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Characterization of Quantum Bits and Their Building Blocks

Bachelor/Masters Project Description At NQCP we are developing quantum bits. Besides characterizing the qubits themselves, a big part of that work is to characterize the materials and components which together make the…

Engineering High-Performance Microwave Resonators for Superconducting Quantum Computers

Masters Project Description Superconducting quantum computers hold immense potential but rely on microwave resonators for qubit control. These resonators, which are made up of superconducting material on silicon, use…

Fabrication Techniques for Josephson Junctions and their Characterization

Masters Project Description This project explores how Josephson junctions, made with a special angled metal deposition technique, can be used to create superconducting qubits. Understanding how these junctions work is…

"Bohr Fencing Club" Takes the Gold

Three physics students from NBI, Sejr S. Bergman, Ivan Kanev and Peter E. Rischel, succeeded in winning gold at the official Danish championships in sabre fencing for teams. They have thus shown that focused training…

Gravity Seminar: Mikolaj Korzynski

Title: Optical drift effects in general relativity Abstract: I will discuss the redshift and the position drifts in general relativity, i.e. the temporal variations of the redshift and the position on the sky of a ligh…

This month's starry sky

Read here (in Danish) what's currently visible on the stellar sky.

Force Times Velocity

During the Rijksakademie Open Studios 2024, artist Alexandra Hunts and special guest Professor Vitor Cardoso, an expert in gravitational-wave and black-hole physics from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, embarked…

Joining Forces with MIT for Transatlantic Research in Quantum Computing

We are pleased to announce that we are building two identical quantum laboratory setups—one at here at NQCP and one at MIT. This initiative lets us continuously collaborate to develop research into fault tolerant quantu…

Master defense by Edgars Karnickis

On Monday June 17, 2024 at 13.00 in Bk2 at Blegdamsvej, Edgars Karnickis will defend his master thesis supervised by David Pereñiguez Rodriguez, and Vitor Cardoso. Censor will be Marta Orselli (University of Perugia).…

Simulating the Future through Science Fiction

Jaime Redondo-Yuste recently was part of the winning team of the PSI 15th Anniversary Reunion Pitch Grant. The event took place at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Waterloo (Canada), while celebrating th…

University of Copenhagen and MIT Join Forces for Transatlantic Research in Quantum Computing

Quantum computers have the potential to change the world. A new collaboration between Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme at University of Copenhagen and Engineering Quantum Systems group at the renowned…

University of Copenhagen and MIT Join Forces for Transatlantic Research in Quantum Computing

Quantum computers have the potential to change the world. A new collaboration between Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme at University of Copenhagen and Engineering Quantum Systems group at the renowned…

Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen new DNRF chairperson

The Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science, Christina Egelund, has appointed Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen as the new chairperson of the board of the Danish National Research Foundation.

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Ultra red galaxies in the distant universe: The first quiescent galaxies and their hidden progenitors Supervisors: Gabriel B. Brammer and Francesco Valentino

Tetyana Pitik awarded for the best PhD thesis in Danish astronomy 2024

Every year the Instrument Centre for Danish Astrophysics awards a prize for the scientifically most outstanding PhD thesis defended at a Danish university within the field of astronomy and astrophysics. For her work on…

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Professor at the section of Physics of Ice and Climate (PICE) at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen has been awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award.

DARK Summer Student Program

Join us in welcoming a diverse group of bright young minds to our summer student program, led by Professor Charles Steinhardt at DARK. This year, we are thrilled to host an inspiring mix of local and international…

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NQCP LIFE We gathered in our backyard at Blegdamsvej to celebrate summer with an evening of classic Danish hotdogs, drinks, and some fun games.

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Towards Minimal Quantum Noise - Conditional broadband quantum noise reduction with negative mass spin oscillators Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

Our 2024 Summer Party

We celebrated summer by gathering for an evening of classic Danish hotdogs, hygge, and some fun games.

NQCP Team Up with NYU to Advance Quantum Material Research

We have embarked on a collaborative effort with New York University’s Center for Quantum Information Physics (CQIP), to develop superconductor and semiconductor materials.

Advancing Quantum Collaboration: From California to Copenhagen

In late May, we at NQCP had the pleasure of hosting a delegation of 11 esteemed quantum researchers from Berkeley Lab in California here in Copenhagen.

Invisible Galaxies, Through a Scientist’s Eyes

Glimpsing into the galaxies of the past: that is the daunting task that students from the University of Copenhagen have undertaken by analysing so-called Lyman-α emission.