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

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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: Shifting ions with a global beam

October 05, 2023

Akhil Kumar, Weizman Institute of Science, Israel
Group seminar at MPQ Interims lecture hall (B 0.32) and Zoom
Thursday, October 5, 2:00pm (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Trap-assisted bound states and chaos in ultracold atom-ion collisions

October 04, 2023

Meirav Pinkas, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Wednesday, October 4, 10:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: The maximum refractive index of optical materials: from quantum optics to quantum chemistry

September 28, 2023

Prof. Dr. Darrick Chang, ICFO Barcelona, Spain
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Thursday, September 28, 4:00 pm (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Resource-efficient photonic quantum computation with high-dimensional cluster states

September 25, 2023

Ohad Lib, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Monday, September 25, 09:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Geometrically frustrated Rb atom arrays in Rydberg states for quantum many-body simulation

September 22, 2023

Weikun Tian, National University of Singapore
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Friday, September 22, 09:00 am (MEZ)

Latest news from our group

Kevin receives Young Scientist Award by the RPTU Kaiserlautern