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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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Superlattices under the microscope

January 14, 2025

One of the most promising paths in the field of quantum simulation consists in studying interacting ultracold atoms in optical lattices, thus realizing the famous Hubbard model mimicking the behavior…

Local Readout and Control of Current and Kinetic Energy Operators in Optical Lattices

August 12, 2024

Using quantum gas microscopes, the wavefunction of a quantum system can be probed with microscopic resolution through projective measurements. By nature of the optical imaging techniques that are used…

Real-space detection and manipulation of topological edge modes with ultracold atoms

June 10, 2024

Topological materials, in contrast to "ordinary" materials host edge modes which enable dissipation-free transport along the system's boundary. The transport enabled by the edge mode is robust to…

Fine-Structure Qubit Encoded in Metastable Strontium Trapped in an Optical Lattice

April 15, 2024

There are three promising candidates for high-quality qubits in two-electron atoms. First, a valence electron can be excited on an ultranarrow optical transition (clock qubit). Second, the spin of the…

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Cold-atom analogues for vacuum decay

January 14, 2025

Alex Jenkins, University of Cambridge, UK
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, 14 January, 09:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Fault-tolerant fermionic quantum simulation with fermionic atoms

December 10, 2024

Alexander Schuckert, JQI & University of Maryland, USA
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, 10 December, 09:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Many-body theory on microwave shielded polar molecules

November 18, 2024

Prof Tao Shi, Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS, China
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Monday, 18 November, 2:00pm (MEZ)

Group seminar at LMU: Recent advances on near-1D correlated systems in 2D and 3D

October 14, 2024

Adrian Kantian, Uppsala University, Sweden
Group seminar at LMU seminar room (H206)
Monday, 14 October, 4:00pm (MEZ)

Group seminar at LMU and Zoom: Mitigation of atom-loss errors for neutral atom quantum computing

September 24, 2024

Matthew Chow, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA
Group seminar at LMU seminar room and Zoom
Tuesday, 24 September, 09:00am (MEZ)

Latest news from our group

Xing-Yan in the finalist for the renowned Deborah Jin Doctoral Thesis Award