Home | Quantum Optics Group

Our research

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.

Join us!

We are always looking for Master students, PhD students and Postdocs.

Get to know our teammembers!

Our entire group: Bachelor, Master and PhD Students, Postdoctoral Researchers and Senior Scientists as well as Technical and Administrative staff.

Our Labs

Take a look into out labs and find out about the different research projects.

NEWS

Lithium microscope featured on Nature Physics cover

October 12, 2020

Nature Physics is celebrating its 15th birthday in its October issue and our lithium experiment contributed to the cover.

A subradiant optical mirror formed by a single structured atomic layer

July 24, 2020

Versatile interfaces with strong and tunable light–matter interactions are cornerstones for quantum science as they enable the mapping of quantum properties between light and matter. Single atoms are…

Robust Bilayer Charge Pumping for Spin- and Density-Resolved Quantum Gas Microscopy

July 14, 2020

Methods to control and readout multilayer systems are scarce and unreliable, but highly desirable to access quantum simulation of layered materials or to improve detection and manipulation of…

Realization of an anomalous Floquet topological system with ultracold atoms

July 02, 2020

Topological phases of matter have attracted a lot of interest due to their unique electronic properties that often result in exotic surface or boundary modes, whose existence is rooted in the…

Group Seminar via Zoom: Rydberg atoms in ultracold gases - from electron to ion impurities

October 13, 2020

Florian Meinert, University of Stuttgart
Group meeting via video conference (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 13th, 09:00 (MEZ)

Group Seminar via Zoom: Atom interferometry with improved sensitivity, stability, and dynamic range

October 06, 2020

Dimitry Yankelev, Weizmann Institute
Group meeting via video conference (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 6th, 09:00 (MEZ)

Group Seminar via Zoom: Raman Imaging of Small Atomic Ensembles Inside an Optical Cavity

September 29, 2020

Maximilian Ammenwerth, IAP Bonn
Group meeting via video conference (Zoom)
Tuesday, September 29th, 9:00 (MEZ)

Group Seminar via Zoom: Hamiltonian engineering for quantum sensing and quantum simulation

September 22, 2020

Yi-Xiang Liu, MIT
Group meeting via video conference (Zoom)
Tuesday, September 2nd, 15:00! (MEZ)

Group Seminar via Zoom: Dynamical Z2 gauge fields coupled to fermionic matter

September 15, 2020

Sergej Moroz, Emmy Noether Research group, TU Munich
Group meeting via video conference (Zoom)
Tuesday, September 15th, 09:00 (MEZ)

Latest news from our group

Karen successfully defended her PhD thesis

September 23, 2020

Karen sucessfully defended her doctoral thesis on "Realization of Floquet topological systems with ultracold atoms in optical honeycomb lattices" on September 23th, 2020.

We warmly congratulate you Karen and wish you all the best for your future!

Timon is our new group leader at the Lithium-microscope lab at the MPQ!

September 15, 2020

We welcome Dr. Timon Hilker as our new Group Leader at the Lithium-microscope lab at the MPQ!
Timon received his PhD at the MPQ in 2017. Until August 2020 he worked as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in the Hadzibabic group at the University of Cambridge.

Johannes is our new group leader at the Rubidium Quantum Gas Microscope lab at the MPQ!

September 01, 2020