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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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Sharing new findings...
...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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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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New ideas...
...are often conceived in discussions
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...
...means to make sense of its phenomena
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"...
...automatically searches for new quantum experiments
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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Paul Ehrenfest Award 2020

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

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…

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…

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…

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".

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.

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

By Dr. Florin Moldoveanu

| 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

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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)
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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)
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Probing quantum coherence at a distance and Aharonov-Bohm nonlocality
S. Horvat, P. Allard Guérin, L. Apadula, F. Del Santo
Physical Review A, 102, 062214 (2020)
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Paul Ehrenfest Award 2020

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EHRENFEST AWARD WEBINAR

Secure quantum communication at high rates for future satellite links

Error protected quantum bits entangled

INFORMATION TRANSFER IN QUANTUM COMMUNICATION IMPROVED

Borrowed time: researchers fast-forward and rewind quantum systems

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

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Hans Thirring, a personal recollection

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

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Opening for Master Thesis in Quantum Communications

Bachelor’s, Diploma and Master's Theses

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EHRENFEST AWARD WEBINAR

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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"

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