News and Events

Upcoming Events

Kick-off event for the Center for Quantum Technologies (QuTe)

When: Tuesday, March 31, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Where: Innovation Center on the Saarbrücken campus

Quantum Information Science Talks

When: Mondays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. during the lecture period

Where: Building E2 6, Room E04

All events in the seminar series “Quantum Information Science Talks” can be found here.

News

Milestone on the road to the ‘quantum internet’ - published in Nature Communications

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have teleported quanta between photons from two distant light sources, achieving a decisive breakthrough in the development of quantum repeaters. Instrumental for the success of the experiment were “quantum frequency converters”, which compensate residual frequency differences between the photons. These were developed by a team led by Christoph Becher, Professor of Quantum Optics at Saarland University. Researchers from Dresden were also involved.

Press release from Saarland University

Science: Mathematicians discover phenomenon that could make quantum technology more efficient

An international team of researchers, including mathematician Jonas Haferkamp from Saarland University, has discovered a new phenomenon in the world of quantum physics. States that appear to be purely random, without actually being so, are generated much faster than previously thought. This could significantly improve many quantum physics applications. Due to their fundamental importance, the findings were published in the journal Science.

Press release from Saarland University

Quantum crystals can organize themselves like flocks of birds and suddenly disintegrate again

Self-organization is a fundamental natural phenomenon that can be observed both on a small scale under a microscope and in outer space. It is omnipresent and can be seen impressively in flocks of birds, for example. In the quantum realm, self-organization is still largely unexplored. Research teams at ETH Zurich and Saarland University have now been able to reveal the mechanisms that lead to the self-organization of a quantum gas in the form of a crystal and to its decay.

Press release from Saarland University (German)

Saarland University receives €53 million for quantum technology center

The Saarbrücker Zeitung, SR, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Pro Physics report on the funding announced yesterday for the Center for Quantum Technology (QuTe) at Saarland University.

Full article from the FA (German)

Full article from the Saarbrücker Zeitung (German)

Full article from SR (German)

Full article from Pro Physics (German)

Transformation fund enables new center for quantum technologies

The Saarland state government is sending a powerful signal in support of science, innovation, and economic renewal: with over €53 million from the Transformation Fund, the state is funding the establishment of a Center for Quantum Technologies (QuTe) at Saarland University—one of the largest single funding measures in the field of higher education and science that Saarland has ever initiated.

Press release from Saarland University (German)

Past Events

Lecture on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: Frank Wilhelm-Mauch provides insight into the world of quantum computers

On Monday, January 19, one of the leading experts in the development of quantum computers will explain how Nobel Prize winners in Physics John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis paved the way for the supercomputers of the future, even though their original intention was to conduct basic research: All interested parties are cordially invited to attend Frank Wilhelm-Mauch's lecture, which will be held at 6 p.m. in Building E2 5, Lecture Hall 1, on the Saarbrücken campus.

Press release from Saarland University (German)


The Center for Quantum Technologies (QuTe) is supported by the Transformation Program Research and Knowledge Transfer Saar.