Research institute for theoretical and experimental quantum optics, quantum information and quantum technology
Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation Wien (IQOQI)
Vienna · Boltzmanngasse 3New on Amplifa
About the Institute
The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna (IQOQI) is a research institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) located at Boltzmanngasse 3 in Vienna. It was founded in November 2003 to consolidate theoretical and experimental quantum optics and quantum information research in Austria. The institute today consists of several research groups under the leadership of Director Markus Aspelmeyer and Deputy Director Časlav Brukner, as well as Anton Zeilinger, Marcus Huber, Markus Müller, Miguel Navascues and others. The Quantum Technology Unit under Michael Trupke develops experiments in applied and fundamental quantum science, including SiC quantum photonics, superconducting levitation and Diamond Quantum Sensing. The institute is not a manufacturing operation and does not offer industrial manufacturing services; it conducts research, publishes and cooperates with scientific partners. The historic building at Boltzmanngasse 3, which previously housed the Institute for Radium Research, was recognized by the European Physical Society as an EPS Historic Site in 2015.
- Site
- Vienna
- Processes
- Theoretical and experimental quantum optics, Quantum information research, Quantum technology (SiC quantum photonics, superconducting levitation, Diamond Quantum Sensing)
- Materials
- SiC Quantum Photonics, Superconducting Levitation, Diamond Quantum Sensing
- Founded
- 2003
- Industries
- Research, Quantum technology
Research Focus Areas
SiC Quantum Photonics
Research on quantum photonics in silicon carbide at the Quantum Technology Unit.
Superconducting Levitation
Experimental research on the levitation of superconducting particles.
Diamond Quantum Sensing
Quantum sensing with nitrogen-vacancy-center diamonds.
Location
Vienna
ATResearch institute (Boltzmanngasse 3)
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1908
Karl Kupelwieser initiated the Institute for Radium Research
- 1910
Opening of the Institute for Radium Research on 28 October by Archduke Rainer
- 1936
Victor Franz Hess received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic radiation
- 1938
Several researchers were forced into exile by the Nazi regime
- 1955
Under Berta Karlik, the institute also became a university institute
- 2003
Founding of the IQOQI of the ÖAW in November; Vienna branch under Anton Zeilinger at Boltzmanngasse 3
- 2004
Renaming of the predecessor institute to Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics
- 2015
Boltzmanngasse 3 was honored as an EPS Historic Site in May