Independent Research Groups

Based on these new findings, 'NuQuant' aims to excite the thorium-229 nucleus by laser spectroscopy. For this purpose, a novel cw laser system at a wavelength of 150 nanometres is to be developed, which will then be used for spectroscopy. After successful excitation, the experiment will be further developed into a nuclear clock based on internal conversion (IC). This will transfer existing quantum technological tools to the atomic nucleus domain to open up the exciting new field of nuclear quantum optics. more

The independent research group Quantum Matter Interfaces aims to study the connection of assembled arrays of laser-cooled atoms to novel interfaces with optical photons. Therefore, we combine atomic Rydberg arrays in optical tweezers with optical resonators. Next to the realization of measurement-based controlled feedback on quantum systems – the basis of quantum error correction – our aim is also to study novel interactions and the generation of entanglement in quantum many-body systems. more

The group Atomic Quantum Matter pursues the experimental application of quantum information concepts to ultracold atomic systems. We use the tools of quantum gas microscopy, including optical tweezers, lattices, and single-particle resolved imaging, to realize many-body systems with single-particle control. Our experiments provide the experimental testbed for new ideas emerging at the interface between condensed matter physics and quantum information science. more

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