We are fascinated by and working on ...

  • Universal matter-wave interferometry & the foundations of physics
    • Towards metal cluster interferometry:
      a new material class in quantum physics to probe the interface to the classical world.  
    • From Polypeptide towards Protein interferometry:
      a new material class to study complexity & dynamics of biomolecules in quantum physics.   
  • Cooling and quantum optomechanics 
    • Optical cooling of non-spherical nanoparticles to explore their rotational quantum states.
    • Trapping & cooling of nanobiological matter to harvest their internal complexity. 
  • Enabling technologies for quantum experiments
    • Sources of metal clusters, dielectric and biological nanomaterials: for matter-wave interferometry.
    • Single-photon charge control and coherent beam splitting of proteins & metal clusters. 
    • Interfeormeter concepts for complex nanomatter.
  • Quantum sensors
    • Matter-wave deflectometers with high better than yocto-Newton force sensitivity:
      ... to measure electro-magnetic, optical & dynamical properties of molecules of interst to biology and chemistry.
    • Trapped nanorotors: 
      ... to realize highly sensitive torque & rotations sensors on the micron scale.  
    • Superconducting nanowire detectors:
      ... for mass spectrometry and molecule analysis, harvesting the sensitivity of quantum phase transitions.

 Latest News

08.03.2024
 

See the creativity and perspectives of our female researchers.

05.03.2024
 

We welcome Josef Reisinger as a new PhD student in our team!

04.03.2024
 

We welcome Linus Kulman as a new Master in our team!

29.02.2024
 

The geometry of neuronal population dynamics and scaling of its dimensionality using cellular resolution cortex-wide recording of neuroactivity

20.02.2024
 

Talk by Marcel Strauss: Highly sensitive single particle detection of neutral and charged macromolecular beams

09.02.2024
 

The Bad Honnef Physics Winter School 2024 on Frontiers of Quantum Mechanics was organised by Markus Arndt and Claus Lämmerzahl in close cooperation...