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

22.04.2021
 

Congratulations to Marcel Strauß on completing his Master thesis with distinction.

19.04.2021
 

On May 21st, our first webinar on Superconducting Mass Spectrometry and Molecule Analysis will introduce the scope and interest of the European...

29.03.2021
 

We welcome Julia Salapa as a master student pursuing the optical detection of biomolecules.

29.03.2021
 

We welcome Martin Mauser as a master student working on quantum tools for mass spectrometry.

22.03.2021
 

The morphology of doubly-clamped graphene nanoribbons.

22.03.2021
 

We welcome Lorenz Hummer as our new Master-Student on Cavity Cooling.