MQV-Einblicke – 100 Jahre Quantenwissenschaften und woran wir heute forschen
How do you trap individual atoms with lasers and what does an optical laboratory look like from the inside? What is a clean room and how do you produce chip structures in it that are so small that no dust particles must interfere? What is a cryostat and how do you use it to generate temperatures colder than in outer space? And what does all this have to do with quantum computers?
Experience cutting-edge research in quantum technology! In the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025, the member institutes of Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) are opening their doors. Over the year, they invite visitors to experience first-hand, with short lectures and guided tours, what it means to do quantum research today.
The foundations for current research were laid 100 years ago with the formulation of quantum mechanics. The strange behavior of quantum objects, heavily debated by scientists such as Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, is no longer confined to theoretical considerations and thought experiments – today we are able to manipulate this behavior in laboratories and in the first commercial products and use it for applications.
MQV focuses on the development of quantum computers. The events series “MQV-Einblicke” (in German language) shows what plays a role in this and how diverse research into quantum computers is – from controlling individual atoms and developing the most space-saving cables possible to programming suitable software.
More events and offers on the occasion of Quantum 2025 can be found here.
The list of events will be updated regularly. Registration for each event opens two months before the event.
Upcoming events
MQV-Einblicke – "Wie Quantencomputer unsere Welt verändern"
Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP)
How could quantum computers make our society more sustainable? And what technological challenges do we still need to overcome to make quantum computers stable and reliable? Answers to these exciting questions and a guided tour through a real quantum computer lab will be given by researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität on 29 April 2025.
MQV-Einblicke – "Coole Kabel: Wie man ultrakalte Qubits mit der Außenwelt verbindet"
Fraunhofer EMFT
How do you control the qubits of a superconducting quantum computer – which like it freezing cold at around -273 degrees Celsius – without disturbing these sensitive computing units? And how do you generate these freezing temperatures? All this and more, you can find out on 26 May 2025 at the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies.
MQV-Einblicke – "Atom für Atom zu neuen Materialien: Ultradünne Kristalle mit außergewöhnlichen Eigenschaften"
Faculty of Physics (LMU)
What is it about two-dimensional crystals and how do researchers manage to produce these artificial crystals so that they have very specific material properties? Scientists from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität will answer these questions and take you on a tour of their laboratories on 12 June 2025.
MQV-Einblicke – Max Planck Semiconductor Laboratory
Max Planck Semiconductor Laboratory
More information coming soon
MQV-Einblicke – Leibniz Supercomputing Centre
Leibniz Supercomputing Centre
More information coming soon
MQV-Einblicke – German Aerospace Center (DLR)
German Aerospace Center (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen
More information coming soon
Past events
MQV-Einblicke – "Quantensimulation und -computing mit neutralen Atomen – wie wir quantenmechanische Modelle im Labor nachbauen"
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
What does a quantum optics lab look like from the inside, and how do you capture single atoms with lasers? How researchers achieve this and how they use it to investigate exciting phenomena in chemistry or materials science, you can find out on 19 March 2025 at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics.
MQV-Einblicke – "100 Jahre Quantenphysik – und das ist erst der Anfang"
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
On 19 February 2025, Prof. Dr. Rainer Blatt will take you on an exciting journey from the beginnings of quantum mechanics to its latest applications. The public lecture at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities will be the opening of our event series “MQV-Einblicke”.