Home Research W2 Research Groups Engineered Quantum Systems Homepage News News We are moving to Stanford! October 10, 2026 Recently Monika accepted a new position at Stanford! more Nikolaus Liebster receives Otto-Haxel-Award for Physics July 23, 2026 Congratulations Nikolas! Otto-Haxel-Award for Physics Presented more Our new paper on non-equilibrium quantum spin liquids is online! April 28, 2026 In this work we prepare and study quantum spin liquids in 2D optical superlattices! more Nikolas Liebster has received the DPG SAMOP Dissertation Prize March 03, 2026 Congratulations to Nikolas from our Cs team on his award! more Fast microscopy of cold Yb at LMU! November 07, 2025 We obtained our first microscope images with 171Yb more First Yb MOT at MPQ! September 22, 2025 YDFC just got their first 3D MOT after moving into the new lab space! more Our new paper on disorder-driven topological phase transitions is online! August 29, 2025 In this work we observe topological phase transitions in the presence of disorder via mode-matching between the chiral edge mode and a localized BEC. more Show more