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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

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…

A detailed look into the 2D SU(N) Fermi-Hubbard Model

March 18, 2024

One of the important elements at the core of physics is the symmetry of a physical system. This can be a classical "left-right"-symmetry that we all know from everyday life, but also a symmetry that…

Ultracold field-linked tetratomic molecules

February 02, 2024

Ultracold polyatomic molecules offer intriguing new opportunities in cold chemistry, precision measurements, and quantum information processing, thanks to their rich internal structure. However, their…

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…

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Few- and many-body physics with box-trapped 39K Bose gases

April 16, 2024

Christoph Eigen, Cambridge University, UK
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, April 16, 09:00 am (MEZ)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Double microwave shielding and the first BEC of polar molecules

April 09, 2024

Prof. Tijs Karmann, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, April 9, 09:00am (MEZ)

Group seminar via Zoom: Exploring many-body quantum dynamics with magnetic resonance in solids

March 28, 2024

Diep Nguyen, Nagoya University, Japan
Group seminar via Zoom
Thursday, March 28 at 09.00 am (MEZ)

Group Seminar at LMU: Quantum simulation in the eight-fold optical quasicrystal lattice

March 26, 2024

David Gröters, University of Cambridge, UK
Group seminar at LMU Seminar Room & Zoom
Tuesday, March 26, 09:00 am (MEZ)

Group Seminar at LMU: Real-time atom array control

March 15, 2024

Pedro Sales Rodriguez, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Group seminar at LMU Seminar Room & Zoom
Friday, March 15, 09:00 am (MEZ)

Latest news from our group

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