Colloquia

The MPQ Colloquium is held on Tuesdays at 2:30 pm.
The MCQST Colloquium takes place on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm.

The talks will take place in Herbert Walther Lecture Hall. Details on how to participate online are distributed via the mailing lists [wiss-mpq] and [Mpq-colloquium-stream]. To receive this information, please register using the attached link.

Scientific organization of the talks: Dr. Stephan Dürr and Prof. Thomas Udem

“Interfacing superconducting qubits with light” (MCQST Colloquium) (Prof. Johannes Fink)

Date: Apr 29, 2025
Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Johannes Fink
Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

Optical photons propagate with ultra-low loss and do not interact easily, which makes them perfect information carriers both in quantum and classical applications. Logical operations and sensing on the other hand rely on nonlinearities and strong interactions that are typically realized with GHz clock speed electrical circuits. The field of microwave photonics combines these two domains of the electromagnetic spectrum with a diverse set of applications ranging from radar and satellite communication, to radio-over-fiber and remote sensing. [more]

"Sensitivity and Stability of Quantum Fluids in Driven Disorder" (Prof. Artur Widera)

Date: May 6, 2025
Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Artur Widera
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Physics Department and State Research Center OPTIMAS, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

The interplay of local perturbations and interactions is key for understanding quantum many-body systems. We study lithium Fermi gases in time-dependent disorder, using speckle potentials with quenches or finite correlation times. [more]

“Quantum Processors and Quantum Networks – Atom-by-Atom” (Prof. Hannes Bernien)

Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Hannes Bernien
University of Innsbruck & IQOQI, University of Chicago
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Reconfigurable arrays of neutral atoms have emerged as a leading platform for quantum science. Their excellent coherence properties combined with programmable Rydberg interactions have led to intriguing observations such as quantum phase transitions, the discovery of quantum many-body scars, and novel quantum computing architectures. [more]

“tba” (MCQST Colloquium) (Prof. Jianwei Pan)

Date: May 20, 2025
Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Jianwei Pan
USTC, Hefei, China
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

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"tba" (Prof. Wolfram Pernice)

Date: Jun 3, 2025
Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Wolfram Pernice
Heidelberg University
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

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