Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies - News

An ultra short laser pulse (blue) creates free charge carriers, another pulse (red) accelerates them in opposite directions.

Halbleiterelektronik wird immer schneller – aber irgendwann erlaubt die Physik keine Steigerung mehr. Die kürzest mögliche Zeitskala…

Marcus Huber mit spiegelndem Kristall
© IQOQI-Vienna, by Mateusz Kotyrba

Quantum theory, complexity and thermodynamics: Marcus Huber finds new ways to link very different areas of physics. He is now awarded an ERC…

Researcher with protective glasses works on optical device

A completely new cooling concept has been invented at TU Wien (Vienna): Computer simulations show how quantum fields could be used to break…

atomic structure. in the background: low temperature devices

A research team from TU Wien together with US research institutes came across a surprising form of "quantum criticality". This could lead to a design…