Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

(IN BRIEF) The Deutsches Museum in Munich, in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich and the Munich Centre for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), is launching the “Light and Matter” exhibition. This exhibition aims to make quantum physics accessible … Read the full press release →

Researchers from LMU/MPQ implement a dynamical version of the 4D quantum Hall effect with ultracold atoms in an optical superlattice potential Garching, Germany, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In literature, the potential existence of extra dimensions was discussed in Edwin Abbott’s satirical … Read the full press release →

Extremely short electron bunches are key to many new applications including ultrafast electron microscopy and table-top free-electron lasers. MÜNCHEN, 03-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of physicists from Rostock University, the Max Born Institute in Berlin, the Ludwig-Maxmilians-Universität Munich, and the … Read the full press release →

Physicists in Garching observe novel quantum effect that limits the number of emitted photons. MUNICH, 20-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The probability to find a certain number of photons inside a laser pulse usually corresponds to a classical distribution of independent events, … Read the full press release →

In an experiment carried out at MPQ, the fastest ever switching of electric currents in semiconductors has been achieved with few-cycle laser pulses. GARCHING, 21-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Modern electronics and digital technologies rely on the control of electric current in … Read the full press release →

The deuteron — just like the proton — is smaller than previously thought ZURICH, 18-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The deuteron — one of the simplest atomic nuclei, consisting of just one proton and one neutron — is considerably smaller than previously … Read the full press release →

Laser physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics developed a measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared range. Garching, Germany, 25-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Those who want to explore the microcosm need exact control over laser light. Only … Read the full press release →

A team of physicists from MPQ, Caltech, and ICFO proposes the combination of nano-photonics with ultracold atoms for simulating quantum many-body systems and creating new states of matter. MUNICH, 20-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ultracold atoms in the so-called optical lattices, … Read the full press release →

Scientists from the MPQ, LMU, and the FUB analyse how fast order can appear in a quantum-mechanical system. GARCHING, 13-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — During the freezing of water, the initially unordered molecules start to form an ordered crystal, namely ice. … Read the full press release →

Rapid advances in techniques for the creation of ultra-short laser pulses promise to boost our knowledge of electron motions to an unprecedented level. Garching, Germany, 24-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Next-generation approaches to the production of ultrashort flashes of laser light – the … Read the full press release →