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Women in Quantum Optics (New Video Portrait)

Happy International Women‘s Day - what‘s it like to be a women in physics or quantum optics today? In our newest video portrait, three of our young and aspiring female scientists – Maya Büki, Nathalie Lenke and Suchita Agrawal – take us with them into their life and research at MPQ and share some of their own experiences, backgrounds and perspectives.  more

Breakthrough in Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

Researchers have successfully developed a new technique for deciphering the properties of light and matter that can simultaneously detect and precisely quantify many substances with high chemical selectivity. Their technique interrogates the atoms and molecules in the ultraviolet spectral region at very feeble light levels - a breakthrough that paves the way for exciting new opportunities in photon-level diagnostics.  more

Vitaly Wirthl: Exploring ‘new physics’ in deuterium

The scientist from the Laser Spectroscopy division achieved unprecedented precision in measuring an energy transition in heavy hydrogen.The experimental physicist's work provides an important basis for future measurements in order to compare and test the theory of quantum electrodynamics. more

Cal-Bay Quantum School: Boosting Scientific Collaboration between Bavaria and California

To foster scientific collaboration and academic ties in quantum sciences between the two regions, the Cal-Bay Summer School was selected by the Bavaria California Technology Center (BaCaTec) as Wolfgang-Hillen-Summer School 2024 taking place from 9 until 14 June in Garching.  more

Time travel through attosecond physics

Lectures, poster sessions, lab tours - and above all, a reunion of old and new friends. On 22 and 23 February, Ferenc Krausz's Attoworld group hosted a two-day alumni symposium. The participants looked back on milestones in attosecond physics, while current research topics and future projects were also a subject of lively discussion. more

Nobel Symposium for Ferenc Krausz

Why attoseconds? With this motto, Ferenc Krausz opened the exciting programme of the MPQ Nobel Symposium in celebration of his Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. Among the guests and speakers were also many of his former companions. Impressions from the symposium are curated in an image gallery.  more

Ferenc Krausz receives the Bavarian Maximilian Order

Ferenc Krausz, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Chairholder at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, receives the prestigious Maximilian Order. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder presented Ferenc Krausz with the Order on 6 February 2024 at the Bavarian State Chancellery. more

Chemistry takes an ultracold turn - First tetratomic supermolecules realised at nanokelvin temperatures

Researchers at MPQ have demonstrated a novel method to create tetratomic supermolecules at a so far unprecedented low-temperature scale down to 134 nK – a breakthrough with far-reaching implications for ultracold chemistry and quantum materials. more

Jelena Vučković appointed at MPQ as new External Scientific Member

Jelena Vučković expert and pioneer in the field of experimental quantum science and technology has been in exchange with Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics for years, say as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, as MPQ Distinguished Scholar or via various research visits over the years. more

Monika Aidelsburger launches new W2 research group „Engineered Quantum Systems“ at MPQ

She is an internationally renowned expert in controlled quantum systems and quantum simulators with ultracold atoms in optical lattices, and will now continue and expand her successful research at MPQ. We are delighted to have you back at MPQ, Monika! more

Nobel Prize week begins - a wonderful reason to celebrate!

Today, 6 December marks the start of Nobel Week in Stockholm, when the Swedish royal family and the institutions responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize gather to honour this year's laureates. Among them is Ferenc Krausz, who will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023, which is already the second Nobel Prize in Physics for the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. In 2005, Theodor Hänsch was honoured in Stockholm with this most important prize of science. more

Stern Gerlach Medal for Immanuel Bloch

Immanuel Bloch, Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics  and Chairholder at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, has been awarded the prestigious Stern Gerlach Medal from the German Physical Society (DPG). The award – the highest accolade issued by the DPG for achievements in the field of experimental physics – recognises his ground-breaking research on quantum simulations with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. more

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