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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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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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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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"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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Nominations and self-nominations are now open for the present call of the Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper award for Quantum Foundations, that recognizes outstanding and influential research contributions to the foundations of quantum physics.

We are used to the fact that events are sharply localised in time. In a cuckoo clock, the cuckoo always calls at a precise time. Everybody looking at the clock would agree on this. However, a team of physicists led by Caslav Brukner from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Physicists of IQOQI-Vienna show that there is a large number of entangled states in quantum physics that cannot be detected by conventional methods. Their results are published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Quantum physicists from IQOQI-Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences) have developed a new method to efficiently confirm the quantum character of a system.

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

We present Bits of History, the new history blog of IQOQI-Vienna. Its aim is to popularise the outstanding historical legacy of physics in Vienna, in order to emphasise the connection between the present physics research and its historical roots.

By Friedrich Stadler, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, Vienna Circle Society, Vienna, Austria

and Flavio Del Santo, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Ernst Mach (1838-1916) has been one of the most prominent,...

Tanja Traxler, well-established science journalist with a background in physics, addresses the hot topic of female underrepresentation in physics in a fresh way, including a glimpse on its reasons and consequences and historical examples on how gender bias permeates all genders.
Tanja studied...

| 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:

Events

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Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference

Connector Tensor Networks: A Renormalization-Type Approach to Quantum Certification
M. Navascués, S. Singh, A. Acín
Physical Review X, 10, 021064 (2020)
DOI Website RIS ENW BIB
Quantum clocks and the temporal localisability of events in the presence of gravitating quantum systems
E. Castro-Ruiz, F. Giacomini, A. Belenchia, Č. Brukner
Nature Communications, 11, 2672 (2020)
DOI Website RIS ENW BIB
Entanglement Detection beyond Measuring Fidelities
M. Weilenmann, B. Dive, D. Trillo, E.A. Aguilar, M. Navascués
Physical Review Letters, 124, 200502 (2020)
DOI Website RIS ENW BIB

Paul Ehrenfest Award 2020

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Now Open: The 2020 Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Selection

Quantum times: when did the cuckoo sing?

Quantum physics: entanglement is more intractable than expected

RESEARCHERS CAN EFFICIENTLY IDENTIFY QUANTUM PROPERTIES

Opening for Master Thesis in Quantum Communications

New IQOQI-Vienna blog "Bits of history"

Blogs

Transgressing the disciplinary boundaries: Ernst Mach

Tanja Traxler - Why we lack female physicists – and what to do about it

JOBS @ IQOQI

Opening for Master Thesis in Quantum Communications

Bachelor’s, Diploma and Master's Theses

Events

Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference

Recent Publications

Zeit - vergeht sie wirklich?

Scientific Realism - lecture by Prof. Carlo Rovelli

Veronika Baumann: "My work in the foundations of quantum physics"

Mirjam Weilenmann: "How is it to be a quantum physicist"

Zeit - vergeht sie wirklich?

Scientific Realism - lecture by Prof. Carlo Rovelli

Veronika Baumann: "My work in the foundations of quantum physics"

Mirjam Weilenmann: "How is it to be a quantum physicist"

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