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

08.03.2024
 

See the creativity and perspectives of our female researchers.

05.03.2024
 

We welcome Josef Reisinger as a new PhD student in our team!

04.03.2024
 

We welcome Linus Kulman as a new Master in our team!

29.02.2024
 

The geometry of neuronal population dynamics and scaling of its dimensionality using cellular resolution cortex-wide recording of neuroactivity

20.02.2024
 

Talk by Marcel Strauss: Highly sensitive single particle detection of neutral and charged macromolecular beams

09.02.2024
 

The Bad Honnef Physics Winter School 2024 on Frontiers of Quantum Mechanics was organised by Markus Arndt and Claus Lämmerzahl in close cooperation...