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...leads to 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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In the quantum laboratory...
...we ask Nature questions
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...
...takes place in the classroom - and anywhere else
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...
...Telescopes, satellites and quantum communication
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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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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In celebration of IQOQI Vienna’s 20th anniversary and the 60th anniversary of Bell’s Theorem, around 150 participants from all over the world gathered for cutting-edge discussions on the theoretical and experimental frontiers of quantum foundations.

Eric Adelberger wins the 2025 Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society.

We are proud to announce that our researcher, Armin Shayeghi, who is a Senior Postdoc in the group of Markus Aspelmeyer at IQOQI Vienna, has been appointed as a Research Associate in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, in collaboration with Cumrun Vafa, Chair of the Department and…

We are proud to announce that our Scientific & Executive Director, Markus Aspelmeyer, has been named a Photonics100 honoree for 2025 by Electro Optics.

Quantum physics in the historical environment of Boltzmanngasse 3.

The Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics was a one-week program for Ukrainian high school students who have excelled at science competitions. The agenda also included a visit to IQOQI-Vienna.

By Christoph Lehner - IQOQI Vienna

By Bernadette Lessel - Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin

14.01.2025

POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X) - GROUP ASPELMEYER

07.11.2024

Lab Internship - Group Zeilinger

18.09.2024

PHD STUDENT POSITION (F/M/X) - GROUP ASENBAUM

13.02.2024

POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X) - Group Christodoulou

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Recent Publications

Variational matrix-product-state approach to quantum impurity models
Weichselbaum A., F. Verstraete, U. Schollwöck, J.I. Cirac, J. Delft
Phys. Rev. B, 80, 165117 (2009)
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Demonstration of an ultracold micro-optomechanical oscillator in a cryogenic cavity
Gröblacher S., J. Hertzberg, M. Vanner, G. Cole, S. Gigan, K.C. Schwab, M. Aspelmeyer
Nature Physics (2009)
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Transmission of Entangled Photons over a High-Loss Free-Space Channel
Fedrizzi A., R. Ursin, A. Zeilinger
www.2Physics.com (2009)
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Information Invariance and Quantum Probabilities
Brukner Č., A. Zeilinger
Foundations of Physics (2009)
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In the “Kreisgang” between classical and quantum physics
Brukner Č.
(2009)
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Talk by Flavio Del Santo: Towards a measurement theory in QFT, "Impossible" quantum measurements are possible but not ideal

Talk by Wolfgang Wieland: Quantum Geometry of the Light Cone

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News

Celebrating 20 Years of IQOQI at the Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference

Eric Adelberger wins Einstein Prize

Our Researcher Armin Shayeghi Appointed Research Associate at Harvard University

IQOQI-Vienna Director, Markus Aspelmeyer, honored as one of the Photonics100

Monument Day 2024 at IQOQI Vienna

Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics visits IQOQI-Vienna

Blogs

Schrödinger’s Notebooks and the History of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox

Walther Mayer – More than “Einstein’s calculator”

JOBS @ IQOQI

POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X) - GROUP ASPELMEYER

Lab Internship - Group Zeilinger

PHD STUDENT POSITION (F/M/X) - GROUP ASENBAUM

POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X) - Group Christodoulou

(Online) Events

Entangling microwaves and optics

From Fluids to Black Holes: Analogical Reasoning in Physics

Recent Publications

Talk by Flavio Del Santo: Towards a measurement theory in QFT, "Impossible" quantum measurements are possible but not ideal

Talk by Wolfgang Wieland: Quantum Geometry of the Light Cone

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