Research group Trapped Ion Quantum Technologies

Due to a significant technical progress and precise engineering, we are nowadays able to manipulate individual quantum systems, like single atoms, with a precision that has been unthinkable a few decades ago. Quantum technologies open many possibilities for applications, as for instance quantum computers that can solve problems intractable by classical computers, quantum-enhanced sensing and metrology, and quantum simulators that can improve our understanding of complex quantum phenomena. These applications are based on the special properties of quantum mechanics, like the exponential scaling of the Hilbert space, or the collective effects in entangled states.