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

25.05.2020
 

Congratulations to Yaakov on completing his PhD with distinction on May 22nd, 2020.

04.05.2020
 

Can you fly rather than fry a polypeptide, thermally for matter-wave deflectometry? Check this out ...

29.04.2020
 

The Doctoral College Advanced Functional Materials has new PhD openings !

19.03.2020
 

"Matter-wave interference of a native polypeptide"

10.03.2020
 

3D Interactive Research Simulation of Molecule Interferometry now available in Portuguese.

24.02.2020
 

... for the publication on "Coriolis compensation via gravity in a matter-wave interferometer"!