We are fascinated by and working on ...

  • Universal matter-wave interferometry & the foundations of physics
    • Towards metal cluster interferometry:
      a new material class in quantum physics to probe the interface to the classical world.  
    • From Polypeptide towards Protein interferometry:
      a new material class to study complexity & dynamics of biomolecules in quantum physics.   
  • Cooling and quantum optomechanics 
    • Optical cooling of non-spherical nanoparticles to explore their rotational quantum states.
    • Trapping & cooling of nanobiological matter to harvest their internal complexity. 
  • Enabling technologies for quantum experiments
    • Sources of metal clusters, dielectric and biological nanomaterials: for matter-wave interferometry.
    • Single-photon charge control and coherent beam splitting of proteins & metal clusters. 
    • Interfeormeter concepts for complex nanomatter.
  • Quantum sensors
    • Matter-wave deflectometers with high better than yocto-Newton force sensitivity:
      ... to measure electro-magnetic, optical & dynamical properties of molecules of interst to biology and chemistry.
    • Trapped nanorotors: 
      ... to realize highly sensitive torque & rotations sensors on the micron scale.  
    • Superconducting nanowire detectors:
      ... for mass spectrometry and molecule analysis, harvesting the sensitivity of quantum phase transitions.

 Latest News

18.10.2023
 

Electric and magnetic deflection of molecules and clusters carried within superfluid helium nanodroplets

26.09.2023
 

We welcome Buzz Walter as a new Master intern in our team!

 

26.09.2023
 

Congratulations to Florian Fechtel on his VDS Master Fellowship!

18.09.2023
 

We welcome Hannah Foltas as a new Master intern in our team!

07.09.2023
 

S. Troyer and M. Arndt present at the Heraeus-Seminar on 'Levitated Particles in the Quantum Regime' in Bad Honnef.

06.09.2023
 

Congratulations to Julia Salapa on defending her Master thesis with distinction and she is about to start her PhD at ETH Zurich.