Caslav Brukner
Scientific & Deputy Executive Director

Caslav Brukner
Scientific & Deputy Executive Director
- Group Leader
- Brukner Group
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- Caslav.Brukner(at)oeaw.ac.at
- UNI-BRU-3416
Biographical sketch
Professional Status
Since 2021 Scientific Director of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna
Since 2014 University Professor, University of Vienna
2013-2019 Executive Director of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna
Since 2017 Distinguished Visiting Full Professorship at the International Institute of Physics in Natal, Brazil
Since 2008 Visiting Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Since 2006 Faculty member, Doctoral Program “Complex Quantum Systems” at the University of Vienna, and Vienna University of Technology
2003-2013 Außerordentlicher Professor, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
2005-2008 Senior Scientist, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
2005-2007 Chair Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2004 Marie Curie Fellow, Imperial College London, UK
1999-2003 Vertragsassistent, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
1998-1999 Research Assistant, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna
1994-1999 Scientific Researcher, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Education
2003 Habilitation in Quantum Physics, University of Vienna
1999 Dr. Tech in Physics, Vienna University of Technology
1995 MSc in Physics, University of Vienna
Teaching
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Teaching
Publications
Experimental superposition of a quantum evolution with its time reverse
Stroemberg, Teodor; Schiansky, Peter; Quintino, Marco Tulio; Antesberger, Michael; Rozema, Lee A. et al. [..] (2024) Experimental superposition of a quantum evolution with its time reverse. PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, Bd. 6 (2), S. ARTN 023071.Locally Mediated Entanglement in Linearized Quantum Gravity
Christodoulou, Marios; Biagio, Andrea Di; Aspelmeyer, Markus; Brukner, Časlav; Rovelli, Carlo et al. [..] (2023) Locally Mediated Entanglement in Linearized Quantum Gravity. Physical Review Letters, Bd. 130 (10), S. 100202.Controlling wave-particle duality with entanglement between single-photon and Bell states
Wang, Kai; Terno, Daniel R.; Brukner, Časlav; Zhu, Shining; Ma, Xiao-Song (2022) Controlling wave-particle duality with entanglement between single-photon and Bell states. Phys. Rev. A, Bd. 106, S. 053715.Inferring work by quantum superposing forward and time-reversal evolutions
Rubino, Giulia; Manzano, Gonzalo; Rozema, Lee A.; Walther, Philip; Parrondo, Juan M. R. et al. [..] (2022) Inferring work by quantum superposing forward and time-reversal evolutions. Phys. Rev. Research, Bd. 4, S. 013208.Generalized probability rules from a timeless formulation of Wigner's friend scenarios
Baumann, Veronika; Del Santo, Flavio; Smith, Alexander R. H.; Giacomini, Flaminia; Castro-Ruiz, Esteban et al. [..] (2021) Generalized probability rules from a timeless formulation of Wigner's friend scenarios. Quantum, Bd. 5, S. 524 <'https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2021-08-16-524'>.Does violation of a Bell inequality always imply quantum advantage in a communication complexity problem?
Tavakoli, A.; Zukowski, M.; Brukner, Č (2020) Does violation of a Bell inequality always imply quantum advantage in a communication complexity problem?. Quantum, Bd. 4, S. 316.Quantum clocks and the temporal localisability of events in the presence of gravitating quantum systems
Castro-Ruiz, E.; Giacomini, F.; Belenchia, A.; Brukner, Č. (2020) Quantum clocks and the temporal localisability of events in the presence of gravitating quantum systems. Nature Communications, Bd. 11, S. 2672.Information Content of the Gravitational Field of a Quantum Superposition
Belenchia, Alessio; Wald, Robert M.; Giacomini, Flaminia; Castro Ruiz, Esteban; Brukner, Caslav et al. [..] (2019) Information Content of the Gravitational Field of a Quantum Superposition. International Journal of Modern Physics D, Bd. -, S. 1943001.Quantum Superposition of Massive Objects and the Quantization of Gravity
Belenchia, Alessio; Wald, Robert M.; Giacomini, Flaminia; Castro-Ruiz, Esteban; Brukner, Časlav et al. [..] (2018) Quantum Superposition of Massive Objects and the Quantization of Gravity. Physical Review D (98), S. 126009.Quantum superposition of massive objects and the quantization of gravity
Belenchia, Alessio; Wald, Robert M.; Giacomini, Flaminia; Castro-Ruiz, Esteban; Brukner, Časlav et al. [..] (2018) Quantum superposition of massive objects and the quantization of gravity. Phys. Rev. D, Bd. 98, S. 126009.Quantum test of the equivalence principle for atoms in coherent superposition of internal energy states
Rosi, G.; D'Amico, G.; Cacciapuoti, L.; Sorrentino, F.; Prevedelli, M. et al. [..] (2017) Quantum test of the equivalence principle for atoms in coherent superposition of internal energy states. Nature Communications, Bd. 8, S. 15529.Obtaining tight bounds on higher-order interferences with a 5-path interferometer
Kauten, Thomas; Keil, Robert; Kaufmann, Thomas; Press, Benedikt; Brukner, Časlav et al. [..] (2017) Obtaining tight bounds on higher-order interferences with a 5-path interferometer. New Journal of Physics, Bd. 19, S. 033017.Exponential Communication Complexity Advantage from Quantum Superposition of the Direction of Communication
Guérin, P. A.; Feix, A.; Araújo, M.; Brukner, Č. (2016) Exponential Communication Complexity Advantage from Quantum Superposition of the Direction of Communication. Physical Review Letters, Bd. 117, S. 100502.Appearance of causality in process matrices when performing fixed-basis measurements for two parties
Baumann, Veronika; Brukner, Časlav (2016) Appearance of causality in process matrices when performing fixed-basis measurements for two parties. Physical Review A, Bd. 93 (6), S. 062324.Experimental multipartner quantum communication complexity employing just one qubit
Trojek, Pavel; Schmid, Christian; Bourennane, Mohamed; Brukner, Časlav; Żukowski, Marek et al. [..] (2013) Experimental multipartner quantum communication complexity employing just one qubit. Natural Computing, Bd. 12 (1), S. 19-26.Quantum interferometric visibility as a witness of general relativistic proper time
Zych, Magdalena; Costa, Fabio; Pikovski, Igor; Brukner, Časlav (2011) Quantum interferometric visibility as a witness of general relativistic proper time. Nature Communications, Bd. 2 (505), S. 11.Reply to “Comment on ‘Mutually unbiased bases, orthogonal Latin squares, and hidden-variable models’ ”
Paterek, T.; Dakić, B.; Brukner, Č. (2011) Reply to “Comment on ‘Mutually unbiased bases, orthogonal Latin squares, and hidden-variable models’ ”. Phys. Rev. A, Bd. 83, S. 036102.Bell's experiment with intra- and inter-pair entanglement: Single-particle mode entanglement as a case study
Ashhab, S.; Maruyama, K.; Brukner, Č.; Nori, F. (2009) Bell's experiment with intra- and inter-pair entanglement: Single-particle mode entanglement as a case study. Phys. Rev. A, S. 062106.Bell’s experiment with intra- and inter-pair entanglement: Single-particle mode entanglement as a case study
Ashhab, S.; Maruyama, Koji; Brukner, Časlav; Nori, Franco (2009) Bell’s experiment with intra- and inter-pair entanglement: Single-particle mode entanglement as a case study. Phys. Rev. A, Bd. 80, S. 062106.Experimental multipartner quantum communication complexity employing just one qubit
Trojek, P.; Schmid, C.; Bourennane, M.; Brukner, Č.; Zukowski, M. et al. [..] (2008) Experimental multipartner quantum communication complexity employing just one qubit. Special Issues of Natural Computing.Experimental Single Qubit Quantum Multiparty Communication
Bourennane, M.; Schmid, C.; Trojek, P.; Kurtsiefer, C.; Brukner, Č. et al. [..] (2008) Experimental Single Qubit Quantum Multiparty Communication. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Quantum Communication and Security.Photonic entanglement as a resource in quantum computation and quantum communication
Prevedel, R.; Aspelmeyer, M.; Brukner, Č.; Jennewein, T.; Zeilinger, A. (2007) Photonic entanglement as a resource in quantum computation and quantum communication. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Bd. 24, S. 241-248.Quantum nonlocality obtained from local states by entanglement purification
Resch, K. J.; Walther, P.; Brukner, Č.; Steinberg, A.; Pan, J. et al. [..] (2005) Quantum nonlocality obtained from local states by entanglement purification. Physical Review Letters, Bd. 94, S. 040504 <'https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.040504'>.
Bell's Inequalities: Foundations and Quantum Communication, in “Handbook of Natural Computing”,
Brukner, Č.; Zukowski, M. (2011) Bell's Inequalities: Foundations and Quantum Communication, in “Handbook of Natural Computing”,., Bd. 13, Editors: G. Rozenberg, T.H.W. Baeck, J.N. Kok. Aufl.; Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg.
Quantum Complementarity and Information Invariance, in Experimental and Epistemological Perspectives on Quantum Physics
Brukner, Č.; Zeilinger, A. (1999) Quantum Complementarity and Information Invariance, in Experimental and Epistemological Perspectives on Quantum Physics., Vienna Circle Yearbook.Information Content of an Elementary System and the Foundations of Quantum Physics
Brukner, Č.; Zeilinger, A. (1999) Information Content of an Elementary System and the Foundations of Quantum Physics., Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (14th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy).
The classical limit of a physical theory and the dimensionality of space
Dakic, B.; Brukner, Č. (2016) The classical limit of a physical theory and the dimensionality of space. In: Chiribella, Giulio; Spekkens, Robert W. (Hrsg.), Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils: Springer, S. 249-282.A coarse-grained Schrödinger cat Quantum Communication and Security, eds. M. Żukowski, S. Kilin, and J. Kowalik
Kofler, J.; Brukner, Č. (2007) A coarse-grained Schrödinger cat Quantum Communication and Security, eds. M. Żukowski, S. Kilin, and J. Kowalik. In: Żukowski, M.; Kilin, S.; Kowalik, J. (Hrsg.), Quantum Communication and Security; Amsterdam: IOS Press, S. 63-68.
The sum of entanglement and subsystem coherence is invariant under quantum reference frame transformations
Cepollaro, Carlo; Akil, Ali; Cieśliński, Paweł; Hamette, Anne-Catherine de la; Brukner, Časlav (2024) The sum of entanglement and subsystem coherence is invariant under quantum reference frame transformations. arXiv:quant-ph, Bd. 2406.19448 [quant-ph].What an event is not: unravelling the identity of events in quantum theory and gravity
Hamette, Anne-Catherine de la; Kabel, Viktoria; Brukner, Časlav (2024) What an event is not: unravelling the identity of events in quantum theory and gravity. arXiv:gr-qc, Bd. 2404.00159 [gr-qc].Identification is Pointless: Quantum Reference Frames, Localisation of Events, and the Quantum Hole Argument
Kabel, Viktoria; Hamette, Anne-Catherine de la; Apadula, Luca; Cepollaro, Carlo; Gomes, Henrique et al. [..] (2024) Identification is Pointless: Quantum Reference Frames, Localisation of Events, and the Quantum Hole Argument. arXiv:quant-ph, Bd. 2402.10267 [quant-ph].Quantum diffeomorphisms cannot make indefinite causal order definite
Hamette, Anne-Catherine de la; Kabel, Viktoria; Christodoulou, Marios; Brukner, Časlav (2022) Quantum diffeomorphisms cannot make indefinite causal order definite. arXiv:quant-ph, Bd. 2211.15685 [quant-ph].Exploiting the randomness of the measurement basis in quantum cryptography: Secure Quantum Key Growing without Privacy Amplification
Böhm, H.; Böhm, P. S.; Aspelmeyer, M.; Brukner, Č.; Zeilinger, A. (2004) Exploiting the randomness of the measurement basis in quantum cryptography: Secure Quantum Key Growing without Privacy Amplification.