Our mission is ...

Universal matter-wave interferometry & the foundations of physics
- Demonstrated quantum interference of atoms & molecules:
  Fullerenes, vitamins, macromolecules, molecular clusters, antibiotic polypeptides, and massive metal clusters. already exceeding 170'000 atomic mass units.
- Exploring new materials, complexity classes & internal dynamics in quantum interferometry:
  proteins, metal clusters, dielectric nanoparticles.
- Quantitative experiments on dephasing and decoherence.
Cooling and quantum optomechanics
- Optical cooling to trapped rotational quantum ground states.
- Trapping & cooling of nanobiological matter.
Enabling technologies for quantum experiments
- Molecular beam sources for cold metallic, dielectric and biological nanomaterials.
- Universal coherent beam splitter technologies.
Quantum sensing
- Matter-wave assisted force measurements with < 10-26 N sensitivity.
- Trapped nanorotors for torque & rotation sensing on the micron scale.
- Superconducting quantum detectors for mass spectrometry & molecule analysis.

Latest News

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19.02.2020

Our paper on "A fiber-based beam profiler for high-power laser beams in confined spaces and ultra-high vacuum" has been published in Optics Express!

17.02.2020

"Coriolis compensation via gravity in a matter-wave interferometer" got published in New Journal of Physics!

07.02.2020

The Austrian Science Funds has granted us a new project: Multiscale Cluster Interference (MUSCLE)

23.01.2020

"Quantum-Assisted Measurement of Atomic Diamagnetism" is now published in Physical Review X!

08.01.2020

With January 1st 2020, SuperMaMa has started. This is a new research & innovation action with a total volume of nearly 3 Million Euros project,...

11.12.2019

...of the 21st Century Nanoscience Handbook. A comprehensive review of recent nanoscience.

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