Quantum News

2024.04.22

Superradiant atoms could push the boundaries of how precisely time can be measured

Superradiant atoms can help us measure time more precisely than ever. In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen present a new method for measuring the time interval, the second, mitigating some of th…

Quantum Data

2024.04.15

Internet can achieve quantum speed with light saved as sound

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute have developed a new way to create quantum memory: A small drum can store data sent with light in its sonic vibrations, and then forward the data with…

Newly employed

2024.04.09

Manaswi Paraashar, postdoc

Manaswi Paraashar joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory on 1st April 2024. He is hosted by Laura Mancinska.

Quantum Particles

2024.04.04

“It’s ultimately about predicting everything” – theory could be a map to hunted quantum materials

A breakthrough in theoretical physics is an important step towards predicting the behavior of the fundamental matter of which our world is built. It can be used to calculate systems of enormous quantities of quantum…

Quantum physics

2024.03.26

Scientists on the hunt for evidence of quantum gravity’s existence at the South Pole

University of Copenhagen team contributes to an Antarctic large-scale experiment striving to find out if gravity also exists at the quantum level. An extraordinary particle able to travel undisturbed through space seems…

Quantum Computing:

2024.03.18

Denmark’s first quantum-secured fibre-optic link established between NBI and DTU

On 22 November, DTU and the Niels Bohr Institute successfully demonstrated an absolutely secure connection – a video connection that cannot be hacked.

Quantum grant

2022.11.08

RECRUIT grant of 11.8 mio. DKK allows the Quantum for Life Centre to expand

Theoretical physicist Daniel Malz joins the University of Copenhagen in April 2023 with a RECRUIT grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The grant is given to the most talented or leading researchers to strengthen…

Quantum computer

2022.09.21

Major investment for developing Denmark’s first fully functional quantum computer

Denmark’s first fully functional generally applicable quantum computer will be available in 2034. This is the objective of the ambitious Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme that is being launched in…

The Hub

2022.09.20

Joined forces in new quantum community

A new quantum community at the Faculty of Science will take quantum research to new heights – and is open to all.

Newly employed

2022.08.12

Blazej Ruba, postdoc

Blazej Ruba was employed on 1 August 2022 as a postdoc at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, associated with the Analysis & Quantum Section.

Newly employed

2022.08.04

Jakob Günther, PhD student

Jakob Günther started 1 July 2022 as a PhD student at the Quantum for Life Centre and the section for Analysis & Quantum.

Newly employed

2022.08.02

Dylan Harley, PhD student

On 1 August 2022 Dylan Harley started an integrated PhD programme with the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum for Life Center, which will run until July 2026.

Quantum physics

2022.06.23

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

Quantum information

2022.06.23

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

Quantum computing:

2022.05.23

A quantum drum that stores quantum states for record-long times

With a coherence time of one hundred milliseconds, the membrane can for example store sensitive quantum information for further processing in a quantum computer or network.

Physics

2022.05.11

Scientists discovers new properties of magnetism that could change our computers

Our electronics can no longer shrink and are on the verge of overheating. But in a new discovery from the University of Copenhagen, researchers have uncovered a fundamental property of magnetism, which may become…

Cyber security

2022.04.28

Scientific advance leads to a new tool in the fight against hackers

A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from hackers and cybercriminals. Quantum mathematicians at the University of Copenhagen have solved a mathematical riddl…

VISIT FROM THE EU

2022.03.03

Margrethe Vestager visits quantum researchers

Margrethe Vestager visited the department's quantum researchers in QMATH and Quantum for Life Center. The Vice-President of the European Commission wanted to understand why quantum software is an indispensable element i…

quantum technology

2021.10.28

Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache

Quantum physicists at the University of Copenhagen are reporting an international achievement for Denmark in the field of quantum technology. By simultaneously operating multiple spin qubits on the same quantum chip,…

QUANTUM RESEARCH

2021.06.17

New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature

Researchers from University of Copenhagen have developed a new technique that keeps quantum bits of light stable at room temperature instead of only working at -270 degrees. Their discovery saves power and money and is …

Quantum computing:

2021.06.07

Physics students train on IBM Quantum technology

The Niels Bohr Institute will start training future generations of quantum physicists, next winter, when undergraduate students in the physics program will take courses that include using IBM's cloud-based quantum…

Quantum physics

2020.12.09

Major breakthrough: Copenhagen researchers can now achieve 'quantum advantage'

University of Copenhagen researchers have advanced their quantum technology to such a degree that classical computing technology can no longer keep up. They have developed a chip that, with financial backing, could be…

Quantum research:

2020.11.11

Physicists and chemists join forces to develop quantum simulators of the future

Two Centers of Excellence, the Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks and the Center for Quantum Devices at the Niels Bohr Institute recently received a large grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Challenge Program to…

QUANTUM OPTICS:

2020.10.01

Photon turnstile brings order to light

With the creation of a turnstile for light in glass fibers, quantum optics researchers from Germany, Denmark and Austria have succeeded in directly converting laser light in optical fibers into a single file of isolated…

Research grant

2020.09.30

Quantum for Life – a new research centre

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted Professor Matthias Christandl from the Department of Mathematical Sciences a 6-year grant of DKK 48.6 million to build a cross-disciplinary research centre exploring the use of…

Quantum research:

2020.09.28

Quantum entanglement realized between distant large objects

A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have succeeded in entangling two very different quantum objects. The result has several potential applications in ultra-precise sensing and quantum communication and is…

Quantum physics

2020.09.23

Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators

Trial and error define today’s approach to developing new pharmaceutical drugs.

Quantum computing:

2020.09.15

Microsoft and University of Copenhagen collaboration yields promising material for quantum computing

Researchers at the Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab and the University of Copenhagen, working closely together, have succeeded in realizing an important and promising material for use in a future quantum computer.

QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY:

2020.09.04

Extracting order from a quantum measurement finally shown experimentally

For more than a century, physicists have been aware of the link between the disorder in a system, and information obtained by measurement. Now, it has been demonstrated experimentally for the first time.

Quantum physics

2020.04.22

Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity

Researchers from University of Copenhagen have discovered a new way of developing topological superconductivity that may provide a useful route toward the use of Majorana zero modes as the foundation of qubits for…

Quantum Network:

2020.03.30

Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane

Entanglement, a powerful form of correlation among quantum systems, is an important resource for quantum computing. Researchers from the Quantum Optomechanics group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…

Quantum physics

2020.03.03

Quantum technology in fibre-optic networks will protect against hacks

A new research project and nearly DKK 18 million (€2.4 million) from Innovation Fund Denmark will transform 15 years of quantum research at the University of Copenhagen into commercial products for unhackable encryption…

Quantum Computer:

2019.10.23

The Niels Bohr Institute to Research Particle with Great Potential in the Construction of the Quantum Computer

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute and Lund University have with a European Research Council Synergy Grant, become able to do the necessary fundamental research needed for affirming the potential the researchers…

Condensed matter physics:

2019.09.16

Quantum Alchemy: Researchers use laser light to transform metal into magnet

Pioneering physicists from the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have discovered a way to get non-magnetic materials to make themselves magnetic by way of laser light.

QUANTUM PHYSICS:

2019.05.28

Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in the precision of force and position measurements

Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the precision of force and position measurements into a new regime.

QUANTUM PHYSICS

2019.04.23

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to scale up and could ultimately reach the capabilities required for a quantum computer or quantum internet.

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting:

2019.04.08

Ærefuld invitation til Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institutet, Københavns Universitet, er blevet inviteret til den 69. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, som i år er dedikeret til fysik. Det er en…

Nobel Laureate Meeting:

2019.04.08

Honorable invitation to Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at the Center for Quantum devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has been invited to the annual 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this year dedicated to Physics. It is a…

Quantum physics:

2019.03.15

Long-distance quantum information exchange - success at the nanoscale

At the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, researchers have realized the swap of electron spins between distant quantum dots. The discovery brings us a step closer to future applications of quantum…

Gravitational wave detectors:

2018.09.03

Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricks

A group of scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) at the University of Copenhagen will soon start developing a new line of technical equipment in order to dramatically improve gravitational wave detectors.

Quantum computer:

2017.11.30

Qubits put into reverse

A group of scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has figured out how to make spin qubits perform controlled backward rotations. This has never been shown before.

Quantum physics:

2017.07.13

Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem

One of the most fundamental principles of physics, "Quantum Back Action", has been challenged by researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, which has used laser light to link a vibrating membrane with cesium atoms.

Superconductors:

2017.07.07

Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked

Due to magnetism iron should - theoretically - be a poor superconductor. Nevertheless certain ironbased materials possess fine superconducting properties. Why? Because the five unbound electrons found in iron...

Quantum technology:

2017.01.25

First step towards photonic quantum network

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have now developed the first building blocks needed to construct complex quantum photonic circuits for quantum networks. This rapid development in quantum networks

Quantum membranes for ultraprecise mechanical measurements:

2016.12.21

The Sound of Quantum Vacuum

Quantum mechanics dictates sensitivity limits in the measurements of displacement, velocity and acceleration. A recent experiment at NBI probes these limits, analyzing how quantum fluctuations set a sensor membrane

Quantum computer:

2016.11.28

University of Copenhagen partners with Microsoft to develop topological quantum computer

Professor Charles Marcus will build the world's first topological quantum computer at the Niels Bohr Institute in collaboration with the Technical University of Delft and Sydney University under a Microsoft...

Quantum Technology:

2016.09.23

Effective reflection of light for quantum technology

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a new method where they create a very strong interaction between light and atoms, which means that the light can be controlled and reflected on a glass fiber.

Quantum physics:

2016.07.15

Optical magnetic field sensor can detect signals from the nervous system

The human body is controlled by electrical impulses in, for example, the brain, the heart and nervous system. These electrical signals create tiny magnetic fields, which can be used to diagnose various diseases.

Quantum technology:

2016.05.27

Quantum photonic researchers start new company, Sparrow Quantum

Researchers in the research group Quantum Photonics at the Niels Bohr Institute have formed a new company, Sparrow Quantum, which will produce photonic chips that could be used for quantum technology based on light.

Quantum technology:

2016.04.26

Superfast light source made from artificial atom

New research results from the Niels Bohr Institute show that light sources can be made much faster by using a principle that was predicted theoretically in 1954. Superfast light sources can be used, for example, in lase…

Innovation

2016.04.07

Massive investment: From theoretical quantum physics to usable quantum technology

In a major new effort to translate quantum physics into practical quantum technology, the Innovation Fund Denmark has therefore invested 80 million kroner in a nationwide project involving three universities.

Quantum technology

2016.03.09

Protected Majorana states for quantum information

Quantum technology has the potential to revolutionize computation, cryptography, and simulation of quantum systems. However: quantum states are fragile, and so must be controlled without being measured.

Quantum networks

2015.10.23

Photons open the gateway for quantum networks

There is tremendous potential for new information technology based on light (photons), and quantum technology based on photons – called quantum photonics, will be able to hold much more information than current computer…

Quantum technology

2015.07.27

Quantum networks: Back and forth are not equal distances!

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered a new type of photonic channels, where back and forth are not equal distances! Such a system has been a missing component for building quantum photonic circuits…

Quantum physics

2015.03.30

Super sensitive measurement of magnetic fields in swinging atoms

There are electrical signals in the nervous system, the brain and throughout the human body and there are tiny magnetic fields associated with these signals that could be important for medical science.

Research collaboration

2015.03.17

Quantum link between QDev in Denmark and QuTech in Holland

The Center for Quantum Devices, QDev at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and QuTech at Delft University of Technology in Holland have therefore entered into an international partnership in the…

Atomic clock

2015.03.06

Quantum mechanic frequency filter for atomic clocks

In an atomic clock, electrons jumping from one orbit to another decides the clock’s frequency. To get the electrons to jump, researchers shine light on the atoms using stabilised laser light. However, the laser light ha…

Nano electronics -

2015.01.12

New superconducting hybrid crystals developed at the University of Copenhagen

A new type of ‘nanowire’ crystals that fuses semiconducting and metallic materials on the atomic scale could lay the foundation for future semiconducting electronics. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are…

Quantum networks -

2014.12.24

Atoms queue up for quantum computer networks

In order to develop future quantum computer networks, it is necessary to hold a known number of atoms. To do this, researchers from NBI have developed a method with a trap that captures the atoms along an ultra thin…

New quantum technology:

2014.08.29

Breakthrough in light sources for new quantum technology

Future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits based on light (photons) instead of electrons. Now scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have succeeded in creating a steady stream of photons emitted one at…

2014.03.23

Unavoidable disorder used to build nanolaser

Researchers at NBI have discovered that imperfect nanostructures can offer entirely new functionalities. They have shown that imperfect optical chips can be used to produce ‘nanolasers’, which is an ultimately compact…

2014.03.05

Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers

When detecting radio waves ‘noise’ in the instrument limits how sensitive and precise the measurements can be. Now researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a new method where they can avoid noise by means…

2013.11.24

Decay used to construct quantum information

Usually, when researchers work with quantum information, they do everything they can to prevent the information from decaying. Now researchers at NBI have flipped things around and are exploiting the decay to create…

2013.08.06

Quantum communication controlled by resonance in ‘artificial atoms’

Researchers at NBI among others have developed a method to control a quantum bit for electronic quantum communication in a series of quantum dots, which behave like artificial atoms in the solid state

2013.06.06

Quantum teleportation between atomic systems over long distances

The research group Quantum Optics at NBI has succeeded in teleporting information between two clouds of gas atoms and to carry out the teleportation – not just one or a few times, but successfully every single time

2012.07.24

Superpositioner

»Vi fysikere har ikke den dér barriere med, at noget måske kan lade sig gøre, men at vi bare ikke er kloge nok.« Charlie Marcus har forladt sit forskningscenter på Harvard University for at skabe et nyt center

2012.03.28

Jesper Nygård new professor in nanophysics

Jesper Nygård has been appointed professor of experimental nanophysics at the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institute and he is co-founder of the new research center, Center for Quantum Devices .

UCPH Quantum Hub

Superradiant atoms could push the boundaries of how precisely time can be measured

Internet can achieve quantum speed with light saved as sound

Manaswi Paraashar, postdoc

“It’s ultimately about predicting everything” – theory could be a map to hunted quantum materials

Scientists on the hunt for evidence of quantum gravity’s existence at the South Pole

Elegant use of noise for quantum computing

The quantum potential of point defects

Quantum Hub Annual Meeting 2024 Program Launch

Albert H. Werner receives additional grant from Villum Foundation

Harold Adriaan Nieuwboer, postdoc

The Boeing Quantum Creators Prize awarded to Freek Witteveen

NBI Spin-out enterprise receives prestigious tech-transfer award

Sensing the signature of life

Emil Tore Mærsk Pedersen, PhD student

A flying start for the new master’s programme in Quantum Information Science

Bhavik Kumar, PhD student

Extreme measuring device can bring quantum technology to your smartphone

The first group is ready for the new quantum education

Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators

Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles

Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles

Daniel Malz, assistant professor

QMATH researchers publish in JAMS

The QLife Centre arranged symposium in Zurich

Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance

Postdoc Freek Witteveen awarded prestigious PhD Prize

ERC Starting Grant for Laura Mančinska

Denmark’s first quantum-secured fibre-optic link established between NBI and DTU

RECRUIT grant of 11.8 mio. DKK allows the Quantum for Life Centre to expand

Major investment for developing Denmark’s first fully functional quantum computer

Joined forces in new quantum community

Blazej Ruba, postdoc

Jakob Günther, PhD student

Dylan Harley, PhD student

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

A quantum drum that stores quantum states for record-long times

Scientists discovers new properties of magnetism that could change our computers

Scientific advance leads to a new tool in the fight against hackers

Margrethe Vestager visits quantum researchers

Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache

New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature

Physics students train on IBM Quantum technology

Major breakthrough: Copenhagen researchers can now achieve 'quantum advantage'

Physicists and chemists join forces to develop quantum simulators of the future

Photon turnstile brings order to light

Quantum for Life – a new research centre

Quantum entanglement realized between distant large objects

Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators

Microsoft and University of Copenhagen collaboration yields promising material for quantum computing

Extracting order from a quantum measurement finally shown experimentally

Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity

Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane

Quantum technology in fibre-optic networks will protect against hacks

The Niels Bohr Institute to Research Particle with Great Potential in the Construction of the Quantum Computer

Quantum Alchemy: Researchers use laser light to transform metal into magnet

Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in the precision of force and position measurements

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

Ærefuld invitation til Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Honorable invitation to Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Long-distance quantum information exchange - success at the nanoscale

Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricks

Qubits put into reverse

Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem

Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked

First step towards photonic quantum network

The Sound of Quantum Vacuum

University of Copenhagen partners with Microsoft to develop topological quantum computer

Effective reflection of light for quantum technology

Optical magnetic field sensor can detect signals from the nervous system

Quantum photonic researchers start new company, Sparrow Quantum

Superfast light source made from artificial atom

Massive investment: From theoretical quantum physics to usable quantum technology

Protected Majorana states for quantum information

Photons open the gateway for quantum networks

Quantum networks: Back and forth are not equal distances!

Super sensitive measurement of magnetic fields in swinging atoms

Quantum link between QDev in Denmark and QuTech in Holland