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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 Best Paper Award 2021

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Researches experimentally demonstrated how an entanglement distillation scheme can be rethought to distribute quantum entanglement through noisy environments in a highly efficient manner.

A collaboration between Armin Tavakoli - postdoc at IQOQI Vienna - and researchers the University of Science and Technology of China, has shown that data collected in a single experiment can be used to robustly certify the entanglement of a quantum system under several different assumptions, all at…

Researchers from IQOQI-Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences) in the group of Rupert Ursin found a way to increase the secret key rate over long-distance links, distributed via wavelength-multiplexed entangled photons with unprecedented high rates. Their results are published in the journal IOP…

In den Gedankenexperimenten von Physiker/innen spielen hin und wieder allwissende und omnipotente Dämonen eine Rolle, wenn es darum geht, grundlegende Konzepte der Physik zu hinterfragen. Ein internationales Forschungsteam mit Beteiligung der ÖAW beweist in einer neuen Publikation im Journal…

The quantum movements of a small glass sphere could be controlled for the first time in Vienna by combining microscopy with control engineering, setting the course for future quantum technologies.

Seit kurzem ist es im Labor möglich, die Bewegung schwebender Nanoteilchen in den quantenmechanischen Grundzustand zu versetzen. Ein österreichisches Forschungsteam mit Beteiligung der ÖAW macht nun einen Vorschlag, wie die Quanteneigenschaften dieser Teilchen nutzbar gemacht werden können, bevor…

By Jeffrey Bub (Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)

By Brigitte Bischof, Lecturer at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, free scholar and writing teacher

| 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 master…

| 29.08.2017

Bachelor’s, Diploma and Master's Theses

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

(Online) Events

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Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference

Location: Online and Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna

Quantum technologies in space
R. Kaltenbaek, A. Acin, L. Bacsardi, P. Bianco, P. Bouyer, E. Diamanti, C. Marquardt, Y. Omar, V. Pruneri, E. Rasel, B. Sang, S. Seidel, H. Ulbricht, R. Ursin, P. Villoresi, M. Van den Bossche, W. Von Klitzing, H. Zbinden, M. Paternostro, A. Bassi
Experimental Astronomy (2021)
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Hierarchy of quantum operations in manipulating coherence and entanglement
H. Yamasaki, M.K. Vijayan, M.-H. Hsieh
Quantum, 5, 480 (2021)
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Quantum state rotation: Circularly transferring quantum states of multiple users
Y. Lee, H. Yamasaki, S. Lee
Physical Review A, 103, 062613 (2021)
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News

Quantum entanglement defies its natural enemy

“All in one” tests of quantum states

High secure key rate distribution for future satellite and fiber links

Zockende „Dämonen“ testen zweiten Hauptsatz der Thermodynamik

Heisenberg Under the Microscope

Quantenteilchen: Gezogen und gequetscht

Blogs

Feyerabend: Killing Time at Yale

Berta Karlik (1904-1990): First Ordinaria in Austria and Director of the Vienna Institute for Radium Research: “I spent my life here”

JOBS @ IQOQI

Opening for Master Thesis in Quantum Communications

Bachelor’s, Diploma and Master's Theses

(Online) Events

Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference

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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