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Welcome! We are carrying out research in the field of quantum optics and quantum many-body systems using ultracold atomic and molecular quantum gases at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig Maximilians University. Furthermore, our group is part of the Munich Quantum Center.

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NEWS

Observation of Brane Parity Order in Programmable Optical Lattices

June 29, 2023

The Mott-insulating phase of the two-dimensional (2D) Bose-Hubbard model is expected to be characterized by a nonlocal brane parity order. Parity order captures the presence of microscopic…

Rydberg Macrodimers: Diatomic Molecules on the Micrometer Scale

May 17, 2023

Controlling molecular binding at the level of single atoms is one of the holy grails of quantum chemistry. Rydberg macrodimers─bound states between highly excited Rydberg atoms─provide a novel…

A subwavelength atomic array switched by a single Rydberg atom

February 22, 2023

Enhancing light–matter coupling at the level of single quanta is essential for numerous applications in quantum science. The cooperative optical response of subwavelength atomic arrays has been found…

Transition from a polaronic condensate to a degenerate Fermi gas of heteronuclear molecules

February 14, 2023

The interplay of quantum statistics and interactions in atomic Bose–Fermi mixtures leads to a phase diagram markedly different from pure fermionic or bosonic systems. However, investigating this phase…

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Ultrafast Rydberg experiments with ultracold atoms in optical tweezers

December 05, 2023

Aito Tanaka, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan
Group seminar at room B 0.32 and Zoom
Tuesday, December, 5 at 9:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Narrow linewidth superradiant lasing using cold 88Sr for frequency metrology and sensing

November 30, 2023

Sofus Kristensen, Niels-Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Thursday, November, 30 at 9:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar at LMU and Zoom: Disordered Rydberg quantum spin systems & spin glases

November 28, 2023

Moritz Hornung, Heidelberg University
Group seminar at LMU seminar room and Zoom
Tuesday, November 28 at 9:00 am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Stable Quantum-Correlated Many Body States via Engineered Dissipation

November 23, 2023

Alexios Michailidis, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Groupseminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Thursday, November, 23 at 9:00am (MEZ)

Special Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Ancilla theory of the pseudogap, and of the cuprate phase diagram

November 17, 2023

Prof. Subir Sachdev, Harvard University, USA
Special Group Seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Friday, November, 17 at 4:00pm (MEZ)

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