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Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) in Innsbruck, Austria.

Imprint: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw/imprint
🚀 Supersolid spins into synchrony! 💫
Supersolids just got even cooler: @ferlainogroup.bsky.social discovered that when supersolids are rotated, #quantum vortices cause the precession and revolution of the superfluid crystal structure to synchronize their motion. 🌀
👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
#physics
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚀 No Research, No Answers 📌

Public funding for science is under pressure.
But without research, the big questions of our future stay unanswered.

At IQOQI Innsbruck, we push the frontiers of quantum physics – shaping tomorrow’s technologies.

🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/keine-forsch...

#researchmatters
🤖👩‍🔬 KI als Turbo für die Medizin?
Genau daran forscht die ÖAW! Denn mithilfe von KI kann man z.B. Mechanismen der Krankheitsentstehung besser verstehen oder auch neue und innovative therapeutische Konzepte entwickeln.
👀 Mehr dazu gibt's hier: www.oeaw.ac.at/keine-forsch...
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Theoretical physicist Torsten Zache has been awarded a Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu for his research into #quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories. He aims to help overcome limitations in their numerical investigation.

Congratulations, Torsten 👏

iqoqi.at/en/current/n...

#ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A research team led by Robert Ott & Hannes Pichler has developed a novel architecture for #quantum processors that is specifically designed for simulating fermions—particles such as electrons. The method can be implemented using #technologies already available today 👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
August 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This year's #Euregio Young Researchers' Award 🥇 goes to @evacasotti.bsky.social from Francesca Ferlaino's research group. 🥳🤩

Eva impressed the jury with her work on #supersolidity, a fascinating state in which matter exhibits both solid and superfluid properties at the same time. Congratulations 👏
Congratulations to Eva @evacasotti.bsky.social who was awarded with the 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 of the Euregio Young Researcher Award 2025! 🎉

Find more information about the prize here: www.europaregion.info/euregio/proj...

📸 Land Tirol/Sedlak
August 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume honored experimental physicist Rainer Blatt with the PRO MERITIS SCIENTIAE ET LITTERARUM award for his achievements in the field of #quantum #optics and quantum #information. He also co-founded the @munichquantum.bsky.social research network. Congratulations! 👏
August 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We went on a trip to Seefeld together with our colleagues from the Departments of Experimental & Theoretical Physics at the University of Innsbruck – over 100 team members in total, including a few kids. We were lucky with the weather 🌞 A perfect day that combined team spirit & the beauty of nature!
July 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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YAO 2025 started!
Having a great time and enjoying the rainy view on top of the famous Bergisel ski jump!
#YAO2025
@iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An international team led by Peter Zoller together with #QuEra Computing has directly observed “string breaking” in a two-dimensional analog #quantum #simulator 🧲⚡️⚛

Read more: iqoqi.at/.../1006-str....

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com

📸: Harald Ritsch @fwf-at.bsky.social #physics
June 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
📣 On Tuesday evening, experimental physicist Hannes Bernien and theoretical physicist Hannes Pichler gave their inaugural lectures at the @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy.

Read more: iqoqi.at/en/current/n...

Photo: David Jordan
June 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
⚡The future begins now⚡
Innsbruck at the center of quantum research

#ORF documentary (in German) with @ferlainogroup, Gregor Weihs, Gerhard Kirchmair, Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, Thomas Monz, Serge Haroche, and many more.

👉🏻 on.orf.at/video/142763...
Österreich-Bild aus dem Landesstudio Tirol: Die Zukunft beginnt jetzt - Innsbruck im Zentrum der Quantenforschung
Innsbruck zählt heute zu den weltweit führenden Standorten in der Quantenforschung. Die Grundsteine dafür wurden bereits in den 1990er-Jahren gelegt, als Wissenschafter wie Anton Zeilinger, Rainer Bla...
on.orf.at
May 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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TV-Tipp 📺 Am 18.5. um 18:25 Uhr zeigt ORF2 #Innsbruck als Hotspot der #Quantenforschung 💫 Mehr zu Nobelpreisträger und Alt-Präsident der ÖAW Anton Zeilinger und der Forschung am @iqoqi.bsky.social erfahrt ihr hier ⤵️
tv.orf.at/program/orf2...
Österreich-Bild aus dem Landesstudio Tirol - tv.ORF.at
tv.ORF.at: Innsbruck zählt heute zu den weltweit führenden Standorten in der Quantenforschung. Die Grundsteine dafür wurden bereits in den 1990er-Jahren gelegt, als Wissenschafter wie Anton Zeilinger,...
tv.orf.at
May 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🏆 Experimental physicist Yusuf Karlı, a former PhD student in the research group of Gregor Weihs at @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy, has been awarded the IQOQI Dissertation Prize 2024. 🚀

We warmly congratulate Mr. Karli on his success! 👏

👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...

#quantum #physics
IQOQI Dissertation Prize 2024 for Yusuf Karli - IQOQI of the OEAW
The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) specializes in theoretical and experimental research in quantum optics and information science, covering both foundational studies and ...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎶 Arfor Houwman from @ferlainogroup.bsky.social turned his research topic into a music video and won the international "Dance Your PhD" competition in the categories of physics and AI/quantum physics! 🏆🕺 Congratulation! 🎶

📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry...

#DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics
Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms | Dance Your PhD 2025 [Physics & AI/Quantum Winner]
YouTube video by Arfor Houwman
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May 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A new architecture for improved #quantum control of microwave resonators: A recently published study shows how a superconducting fluxonium #qubit can be selectively coupled & decoupled with a microwave resonator & without additional components.

👉 journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a...

📸: Dominik Pfeifer
April 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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💡 We’re featured in today’s Quantum Snapshot by QuantA!
⚛️ The spotlight is on IQOQI Innsbruck @iqoqi.bsky.social and the atom*innen initiative @atominnen.bsky.social.

Pictured (left to right): Our PhD students Sarah Embacher, Elena Poli, and Eva Casotti.

📸 Photo credit: IQOQI | D. Jordan
April 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Superpositions of #quantum states known as Schrödinger cat states can be created in “hot” environments with temperatures up to 1.8 K, say researchers @iqoqi.bsky.social and @icfo.eu. ⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/schrodinge...
Schrödinger cat states like it hot – Physics World
Superpositions persist at temperatures up to 1.8 K – practically oven-like by quantum standards
physicsworld.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Researchers led by Gerhard Kirchmair & Oriol Romero-Isart have demonstrated that it is possible to create quantum superpositions from thermally excited states.

Hot Schrödinger cat states 🐈‍⬛ in a microwave resonator: iqoqi.at/en/current/n...

📸: Harald Ritsch @oeaw.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Less than a week left to register for YAO 2025! ⌛️ Join us in Innsbruck from July 6–11 for talks, lab tours, an industry panel, and networking with fellow young researchers in AMO and quantum physics.
Register by March 31: yao.iqoqi.at
#YAO2025 @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
YAO 2025 - Home
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March 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Innsbruck is hosting YAO!!!! Are you not yet registered? Hurry up :-) list of speakers AMAZInG! Honestly, YAO is one of the best event the Atomic Physics community has ever created for PhD Students! @yao2025.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Francesca Ferlaino lives & works in Innsbruck for almost 20 years now. In an interview she explains what inspires her work, how she is advocating for more women in physics and what "aussi" and "ummi" mean in Tyrol.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tbt... (in German) @ferlainogroup.bsky.social
100% Tirol - So viel Kraft - Francesca Ferlaino im Interview
YouTube video by Lebensraum Tirol
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March 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🔬 Exciting opportunities at IQOQI-INNSBRUCK!🌟

We are looking for an Academy Scientist + Post-docs to join Prof. Ferlaino's team to work on cutting-edge research in dipolar quantum gases! ⚛️
🔗Apply now: erbium.at/FF/join-us/

#QuantumScience #ResearchJobs #Physics
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Eugene Polzik (Niels Bohr Institute) and Jun Ye (JILA) have published an #obituary in #Nature, reflecting on Jeff Kimble’s groundbreaking contributions to science, the deep appreciation he received from the community, and the personal friendships he built beyond science.

👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
H. Jeffrey Kimble (1949–2024) - Nature Photonics
Champion experimentalist of quantum optics and squeezed-light pioneer has sadly passed away.
doi.org
February 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
✨ We are part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025! ✨

Today, the launch of the IYQ kicks off at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, marking 100 years of quantum science.

🔗 For more, visit www.quantum2025.at

#IYQ2025 #quantumscience #UNESCO #quantA #quantumcurious
February 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM