• In the quantum laboratory...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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  • Learning...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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  • Sharing new findings...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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  • Not even the sky is the limit...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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  • New ideas...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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  • Understanding quantum physics...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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  • "Melvin"...

    We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

    Mission Statement

We at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are committed to advancing knowledge and enhancing human understanding of nature and its laws. We also actively pursue the vision of quantum information science and the wide range of new possibilities it would open up for humanity. To this end, we conduct theoretical and experimental research on the foundations of quantum physics and the physics of quantum information and develop new quantum technologies.

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EHRENFEST AWARD WEBINAR

Physicists of all fields and physics students are invited to join the Ehrenfest Award online talk on Monday, Feb. 8, 6 pm CET.

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Secure quantum communication at high rates for future satellite links

Researchers from IQOQI-Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences) in the groups of Rupert Ursin and Anton Zeilinger increase the rate of quantum communication over long-distance free-space links, paving the way towards global quantum communication via satellites. Their results are published in the…

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Error protected quantum bits entangled

For the first time, physicists from IQOQI-Vienna and Innsbruck have entangled two quantum bits distributed over several quantum objects and successfully transmitted their quantum properties. This marks an important milestone in the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers. The researchers…

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INFORMATION TRANSFER IN QUANTUM COMMUNICATION IMPROVED

An international research group including quantum physicists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Scottish Heriot-Watt University has succeeded in producing and verifying high-dimensional entanglements in systems of two photons. This enables faster and more secure communication, as the…

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Borrowed time: researchers fast-forward and rewind quantum systems

Under certain conditions, the evolution of a quantum system can be rewound or fast-forwarded in time at will. Theoretical physicists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences illustrate how in their new paper, published in the scientific journal "Quantum".

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WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2020 PAUL EHRENFEST BEST PAPER AWARD FOR QUANTUM FOUNDATIONS

The Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations recognizes outstanding and influential research contributions to the foundations of quantum physics. We are proud to announce the paper winner of this year.

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Blogs

Hans Thirring, a personal recollection

By Emer. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Herbert Pietschmann, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna

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“Qui tacet consentit”: an answer to the Royal Society Open Science Journal on an paper accepted with a mathematical error

By Dr. Florin Moldoveanu

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JOBS @ IQOQI

| 18.05.2020

Opening for Master Thesis in Quantum Communications

The group of Rupert Ursin at IQOQI is currently looking for motivated master students interested in writing an experimental…

| 29.08.2017

Bachelor’s, Diploma and Master's Theses

We offer diploma and master's theses from following subject areas:

 

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Recent Publications

  • Strategies for achieving high key rates in satellite-based QKD
    S. Ecker, B. Liu, J. Handsteiner, M. Fink, D. Rauch, F. Steinlechner, T. Scheidl, A. Zeilinger, R. Ursin
    npj Quantum Information, 7, 5 (2021)
    DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB
  • Entangling logical qubits with lattice surgery
    A. Erhard, H. Poulsen Nautrup, M. Meth, L. Postler, R. Stricker, M. Stadler, V. Negnevitsky, M. Ringbauer, P. Schindler, H.J. Briegel, R. Blatt, N. Friis, T. Monz
    Nature, 589, 220 – 224 (2021)
    DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB
  • High-Dimensional Pixel Entanglement: Efficient Generation and Certification
    N. Herrera Valencia, V. Srivastav, M. Pivoluska, M. Huber, N. Friis, W. McCutcheon, M. Malik
    Quantum, 4, 376 (2020)
    DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB

Talk by Wolfgang Wieland
Ursin Group: Quantum secure communication with eight friends
Veronika Baumann: "My work in the foundations of quantum physics"
Mirjam Weilenmann: "How is it to be a quantum physicist"
Talk by Wolfgang Wieland
Ursin Group: Quantum secure communication with eight friends
Veronika Baumann: "My work in the foundations of quantum physics"
Mirjam Weilenmann: "How is it to be a quantum physicist"