The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) (german: Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation) is a member institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and was founded in November 2003, to create an Austrian research center for the newly developing fields of theoretical and experimental quantum optics and quantum information. It has two independent sites -- Innsbruck and

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-- with around 80 employees each. The institute is dedicated to fundamental research in

quantum optics Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules. It includes the study of the particle-like properties of photons. Photons have ...

quantum information Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both t ...

quantum foundations Quantum foundations is a discipline of science that seeks to understand the most counter-intuitive aspects of quantum theory, reformulate it and even propose new generalizations thereof. Contrary to other physical theories, such as general relat ...

, and

quantum communication Quantum information science is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand the analysis, processing, and transmission of information using quantum mechanics principles. It combines the study of Information science with quantum effects in p ...

, both theoretical and experimental. The Innsbruck site has seven research teams led by

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Rudolf Grimm Rudolf Grimm (born 10 November 1961) is an experimental physicist from Austria. His work centres on ultracold atoms and quantum gases. He was the first scientist worldwide who, with his team, succeeded in realizing a Bose–Einstein condensation ...

, Gerhard Kirchmair, Hannes Pichler, Oriol Romero-Isart and

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. The Vienna site has seven teams, led by Markus Aspelmeyer, Časlav Brukner, Marcus Huber, Markus Müller, Miguel Navascues, Rupert Ursin, and

Anton Zeilinger Anton Zeilinger (; born 20 May 1945) is an Austrian quantum physicist and Nobel laureate in physics of 2022. Zeilinger is professor of physics emeritus at the University of Vienna and senior scientist at the Institute for Quantum Optics and ...

, as well as the recently established YIRGs (Young Independent Researcher Groups), led by Ämin Baumeler, Costantino Budroni, and Yelena Guryanova. The two sites are independent research centers with strong links to the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

and the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hist ...

. Thereby a close exchange of students and postdocs is established, and the members of the institute can be integrated into teaching at the universities.

IQOQI-Innsbruck

The main research areas of IQOQI-Innsbruck include quantum computation with trapped ions, quantum gases of strongly magnetic atoms, complex quantum many-body behavior, superconducting quantum circuits, many-body quantum optics, quantum nanophysics and quantum information processing. IQOQI-Innsbruck is located at the Campus Technik of the University of Innsbruck in the western part of Innsbruck.

IQOQI-Vienna

The main research achievements of IQOQI-Vienna include the up-to-now longest quantum teleportation (over 144 km), the highest photon

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states that are entangled, the coldest temperature of a nano-mechanical resonator and the first proposal for testing general relativistic time dilation in a quantum experiment. IQOQI-Vienna is a member of the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ). IQOQI-Vienna is located in a historical building at Boltzmanngasse 3. In May 2015, the

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has designated the building as an ''EPS Historic Site'', among the sites that are significant to physics and its history. The building was previously the location of the Institute for Radium Research, now Stefan-Meyer-Institute for Subatomic Physics'','' initiated by Karl Kupelwieser and opened by Archduke Rainer of Austria.

Research groups in Innsbruck

:*Quantum optics and spectroscopy (

) :*Dipolar quantum gases (

) :*Ultra cold atoms and quantum gases (

) :*Superconducting quantum circuits (Gerhard Kirchmair) :*Many-body quantum optics (Hannes Pichler) :*Quantum nanophysics, optics and information (Oriol Romero-Isart) :*Quantum optics and quantum information (

)

Research groups in Vienna

:*Exploring the boundaries of quantum physics and gravity in experiments ( Markus Aspelmeyer) :*Quantum foundations and quantum information theory ( Časlav Brukner) :*Quantum thermodynamics, quantum information and quantum metrology, theory and experiments (Marcus Huber) :*Quantum information and foundations of physics (Markus Müller) :*Foundational and theoretical aspects of quantum information (Miguel Navascués) :*Quantum information processing and communication, experiments ( Rupert Ursin) :*Quantum information and foundations of physics, experiments (

) :*Young Independent Research Group (Ämin Baumeler, Costantino Budroni, and Yelena Guryanova)

References

External links

Homepage of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Innsbruck (IQOQI Innsbruck)

Homepage of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna (IQOQI Vienna)

Homepage of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
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