News about Quantum physics

Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane

Entanglement, a powerful form of correlation among quantum systems, is an important resource for quantum computing. Researchers from the Quantum Optomechanics group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…

Quantum technology in fibre-optic networks will protect against hacks

A new research project and nearly DKK 18 million (€2.4 million) from Innovation Fund Denmark will transform 15 years of quantum research at the University of Copenhagen into commercial products for unhackable encryption…

CHIRAG MURENDRANATH PATIL

Experiments on Glide-Symmetric Photonic-CrystalWaveguides Supervisor: ALBERT SCHLIESSER

Eugene S. Polzik Named Recipient of the 2020 Herbert Walther Award

The Optical Society (OSA) and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesell¬schaft (DPG) have named OSA Fellow Eugene S. Polzik, the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, the 2020 recipient of the Herbert Wather Award.…

Professor Charles Marcus awarded the Industrial Award 2019 from The Danish Academy of Natural Sciences

This year’s recipient of the Industrial Award is Charles Marcus, Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute and Scientific Director of Microsoft Quantum – Copenhagen.

Anders Søndberg Sørensen awarded Optical Society of America Fellow

Optical Society of America awards a number of scientists the honor of a fellowship. The award honors the individual new fellow and the contribution he/she has made to the field of optics and photonics or achievements…

Junxin Chen

Quantum Correlations Generated by a Soft-Clamped Membrane-in-the-Middle System Academic supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Schliesser

The Niels Bohr Institute to Research Particle with Great Potential in the Construction of the Quantum Computer

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute and Lund University have with a European Research Council Synergy Grant, become able to do the necessary fundamental research needed for affirming the potential the researchers…

Yeghishe Tsaturyan

Ultracoherent soft-clamped mechanical resonators for quantum cavity optomechanics

Quantum Alchemy: Researchers use laser light to transform metal into magnet

Pioneering physicists from the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have discovered a way to get non-magnetic materials to make themselves magnetic by way of laser light.

Martin Romme Henriksen

Optical Frequency References

Stefan Alaric Schäffer

Cavity-enhanced optical clocks Supervisor: Prof. Jan W. Thomsen

Eva María González Ruiz

Study of InGaAs quantum dots as single-photon sources for Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Supervisor: Anders S. Sørensen

Pol Llopart Mirambell

Fidelity characterization of spin-photon entangled states Supervisor: Anders S. Sørensen

Peter Krogstrup receives Elektroprisen 2019

Professor Peter Krogstrup receives Elektroprisen 2019, annually awarded by The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA. Peter Krogstrup is professor in quantum physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…

Elvira Caroline Jarmbæk Jacobsen

The effect of dephasing in waveguide QED Supervised by: Anders Søndberg Sørensen and Sumanta Kumar Das

Thomas Hummel

Multiphoton generation from a single quantum dot in a photonic nanostructure Supervisors: Ravitej Uppu & Peter Lodahl

Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in the precision of force and position measurements

Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the precision of force and position measurements into a new regime.

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to…

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to scale up and could ultimately reach the capabilities required for a quantum computer or quantum internet.

Honorable invitation to Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at the Center for Quantum devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has been invited to the annual 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this year dedicated to Physics. It is a…

Ærefuld invitation til Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institutet, Københavns Universitet, er blevet inviteret til den 69. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, som i år er dedikeret til fysik. Det er en…

Eugene Polzik receives Villum Investigator grant for pushing the boundaries of quantum mechanics

Eugene Polzik, head of the QUANTOP Laboratory at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, receives 30 million from the Villum foundation to “push the boundaries of the quantum behavior towards larger and more…

Long-distance quantum information exchange - success at the nanoscale

At the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, researchers have realized the swap of electron spins between distant quantum dots. The discovery brings us a step closer to future applications of quantum…