Our Research

Our group explores the boundaries of quantum physics and gravity
from both an experimental and theoretical standpoint.

• Quantum Optomechanics and Quantum Measurement
• Levitated Superconducting Gravimeters
• Precision Tests of Gravity with Microscopic Source Masses
• Quantum Tests of Gravity and Gravitational Quantum Physics

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Open Positions

Interested applicants can contact Markus Aspelmeyer or one of the experiment leads.
Available positions:

• BSc positions
• MSc positions
• PhD positions
• PostDoc positions

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Latest News

29.08.2022
 

Glass nanoparticles show unexpected coupling when levitated with laser light

26.07.2022
 

We demonstrate squeezing of light through mechanical interaction with a levitated nanoparticle at room temperature

15.07.2021
 

The quantum trajectory of a silica particle trapped in an optical tweezer is measured and controlled in real time.

11.03.2021
 

We show linear and quadratic gravitational coupling between two millimeter-sized, 90mg gold spheres.

11.09.2020
 

We provide an argument to infer stationary entanglement between light and a mechanical oscillator by observing entanglement between temporally ordered...

07.04.2020
 

Researchers at the Universities Vienna and Stuttgart have investigated a version of Maxwell’s demon embodied by a delayed feedback force acting on a...