The discovery of the quantum nature of light more than 100 years ago represented a paradigmatic change in physics. The fact that light is not only a wave but also has particle properties clarified the physics of unexplained phenomena such as the photoelectric effect and blackbody radiation. This discovery marked the birth of quantum mechanics and served as a basis for innumerable technologies reaching into our everyday life of today, including computers, smartphones, lasers, and much more.

The quantized light particles are called photons. Quantum features of photons often are counter-intuitive, but all the more exciting. More than 20 groups from Erlangen work on a deeper understanding and novel application concepts of quantum optics and ultrafast processes. With nano-scale optics and attosecond light-matter interaction, research on quantum optics in Erlangen is at the edge of space and time limits.

Research and Scientist Spotlights related to Quantum Optics and Ultrafast Dynamics

Birgit Stiller is an independent group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. Previously, she has…

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Hanieh Fattahi received her PhD in Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. After graduation in 2016, she received the Minerva fast-track scholarship…

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Full List of Research Groups in Erlangen related to Quantum Optics and Ultrafast Dynamics

Below, all corresponding research groups in Erlangen are listed. An overview of the affiliated SAOT representatives is found in the SAOT Principal Investigators and Associate Investigators sections.

Development of Applied Quantum Technologies

Prof. Dr. Roland Nagy

Professor for Electronic Devices

Optoelectronics, Power Electronics, Semicondoctor Devices

Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Bernd Witzigmann

Lehrstuhlinhaber

Department of Electrical-Electronic-Communication Engineering
Institute of Optoelectonics

Structural, Electronic and Dynamical Processes of and at Solid Surfaces

Prof. Dr. Thomas Fauster

Chair of Solid State Physics

Ultrafast Light-Matter Interaction, Electron Acceleration, Nano Optics

Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff

Chair of Laser Physics

Department of Condensed Matter Physics

Quantum Optics, Quantum Entanglement, Quantum Metrology

Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier

Professor for Experimental Physics

Quantum Optics & Quantum Information - FAU

Topological Quantum Systems, Correlated Many Particle Quantum Systems

Prof. Dr. Kai Phillip Schmidt

Professor for Theoretical Physics

Institute of Theoretical Physics
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Schmidt)

Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems

Prof. Dr. Martin Eckstein

Chair of Theoretical Solid State Physics

Quantum Algorithms, Superconducting Circuits, Many-Body Systems

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Hartmann

Chair of Theoretical Physics

Electrical and Optical Properties of Low-Dimensional Fermionic Systems

Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstic

Professor for Applied Physics

New Molecular Hybrids, Quantum Dots, Quantum Rods and Nanoparticles

Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi

Chair of Physical Chemistry I

Magnetoplasmonic Nanoheterodimers, Plasmonically driven Photochromics

Prof. Dr. Carola Kryschi

Professor for Physical Chemistry

Light-Sound Interactions and Waveguide Optomechanics

Dr. Birgit Stiller

Group Leader Quantum Optoacoustics

Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Chair of Experimental Physics

Quantum Optics, High Resolution Microscopy, Nano Biophotonics

Prof. Dr. Vahid Sandoghdar

Director, Nano-Optics, Chair of Experimental Physics

Sandoghdar Division

Quantum Nonlinear Optics, Bright Quantum Light, Entangled Photons

Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova

Group Leader Quantum Radiation, Professor for Experimental Physics (Optics)

Ultrashort Excitation of Molecules in the Femtosecond Regime

Dr. Hanieh Fattahi

Group Leader Femtosecond Fieldoscopy

Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Chair of Experimental Physics

Theoretical Description and Design of Light-Matter Interfaces

Dr. Claudiu Genes

Group Leader Cooperative Quantum Phenomena

Solid State and Quantum Optics, Nano-Optics, Single Molecule Microscopy

Prof. Dr. Stephan Götzinger

Professor for Physics

Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik

AI-Inspired Quantum Experiments

Dr. Mario Krenn

Group Leader Artificial Scientist Lab

Topology in Structures that Dissipate or Amplify

Dr. Flore Kunst

Group Leader Non-Hermitian Topological Phenomena

3D Vector Patterns of Optical Modes and Their Quantized Excitation

Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs

Director Emeritus, Optics and Information Group

Leuchs Division

Quantum Light Sources, Information Protocols and Measurement Schemes

Prof. Dr. Christoph Marquardt

Group Leader Quantum Information Processing

Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Lehrstuhl für Optische Quantentechnologien

Quantum Optics, Quantum Electrodynamics in Superconducting Circuits

Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt

Director of MPL, Theoretical Physics, Chair of Theoretical Physics

Interaction between Light and Collective Excitations

Dr. Silvia Viola-Kusminskiy

Group Leader Theory of Hybrid Quantum Systems

Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCF), Nonlinear Optics in PCF, Development of quantum optics sources using photonic crystal fibres

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Joly

Head of Microstructured Optical Fibres Group, Professor for Experimental Physics (Photonics)

Professur für Experimentalphysik (Photonik) - FAU

 

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