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...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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The characterization and control of quantum effects in the performance of thermodynamic tasks may open new avenues for thermal machines working at small scales.

As Richard Feynman famously put it, "the double slit experiment is absolutely impossible to explain in any classical way and has in it the heart of quantum mechanics. In reality, it contains the only mystery".

In aktuellen Gedankenexperimenten mit Quantenuhren sehen Physiker, dass sich Zeit nicht beliebig genau messen lässt. Die Thermodynamik ist unerbittlich und jedes Ticken der Uhr verringert die Menge der nutzbaren Energie im Universum. Wie sich Zeit in der Quantenwelt mathematisch formulieren lässt,…

Künstliche Intelligenz ist Teil unseres modernen Lebens: Sie lässt Maschinen nützliche Prozesse zur Spracherkennung oder für digitale persönliche Assistenten erlernen. Eine entscheidende Frage für praktische Anwendungen ist, wie schnell solche intelligenten Maschinen lernen können. Ein Experiment an…

Forschern der Universität Wien und der ÖAW ist es erstmals gelungen, mit Hilfe eines hochempfindlichen Pendels das Schwerefeld einer lediglich 2 mm großen Goldkugel zu vermessen – und damit die kleinste jemals gemessene Gravitationskraft. Das Experiment eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten, die…

By Matteo Collodel, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

By Wolfgang L. Reiter

Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies & Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna

By Tanja Traxler (University of Vienna, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Der Standard, and Logische Phantasie Lab, Northeastern University) and David Rennert (Der Standard)

| 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

Bayesian parameter estimation using Gaussian states and measurements
S. Morelli, A. Usui, E. Agudelo, N. Friis
Quantum Sci. Technol., 6, 025018 (2021)
DOI RIS ENW BIB
Optimizing autonomous thermal machines powered by energetic coherence
K. Hammam, Y. Hassouni, R. Fazio, G. Manzano
New Journal of Physics, 23, 043024 (2021)
DOI Website RIS ENW BIB
Experimental quantum speed-up in reinforcement learning agents
V. Saggio, B.E. Asenbeck, A. Hamann, T. Stroemberg, P. Schiansky, V. Dunjko, N. Friis, N.C. Harris, M. Hochberg, D. Englund, S. Woelk, H.J. Briegel, P. Walther
Nature, 591, 229–233 (2021)
DOI Website RIS ENW BIB

Paul Ehrenfest Award 2020

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Using quantum effects to improve the operation of small thermal machines

Interference as an information-theoretic game

ENTROPIE: AUCH QUANTENUHREN TICKEN NICHT UMSONST

Maschinen lernen schneller mit Quantentechnologie

Wie ein Marienkäfer die Raumzeit krümmt

Paul Feyerabend: Between Physics and Philosophy

Blogs

Finis Austriae – Finis Scientiae: The destruction of science in Austria in 1938

Lise Meitner: A female pioneer in nuclear research

JOBS @ IQOQI

Opening for Master Thesis in Quantum Communications

Bachelor’s, Diploma and Master's Theses

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Recent Publications

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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