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

Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall Host: MCQST

“Quantum computing and networking with alkali atom qubit arrays” (MCQST Colloqium) (Prof. Mark Saffman)

Date: May 28, 2024
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Mark Saffman
University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

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“Novel approaches to nanoscale sensing using color centers in diamond” (MCQST Colloquium) (Prof. Elke Neu-Ruffing)

Date: Jun 18, 2024
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Elke Neu-Ruffing
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

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"Strategies to design quantum materials with exotic properties" (MCQST Colloquium) (Prof. Roser Valentí)

Date: Jul 9, 2024
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Roser Valentí
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

Unconventional superconductivity with high critical temperatures, topologically non-trivial phases, frustrated magnetism, spin-liquids or the intensively discussed Kitaev phases are a few examples of exotic states in quantum materials. One of the big challenges in quantum physics is the microscopic description of such systems. Moreover, being able to understand them implies the possibility of predicting compounds with desirable properties. In this talk, I will present and discuss strategies for designing quantum materials from first principles and by using statistical methods, and will motivate their possible use for present technological applications. [more]