Coordination:
Oliver Heckl, University of Vienna
Research network:
TU Wien (Thorsten Schumm, Andrius Baltuška)
University of Würzburg (Adriana Pálffy-Buß)
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Mikhail Lemeshko)

The COMB.AT Special Research Area is an ambitious project in the field of optical metrology, with a team of researchers investigating fundamental physical constants at an unprecedented level of precision. Applying an innovative method that uses light with orbital angular momentum (OAM), COMB.AT aims to increase measurement accuracy in molecular and nuclear spectroscopy.

This Special Research Area combines the expertise of leading theoretical and experimental physicists who are working together at the frontier of scientific understanding. COMB.AT focuses on electric-dipole forbidden transitions that can be studied using light with OAM. This opens up a new paradigm for precision measurement and the development of innovative nuclear and molecular clocks.

This groundbreaking Special Research Area allows researchers to work on long-term and interdisciplinary research topics, to significantly expand the boundaries of optical metrology and spectroscopy, and to create the infrastructure needed for excellent research.

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