
Prof. Dr. Christoph Marquardt
Chair of Optical Quantum Technologies
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„Lucys quantastische Weihnachtsreise“ – Physics Christmas Lecture 2025

In the birth year of quantum mechanics, 1925, the physicist Lucy Mensing travels from the physics Christmas party in Göttingen…
QuNET achieves another milestone

Foundation for a future quantum network – quantum channels tested in flight It is not easy to send individual photons…
Collegium Alexandrinum Winter Semester 2025/2026

The lecture series in the winter semester 2025/2026 starts with a contribution to the International Year of Quantum Physics and…
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025

On October 25, 2025, the Long Night of Sciences 2025 will take place in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg-Fürth-Erlangen. In…
New Academic Year 2025/2026

We are looking forward to a new academic year filled with research, collaborations, and scientific exchange. To get the winter…
Global quantum encryption: small satellites as quantum key generators

First test drive for quantum modules on the small satellite QUBE, developed in collaboration with FAU The QUBE research mission,…
Lecture series „Modern physics on Saturday morning“ in 2025

For the summer semester 2025, three talks of the „Modern physics on Saturday morning“ lecture series are scheduled. Two of…
International Day of Light 2025 on May 16th

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and the Zukunftsmuseum | Deutsches Museum Nürnberg celebrate the International Year…
LMQ prominently represented in the new FAU Magazine “#FAUmenschen” (Update: Now in English, too)

The Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies is represented with two articles in the new magazine “#FAUmenschen” featuring Christoph Marquardt, Florian Marquardt, Janina…
Publications
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Quantum-Limited Polarization Measurements in Twisted Photonic Crystal Fibers
CLEO: Fundamental Science 2025 (Long Beach, 4. May 2025 – 9. May 2025)
In: CLEO: Fundamental Science 2025 2025
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_FS.2025.FF120_2 - , , , , :
Universal Encoder for Phase-, Time-Bin- and Polarization-Based QKD Schemes
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (München, 23. June 2025 – 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC65582.2025.11110196 - , , , , , , , :
Indistinguishable Heralded Photon Pairs from a Whispering Gallery Resonator
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (, 23. June 2025 – 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC65582.2025.11110509 - , , , , , , , :
Indistinguishable MHz-narrow heralded photon pairs from a whispering gallery resonator
In: APL Photonics 10 (2025), Article No.: 056111
ISSN: 2378-0967
DOI: 10.1063/5.0263312 - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , :
Towards satellite tests combining general relativity and quantum mechanics through quantum optical interferometry: progress on the deep space quantum link
In: EPJ Quantum Technology 12 (2025), Article No.: 78
ISSN: 2196-0763
DOI: 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-025-00370-1 - , , , , , , , , , :
Quantum Communication with Photonic Integrated Circuits on a CubeSat
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 (Munich, DEU, 23. June 2025 – 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC65582.2025.11110274 - , , , , , , , , :
Experimental Deployment of a 4-State Continuous-Variable QKD System with Rate-Adaptive Error Correction in an Urban Environment
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (, 23. June 2025 – 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), New York City: 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC65582.2025.11110834 - , , , , :
Photonic Integrated Phase Encoding Transmitter for Satellite QKD
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (München, 23. June 2025 – 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC65582.2025.11109539
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Polarization-entangled photons from a whispering gallery resonator
In: npj Quantum Information 10 (2024), Article No.: 85
ISSN: 2056-6387
DOI: 10.1038/s41534-024-00876-z - , , , , , , :
Polarization entanglement from a crystalline whispering gallery resonator
CLEO: Fundamental Science 2024 (Charlotte, 5. May 2024 – 10. May 2024)
In: CLEO 2024 2024
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_FS.2024.FTh3R.5 - :
Recent Developments in Quantum Key Distribution
Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2024 (San Diego, 24. March 2024 – 28. March 2024)
In: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024 2024
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2024.M4H.5 - , , , :
Eavesdropper localization for quantum and classical channels via nonlinear scattering
In: Optica Quantum 2 (2024), p. 21
ISSN: 2837-6714
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICAQ.502944
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Extreme thermodynamics in nanolitre volumes through stimulated Brillouin–Mandelstam scattering
In: Nature Physics (2023)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02205-1 - , , , :
Phase-locking an interferometer with single-photon detections
In: New Journal of Physics 25 (2023), p. 113007
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ad0752 - , , , :
Unfolding the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference between heralded photons from narrowband twin beams
In: New Journal of Physics (2023)
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ace791 - , , :
Localizing Eavesdroppers Inside a Quantum Channel Using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (München, 26. June 2023 – 30. June 2023)
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10232821 - , , , , , , , :
Integrated Photonics for Quantum Communication on a Cubesat
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (München, 26. June 2023 – 30. June 2023)
In: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10231897
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Quantum physics in space
In: Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters 951 (2022), p. 1-70
ISSN: 0370-1573
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2021.11.004 - , , , , , , , , :
Thermodynamic Control of Nanoliter Volumes of CS2 via Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2022 (Rochester, NY, 17. October 2022 – 20. October 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
DOI: 10.1364/FIO.2022.JTu4A.59
URL: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=FiO-2022-JTu4A.59 - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , :
QUBE-II – Quantum Key Distribution with a CubeSat
73rd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2022 (Paris, 18. September 2022 – 22. September 2022)
In: IAC-22-B4.9-GTS.5.5,x70823 2022
URL: https://elib.dlr.de/190981/1/IAC-22-B4.9-GTS.5.5×70823.pdf - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , :
QUBE – Towards Quantum Key Distribution with Small Satellites
Quantum 2.0, QUANTUM 2022 (Boston, MA, USA, 13. June 2022 – 16. June 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
URL: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=quantum-2022-QTh3A.6 - , , , , :
Measuring higher-order photon correlations of faint quantum light: A short review
In: Physics Letters A 435 (2022)
ISSN: 0375-9601
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2022.128059 - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , :
The deep space quantum link: prospective fundamental physics experiments using long-baseline quantum optics
In: EPJ Quantum Technology 9 (2022), Article No.: 25
ISSN: 2196-0763
DOI: 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00143-0 - , , , , , :
A High-Rate Receiver for Satellite Quantum Key Distribution
Quantum 2.0, QUANTUM 2022 (Boston, MA, USA, 13. June 2022 – 16. June 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
URL: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=quantum-2022-QTh3A.2
