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

07.08.2013
 

One of the many counterintuitive and bizarre insights of quantum mechanics is that even in a vacuum - what many of us think of as an empty void - all...

21.07.2013
 

An international collaboration of scientists in Austria and the US demonstrate a novel “crystalline coating” technique for producing low‐loss mirrors....

05.02.2013
 

Markus Aspelmeyer, Professor of Quantum Information on the Nanoscale at the University of Vienna, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical...

09.01.2013
 

Simon Gröblacher's PhD Thesis "Quantum opto-mechanics with micromirrors" has been published in the Springer Thesis Series.

27.09.2012
 

Was passiert mit den manchmal geheimnisvollen Phänomenen der Quantenphysik, wenn man immer größere und schwerere Objekte betrachtet? Darüber stritten...

19.04.2012
 

Nature Physics Article by I. Pikovski, M. R. Vanner, M. Aspelmeyer, M. S. Kim & C. Brukner was highlighted by Physics Today: "An optical probe of...