Cool, monitor, detect

Cooling, controlling, detecting: Individual atoms open new windows into quantum mechanics

What does the future hold for quantum computing? The answer: There will be various approaches. In addition to the well-known superconducting approach used by IBM and Google, there are other methods for generating quantum entanglement and enormous computing power based on qubits.

Professor Johannes Zeiher of the Chair of Quantum Optics at LMU is pursuing one of the most innovative approaches. Instead of semiconductor chips, he uses neutral atoms, which are manipulated with optical tweezers and brought into entangled states—without the need for energy-intensive cooling technology. In his Lecture , he Lecture the fundamentals of this technology and demonstrates how basic research and entrepreneurial implementation successfully come together in Bavaria.

The Munich-based ERES Foundation promotes public dialogue between the arts and the sciences. Its current Exhibition , “Seeing the Unseen – Quantum Physics and Art as Entangled Worlds,” was developed in collaboration with the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) Cluster of Excellence.