IQS News

This year's news on activities of our Joint Lab and open positions.

19.09.2023

Kick-off of the Berlin Quantum Alliance and Leap Opening

We participated in the Kick-off of the Berlin Quantum Alliance and support the new Berlin QT Innovation Hub „Leap“.

18.09.2023

New IQS case study published by Liquid Instruments

Our team published a case study together with Liquid Instruments highlighting the use of the Moku:Pro instrument for optical atomic clocks.

15.09.2023

IQS Group retreat 2023

This year’s group retreat took us to Prenden (Brandenburg) and Bernau (Berlin) for a day full of hiking and adventure mini-golfing. Find some pictures in our gallery.

07.09.2023

Ph.D. thesis defence

Congratulations to J. Pahl to the successful completion of the doctoral degree!
Thesis title: „Atominterferometric experiments with Bose-einstein condensates in microgravity“

30.08.2023

IQS hosting an INSQT Workshop

The third INSQT Workshop on Space Quantum Internet is hosted by our group! It focusses on developing global quantum networks and especially on enabling technologies and key components.

21.07.2023

New Bachelor thesis / Master thesis / Studentische Hilfskraft (SHK) position available

We are looking for highly motivated students to work in an ultra-cold atom experiment which acts as a test-bed for developing micro-integrated technologies and for quantum memories. More details can be found in the open positions section.

12.07.2023

Two new proceeding paper in SPIE. Digital Library

05.07.2023

New paper in Physical Review Research

04.07.2023

New position available

We are looking for a research assistant (Ph.D. / postDoc) for the BMBF flagship project AeroQGrav. Within this project, a gravimeter for use onboard an airplane is to be built, for which we provide the autonomously working laser system. Find details for application in our open position section and the webpage of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

27.06.2023

IQS at ICOLS 2023

Our Matter wave team is in Estes Park, Colorado at ICOLS 2023 and presenting our latest results on atom interferometry on long time-scales in microgravity. The conference is a get-together of the laser spectroscopy, matter wave and quantum technology communities, providing a great venue for networking.

26.06.2023

IQS at CLEO Europe and Laser World of Photonics 2023

Our Enabling Technology team is at CLEO/Laser München. We present our latest results on microintegrated optical dipole traps and are invited to the QUANTUM Breakfast organized by Berlin Partner.

23.05.2023

IQS at INSQT Workshop 2023

Our Atomic Quantum Memories in Space and Miniaturization teams have been invited to give talks during a workshop hosted by The International Network in Space Quantum Technologies (INSQT). The workshop has been a productive environment to connect and brainstorm on space-related quantum technologies and missions. Find some impressions of our speakers in the conferences gallery!

Stay tuned for the next INSQT workshop on the Space Quantum Internet, hosted by us in august!

16.05.2023

IQS at CLEO 2023

Our Atomic Quantum Memories in Space team represented their latest results on long-lived quantum memories in microgravity at the CLEO 2023. Find some impressions in the conferences gallery!

21.03.2023

New gallery images

DPG Frühjahrstagung (SAMOP) was a great opportunity to reach out with our research, to network and to get inspired for new collaborations and projects. Find some impressions in the new gallery!

20.03.2023

New article in AVS Quantum Science

Technology roadmap for cold-atoms based quantum inertial sensors in space by S. Abend et al.

07.03.2023

New article on arXiv

Time-delayed single quantum repeater node for global quantum communications with a single satellite by M. Gündoğan et al.

21.02.2023

New bachelor / master thesis available

Implementation of a laser system for alkali vapor MEMS cell activation

01.02.2023

DPG Frühjahrstagung (SAMOP)

We present our activities at the DPG Frühjahrstagung 2023 in Hanover! Come and visit us at one of the following venues:

26.01.2023

New article on arXiv

QUICK3 — Design of a satellite-based quantum light source for quantum communicazion and extended physical theory tests in space by N. Ahmadi et al.

01.01.2023

Happy New Year!

We wish everybody a joyful and productive 2023 and are looking forward to exciting projects and collaborations!

13.12.2022

Master thesis defense

Congratulations to G. Kaplan to the successful completion of the master’s degree!

05.12.2022

Master thesis defense

Congratulations to M. Humaira to the successful completion of the master’s degree!

20.11.2022

New article in EPJ Quantum Technology

Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map by I. Alonso et al.

01.11.2022

New article in Quantum Science and Technology

Optical Atomic Clock aboard an Earth-orbiting Space Station (OACESS): Enhancing searches for physics beyon the standard model in space by V. Schkolnik et al.

26.10.2022

New article on arXiv

Proposal for a long-lived quantum memory using matter-wave optics with Bose-Einstein condensates in microgravity by E. Da Ros et al.

25.10.2022

Report in INSQT

Prof. Özgür Müstecaplıoğlu visited us at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in August and tells from his extended research visit, made possible by the International Network in Space Quantum Technologies (INSQT)

19.10.2022

New article in Physical Review A

Light-Pulse Atom Interferometric Test of Continuous Spantaneous Localization by S. Vowe et al.

03.10.2022

New article in Proceedings SPIE

Boosting quantum optics experiments with Bayesian optimization by P.-I. Schneider et al.

Older news can be found in the News Archive.