Varun Seshadri, a student in the QST Master’s program, along with two undergraduate students from Simon Fraser University, has received a grant from the Unitary Fund to develop a lattice surgery quantum error correction compiler

A Cold Pair of Mirrors Made Stable

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A team of scientists from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and attocube systems AG have engineered a Fabry-Pérot cavity at cryogenic temperatures under closed-cycle cooling conditions. The results have been published in PRX Quantum.

Podcast Episode: Exzellent Erklärt

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MCQST scientists featured in the new podcast "Exzellent Erklärt"

Quantum Minutes: Was Hawking Wrong About Black Holes?

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In this series, scientists open up their laboratories and workspaces to curious minds to discover the fascinating research undertaken within MCQST.

Call for Applications: 2022 PhD Positions

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Apply now for fully funded PhD fellowships in Quantum Science and Technology.

Twisting elusive quantum particles

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Quantum processor provides insights into exotic states of matter

Apply Now: Mentoring Program for Women

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Master's students, PhDs, and Postdocs: Apply by 31. Dec!

Immanuel Bloch Receives the Bavarian Maximilian Order

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Minister-President Markus Söder awards MCQST Speaker Immanuel Bloch the "Bavarian Nobel Prize"

First Graduate of Master's in QST Program Completes Degree in Only One Year

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Sirui Lu graduates from new Master’s program in Quantum Science and Technology (QST) of LMU and TUM in only one year

A New Way to Fabricate Borophene Opens up Many Possibilities

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Researchers at TUM and UniBw M have developed a novel method to synthesize borophene using a molecular precursor – the first time a one-atom-thick mono-elemental material other than graphene has been created by an easily scalable approach.

Novel quantum effect discovered in naturally occurring graphene

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International research team led by University of Göttingen finds atomically-thin carbon generates its own magnetic field

Quantum Physics for Everyone: Silke Stähler-Schöpf and Berit Körbitzer in Interview

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Silke Stähler-Schöpf and Berit Körbitzer share why they believe education on quantum science and technology is for everyone

When soap bubbles turn to soup

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With the help of high-resolution microscopy, scientists at MPQ successfully observed the transformation of a metal of magnetic polarons into a normal Fermi liquid.

Quantum Minutes: Is a Perfect Cable Possible? - A Quantum Scientist Explains

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In this new series, scientists open up their labs to curious minds to reveal the fascinating quantum research at MCQST.

Podcast Episode: Shaping the Future with Quantum

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MCQST Member Monika Aidelsburger is a guest on the latest episode of "SiblersDenkräume", the podcast of Bavarian Science Minister Bernd Sibler.

Angela Merkel and Markus Söder express their support for the Munich Quantum Valley initiative

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Visiting the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching near Munich, they learn about the current state of quantum research and its prospects for the future.

MCQST Scientists Receive 2021 Quantum Future Awards

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Three finalists from MCQST recognized for outstanding work with high relevance to the field of quantum technology.

Quantum Minutes: Is a Perfect Cable Possible?

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In this series, scientists open up their laboratories and workspaces to curious minds to discover the fascinating research undertaken within MCQST.

Quantum Minutes: Quantum Cryptography - what is it really?

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In this new series, scientists open up their laboratories and workspaces to curious minds to discover the fascinating research undertaken within MCQST.

MCQST PhD Awards 2020

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The MCQST PhD Award honors the best PhD theses in quantum science and technology selected from the MCQST community.

Supporting Independence in Quantum Research

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Discover the unique experiences of three of our excellent START fellows, as they share on their cutting-edge work in quantum science and technology, on the START Fellowship program, as well as their path to independence in an article published on Research in Bavaria webpage.

Elegant quantum teleportation with only one single photon

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Scientists at MPQ succeed for the first time in teleporting quantum information encoded in an atomic qubit to a laboratory 60 meters away using just one single photon as a resource.

Monika Aidelsburger is the “Female Physicist of the Week”

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Monika Aidelsburger, LMU Professor and MCQST Member, is featured as “Female Physicist of the Week” by the German Physical Society (DPG).

Professor Monika Aidelsburger wins Alfried Krupp Prize

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MCQST members and LMU experimental physicist Monika Aidelsburger receives a research prize worth 1 million euros for her work on quantum optics.

BMW supports new TUM endowed chair with 5.1 million euros

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Industrial application of quantum computers - We are excited to see the local quantum community and infrastructure continuously growing with exciting collaborations.

Science in 360°: "High Precision Spectroscopy" lab tour

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Experience science in 360°: Derya Taray takes us through an imersive tour of the High Precision Spectroscopy lab at MPQ.

QUANTisch for beginners

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QUANTA sets out to develop new ways and means to make the basic principles, opportunities, and uses of quantum technology accessible to a wider audience.

Revealing Einstein’s “spooky action” without destroying it

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Physicists at MPQ and MCQST have developed a novel photonic instrument to non-destructively reveal the entanglement of two distant atomic qubits.

QIP2021: latest breakthroughs in theoretical quantum information

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QIP 2021 was hosted by TUM and MCQST. The meeting featured exciting talks on the latest developments and breakthroughs in theoretical quantum information science and discussions of the state-of-the-art in industry in a new, virtual format.

Tracking for quantum post

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A detector detects photons transporting qubits without destroying the quantum information.

Science in 360°: "Single atoms in crossed optical fiber cavities" lab tour

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Experience science in 360°: Dominik Niemitz takes us through an imersive tour of the CavityX lab at MPQ.

Erbium dopants in nanophotonic silicon waveguides on the Optica cover

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"Erbium dopants in nanophotonic silicon waveguides" publication by a team of MPQ and MCQST researchers is featured on the cover of Optica.

Robert König wins ERC Consolidator Grant

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Robert König, TUM professor and MCQST member, receives one of the prestigious Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project "Enhanced quantum information processing targeting the near term".

A Bridge to the Quantum World

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Featured on the Research in Bavaria website: Monika Aidelsburger shares input on her exciting research and benefits of working in MCQST.

Munich Quantum Valley – a leap forward for quantum science and technology

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Bavaria's leading scientists and universities kick off a new research initiative to promote quantum science and develop new quantum technologies.

Precession squared: The rise of pseudospin

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Researchers have discovered an exciting method for controlling spin carried by quantized spin wave excitations in antiferromagnetic insulators.

Looking into the unknown

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Unlocking the unsolved mysteries of physics and chemistry by using quantum simulators - interview with Monika Aidelsburger and Immanuel Bloch in Chip magazine.

MCQST Researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2020 List

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MCQST is delighted to announce that three of our academics have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 list from Clarivate.

The dream of unlimited possibilities

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Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung: Prof. Rudolf Gross and Prof. Stefan Filipp on strengthening Munich's position at the forefront of the global race to develop quantum computers.

A Modem for the Quantum Internet

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Physicists at MPQ have developed an efficient modem for the future quantum internet.

A Smooth Transition in a Quantum Gas with Impurities

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New Publication in Physics

Janis Nötzel receives Best Paper Award at the CITS 2020

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Janis Nötzel receives Best Paper Award at the CITS 2020 for the paper "Entanglement-Enabled Communication".

The Return of the Spin Echo

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A research team from Garching and Vienna discovered a remarkable echo effect - it offers exciting new possibilities for working with quantum information.

Two ERC Starting Grants awarded to MCQST members

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MCQST members, Fabian Grusdt and Dominik Bucher, have won prestigious ERC Starting Grants.

Bavaria takes a Quantum Leap

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120 million euros for the development of quantum sciences and technologies (QST) in Bavaria.

Tatjana Wilk on Germany's quantum push in Science | Business

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In an article for Science|Business, Dr. Tatjana Wilk shares insight on current and future QST research, as well as on Germany's potential in developing quantum technologies.

The next Quantum Leap

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Rudolf Gross on the advantages of quantum computers and Germany's challenges with "deep tech" in Focus magazine.

Martí Perarnau Llobet wins NJP Early Career Award

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Congratulations to Martí Perarnau Llobet for winning the "NJP Early Career Award".

Science Minister Bernd Sibler visits the Walther Meissner Institute

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WMI directors Stefan Filipp and Rudolf Gross welcomed Science Minister Bernd Sibler on the Garching campus for an insight into the current and future research priorities of the institute and its role in the field of quantum technologies.

Munich Takes the Lead in Quantum Science

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Interview with Rudolf Groß in Digitale Welt on the Munich quantum landscape.

Quantum Advantage with Noisy Shallow Circuits

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An international team of researchers proves that imperfect devices can provide a quantum advantage by showing that noisy quantum computers can outperform classical machines.

The World’s Lightest Mirror

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Physicists at MPQ succeed at engineering an optical mirror made of only a few hundred atoms. It is the lightest one in the world and even imaginable.

Driven Topology

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LMU pysicists together with an international team succeeded in realizing a novel genuine time-dependent topological system with ultracold atoms in periodically-driven optical honeycomb lattices.

Playing Pool with Excitons

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Scientists have successfully completed a work that can explain a successful quantum simulation of certain properties of an ultra-flat semiconductor.

Interview with Professor Immanuel Bloch

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Immanuel Bloch talks about taking on the role of managing director at the MPQ and the future of quantum optics.

Prof. Phan Thành Nam is awarded EMS prize

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The prize is awarded in recognition of excellent contributions in mathematics.

Summer Student Program 2020 is cancelled

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MCQST Summer Program is unfortunately cancelled due to the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IQM expands in Germany - Subsidiary in Munich to drive quantum hardware-software co-design

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IQM is growing! IQM expands to Germany for quantum hardware-software co-design under the lead of Enrique Solano in Munich

Parametric Instabilities of Interacting Bosons in Periodically Driven 1D Optical Lattices

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An international team of physicists report on observations of collective modes in the early-stage dynamics of ultracold bosons in shaken one-dimensional optical lattices by monitoring the momentum distribution of the cloud.

Setting the pace

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Interview with experimental physicists Immanuel Bloch and Harald Weinfurter on the advent of the quantum computer, the impending quantum revolution, and its practical implications, such as secure cryptography and diamond-based magnetometers.

Norbert Schuch wins his second ERC grant

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One of the coveted ERC Consolidator Grants is awarded to MCQST member, Norbert Schuch, who can now continue his research on complex quantum systems for at least another five years.

On the Way to Quantum Networks

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An international team of physicists has successfully demonstrated the transport of an entangled state between an atom and a photon via an optic fiber over a distance of up to 20 km – thus setting a new record.

Divorce in a One-Dimensional World

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Scientists have experimentally confirmed a fifty-year-old prediction about the (in)separability of an electron's spin and electric charge using a specialized quantum simulator.

Lukas Knips wins the Quantum Futur Award

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Lukas Knips is awarded the Quantum futur Award for best PhD thesis.

Making Synthetic Gauge Fields Quantum

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New realistic scheme for quantizing synthetic gauge fields for neutral atoms in optical lattices opens new perspectives for quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories on larger scales.

START Fellows at MCQST: Fabian Grusdt & Jasmin Meinecke

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We are excited to introduce the first MCQST START Fellows.

The Quantum Internet is Within Reach

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An international team headed by physicists from TUM has experimentally implemented secure quantum communication in the microwave band in a local quantum network.

Modelling the Molecular Architecture

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New approach for the simulation of quantum chemistry - a global team of scientists developed the first blueprint for precisely calculating the molecular chemistry using an analogue quantum simulator.

Simulating Fundamental Interactions with Ultracold Atoms

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An international team of physicists succeeded in engineering key ingredients to simulate a specific lattice gauge theory using ultracold atoms in optical lattices.

First pictures of magnetic polarons taken in Garching

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MCQST physicists succeeded for in photographing the magnetic structure around a mobile charge carrier within a crystal latticeusing a quantum simulator.

OPENQKD: paving the way for secure quantum communication

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The group led by Prof. Harald Weinfurter, MCQST RU-D co-coordinator, is part of a new EU project on secure quantum communication.

Michael Knap receives the prestigious ERC Starting Grant

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Michael Knap, MCQST member and TUM professor of Collective Quantum Dynamics and MCQST member, receives the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for his CosQuanDyn project.

Bell Prize awarded to quantum computing pioneers

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Ignacio Cirac and Peter Zoller, pioneers of quantum science and technology, are awarded the highly regarded Bell Prize. The award recognizes the most significant contributions made to the fundamentals of quantum mechanics.

Otto Hahn Medal for excellent junior researchers

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Otto Hahn Medal: Max Planck Society awards Johannes Zeiher as an excellent junior researcher.

New Toolkit for Photonics: Quantum Simulation by Light Radio

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Physicists from MCQSTb and CSIC developed a new principle for quantum simulators, in which quantum bits can exchange light quanta via a waveguide.

Light in the Nanoworld

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An international team, headed by MCQST members, has succeeded in placing light sources in atomically thin material layers with an accuracy of just a few nanometers.

Ignacio Cirac receives honorary doctor of the UBA

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The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) has awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Ignacio Cirac in July.

Monika Aidelsburger receives Princess Therese of Bavaria Prize

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Prof. Monika Aidelsburger is awarded for her outstanding work.

IQM secures €11,5M for Quantum Computing

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Quantum Computing startup secures €11,5M in seed funding from international investors.

Which One Is the Perfect Quantum Theory?

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For some phenomena in quantum many-body physics several competing theories exist. But which of them describes a quantum phenomenon best?

Immortal Quantum Particles

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New research shows that so-called quasiparticles can decay and reorganize themselves again and are thus become virtually immortal.

A Leap into the Continuum

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MCQST physicists develop a new method to carry computations in quantum field theory.

Direct Observation of Giant Molecules

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Physicists at the MPQ achieved to form giant diatomic molecules and optically detect them afterwards by using a high-resolution objective.

Prof. Ignacio Cirac receives Micius Quantum Prize

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Ignacio Cirac, Director at the MPI of Quantum Optics and head of the Theory Division receives this honor for his work on quantum computing.

Cluster of Excellence MCQST: The huge potential of the minuscule

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The new research network aims to create the basis for quantum technology 2.0, which will give access to secure modes of communication, innovative information processing systems and highly sensitive detectors.