Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
At the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, we explore the interaction of light and quantum systems, exploiting the two extreme regimes of the wave-particle duality of light and matter. On the one hand, we handle light at the single-photon level where wave-interference phenomena differ from those of intense light beams. On the other hand, when cooling ensembles of massive particles down to extremely low temperatures we suddenly observe phenomena that go back to their wave-like nature. Furthermore, when dealing with ultrashort and highly intense light pulses comprising trillions of photons we can completely neglect the particle properties of light. We take advantage of the large force that the rapidly oscillating electromagnetic field exerts on electrons to steer their motion within molecules or accelerate them to relativistic energies.
Scientific Career at MPQ
Doing your PhD at MPQ
Maustag und Tag der Offenen Tür 2023 am MPQ
Alice im Quantenland - Folge 3 : Auf dem Quantenjahrmarkt
Das Atom der Erkenntnis: Fundamentale Physik m. Wasserstoff-Spektroskopie, Derya TARAY, TdoT MPQ '23
Wie baut man eigentlich einen Quantencomputer? Andrea ALBERTI, Tag der offenen Tür, MPQ 2023
Tag der offenen Tür, MPQ 2023 - Ferenc KRAUSZ über Elektronen & Lichtwellen: Gemeinsam gegen Krebs
Women in Quantum Optics (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Alice im Quantenland - Folge 2: Einstein und das Fußballmatch
Lecker im Licht | Experiment aus dem MPQ Schülerlabor : Photonlab
Gerhard Rempe - Quantum Dynamics (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Ferenc Krausz - Attosecond Physics (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Lab Tour : Dipolar Quantum Gas of NaK Molecules (with Roman Bause)
Theodor Hänsch - Laser Spectroscopy (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Ignacio Cirac - Theory Division (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Immanuel Bloch - Quantum Many Body Systems (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Alice im Quantenland - Der Song
Alice im Quantenland - Folge 1: Ein Katze namens Schrödinger
Dual comb hyperspectral digital holography 1080p
Lab Tour : Short visit to the Lithium Lab (with Sarah Hirthe)
Theodore H. Maiman. The world´s first functioning Laser
Lab Tour: Precision Spectroscopy of 2S-nP Transitions in Atomic Hydrogen and Deuterium