FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies

The scientific and technological development of our society is inconceivable without electronics and photonics, which form the backbone of our current information technology. In recent years, the focus at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has increasingly focused on the joint consideration of light and matter, which will be the key to many new phenomena and technologies. This forms the basis for key technologies of the 21st century, including quantum technologies. These goals require substantial efforts in basic as well as in applied research, which are bundled in the new profile center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies at FAU.

The profile centers shape the research profile of FAU with a wide range of cutting-edge research projects. An overview of all FAU profile, research and competence centers can be found on the FAU research profile website.

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Light and sound waves reveal negative pressure

26. September 2023

Negative pressure is a rare and challenging-to-detect phenomenon in physics. Using liquid-filled optical fibers and sound waves, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) in…

An anniversary symposium – Chair of Applied Physics at FAU turns 75

15. September 2023

The Chair of Applied Physics is celebrating its 75th anniversary. What has changed most in this period, in your opinion? Prof. Dr. Heiko B. Weber: Everything! At that time, solid…

No one and nothing can stop physicist Flore Kunst: A Max Planck researcher in the fast lane

5. September 2023

High praise for Flore Kunst. The physicist and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light has been awarded a coveted spot in the Max Planck Society’s…