Our mission is ...

  • Universal matter-wave interferometry & the foundations of physics
    • Demonstrated quantum interference of atoms & molecules:
      Fullerenesvitamins,  macromolecules, molecular clusters, antibiotic polypeptides, and massive metal clusters. already exceeding 170'000 atomic mass units. 
    • Exploring new materials, complexity classes & internal dynamics in quantum interferometry:  
      proteins, metal clusters, dielectric nanoparticles.
    • Quantitative experiments on dephasing and decoherence.
  • Cooling and quantum optomechanics 
    • Optical cooling to trapped rotational quantum ground states.
    • Trapping & cooling of nanobiological matter
  • Enabling technologies for quantum experiments
    • Molecular beam sources for cold metallic, dielectric and biological nanomaterials.
    • Universal coherent beam splitter technologies
  • Quantum sensing
    • Matter-wave assisted force measurements with < 10-26 N sensitivity.
    • Trapped nanorotors for torque & rotation sensing on the micron scale.  
    • Superconducting quantum detectors for mass spectrometry & molecule analysis.

 Latest News

28.03.2023
 

Steve Daly, from our Mass spectrometry partner MSVISION in Almere/NL, joined us in Vienna for one week, to contribute with his expertise in mass...

24.03.2023
 

Invited talks by Markus Arndt, Philipp Rieser and Ksenija Simonovics at the NPL seminar "Mass Spectrometry meets Quantum Science".

06.03.2023
 

A comprehensive introduction on Matter Waves: from electrons, over atoms and molecules to nanoparticles

06.03.2023
 

Evanescent field trapping and manipulation from cold atoms to microparticles

08.02.2023
 

Optical trapping of laser cooled molecules, ultracold collisions and molecular clock making

31.01.2023
 

We welcome Dorian Schiffer as a new Master intern in our team!