News about Quantum physics

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

A quantum drum that stores quantum states for record-long times

With a coherence time of one hundred milliseconds, the membrane can for example store sensitive quantum information for further processing in a quantum computer or network.

Scientific advance leads to a new tool in the fight against hackers

A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from hackers and cybercriminals. Quantum mathematicians at the University of Copenhagen have solved a mathematical riddl…

Letizia Catalini

Ph.D. thesis: Nonlinear Phenomena in Dissipation Diluted Nanomechanical Resonators Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Schliesser

Breakthrough of the year

Today the renowned journal Physics World announced the 2021 Breakthrough of the Year – and the two winning papers on quantum entanglement of two macroscopic objects are based on work of Professor Eugene Polzik from the…

Yannick Seis

Ultra-Coherent Electro-Mechanics in the Quantum Regime Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Schliesser

Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache

Quantum physicists at the University of Copenhagen are reporting an international achievement for Denmark in the field of quantum technology. By simultaneously operating multiple spin qubits on the same quantum chip,…

Arianne Brooks

Whispering-gallery-modes in QD-embedded micro disc resonators for optical routing

Sampo Saarinen

Optomechanics at the room temperature - Towards classical and quantum applications Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Schliesser

Asli Dilara Ugurlu

Novel Optical Polymer-Based Interfaces to Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits Supervisors: Prof. Peter Lodahl & Assoc. Prof. Leonardo Midolo

Martin Hayhurst Appel

A Quantum Dot Source of Time-Bin Multi-Photon Entanglement Supervisors: Prof. Peter Lodahl & Dr. Alexey Tiranov

Ying Wang

Novel nanofabrication methods and processes for antum photonic integrated circuits Supervisor: Peter Lodahl & Leonardo Midolo

Jeppe Detlefsen

3D-printed fiber-coupled vapor-cell magnetometer

New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature

Researchers from University of Copenhagen have developed a new technique that keeps quantum bits of light stable at room temperature instead of only working at -270 degrees. Their discovery saves power and money and is …

Physics students train on IBM Quantum technology

The Niels Bohr Institute will start training future generations of quantum physicists, next winter, when undergraduate students in the physics program will take courses that include using IBM's cloud-based quantum…

Iñigo Lara Izcue

Towards percolation-based quantum computing with a photonic machine gun Supervisor: Anders S. Sørensen

Karsten Bjerrum Dideriksen

A room-temperature single-photon source with built-in memory Supervisor: Prof. Eugene S. Polzik

New EU Quantum Flagship consortium launches a project on silicon spin qubits as a platform for large-scale quantum computing

The QLSI project brings together 19 top European groups to focus on developing highly scalable quantum processors in silicon, and marks a recent addition to the EU’s Quantum Flagship, a 10-year, €1 Billion R&D initiativ…

Two young researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute receive Villum Young Investigator grants

Two young researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, Morten Kjærgaard and Charlotte Mason, are among the beneficiaries this year and their research reaches across the spectrum the smallest to the largest, i.e. from…

Major breakthrough: Copenhagen researchers can now achieve 'quantum advantage'

University of Copenhagen researchers have advanced their quantum technology to such a degree that classical computing technology can no longer keep up. They have developed a chip that, with financial backing, could be…

Freja Thilde Pedersen

Deterministic Single and Multi-Photon Sources with antum dots in Planar Nanostructures Supervisor: Peter Lodahl

Physicists and chemists join forces to develop quantum simulators of the future

Two Centers of Excellence, the Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks and the Center for Quantum Devices at the Niels Bohr Institute recently received a large grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Challenge Program to…

Albert Schliesser awarded fellowship at the Optical Society of America

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…