Holography is a powerful technique of photography of a light field without a lens for 3D imaging and display. Now, scientists at the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics move holography forward by implementing it with optical frequency combs. Thousands of holograms over all colors of the rainbow can be recorded.

The Maximilian Order for Science and Art is the highest distinction in Bavaria for outstanding contributions in these two disciplines. Immanuel Bloch receives the medal for his pioneering works in quantum physics with which he has opened up a new and interdisciplinary field of research at the crossing of quantum optics, quantum information processing and solid-state physics: the exploration of quantum many body systems. 

Professor Ignacio Cirac, head of the Theory Group at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, is one of ten winners in the Physical Sciences category of this year's Falling Walls Award. The Falling Walls Foundation jury was impressed by the outstanding quality and relevance of Ignacio Cirac's research.

Theodor Hänsch, Emeritus Director at the MPQ and Professor at the LMU, is an eager experimentalist, physicist, Nobel Prize winner, pioneer, inventor, passionate explorer, teacher and, above all, a great role model for many young scientists. Tomorrow, on Saturday October 30, he celebrates his 80th birthday - and is not one bit tired!

With the help of high-resolution microscopy, scientists at MPQ successfully observed the transformation of a metal of magnetic polarons into a normal Fermi liquid. Furthermore, the team was able to measure novel correlations that could serve as a basis for theoretical models of strongly-correlated electrons.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder are delighted by their impressions into research and networks at MPQ and want to maintain and increase their support. We have capured their visit in images.

"Quantum circuits assisted by local operations and classical communication: Transformations and phases of matter" 

Supersymmetric Boundaries of One-Dimensional Phases of Fermions beyond Symmetry-Protected Topological States

"Optimal Quantum Thermometry with Coarse-Grained Measurements"